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New Research Finds That Bingeing Increases Opioids In Brain Area That Controls Food Intake
Overconsumption of fatty, sugary foods leads to changes in brain receptors, according to new animal research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The new research results are being presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), July 28 - August 1, 2009, the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior. The results have implications for understanding bulimia and other binge eating disorders.
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CSC Cited As A Leading Technology Provider In Celent Insurance Software Study
CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced that it has been named a leading technology provider in multiple categories of Celent"s 2009 Insurance Software Deal Trends study, published in two editions. Celent, a financial services technology research and advisory firm, reported in the Life/Health Edition that CSC is the leader in Life, Health and Annuity Core Processing with 56 percent of the deals in 2007 and 2008, as well as a leader in Life, Health and Annuity Infrastructure and Accounting. In addition, Celent identified CSC in the Property/Casualty Edition as a leader in Property and Casualty (P&C) Core Processing and P&C Distribution.
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Hackers Going After Medical Records
Hackers raided a server at the University of California, Berkeley last fall, stealing everything from Social Security numbers to immunization records in an episode that highlights one danger of moving health information from file cabinets to cyberspace, Forbes reports in a first-person account by one of the 160,000 victims. "Stealing medical data has become more attractive to hackers and identity thieves as banks and individuals have become more sophisticated about protecting credit-building information." One consumer group estimates that as many as 12 percent of digital security breaches target the medical industry.
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FDA Approves New Total Ankle Replacement System

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a total ankle replacement system for arthritic or deformed ankles that may preserve some range of motion in the joint. The new prosthesis is a mobile-bearing device, which relies on bearings that move across a surface of polyethylene, a flexible plastic. The device is the first of its type. Once arthritis or injury destroys the cartilage that cushions the ankle bone, the joints can become painful enough to warrant total ankle replacement. The Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (STAR) System is an alternative to fusion surgery and may allow for greater rotation and movement in the joint. Fusion surgery involves cementing the shin bone (tibia) - the thicker of the two bones in the lower leg - to the talus bone in the ankle. The procedure stabilizes the ankle, but significantly decreases the ability to move the foot up and down. "This device offers another treatment alternative to fusion surgery, and more closely imitates the function of a natural ankle," said Daniel G. Schultz, M.D., director of the FDA"s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. "For the first time in the United States, a patient may retain some ankle mobility with this non-constrained, mobile-bearing device." The FDA has already cleared several fixed-bearing ankle devices, which are also options to fusion surgery. In fixed-bearing ankle system, the articulating surface is molded, locked or attached to one of its metallic components. For two years, researchers followed a subgroup of a 224-patient clinical study and found that the STAR system demonstrated similar rates of adverse events, surgical interventions and major complications as fusion surgery. As a condition of FDA approval, the company will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the device during the next eight years. The STAR Ankle is owned by Small Bone Innovations Inc. of Morrisville, Pa. U.S. Food and Drug Administration


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