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Apple Valley Medical Clinic inaugurates new Sleep Center to provide quality care

The Apple Valley Medical Clinic has opened a new Sleep Center, located at 15100 Galaxie Avenue in Apple Valley. The center, under the medical direction of Scott Benson, M.D., a family medicine physician with the Apple Valley Medical Clinic, offers preventive care, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.

28 Jan 2011

European Commission to implement SUNRAY-project to tackle malnutrition in Africa

The European Commission has given the green light to an ambitious research project called SUNRAY: the acronym for 'Sustainable Nutrition Research for Africa in the Years to come'. The project will be implemented by a consortium of four African and five European institutions coordinated by the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp.

28 Jan 2011

Clarins and Shoppers Drug Mart support Motherisk in Kiss for Life campaign

Consumers can help to support Motherisk, a program of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), during the Kiss for Life campaign with the purchase of the specially-marked Clarins Lip Perfector, exclusively available at 600 Shoppers Drug Mart locations across Ontario.

28 Jan 2011

Call for swift bipartisan agreement to make scientific research a high priority

The members of the Task Force on American Innovation - a coalition of industry, universities, and professional societies - agree with the President's comments tonight that the country needs both strong measures to reduce federal budget deficits and increased investment in scientific research, particularly in the physical sciences and engineering. We believe strongly that both deficit reduction and these targeted investments are key to our nation's long-term economic growth and national security.

28 Jan 2011

Physicians' second opinions influenced by the first opinion

A new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers indicates that physicians who give second opinions may be influenced by the first opinion and other external factors.

28 Jan 2011

APS calls for bipartisan support for greater investment in scientific research

The American Physical Society (APS), the nation's largest organization of physicists, takes special note of President Obama's speech last night that increasing scientific research and innovation and improving education are crucial to our nation's long-term economic growth.

28 Jan 2011

New report recommends dental schools to follow specific steps for successful mentoring programs

A new report by an Indiana University School of Dentistry department chair with researchers from six other U.S. dental schools is calling for quick and creative solutions to address the growing scarcity of full-time faculty members within the nation's dental school programs.

28 Jan 2011

Engaging public in consensus can help eliminate much of the $700 billion of health care spending

In a groundbreaking policy paper released today, the American College of Physicians (ACP) offered more than a dozen principles for engaging the public in a process that it hopes will lead to consensus on conserving and allocating resources based on the best evidence of clinical effectiveness and value.

28 Jan 2011

Nation study examines running-related injuries treated in U.S. emergency departments

Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital examined running-related injuries among children and adolescents 6 to 18 years old and found that an estimated 225,344 cases were treated in U.S. emergency departments from 1994 through 2007, for an average of more than 16,000 each year. During the 14-year study period, the annual number of running-related injuries increased 34 percent.

28 Jan 2011

Diabetes Spring Conference 2011 to take place at University of Greenwich

A conference on diabetes is to take place at the University of Greenwich's Medway campus.

28 Jan 2011

Study suggests newborn diagnosis can improve survival in SCID patients

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency occurs in just one out of every 50,000 to 100,000 births in the United States, yet it is the most serious primary immunodeficiency disorder. A study published today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology, demonstrates that babies with SCID who are diagnosed at birth and receive a hematopoietic stem cell transplant, which is the transplantation of blood-forming stem cells, have significantly improved survival.

28 Jan 2011

New molecular player responsible for regulation of appetite and metabolism

A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida and Washington University School of Medicine adds a new twist to the body of evidence suggesting human obesity is due in part to genetic factors. While studying hormone receptors in laboratory mice, neuroscientists identified a new molecular player responsible for the regulation of appetite and metabolism.

28 Jan 2011

Small minority of employers more familiar with Health Care Reform overall: New study

As provisions of the ''Affordable Health Care for America Act'' continue to come into effect, there is a tremendous need for employers across the country to learn about its impact on their businesses and employees, according to the results of "Health Care Reform 360 degree," a new national study by Market Strategies International, the highly-regarded global market research and consulting firm.

28 Jan 2011

Study: Running-related injuries increased to 34% in children

28 Jan 2011

Improper food handling can lead to gastrointestinal illness in children

In the confined space of a classroom, gastrointestinal illnesses can spread quickly, causing sufferers many painful and uncomfortable symptoms. But what is to blame for a school-based outbreak? In most cases, improper food handling is the culprit, says a Ryerson University public health expert.

28 Jan 2011

One in ten pregnant Norway women consume organic food regularly

Who eats organic food when they are pregnant? Is it just certain groups? What kind of organic foods are most popular? A recent study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health provides some answers. The study includes nearly 65,000 women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.

28 Jan 2011

Majority of Americans favor foreign aid cuts, Poll finds

A USA Today/Gallup poll released on Wednesday found that a majority of Americans oppose spending cuts when asked about specific programs, except for foreign aid, The Hill's blog, "Briefing Room," reports (Fabian, 1/26).

28 Jan 2011

Tibotec grants multiple non-exclusive licenses to generic manufacturers for rilpivirine hydrochloride

Tibotec Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has granted multiple non-exclusive licenses to generic manufacturers including Hetero Drugs Limited, Matrix Laboratories Limited (a Mylan company) of India and Aspen Pharmacare of South Africa to manufacture, market and distribute the investigational non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor rilpivirine hydrochloride (TMC278), pending its approval for use with other antiretroviral agents in the treatment of treatment-naive HIV-1 infected adults.

28 Jan 2011

Georgia Hospital Association selects onFocus enterprise performance management solution

onFocus Healthcare, Inc. today announced that it is the exclusive enterprise performance management solution to the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and its more than 200 hospitals. This partnership allows onFocus to extend its web-based software, onFocus|epm™, and performance optimization service programs through increased collaboration with GHA member hospitals and management teams.

28 Jan 2011

Opinions: Global poverty; Global Fund corruption; Tackling poverty, environmental issues

Ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Laurence Chandy and Geoffrey Gert, both of the Brookings Institution's Global Economy and Development program, reflect on "Poverty's Success Story," a Washington Post opinion piece. They note that the last time the World Bank issued global poverty statistics (the number of people in the world living on less than $1.25 each day) was 2005.

28 Jan 2011

Education News and Research

Apple Valley Medical Clinic inaugurates new Sleep Center to provide quality care

European Commission to implement SUNRAY-project to tackle malnutrition in Africa

Clarins and Shoppers Drug Mart support Motherisk in Kiss for Life campaign

Call for swift bipartisan agreement to make scientific research a high priority

Physicians' second opinions influenced by the first opinion

APS calls for bipartisan support for greater investment in scientific research

New report recommends dental schools to follow specific steps for successful mentoring programs

Engaging public in consensus can help eliminate much of the $700 billion of health care spending

Nation study examines running-related injuries treated in U.S. emergency departments

Diabetes Spring Conference 2011 to take place at University of Greenwich

Study suggests newborn diagnosis can improve survival in SCID patients

New molecular player responsible for regulation of appetite and metabolism

Small minority of employers more familiar with Health Care Reform overall: New study

Study: Running-related injuries increased to 34% in children

Improper food handling can lead to gastrointestinal illness in children

One in ten pregnant Norway women consume organic food regularly

Majority of Americans favor foreign aid cuts, Poll finds

Tibotec grants multiple non-exclusive licenses to generic manufacturers for rilpivirine hydrochloride

Georgia Hospital Association selects onFocus enterprise performance management solution

Opinions: Global poverty; Global Fund corruption; Tackling poverty, environmental issues

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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