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Appeals court overturns 83 million dollar judgement against Fresenius.
Nashville News: A federal appeals court has overturned an $82.6 million judgment against a former Nashville-based dialysis company.

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Neuroprotectant drug effective in maintaining brain function after aneurysm surgery.
EurekAlert: The study, "Safety and efficacy of NA-1 for neuroprotection in iatrogenic stroke after endovascular aneurysm repair: a randomized controlled trial," published online today in The Lancet Neurology, was conducted concurrently with a laboratory study published in Science Translational Medicine, that predicted the benefits of the stroke drug. This landmark clinical trial was a randomized, double blinded, multi-centre trial that was conducted in Canada and the USA. The study evaluated the effectiveness of NA-1[Tat-NR2B9c] when it was administered after the onset of small strokes that are incurred by patients who undergo neurointerventional procedures to repair brain aneurysms. This type of small ischemic stroke occurs in over 90% of aneurysm patients after such a procedure, but usually does not cause overt neurological disability.

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Bariatric surgery gives disappointing results in terms of sleep apnea.
Monash University: Although bariatric surgery results in greater weight loss than conventional measures, new research shows this does not translate into significantly greater improvement in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Researchers from Monash University, the Alfred Hospital and Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute conducted the first high-quality, randomised trial comparing the effect on OSA of surgical and medically-supervised weight loss in severely obese individuals.

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New class of antimicrobial drugs active against Staph aureus discovered.
Ohio State: In two separate studies, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have discovered a new class of treatment against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as well as evidence of a growing need to quickly genotype individual strains of the organism most commonly referred to as the "superbug."

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Off-topic weekend tech: We're NASA and we know it (from mid-August).
Huffpo (Sci Am): Ok, a bit dated (from August), but still inspirational.

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