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Genetic basis unknown in many children with mental retardation and developmental delays

Researchers from four laboratories that perform diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained physical and developmental disabilities recently identified a previously unrecognized genetic disorder.

10 Mar 2010

KBR' Building Group granted $94M contract for Piedmont Newnan Hospital replacement facility in Newnan, Georgia

KBR announced that its Building Group has been awarded a $94 million contract by Piedmont Healthcare to provide preconstruction and construction services for a replacement facility for Piedmont Newnan Hospital in Newnan, Georgia.

10 Mar 2010

Alzheimer’s healthcare crisis: EHE International donates display window at Rockefeller Center to help raise awareness

Throughout the month of March, visitors to Rockefeller Center will get an unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease.

6 Mar 2010

New Jersey hospital offers luxury with health, wellness

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on Virtua Health system's newly opened Health and Wellness Center in New Jersey, and calls it "the new face of luxury." The center was a $31 million investment by the non-profit group and it is expected to do well. "While many New Jersey hospitals grapple with barely-there operating margins and a national slowdown in construction, Virtua is growing.

4 Mar 2010

Valley Presbyterian Hospital announces opening of premier Amputation Prevention Center

Valley Presbyterian Hospital is proud to announce the planned red-carpet grand-opening on March 17th of its premier Amputation Prevention Center (APC), an integrated limb-preservation center that is one of the nation’s only facilities of its kind.

4 Mar 2010

Beta blockers improve heart function; eliminate need for implantable cardiac devices

New Saint Louis University research has found that beta blockers, a class of drugs used to prevent the progression of heart failure and manage arrhythmias (irregular heart beat) and hypertension (high blood pressure), are underused in heart failure patients who receive implantable cardiac devices.

4 Mar 2010

Kaiser Permanente awards $500,000 grant to Community Health Alliance of Pasadena

Kaiser Permanente announced today that it is awarding a half million dollar grant to the Community Health Alliance of Pasadena to help fund the expansion of primary health care services at the Pasadena Community Care Center for residents of the San Gabriel Valley.

4 Mar 2010

Allergan celebrates 20th anniversary of BOTOX in Canada

Twenty years ago, the first approved use of BOTOX(R) (botulinum toxin type A), a neurotoxin widely used to treat several life altering medical conditions, was granted in Canada. As part of the 20th anniversary celebrations, healthcare professionals from coast to coast reflect upon the discovery, science and evolution of a therapy that has impacted the lives of millions of patients worldwide.

3 Mar 2010

Critical follow-up evaluations provide opportunity to help physicians best evaluate their HF patients

Heart failure is by far the most prevalent chronic cardiac condition. Around 30 million people in Europe have heart failure and its incidence is still increasing: more cases are being identified, more people are living to an old age, and more are surviving a heart attack but with damage to the heart muscle.

2 Mar 2010

News outlets examine development of low-cost diagnostic tool, infectious disease surveillance

CNN examines the work of a Harvard University chemistry professor to "shrink a medical laboratory onto a piece of paper that's the size of a fingerprint and costs about a penny." According to George Whitesides, who created a prototype of the inexpensive paper "chip," the technology could be used to diagnose such diseases as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries.

2 Mar 2010

Focal dystonia precipitated by odor exposure: First case reported

Alan Hirsch, MD, founder and neurologic director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, presented his research on Odor-Induced Pseudodystonia at the 3rd International Congress on Gait and Mental Function in Washington, D.C. on February 27.

2 Mar 2010

Study shows high rate of shoulder dislocation in young males and elderly women

An article published in the March 2010 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery reveals that the majority of all shoulder dislocations occur during sports activities and young males are at a higher risk. The study also shows a high rate of shoulder dislocation in elderly women.

2 Mar 2010

VA announces two contracts to create polytrauma center that cares for severely injured Veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the award of two contracts totaling $41.5 million to create a "polytrauma center" that cares for the most severely injured Veterans and to improve the existing wards at the Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center.

27 Feb 2010

iBioLaunch platform technology to be licensed for plant-expressed influenza vaccines project

iBio, Inc. announced today that it has agreed in principle to license its technology, the iBioLaunch™ platform, and provide technology transfer services to G-Con, LLC, a private Texas company, and its affiliates, for the development and manufacture of plant-expressed influenza vaccines at a new facility being constructed in Bryan, Texas. The “GreenVax Project” will show proof of concept for a large-scale vaccine production facility using Nicotiana plants grown hydroponically in a contained environment.

27 Feb 2010

New strategy against Botulinum toxin

A study involving the world's deadliest substance has yielded a new strategy to clear toxins from the body-which may lead to more efficient strategies against toxins that may be used in a bioterrorist event, as well as snake bites, scorpion stings, and even some important chronic diseases.

26 Feb 2010

Blair House bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform: Speaker Pelosi's remarks

"As we sit around this table, I think we should be mindful of what they do when they sit around their kitchen table. What we do here must be relevant to their lives. And for them, they don't have time for us to start over. Many of them are at the end of the line with their insurance…I just hope that as we sit around this table, we understand the urgency that the American people have about this issue, how it affects not only their health, but their economic security."

26 Feb 2010

Heel pain continues to be the most common reason patients seek care, say foot and ankle surgeons

If you are suffering from heel pain, you're not alone. According to foot and ankle surgeons attending the 68th Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons in Las Vegas this week, heel pain continues to be the most common reason patients seek care. Surgeons advise the best defense to keeping pain in control is early treatment.

26 Feb 2010

Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium announces biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative for infectious diseases

Leaders of the Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium today announced a biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative designed to show proof of concept for a landmark new technology that could dramatically increase the nation's capability to produce vaccines for infectious diseases, including influenza.

25 Feb 2010

Texas-based consortium announces biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative for vaccine production

25 Feb 2010

JBG to develop new facility for cancer research

The JBG Companies has been chosen by the General Services Administration to build and own a new facility to house the nation's premier center for cancer research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Montgomery County, Maryland.

25 Feb 2010

Foot News and Research

Genetic basis unknown in many children with mental retardation and developmental delays

KBR' Building Group granted $94M contract for Piedmont Newnan Hospital replacement facility in Newnan, Georgia

Alzheimer’s healthcare crisis: EHE International donates display window at Rockefeller Center to help raise awareness

New Jersey hospital offers luxury with health, wellness

Valley Presbyterian Hospital announces opening of premier Amputation Prevention Center

Beta blockers improve heart function; eliminate need for implantable cardiac devices

Kaiser Permanente awards $500,000 grant to Community Health Alliance of Pasadena

Allergan celebrates 20th anniversary of BOTOX in Canada

Critical follow-up evaluations provide opportunity to help physicians best evaluate their HF patients

News outlets examine development of low-cost diagnostic tool, infectious disease surveillance

Focal dystonia precipitated by odor exposure: First case reported

Study shows high rate of shoulder dislocation in young males and elderly women

VA announces two contracts to create polytrauma center that cares for severely injured Veterans

iBioLaunch platform technology to be licensed for plant-expressed influenza vaccines project

New strategy against Botulinum toxin

Blair House bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform: Speaker Pelosi's remarks

Heel pain continues to be the most common reason patients seek care, say foot and ankle surgeons

Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium announces biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative for infectious diseases

Texas-based consortium announces biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative for vaccine production

JBG to develop new facility for cancer research

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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