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Ensign board declares quarterly cash dividend

The Ensign Group, Inc., the parent company of the Ensign™ group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services and assisted living companies, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.055 per share of Ensign common stock, payable on or before January 31, 2011 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2010.

16 Dec 2010

Researchers discover newborn's brain respond strongly to mother's voice

A mother's voice will preferentially activate the parts of the brain responsible for language learning, say researchers from the University of Montreal and the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Centre.

16 Dec 2010

SBUMC to rename and dedicate ALS clinic as Christopher Pendergast ALS Center of Excellence

For Chris Pendergast, every Christmas he has been alive to celebrate with his family for the past 17 years has been a gift unto itself. Indeed, in 1993 the then 44-year-old elementary school teacher from Miller Place on Long Island was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS - the always fatal degenerative neuromuscular disease commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was told that he had, at best, three to five years to live.

15 Dec 2010

World's first remote 3D keyhole surgery to be performed at University of Surrey

Doctors will shortly be performing the world's first remote 3D keyhole surgery during a symposium at the University of Surrey. Keyhole surgery - where doctors operate on organs through a tiny incision - reduces the length of hospital stays and post-operative complications. This also means that patients experience less scarring and pain. 3D keyhole surgery is a state-of-the-art extension of standard keyhole surgery that uses 3D cameras like those used to make the film 'Avatar'. It puts the surgeon right inside the patient's body and significantly improves accuracy.

14 Dec 2010

Nuance announces availability of Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder on iTunes App Store

Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced the availability of Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder on the iTunes App Store, expanding its healthcare suite of speech solutions for smartphones and building upon the recent success of Dragon Medical Mobile Search. With Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder, Nuance is introducing a new level of clinical documentation flexibility by enabling mobile point-of-care dictation that is connected to speech-enabled transcription platforms, eScription and Dictaphone Enterprise Speech System, and the fully-outsourced Nuance Transcription Services offering.

13 Dec 2010

Elsevier enables text-to-speech option for all ePub book titles

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, announced today that it has enabled the text-to-speech option on all of its ePub book titles. The text-to-speech function enables an e-book to read aloud. This will facilitate access by readers who would otherwise face a range of access challenges through blindness, dyslexia, or motor difficulties.

10 Dec 2010

Weifang Shengtai holds unveiling ceremony for 'Joint University-Business Community Program' with HUT

Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. announced today that Weifang Shengtai Pharmaceutical, the Company's subsidiary in Changle, Shandong, China ("the Shandong Subsidiary"), held an unveiling ceremony for the "Joint University-Business Community Program" between the Company's Shandong subsidiary and the Hubei University of Technology ("HUT") in Changle, Shandong, China on December 4, 2010.

9 Dec 2010

Small molecules show promise in protecting brain cells against nerve-degenerative diseases

Investigators at Southern Methodist University and The University of Texas at Dallas have discovered a family of small molecules that shows promise in protecting brain cells against nerve-degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington's, which afflict millions.

8 Dec 2010

Research roundup: Early retiree insurance; high deductible plans and skipped care; innovation and FDA

Health Care Use And Decision Making Among Lower-Income Families In High-Deductible Health Plans - This study examines the health care experiences of lower-income families (those with incomes that were less than 300% of the federal poverty level) with high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) compared to higher-income families.

7 Dec 2010

State roundup: Wash. state to pay most of state worker premiums; Budget cuts and mental health in N.Y.; Idaho fraud

Gov. Chris Gregoire told state workers for months that they'd have to pay a bigger share of health-care costs — equal to 26 percent of their health-insurance premiums — because of a looming multibillion-dollar budget shortfall. That all changed when Gregoire's office agreed this week to have workers pay 15 percent of health-care premium costs, with the state picking up the other 85 percent in the next two-year budget (Garber, 12/3).

7 Dec 2010

AVMA condemns actions of animal rights activists against UCLA research neuroscientist

Citing its policy on the use of animals in research, testing and education, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) today condemned the recent actions of animal rights activists who have targeted a University of California research neuroscientist. The scientist's work includes the use of nonhuman primates to research biochemical factors that contribute to methamphetamine and tobacco addiction in adolescents, as well as to better understand cognitive problems that contribute to behavioral, speech and reasoning disabilities in schizophrenics.

2 Dec 2010

M*Modal partners with RadNet to provide advanced documentation capabilities

M*Modal and RadNet, Inc. announced today a partnership to integrate M*Modal's Speech Understanding technology into RadNet's radiology Information technology solutions.

2 Dec 2010

Penicillamine challenge ineffective for detecting Wilson's disease in asymptomatic children

An Italian research team confirmed that the scoring system for Wilson's disease (WD) provides good diagnostic accuracy with 93% positive and 92% negative predictive values, respectively in children with mild liver disease. In asymptomatic children, a urinary copper excretion above 40 μg/24 hours was suggestive of WD, however the penicillamine challenge test (PCT) did not provide an accurate diagnosis in this patient subset.

1 Dec 2010

TRSI, ScribeAmerica partner to deliver online training program for Medical Scribes

TRS Institute (TRSI), the nation's leading provider of AHDI-approved online medical transcription and speech recognition training programs, announces an exclusive partnership with ScribeAmerica, the nation's pioneer in medical scribe training and management. The two organizations will combine and leverage training expertise to deliver an affordable self-study, self-paced online training program for Medical Scribes.

1 Dec 2010

Queensland allied health workers go on strike over pay issues

Nearly 10,000 allied health professionals of Queensland health have gone on strike for 24 hours from midnight (AEST) over a pay dispute with the government. The health workers include occupational therapists, social workers, radiographers, pharmacists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, theatre technicians and dental workers. They feel that the government’s proposed 7.5 per cent pay increase over three years is not enough.

30 Nov 2010

Cytheris' combinational therapy demonstrates possible therapeutic strategy for PML

Cytheris SA, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on research and development of new therapies for immune modulation, today announced the publication of a case study report based on successful treatment of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) with combination therapy consisting of two investigational agents, Cytheris' recombinant human interleukin-7 (CYT107) and CMX001, an investigational, oral broad-spectrum antiviral drug (Chimerix, Research Triangle Park, NC) in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

30 Nov 2010

Neuroplasticity helps children with learning disabilities improve cognitive functioning capacities

Brain School, a new book from Eaton Arrowsmith School's (EAS) founder and director, Howard Eaton, tells the amazing story of how children with learning disabilities such as Dyslexia, Nonverbal Learning Disabilities and ADHD overcame educational obstacles by reorganizing their brains.

30 Nov 2010

Sante to break ground on second and third post hospital stay rehabilitation centers

Sante Partners announces that they will officially break ground on their second and third post hospital stay rehabilitation centers: Sante of Surprise and Sante of Chandler on Wednesday, December 1st at 9 a.m. and Wednesday, December 1st at 1 p.m. respectively. The facilities will be dedicated to servicing patients/guests in the prospective communities of Surprise, Sun City and Chandler with state-of-the-art physical, occupational and speech rehabilitation centers designed by Sante Partners.

30 Nov 2010

Nuance releases PowerScribe 360 radiology reporting and communications platform

Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced PowerScribe 360, an advanced radiology reporting and communications platform that combines the best capabilities of PowerScribe and RadWhere into a unified solution. PowerScribe 360 was designed based on feedback and the extensive experience from Nuance's growing list of radiology customers, which today accounts for more than one third of all radiologists in the United States.

29 Nov 2010

New pediatric therapy centres in Westmount and Pointe Claire

Parents know the joy when their child begins to lift their head, starts to turn over, say their first word and begins to read. For the family of a child who suffers from a developmental delay or disorder what happens after this discovery is not always simple. In many cases seeing a professional can be challenging. Collage Pediatric Therapy launched private pediatric therapy centres in Westmount and Pointe Claire to provide families with this additional resource and means of accessing the expertise and answers they need to be able to intervene at the earliest stage in their child's development.

25 Nov 2010

Speech News and Research

Ensign board declares quarterly cash dividend

Researchers discover newborn's brain respond strongly to mother's voice

SBUMC to rename and dedicate ALS clinic as Christopher Pendergast ALS Center of Excellence

World's first remote 3D keyhole surgery to be performed at University of Surrey

Nuance announces availability of Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder on iTunes App Store

Elsevier enables text-to-speech option for all ePub book titles

Weifang Shengtai holds unveiling ceremony for 'Joint University-Business Community Program' with HUT

Small molecules show promise in protecting brain cells against nerve-degenerative diseases

Research roundup: Early retiree insurance; high deductible plans and skipped care; innovation and FDA

State roundup: Wash. state to pay most of state worker premiums; Budget cuts and mental health in N.Y.; Idaho fraud

AVMA condemns actions of animal rights activists against UCLA research neuroscientist

M*Modal partners with RadNet to provide advanced documentation capabilities

Penicillamine challenge ineffective for detecting Wilson's disease in asymptomatic children

TRSI, ScribeAmerica partner to deliver online training program for Medical Scribes

Queensland allied health workers go on strike over pay issues

Cytheris' combinational therapy demonstrates possible therapeutic strategy for PML

Neuroplasticity helps children with learning disabilities improve cognitive functioning capacities

Sante to break ground on second and third post hospital stay rehabilitation centers

Nuance releases PowerScribe 360 radiology reporting and communications platform

New pediatric therapy centres in Westmount and Pointe Claire

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