The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), together with Oxford Journals, and the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology (JSMO) are pleased to announce a new collaboration which will result in ESMO’s official journal Annals of Oncology becoming the official scientific publication for the Japanese society. Annals of Oncology is fully owned by ESMO and is published by Oxford Journals. [click link for full article]

New research, including two studies presented this week at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), further support the cardiovascular safety of ACTOS® (Pioglitazone HCI) and its benefits regarding improved blood glucose and blood lipid levels for patients with type 2 diabetes. [click link for full article]

While generally perceived as a male issue, approximately 40 million women in the United States suffer from the emotional and physical ramifications of hair loss, according to the American Hair Loss Association. The Women’s Hair Loss Project unites and empowers women around the world who suffer from hair loss. [click link for full article]

Spine-health.com, the leading health information website for consumers with back pain and other chronic pain, was awarded the Medical Standard of Excellence Award by the Web Marketing Association in the 2007 WebAwards competition. More than 2,400 websites from 40 countries participated in the 2007 WebAwards competition across 96 industry categories. Spine-health. [click link for full article]

Professors David Olds, of the University of Colorado, USA, and Jonathan Shepherd of Cardiff University in the UK, have been awarded the Stockholm Prize in Criminology in recognition their research on child abuse and on violence in nightclubs and bars respectively. [click link for full article]

Join Saks Fifth Avenue and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) Oct. 18 - 21 for the KEY TO THE CURE shopping weekend at Saks Fifth Avenue in Westshore Plaza, Tampa. During the four-day event, Saks Fifth Avenue will donate two percent of all sales for research of women’s reproductive cancers at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. A Kickoff Party will get the weekend started. On Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. [click link for full article]

While obesity has been shown to contribute to high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes, being overweight in old age does not lead to memory problems, according to a study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The study is published in the September 19 online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. [click link for full article]

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced grants totaling 280 million dollars to help fight tuberculosis, an epidemic that infects one-third of people on earth and kills nearly 2 million yearly - mostly in the poorest countries. The 11 new grants will speed research and development on promising vaccines, diagnostic tests, and treatments to help reduce the global TB burden. [click link for full article]

New research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research’s Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme is investigating the effectiveness of alternative types of treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia), with the aim of developing a treatment pathway to help doctors decide about the best course of treatment for patients. [click link for full article]

The number of hospital admissions for patients age 18 and under with cancer increased by more than 80 percent between 2000 and 2005 — from roughly 54,000 to nearly 100,000 admissions — according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The increase was driven partly by a dramatic improvement in the survival rate of children with cancer. [click link for full article]