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Small businesses can benefit from high-quality employee wellness programs

A new study published today supports the premise that high-quality employee wellness programs in small businesses improve employee health and well-being, which drives improvements in organizational outcomes such as absenteeism, healthcare costs and disability claims.

8 Apr 2011

FluCide nanoviricide drug reduces overall leukocytes in lung tissue of influenza model

NanoViricides, Inc. reports that post-infection treatment with its optimized FluCide drug candidates resulted in significant reduction in lung tissue presence of leukocytes, and in particular, that of eosinophils in a lethal influenza infection animal model.

8 Apr 2011

German government, Gates Foundation sign agreement to provide funding for GAVI Alliance

The German government on Wednesday said it would provide an extra 14 million euros or about $19.9 million "for child immunization in the developing world as part of an agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," the Associated Press reports (4/6).

8 Apr 2011

Mammal muscle turned into biological raw material for new limb

Move over, newts and salamanders. The mouse may join you as the only animal that can re-grow their own severed limbs. Researchers are reporting that a simple chemical cocktail can coax mouse muscle fibers to become the kinds of cells found in the first stages of a regenerating limb. Their study, the first demonstration that mammal muscle can be turned into the biological raw material for a new limb, appears in the journal ACS Chemical Biology.

8 Apr 2011

Lecture to explain science behind modern pharmaceutical products

The science behind the creation of medicines is the subject of a lecture at the University of Greenwich's Medway Campus on Wednesday, April 13.

8 Apr 2011

Canadian political parties called upon to focus on health system during election campaign

The Health Action Lobby today called on all political parties to focus on the health system during the federal election campaign. HEAL is a coalition of 35 national health organizations that represents a broad cross-section of health providers, health regions, institutions & facilities.

8 Apr 2011

ASBMB honors Stanford professor with DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences

Stanford University professor Axel T. Brunger has been named the winner of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's inaugural DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences. Brunger will present his award lecture, titled "Towards Structural Biology with Single Molecules" at 9:03 a.m. on Wednesday, April 13, at the Experimental Biology 2011 conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

8 Apr 2011

Experimental Biology 2011 to be held April 9-13 in Washington, D.C.

The meeting Experimental Biology 2011 (EB 2011) begins April 9 and runs through April 13 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

8 Apr 2011

Two new studies on Veterans Affairs health care system

As recently as the 1990s, the Veterans Affairs health care system had a subpar reputation for quality, but two new studies of standard quality metrics, both led by Amal Trivedi, assistant professor of community health at Brown University and a physician at the Providence VA Medical Center, show that the system that cares for more than 5 million patients has improved markedly in the last decade.

8 Apr 2011

Diversity MBA Magazine ranks Kaiser Permanente as No. 1 consortium

For the third consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente ranks No. 1 on Diversity MBA Magazine's "50 Out Front for Diversity Leadership: Best Places for Diverse Managers to Work."

8 Apr 2011

T2 Biosystems' technology platform demonstrates ability to detect Candida organisms in whole blood samples

T2 Biosystems, Inc., a company developing next-generation diagnostic products, presented data today on the rapid and sensitive detection of five species of the fungal infection Candida at the Annual Meeting of the Mycoses Study Group in Philadelphia, PA.

8 Apr 2011

Best Buy's ROWE initiative can help improve work-family fit and time adequacy

New research from the University of Minnesota finds that a workplace environment that allows employees to change when and where they work, based on their individual needs and job responsibilities, positively affects the work-family interface and reduces turnover.

8 Apr 2011

John Wiley hosts Psychology Roundtable

On Thursday, March 31, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. hosted a Wiley Psychology Roundtable focused on developmental psychology, entitled Putting Research into Practice. The invitation-only forum, held at the 2011 Society for Research and Child Development Biennial Meeting in Montreal, was a dynamic discussion about the needs and methods of making research in developmental psychology more accessible.

8 Apr 2011

People with red eyes are considered sad, unhealthy and less attractive

Beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder, but a new study reveals that the reverse is also true; unattractiveness is in the eye of the beheld. Research published in Ethology finds that people with bloodshot eyes are considered sadder, unhealthier and less attractive than people whose eye whites are untinted, a cue which is uniquely human.

8 Apr 2011

Adult survivors of childhood CNS tumors have persistent, unmet health care needs

Patients treated in childhood for tumours of the central nervous system have persistent and unmet health care needs even in adulthood, according to a comprehensive study from Karolinska Institutet which investigated an entire cohort of patients in Sweden.

8 Apr 2011

Biochemical battle of the bulge: New developments

Dozens of researchers in the coming days will lay out what's around the corner in the biochemical battle of the bulge as part of the Experimental Biology 2011 conference in Washington, D.C.

8 Apr 2011

Computational modeling provides more knowledge of lipoprotein properties

Computational modeling increases our knowledge of lipoprotein properties that cannot be measured using experimental methods. Lipoproteins are particles that transport cholesterol in our bloodstream. According to the doctoral dissertation of Master of Science in Technology Linda Kumpula (Aalto University School of Science), the differences in the composition, size and number of lipoprotein particles transporting cholesterol in individuals can be computationally modeled using experimental data.

8 Apr 2011

Health Coalition on Liability and Access testifies before House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee

The Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA) testified today before the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a hearing titled, "The Cost of the Medical Liability System Proposals for Reform, including H.R. 5, the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011."

8 Apr 2011

New publication on therapeutic hypothermia and temperature management

The successful use and evaluation of therapeutic hypothermia to improve survival and reduce the risk of neurological consequences following an out-of-hospital heart attack are explored in the premier issue of Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, a new quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

8 Apr 2011

Strathclyde establishes new EPSRC Centre to improve chemical manufacturing

An EPSRC Centre for revolutionising the way pharmaceuticals and other chemicals are made is being officially launched today.

8 Apr 2011

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Small businesses can benefit from high-quality employee wellness programs

FluCide nanoviricide drug reduces overall leukocytes in lung tissue of influenza model

German government, Gates Foundation sign agreement to provide funding for GAVI Alliance

Mammal muscle turned into biological raw material for new limb

Lecture to explain science behind modern pharmaceutical products

Canadian political parties called upon to focus on health system during election campaign

ASBMB honors Stanford professor with DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences

Experimental Biology 2011 to be held April 9-13 in Washington, D.C.

Two new studies on Veterans Affairs health care system

Diversity MBA Magazine ranks Kaiser Permanente as No. 1 consortium

T2 Biosystems' technology platform demonstrates ability to detect Candida organisms in whole blood samples

Best Buy's ROWE initiative can help improve work-family fit and time adequacy

John Wiley hosts Psychology Roundtable

People with red eyes are considered sad, unhealthy and less attractive

Adult survivors of childhood CNS tumors have persistent, unmet health care needs

Biochemical battle of the bulge: New developments

Computational modeling provides more knowledge of lipoprotein properties

Health Coalition on Liability and Access testifies before House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee

New publication on therapeutic hypothermia and temperature management

Strathclyde establishes new EPSRC Centre to improve chemical manufacturing

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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