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Eighth International Conference On Bipolar Disorder To Be Held In Pittsburgh, June 25 To 27
Nearly 1,000 researchers, clinicians and mental health advocates are expected to attend the Eighth International Conference on Bipolar Disorder, June 25 to 27, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. The event is held only once every two years and is the largest meeting of its kind solely devoted to bipolar disorder, a disease that affects almost six million Americans.
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Altair Therapeutics Reports Successful Completion Of Phase I Study Of Inhaled AIR645
Altair Therapeutics, Inc., a privately-held, biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for respiratory diseases, reported results from its phase I study evaluating the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of its lead product, once-weekly inhaled AIR645, in healthy volunteers. AIR645 is a non-steroidal dual inhibitor of cellular responses to interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13, cytokines that play a critical role in development and progression of asthma, rhinitis and other allergic disorders. Results presented today at the 2009 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) within the Mini-Symposium "New Treatment Approaches for Asthma and Allergy" showed that inhaled AIR645 was safe, well tolerated and had dose-dependent exposure in the airways. These results demonstrate the potential of AIR645 as a convenient once-weekly treatment for asthma and other respiratory disorders. Later this year, Altair plans to initiate a phase II efficacy study in patients with asthma.
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International Collaboration Funds Stem Cell Research
The potential of using stem cells to treat Alzheimer"s disease and other illnesses will be investigated by Victorian and Californian researchers under a US$22 million (US$28.7 million) collaboration, Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings said recently.
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Statistical Press Notice: A&E Statistics - Quarterly Update, UK

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Accident and Emergency attendances; total time spent in A&E from arrival to admission, discharge or transfer; and waiting for emergency admission through A&E, quarter and year ending 31 March 2009 The main findings for the year 2008/09 were: - Across all A&E types, 98.1% of patients spent 4 hours or less from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge. This compares to 97.9% in 2007/08. - In 2008/09 the percentage of patients who spent 4 hours or less from arrival to admission, discharge or transfer in major A&E departments only (type 1s) was 97.2%. This compares to 97.0%1 in 2007/08. - There were 19.6 million attendances in 2008/09 at all types of A&E departments, a 2.4% increase since 2007/08. - For major A&E (type 1s) there was a 0.2% increase in attendances over last year (2007/08). - Of the 13.4 million patients who attended major A&E (type 1s), 23.9% or 3.2 million needed to be admitted to hospital. Of these, 97.7% were placed in a bed in a ward within 4 hours of a decision to admit. The figure for last year (2007/08) was 97.4%. The main findings for Q4 2008/09 were: - Across all A&E types, 97.7% of patients spent 4 hours or less from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge - the best ever performance in Q4. This compares to 97.5% in the previous quarter (Q3 2008/09) and 97.5% for the same quarter last year (Q4 2007/08). - This quarter the percentage of patients who spent 4 hours or less from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge in major A&E departments only (type 1s) was 96.8% compared to 96.4% in the previous quarter (Q3 2008/09) and 96.5% in the same quarter last year (Q4 2007/08). - This quarter there were 4.8 million attendances at all types of A&E departments, a 4.1% increase from the same quarter last year (Q4 2007/08) and a 1.2% decrease from the previous quarter (Q3 2008/09). - For major A&E (type 1s) there was a 2.1% increase in attendances over the same quarter last year (Q4 2007/08) and a 1.7% decrease from the previous quarter (Q3 2008/09). - Of the 3.3 million patients who attended major A&E departments (type 1s), 25.0% or 0.8 million needed to be admitted to hospital. Of these, 97.1% were placed in a bed in a ward within four hours of a decision to admit. This compares to 96.5% in the same quarter last year (Q4 2007/08). Link Notes 1. The operational standard is for 98.0% of patients spending 4 hours or less from arrival at A&E to admission, transfer or discharge. This standard is being measured against all types of A&E including Minor Injury Units and Walk in Centres. However prior to April 2003 only the major A&Es performance (type 1s) was published. For comparative purposes the type 1 only figure continues to be published alongside the headline all types figure. 2. The data includes services provided by the Independent Sector. For comparison purposes, England level data excluding the IS activity continues to be published. The Department of Health, UK


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