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British medicine is blighted by “self-interested, ineffective, squabbling” bodies incapable of providing the leadership it so desperately needs. Writing in this month’s edition of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Dr Richard Smith, former editor of the BMJ , argues that the “wreckage” left by MTAS* and MMC*, is a result of the lack of “coherent, strategic, high level leadership”. [click link for full article]

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The PENN Medicine Department of Communications invites you to discover the latest in cancer research, treatment and resources. This informational luncheon and seminar features expert researchers and clinicians from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.WHEN:November 8, 2007Noon — 1:30 p.m.Lunch will be served. [click link for full article]

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Spending just 10 minutes talking to another person can help improve your memory and your performance on tests, according to a University of Michigan study to be published in the February 2008 issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. [click link for full article]

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Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. (J&JPRD) announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for paliperidone palmitate, an investigational, once-monthly atypical antipsychotic intramuscular injection, for the treatment of schizophrenia and the prevention of recurrence of the symptoms of schizophrenia. [click link for full article]

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In their study of a random sample of villagers in the southern part of Yunnan province, China, Peter Steinmann (Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland) and colleagues in China and Switzerland found that 11.7% of the sampled population was infected with S. stercoralis. This neglected soil-transmitted worm infects humans through the skin; in healthy people the illness is usually mild, but in people with weakened immune systems the disease can be fatal. [click link for full article]

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A chemotherapy regimen for patients with advanced bladder cancer who aren’t eligible for standard treatment is under study at the Medical College of Georgia.The unfortunate reality is that kidney problems often result from bladder cancer which precludes the usual chemotherapy package of cisplatin and gemcitabine, says Dr. Teresa A. Coleman, hematologist-oncologist at the MCG Cancer Center. [click link for full article]

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Diagnostic imaging has been one of the fastest growing areas of health care in recent years. Some of that increase can be attributed to the availability of improved imaging studies, but whether some imaging utilization may be inappropriate has been an issue of concern. Now a study from the [click link for full article]

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The AIDS virus entered the United States via Haiti, probably arriving in just one person in about 1969, earlier than previously believed, according to new research.After the virus, HIV-1, entered the U.S., it flourished and spread worldwide.”Our results show that the strain of virus that spawned the U.S. AIDS epidemic probably arrived in or around 1969. That is earlier than a lot of people had imagined,” said senior author Michael Worobey. [click link for full article]

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Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL) announced that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its generic version of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s Mirapex(R) (Pramipexole Dihydrochloride) Tablets, 0.125mg, 0.25mg, 0.5mg, 1mg and 1.5mg. The Company believes that it is the first to file an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with a paragraph IV certification for Mirapex. [click link for full article]

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First lady Laura Bush on Thursday at the King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan, announced that Egypt, Morocco and the Palestinian territories will join the U.S.-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research, [click link for full article]

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