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Britains Next Oldest Mother Highlights Increase Of 'fertility Tourism'
At 66 years old, Elizabeth Adeney is set to become Britain"s oldest mother when she gives birth to a child conceived following fertility treatment at a clinic in Ukraine. The example highlights the growing trend among fertility patients to travel abroad to access treatment which in Britain often involves high cost and a long wait.
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Better Outcomes With Computer Aided Surgery - High Costs As An Obstacle To Broad Use
There are many indications that computer aided surgery has a major role to play in improving results in orthopaedic surgery, says Dr. Stefano Zaffagnini, who has played a pioneering role in the use of this technology and who moderates a symposium on this theme at the Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), taking place from June 3 to 6 in Vienna, with more than 8,000 participants from around the world. This technology should allow total knee prosthesis using minimally invasive surgery to become a standard procedure within a decade. Osteotomy and hip operations are only two of the many other fields where computer aided surgery can also markedly improve results for patients, experts state at the EFFORT Congress in Vienna.
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Hoyer Objects To Medicare Cost Control Plan
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said he disagrees with President Obama"s support of transferring Congress"s price-setting powers over Medicare to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), which now acts as an advisory panel, USA Today reports. In a letter to senators Wednesday, Obama floated support for the idea: "Under this approach, MedPAC"s recommendations on cost reductions would be adopted unless opposed by a joint resolution of the Congress."
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Upcoming BioAlliance Pharma's Presentations At International Conferences On Infectious Diseases And Oncology

BioAlliance Pharma SA (Paris:BIO), a company dedicated to therapies and supportive care for cancer and AIDS patients, announced its scientific communications at upcoming international conferences on infectious diseases and oncology: Loramyc®, indicated for fungal infections in immune-compromised patients with HIV or cancer The 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting May 29 to June 2, 2009 - Orlando, Florida, USA. Abstract: "Prevalence and management of oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) by medical and radiation oncologists in cancer patients". At the American Conference for the Treatment of HIV (ACTHIV) that took place on May 15-17, 2009 in Denver, Colorado, USA, BioAlliance Pharma presented the poster: "Once-Daily Miconazole Mucoadhesive Buccal Tablet is an Effective and Safe Treatment for Oropharyngeal Candidiasis". Amep™, a biotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma treatment American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT) 12th Annual Meeting May 27-30, 2009 - San Diego, California, USA Poster: "Complete Melanoma Regressions after Electrotransfer of the p-AMEP™ Plasmid Coding for an Anti-Angiogenic and Anti-Metastatic Peptide", May 28. Anti-integrases: new antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of resistant HIV-1 XVIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop June 9-13, 2009 - Fort Myers, Florida, USA Oral communication and poster: "New integrase binding inhibitors acting in synergy with Raltegravir", June 12. Irinotecan SRN oral formulation for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer 2nd Pharmaceutical Sciences Fair and Exhibition (PharmSciFair) June 8-12, 2009, Nice, France Oral communication: "Sustained Release Nanoparticles (SRN) for oral administration of Irinotecan", June 10. BioAlliance Pharma


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