PHA News Archive - September 1, 2006

Vol 7, Number 16		September 1, 2006
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		Topics For This Issue
	REGISTRATIONS GOING FAST! REGISTER TODAY FOR FREE REGIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION SESSIONS for Medical Professionals, Patients, and Families --Orange County (CA), Dearborn (MI), Charlotte (NC), Pittsburgh (PA), Philadelphia (PA), Houston (TX) NIH MEETING ABSTRACT AWARDS INCLUDE TRAVEL NEWS --Heart Pump Unapproved by FDA Kept Child Alive --Transplant Patients Can Wait Lifetime for Donor --EPIX Pharmaceuticals Receives Response From the FDA Regarding Appeal of Vasovist(TM) Approvable Letters --Stem-Cell Gift a Lift, but University of Colorado Still Lags ANNOUNCEMENTS --New Calendar of PH Medical Events --New Conference Resources Available: Conference Speech Powerpoints and Audio from Meet the Board Session --PH Child Charm Bracelet For Sale

REGISTRATIONS GOING FAST! REGISTER TODAY FOR FREE REGIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION SESSIONS
	for Medical Professionals, Patients, and Families Sponsored by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association and the Univerity of Michigan Medical School September 16 - Orange County, CA 159 Registrants! September 30 - Dearborn, MI 215 Registrants! October 7 - Charlotte, NC October 14 - Pittsburgh, PA November 4 - Philadelphiam PA November 4 - Houston, TX Learn more and register today!

NIH MEETING ABSTRACT AWARDS INCLUDE TRAVEL
	Evolution of PH: Emerging Diseases & Novel Therapeutics Meeting for medical professionals, patients, and families National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD December 7-8, 2006 Abstracts Due: 9/22/06 includes travel awards more info: www.strategicresults.com/ph

NEWS

Heart Pump Unapproved by FDA Kept Child Alive Anyone who saw Michael Habbe, 2, cheerfully chasing his sister in a rooftop garden at St. Louis Children's Hospital would hardly believe that three months ago the boy had a heart transplant. When Michael's heart began to fail in March, high blood pressure in his lungs, called pulmonary hypertension, made the problem worse. Read article Transplant Patients Can Wait Lifetime for Donor More than 90,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant. Every 14 minutes another name is added to the National Waiting List. Sixteen transplant candidates die every day waiting for an organ. One person can help more than 100 people by becoming an organ donor. Read article EPIX Pharmaceuticals Receives Response From the FDA Regarding Appeal of Vasovist(TM) Approvable Letters Vasovist is an injectable intravascular contrast agent designed to provide visual imaging of the vascular system through magnetic resonance angiography. Read article Stem-Cell Gift a Lift, but University of Colorado Still Lags The university announced Wednesday that it will use a $6 million gift from the Gates Family Fund to create the Charles C. Gates Program in Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology. Norbert Voelkel and Susan Majka are investigating vascular adult stem cells that may play a role in pulmonary hypertension. Read article

ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Calendar of PH Medical Events View our new calendar of PH-related medical events New Conference Resources Available: Conference Speech Powerpoints and Audio from Meet the Board Session Photos, speeches, abstracts, videos, audio, reports from participants, award winners, and more. check them out PH Child Charm Bracelet For Sale Tanzanite colored fire polish Czech crystals, silver plated round beads and lobster clasp, and a sterling silver awareness ribbon charm. There is a limited stock so order yours today! Help promote PH awareness and look cool doing it!

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