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Common Plastics Chemicals Linked to ADHD Symptoms
11/20/2009 2:34:31 PM
Are phthalates really safe for children? Philadelphia, PA - Phthalates are important components of many consumer products, including toys, cleaning materials, plastics, and personal care items. Stu...
Projections of savings from health IT are baseless, Harvard researchers say
11/20/2009 1:24:55 PM
National survey of U.S. hospitals shows information technology has yielded neither administrative efficiencies nor cost savings The increased computerization in U.S. hospitals hasn’t made them chea...
CDC Kicks Off National Travelers’ Health Public Awareness Campaign
11/20/2009 1:09:00 PM
Effort Aims to Educate Travelers about H1N1 Every holiday season, millions of Americans travel through the nation’s airports, seaports, and train stations to spend time with loved ones. Special hol...
Virtual Desktop Solution for Healthcare Simplifies Info Access for Hospital Medical Professionals and Management for IT
11/20/2009 12:50:04 PM
Helps Improve Info Security, Staff Productivity and Care Quality, and Can Eliminate Trade-Offs Between Data-Centered Info and Patient-Centered Care. Dell announced a Mobile Clinical Computing (MCC)...
Technical Trading Alert for Echo Therapeutics (OTC:ECTE.OB)
11/20/2009 11:49:45 AM
MivInvestments Inc. has initiated an independent bullish technical trading alert for 11/20/09 on Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC:ECTE.OB). Shares of the company finished the day at $1.35, up 8.15% from t...
New Report Finds Only 25 Percent of Adults Aged 50-64 Get Recommended Preventive Screenings
11/20/2009 11:15:02 AM
New Resource Offers Needed Data and Strategies to Reduce Illness and Premature Death Only about 1 in 4 Americans aged 50–64 regularly take advantage of preventive services such as screenings and im...
Highest Rates of Obesity, Diabetes in the South, Appalachia, and Some Tribal Lands
11/20/2009 11:07:21 AM
Estimates of Obesity Now Available for all U.S. Counties Wide sections of the Southeast, Appalachia, and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the nation′s highest rates of o...
European medical advisory committee does not recommend approval of Avastin for deadly form of brain cancer
11/20/2009 11:05:10 AM
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), which is responsible for conducting the initial assessment of medicinal products that...
National Expressions of Courage Art Contest Unveils Stories of Inspiration
11/19/2009 11:49:07 AM
Artwork by People with Epilepsy Showcases Talent and Depth of Neurological Condition Raritan, NJ. Epilepsy and seizures affect nearly 3 million Americans of all ages and in 70 percent of new cases,...
Aetna Makes $30,000 Grant to Atlanta Urban League to Support ’Get Body Beautiful’ Program
11/19/2009 11:38:46 AM
ALPHARETTA, Ga., More than 15,000 women in the metro Atlanta area will have a chance to participate in the Atlanta Urban League’s “Get Body Beautiful” program, thanks to a $30,000 grant from Aetna (N...
Steve DeMorro Named Vice President of Human Resources, Recruitment, and Healthcare Education at Publicis Strategic Solutions Group
11/19/2009 11:20:19 AM
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.—November 19, 2009—Publicis Strategic Solutions Group—a leading provider of multichannel message delivery solutions for the life sciences industry—has announced that Steve DeMorro h...
New Medical Alert System Uses GPS and Cellular Technology to Help Seniors
11/19/2009 10:46:43 AM
BOCA RATON, FL -- Over the past thirty years, traditional medical alert systems have enabled seniors and other individuals to live independently, with the ability to notify emergency personnel of prob...
Power3 Investors Looking Forward to Upcoming Expo (OTC:PWRM.OB)
11/18/2009 10:11:41 AM
Miv Investments Inc. has initiated an independent bullish technical trading alert for 11/18/09 on Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (OTC:PWRM.OB). Shares of the company finished the day at $0.129, up 69.7...
Improving Quality, Cost-Effectiveness, and Time Savings in Preclinical Inhalable Formulation Development
11/18/2009 9:49:07 AM
In today’s fast growing inhalables market, the availability of suitable, efficient and cost-effective means of gathering particle analysis data for pulmonary formulation is clear. At this year’s Drug...
In-solution Method for Streamlining Next-Generation Genome Sequencing Shown to be Uniform, Reproducible across Many Samples
11/18/2009 9:18:54 AM
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Researchers from the Moores University of California San Diego (UCSD) Cancer Center, The Scripps Institute, and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) have shown that "solution enric...
Abbott to Develop New Heart Failure Test on ARCHITECT® Immunochemistry Diagnostics Platform
11/18/2009 9:16:13 AM
Abbott Park, Illinois and Waltham, Massachusetts, — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and BG Medicine, Inc. today announced a development and commercialization agreement for galectin-3, a novel biomarker that may pl...
Boehringer Ingelheim and GlaxoSmithKline back EFA`s call for urgent improvements in care for people with lung disease this World COPD Day
11/18/2009 9:11:54 AM
Brussels, Ingelheim and London - Boehringer Ingelheim and GSK, companies with a strong heritage in COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and a commitment to improved patient care, have today an...
Novartis Influenza A(H1N1) 2009 vaccine US interim data show lower doses of antigen may suffice to generate a protective immune response against A(H1N1)
11/17/2009 10:28:57 AM
* Interim clinical data from approximately 4,000 individuals suggest that half a dose of the currently US-approved Novartis unadjuvanted Influenza A(H1N1) 2009 vaccine met immunogenicity criteria in a...
Bullish Technical Breakout Alert (OTC:SNBP.OB)
11/17/2009 9:35:24 AM
Miv Investments Inc. has initiated an independent bullish technical trading alert for 11/17/09 on Sinobiopharma, Inc. (OTC:SNBP.OB). Shares of the company finished the day at $0.25, up 38.89% from the...
The New Jersey Advanced Wellness Center Launches Its Innovative Pain Relief Division
11/16/2009 8:44:53 PM
Marlboro, New Jersey (November 16, 2009) – Finding effective pain relief procedures for acute and chronic pain has now become easier to the residents of Monmouth County from the New Jersey Center of S...