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Musical video to teach basics of biotechnology

The video will be made available to high school students across North Carolina to help teach them how biotechnology harnesses cellular machinery to cure diseases, detect biohazards and manufacture new materials.

30 Jan 2010

ConnexOntario receives approval for expansion of MOHLTC-funded problem gambling counselling services

ConnexOntario's appointment booking facilitates the quick and efficient scheduling of appointments with MOHLTC-funded problem gambling counselling services. Along with live-answer information and referral, system education, and short-term support, individuals contacting ConnexOntario's service, the Ontario Problem Gambling Helpline, receive immediate assistance and encouragement to take further steps to access treatment services and, to facilitate this, can now be offered an appointment date and time with registered organizations.

30 Jan 2010

Society publication strengthens oncology journals program

Beginning this year, Springer will add the Journal of Cancer Education (JCE) to its journals publishing program. Published on behalf of the American Association for Cancer Education and the European Association for Cancer Education, the quarterly journal features a varied editorial board made up of MDs and PhDs who support the dissemination of information on improving cancer education worldwide.

30 Jan 2010

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals receives $16M over apaziquone collaboration agreement

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced today that it has received $15 million from Nippon Kayaku in connection with the collaboration agreement for apaziquone (EOquin®) announced on November 10, 2009, and $1 million from Handok Pharmaceuticals announced on November 23, 2009.

30 Jan 2010

Study shows significant decline in hockey-related spinal injuries

The past decade has seen a significant reduction in the number and severity of spinal cord injuries in Canadian ice hockey, reports a study in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine.

30 Jan 2010

Health Secretary and education leader commend school for encouraging physical activities among students

During a visit today to Hanover Area Junior-Senior High School, Department of Health Secretary Everette James and Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak commended the school for its efforts to boost physical activity among middle school students.

30 Jan 2010

Cerner to provide AORN SYNTEGRITY SPF for streamlining EHR perioperative documentation

Helping to streamline electronic documentation processes for perioperative care, CSC and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) announced today that Cerner, a global supplier of healthcare solutions, will be the first to provide AORN SYNTEGRITY™ Standardized Perioperative Framework (SPF) within a surgery and anesthesia management clinical information system. With AORN SYNTEGRITYTM, the amount of clinical staff time needed to configure and support electronic health record (EHR) perioperative documentation can be reduced by as much as 80 percent.

30 Jan 2010

ING introduces new business building program for corporate retirement plan market

ING's U.S. Retirement Services business today announced the launch of a new business building program for advisors, consultants and the third party administrator (TPA) community serving the small and mid-sized corporate retirement plan market.

30 Jan 2010

Congressman Rothman secures 1.49M in federal dollars for EHMC's bloodless medicine program

Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) will be the featured speaker at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center today, 1:00-2:00 pm. Congressman Rothman will announce the latest batch of federal funds, $1.49 million, for the Institute for Patient Blood Management and Bloodless Medicine and Surgery. This brings the total amount of federal funding secured by Congressman Rothman for this institute to $4.69 million in federal resources and to over six million dollars to Hospital programs since 2002.

30 Jan 2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific provides public notice to the holders Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures

As required under the indenture covering Apogent Technologies Inc. Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2033 (CUSIP No. 03760AAK7), Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is providing public notice to the holders of these bonds that they have the right to receive contingent interest for the current quarterly interest period ending March 15, 2010.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 30 Jan 2010

Wrestlers are at higher risk for skin infections than other athletes

As high school and college wrestlers return to the mats in preparation for February tournaments and post-season championships, their risk for the skin infection Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) increases significantly.

30 Jan 2010

Mental health advocacy and provider communities support DPW's decision to close ASH

The mental health advocacy and provider communities in Pennsylvania support the decision by the PA Department of Public Welfare (DPW) to close Allentown State Hospital (ASH), an institution for people who have mental illnesses.

30 Jan 2010

AAPM reassures safety of radiation therapy

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has issued a statement today in the wake of several recent articles in the New York Times yesterday and earlier in the week that discuss a number of rare but tragic events in the last decade involving people undergoing radiation therapy.

30 Jan 2010

Penn Medicine team heads to Haiti to provide expert medical care

At approximately 2:30 pm on Monday, January 25th "Penn Medicine Team One" -- the first medical team from Penn Medicine to fly to Haiti to provide expert medical care -- departed from the Philadelphia International Airport.

30 Jan 2010

Mainz University Medical Center and Nagasaki University announce joint research into radiation epidemiology and biology

The University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Nagasaki University in Japan plan to cooperate more closely in the future. At the focus of the partnership funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will be the joint development of a program of research into radiation epidemiology and radiation biology, the establishment of an exchange program for scientists and academics at the two universities, and, over the long term, the creation of a joint multicenter research project.

30 Jan 2010

NIFA awards $900,000 to Wallace Center at Winrock International to run HUFED Center

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is awarding $900,000 to the Wallace Center at Winrock International, Little Rock, Ark., to run the Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development (HUFED) Center.

30 Jan 2010

BEE Healthy Kids Fitness Buzz opened at Jefferson Science Magnet Elementary School in Norwalk

Today, U.S. Congressman Jim Himes, Norwalk Mayor Richard Moccia and the GE Hispanic Forum will host the region’s first BEE Healthy Kids Fitness Buzz at Jefferson Science Magnet Elementary School in Norwalk, Connecticut.

30 Jan 2010

Senate foreign relations committee hearing examines aid to Haiti, rebuilding; Senators introduce legislation

At a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Thursday and in a "separate teleconference by relief organizations," officials said international aid to Haiti has been delayed by the "island nation's inept government, a lack of coordination by aid organizations and the legacy of past U.S. policy failures," McClatchy/Miami Herald reports.

30 Jan 2010

Surgeon General's report lays out recommendations to address childhood obesity

"As many as one in three children are overweight or obese, according to a new report" released yesterday by U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin.

30 Jan 2010

Dental hygienists provide free oral care services for Valentine's Day

To honour the spirit of Valentine's Day, on February 13 registered dental hygienists across the province will provide oral care services to the public at no cost.

30 Jan 2010

Education News and Research

Musical video to teach basics of biotechnology

ConnexOntario receives approval for expansion of MOHLTC-funded problem gambling counselling services

Society publication strengthens oncology journals program

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals receives $16M over apaziquone collaboration agreement

Study shows significant decline in hockey-related spinal injuries

Health Secretary and education leader commend school for encouraging physical activities among students

Cerner to provide AORN SYNTEGRITY SPF for streamlining EHR perioperative documentation

ING introduces new business building program for corporate retirement plan market

Congressman Rothman secures 1.49M in federal dollars for EHMC's bloodless medicine program

Thermo Fisher Scientific provides public notice to the holders Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures

Wrestlers are at higher risk for skin infections than other athletes

Mental health advocacy and provider communities support DPW's decision to close ASH

AAPM reassures safety of radiation therapy

Penn Medicine team heads to Haiti to provide expert medical care

Mainz University Medical Center and Nagasaki University announce joint research into radiation epidemiology and biology

NIFA awards $900,000 to Wallace Center at Winrock International to run HUFED Center

BEE Healthy Kids Fitness Buzz opened at Jefferson Science Magnet Elementary School in Norwalk

Senate foreign relations committee hearing examines aid to Haiti, rebuilding; Senators introduce legislation

Surgeon General's report lays out recommendations to address childhood obesity

Dental hygienists provide free oral care services for Valentine's Day

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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