� OmniComm Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: OMCM), a leader in integrated EDC solutions for clinical trials, today announced that the caller is providing EDC package and services for a Phase II trial in BRCA 1/2 and HNPCC patients sponsored by the Tucson Arizona based biotechnology, Systems Medicine LLC (SML). SML initially began its relationship with OmniComm through OmniComm's CRO Preferred Program� and then selected OmniComm as its EDC seller of choice for their Phase II study.
"Our initial experience in on the job with OmniComm was very favorable and as a result we chose to use them in our next trial. We were impressed with their responsiveness and professionalism throughout the entire dialogue and written report build process," said Patrick Shannon, Ph.D., Senior Director Project Management for Systems Medicine LLC.
Systems Medicine, LLC (SML) develops oncology products by integrating prognostic cellular pharmacogenomics ("genomics") with world-class clinical and regulatory expertise. This allows SML to develop patient-selective therapies by defining the context of use of vulnerability of cancer and treating only those patients nigh likely to respond to specific drugs or drug combinations. For more information on SML and the products that SML has in developing, please visit http://www.systems-medicine.com.
"Research organizations are looking at at EDC as a strategic imperative to serve maximize their investments in today's highly competitive clinical research environs," said Stephen Johnson, COO of OmniComm. "OmniComm is privileged to be partnering with companies like SML that ar delivering cutting off edge crab treatments to the marketplace. It gives us outstanding satisfaction to know that our TrialMaster EDC solution helps to speed up that serve."
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Wednesday 13 August 2008
Causes For Sexual Dysfunction Change As People Age - Earlier Experiences With Multiple Partners And STDs Take Their Toll
�Sexual dysfunction is not an inevitable part of aging, simply it is strongly related a number of factors, such as mental and physical health, demographics and lifetime experiences, many of which ar interrelated, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago.
The written report, funded by the National Institutes of Health, found that a history of sexually transmitted disease as well has an impact on sexual health later in life. People who had an STD are as well more likely to receive had sexual experiences over their lifetimes that included more risks and multiple sex partners.
"Having had an STD about quadruples a woman's odds of reporting sexual nuisance and triples her lubrication problems," aforesaid Edward Laumann, the George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology at the University, and pencil lead author of the paper, "Sexual Dysfunction Among Older Adults: Prevalence and Risk Factors from a Nationally Representative U.S. Probability Sample of Men and Women 57 to 85 Years of Age," published in the flow issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Men are more than five times as likely to report sex as non-pleasurable if they have previously had an STD.
Laumann was linked in writing the paper by University researcher Aniruddha Das, and Linda Waite, the Lucy Flower Professor in Sociology at the University.
The study showed that women english hawthorn be more likely than men to experience sexual dysfunction because of health issues. The most common problem for men is erectile disfunction, a trouble that increases with eld.
"The results point to a need for physicians who are treating old adults experiencing sexual problems to take into account their physical health and also consider their mental health and their satisfaction with their intimate relationship in making any assessment," Laumann aforementioned.
The study is based on interviews with a national sample of 1,550 women and 1,455 workforce, ages 57 to 85, who were part of the 2005-2006 National Social Life, Health and Aging Project, a nationally example survey of community-dwelling senior U.S. adults. The survey collected data on social life, gender, health, and a unsubtle range of biological measures.
The cogitation is a companion to a 1999 study Laumann led that looked at sexual dysfunction among workforce and women, ages 18 to 59. That study found that physical health was a bigger predictor of sexual problems for men than it was for women. For that younger long time group, having an STD did not increase the odds of experiencing sexual dysfunction.
The new report found that among older women, a common agent correlated with sexual disfunction was urinary tract syndrome, which was associated with decreased sake in gender, as were mental health issues such as anxiety.
Among men, mental health issues and relationship problems contributed to a lack of interest in sex and the inability to achieve orgasm, piece being treated for urinary tract syndrome was associated with worry maintaining and achieving an erection.
Daily alcohol consumption seems to ameliorate a woman's sexual wellness, increasing her interest and pleasure in sex. Among men, thither was no reported impact of alcoholic drink consumption.
Demographic characteristics and cultural factors likewise are related to to sexual performance, the study constitute. Hispanic women were twice as likely to report pain during intercourse. Among men, blacks were twice as likely to report a want of interest in sexual urge and more likely to report climaxing too early.
The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project is supported by various components of the National Institutes of Health, including the National Institute on Aging, the Office of Research on Women's Health, the Office of AIDS Research and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. The National Opinion Research Center, whose staff was responsible for the data collection, besides supports the project.
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The written report, funded by the National Institutes of Health, found that a history of sexually transmitted disease as well has an impact on sexual health later in life. People who had an STD are as well more likely to receive had sexual experiences over their lifetimes that included more risks and multiple sex partners.
"Having had an STD about quadruples a woman's odds of reporting sexual nuisance and triples her lubrication problems," aforesaid Edward Laumann, the George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology at the University, and pencil lead author of the paper, "Sexual Dysfunction Among Older Adults: Prevalence and Risk Factors from a Nationally Representative U.S. Probability Sample of Men and Women 57 to 85 Years of Age," published in the flow issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Men are more than five times as likely to report sex as non-pleasurable if they have previously had an STD.
Laumann was linked in writing the paper by University researcher Aniruddha Das, and Linda Waite, the Lucy Flower Professor in Sociology at the University.
The study showed that women english hawthorn be more likely than men to experience sexual dysfunction because of health issues. The most common problem for men is erectile disfunction, a trouble that increases with eld.
"The results point to a need for physicians who are treating old adults experiencing sexual problems to take into account their physical health and also consider their mental health and their satisfaction with their intimate relationship in making any assessment," Laumann aforementioned.
The study is based on interviews with a national sample of 1,550 women and 1,455 workforce, ages 57 to 85, who were part of the 2005-2006 National Social Life, Health and Aging Project, a nationally example survey of community-dwelling senior U.S. adults. The survey collected data on social life, gender, health, and a unsubtle range of biological measures.
The cogitation is a companion to a 1999 study Laumann led that looked at sexual dysfunction among workforce and women, ages 18 to 59. That study found that physical health was a bigger predictor of sexual problems for men than it was for women. For that younger long time group, having an STD did not increase the odds of experiencing sexual dysfunction.
The new report found that among older women, a common agent correlated with sexual disfunction was urinary tract syndrome, which was associated with decreased sake in gender, as were mental health issues such as anxiety.
Among men, mental health issues and relationship problems contributed to a lack of interest in sex and the inability to achieve orgasm, piece being treated for urinary tract syndrome was associated with worry maintaining and achieving an erection.
Daily alcohol consumption seems to ameliorate a woman's sexual wellness, increasing her interest and pleasure in sex. Among men, thither was no reported impact of alcoholic drink consumption.
Demographic characteristics and cultural factors likewise are related to to sexual performance, the study constitute. Hispanic women were twice as likely to report pain during intercourse. Among men, blacks were twice as likely to report a want of interest in sexual urge and more likely to report climaxing too early.
The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project is supported by various components of the National Institutes of Health, including the National Institute on Aging, the Office of Research on Women's Health, the Office of AIDS Research and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. The National Opinion Research Center, whose staff was responsible for the data collection, besides supports the project.
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Wednesday 6 August 2008
David DeCoteau redoing horror films
Cult director inks deal for 10 films, iI TV series
NEW YORK -- Several classic horror tales are getting a merry makeover courtesy of Regent Studios, its sister cable channel Here! Networks and cult film director David DeCoteau.
The helmer has inked a two-year deal with Regent to direct 10 films and two television serial publication through his Rapid Heart Pictures shingle.
The projects, some of which will be released theatrically by Regent in the fall, include Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and adaptations of works by H.G. Wells and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. New features will besides be made for "The Brotherhood" and "The Invisible Chronicles," deuce ongoing TV/DVD series.
All of the fabled tales in the slating will be refashioned to include brave themes, as was DeCoteau's recently released Poe adaption "House of Usher." The only film confirmed for release this Fall is the "pansexual" film noir "Playing With Fire," starring Susan Anton and Michael Bergin.
DeCoteau has produced and/or directed more than 50 music genre films o'er the past two decades, including "Leeches!" "Creepozoids" and "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama," after his start in the mid-'80s gay porno industry.
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NEW YORK -- Several classic horror tales are getting a merry makeover courtesy of Regent Studios, its sister cable channel Here! Networks and cult film director David DeCoteau.
The helmer has inked a two-year deal with Regent to direct 10 films and two television serial publication through his Rapid Heart Pictures shingle.
The projects, some of which will be released theatrically by Regent in the fall, include Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and adaptations of works by H.G. Wells and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. New features will besides be made for "The Brotherhood" and "The Invisible Chronicles," deuce ongoing TV/DVD series.
All of the fabled tales in the slating will be refashioned to include brave themes, as was DeCoteau's recently released Poe adaption "House of Usher." The only film confirmed for release this Fall is the "pansexual" film noir "Playing With Fire," starring Susan Anton and Michael Bergin.
DeCoteau has produced and/or directed more than 50 music genre films o'er the past two decades, including "Leeches!" "Creepozoids" and "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama," after his start in the mid-'80s gay porno industry.
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