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Zip-Outs, cutting-edge line of hearing protection solutions released

StreamWorks Products Group, Inc. (SPG), renowned for developing innovative consumer products across several industries, has announced the release of Zip-Outs™ – the foremost product under its new PlugsSafety division, a cutting-edge line of hearing protection solutions.

27 Oct 2009

NCI funds new Center on Microenvironment and Metastasis to research on cancer

Adding potent research firepower and fresh physical perspectives to combat cancer, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has funded the new Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, which will be headquartered at Cornell University.

27 Oct 2009

Congressional hearing addresses International Violence Against Women Act

VOA News reports on the recent appeals by human rights advocates for the U.S. Congress to pass the International Violence Against Women Act, a bill that would fund "a five-year program to reduce violence in countries where the problem is most serious." Then Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.) first introduced the legislation in 2007.

26 Oct 2009

Lobbying to 'tweak' health reform bills heats up

"In Washington, there are two ways to wage legislative war: fight to kill and fight to tweak," the Washington Post reports. "With a growing sense that Democrats may have the votes to pass health-care reform, many participants are now attempting to shape the components of landmark legislation rather than to defeat it.

26 Oct 2009

NASDAQ issues delisting notice to Commonwealth Biotechnologies

On July 24, 2009, The NASDAQ Stock Market notified Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. that CBI was to be delisted from the NASDAQ Capital Market as a result of a failure to comply with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(b) due to a failure to maintain minimum stockholders’ equity of $2.5 million and a failure to file a Form 8-K affirming compliance with Rule 5550(b).

24 Oct 2009

Media examines U.S., Mexico H1N1 vaccine campaigns, health effects of handwashing in Bolivia

The Washington Post examines H1N1 vaccine supplies across the U.S.: "With only a fraction of the tens of millions of doses of vaccine that authorities predicted would be available arriving in states, cities and towns, public health officials who spent months planning for a massive immunization program are instead scrambling to parcel out their limited supply of nasal sprays and shots," the newspaper writes.

24 Oct 2009

Canada's first nationwide hearing healthcare structure launched

Lifestyle Hearing Corporation has officially launched Canada's first nationwide hearing healthcare structure called the Lifestyle Hearing Network. This initiative aims to provide Canadians coast to coast with a consistent source of premium medical clinics devoted to audiology.

23 Oct 2009

Scientists demonstrate how second set of cells carry signals from the inner ear to the brain

Deep in the ear, 95 percent of the cells that shuttle sound to the brain are big, boisterous neurons that, to date, have explained most of what scientists know about how hearing works. Whether a rare, whisper-small second set of cells also carry signals from the inner ear to the brain and have a real role in processing sound has been a matter of debate.

23 Oct 2009

White House leaning towards public option with state opt out provision, Sen. Nelson says

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and the White House are leaning towards including a national public option -- with a provision for states to opt out of it -- in the Senate health care bill, Sen. Ben. Nelson (D-Neb.) said Thursday" after a briefing with Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Politico's Live Pulse blog reports.

23 Oct 2009

Helix Hearing Care Centre's initiative to increase hearing healthcare awareness

Helix Hearing Care Centre, a subsidiary of Lifestyle Hearing Corporation, has recently signed a sponsorship agreement with the Ottawa Senators. They are now the Official Hearing Care Company of one of Canada's most-loved hockey teams.

22 Oct 2009

Small businesses could benefit from insurance exchanges

Supporters of health reform legislation told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that the insurance exchanges are critical for small businesses, which pay more than large companies to cover their employees and are cutting jobs and insurance coverage to control costs.

22 Oct 2009

White House offer on malpractice finds takers; Obama tells Dems to 'focus'

Since President Obama proposed using $25 million to test new ways to handle malpractice lawsuits, suitors have been lining up, the The Asssociated Press reports. One leading idea is to appoint expert panels to sort fact from fiction in malpractice claims.

22 Oct 2009

Researchers study reading and written comprehension skills of deaf youngsters

A group of researchers at Seville University, headed by Isabel de los Reyes Rodríguez Ortiz, is analysing the reading comprehension processes of deaf youngsters, a factor closely linked to their level of expression, both verbal and using sign language.

21 Oct 2009

Pelosi remarks on the health bill and its affect on people with pre-existing conditions

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Congressman Mark Schauer of Michigan held a press availability this afternoon in the Capitol with representatives from Easter Seals to highlight the urgency of health insurance reform for children with pre-existing conditions.

21 Oct 2009

Drug abuse expert Dr. Drew Pinsky and the Five Moms join in fight against OTC cough medicine abuse

Dr. Drew Pinsky, a nationally renowned drug abuse expert, and the Five Moms, five exceptional women dedicated to spreading the word about the dangers of cough medicine abuse, are speaking out to educate parents and congressional staff on Capitol Hill about the issue of over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicine abuse among teens and how to prevent it through education.

21 Oct 2009

Research provides further insights into brain mechanisms

Research presented today at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health, provide further insights into brain mechanisms, including those involved in music, social interaction, learning and memory.

21 Oct 2009

Hearing examines strengths and areas for improvement in reform proposals for small businesses

United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Ranking Member Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, today held a hearing to better understand the needs of small businesses in health care reform and to examine whether the current proposals meet those needs

21 Oct 2009

Human Rights and Oversight to hold a hearing on international violence against women

On Wednesday, October 21 at 2:00 p.m. in Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172, Chairman Delahunt (D-MA) of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight will hold a hearing titled International Violence Against Women: Stories and Solutions.

20 Oct 2009

Testicular cancer survivors at risk of effective treatment

Testicular cancer survivors can face an increased risk of long-term illness, not because of the malignancy, but the highly effective treatment they receive, according to a study in the urology journal BJUI.

20 Oct 2009

Federal judge stops the state from making cuts in the IHSS homecare program

A Federal judge has stopped the state from making deep cuts in the In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) homecare program that would have affected some 130,000 low income elderly, blind and disabled Californians.

20 Oct 2009