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UC Riverside professor to co-lead '1000 Fungal Genomes' project

Jason Stajich, an assistant professor of plant pathology and microbiology at the University of California, Riverside, is a member of an international research team that, in collaboration with the Joint Genome Institute of the U.S. Department of Energy, has embarked on a five-year project to sequence 1000 fungal genomes from across the Fungal Tree of Life.

10 Nov 2011

IASO selects Inmedius Generation21 Learning Suite to improve care for obese patients

Inmedius, Inc. announces that the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) has adopted its Generation21 Learning Suite to disseminate evidence-based eLearning resources to health professionals globally.

10 Nov 2011

Obagi Medical Products third quarter net income increases to $4.4M

Obagi Medical Products, Inc., a leader in topical aesthetic and therapeutic skin health systems, today reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

10 Nov 2011

Merck's NEXPLANON 68 mg now available in the U.S.

Merck today announced that NEXPLANON (etonogestrel implant) 68 mg, a long-acting, progestin-only single-rod hormonal contraceptive, is now available in the United States.

10 Nov 2011

HIRC recognizes UBM Medica's Psychiatric Times for digital health resource

UBM Medica today announced that Psychiatric Times, a leading resource for psychiatric news and information, has been recognized by the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC) for being a high-quality digital health resource.

10 Nov 2011

PDI third quarter revenues increase 4% to $37.2 million

PDI, Inc., today reported financial and operational results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011.

10 Nov 2011

Pennsylvania Game Commission reminds hunters to avoid hypothermia

Pennsylvania Game Commission Hunter-Trapper Education Division Chief Keith A. Snyder is reminding hunters, trappers and other outdoors enthusiasts to plan well to avoid hypothermia.

10 Nov 2011

Study: Omega-3 supplements can decrease inflammation, anxiety

A recent study gauging the impact of consuming more fish oil showed a marked reduction both in inflammation and, surprisingly, in anxiety among a cohort of healthy young people.

10 Nov 2011

Transgenomic third quarter total revenue increases 87% to $8.3 million

Transgenomic, Inc. today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and provided a business update.

10 Nov 2011

PCMD researcher receives Alzheimer's Association grant to study dementia

The US-based Alzheimer's Association has awarded Dr. David Llewellyn of Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD), University of Exeter, a prestigious two-year $100,000 New Investigator Research Grant to further his dementia research.

10 Nov 2011

Clinton expresses U.S. commitment to creating 'AIDS-free generation,' calls on world to help

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking at the NIH on Tuesday, "called on the world to create the first 'AIDS-free generation' by using antiviral drugs, condoms, circumcision and other approaches to stem the spread of HIV," the Washington Post reports.

10 Nov 2011

Patients with Parkinson's may have increased risk of leg motor restlessness

People with Parkinson's disease may be more likely to have a movement disorder called leg motor restlessness, but not true restless legs syndrome as previous studies have suggested, according to a study published in the November 9, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

10 Nov 2011

AxoGen third quarter revenues increase 42.5% to $1.1 million

AxoGen, Inc. today reported third quarter of 2011 revenues of $1.1 million, a 42.5% increase over $0.8 million reported during the third quarter of 2010.

10 Nov 2011

New epigenetic therapy may treat recurrent metastatic NSCLC

Patients with recurrent metastatic non-small cell lung cancer have a morbid prognosis, but a new epigenetic therapy may have potential in this population, according to data published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

10 Nov 2011

BGI, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia partner to target pediatric diseases

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and BGI, the world's largest genomics institute, today announced they have formed a partnership, BGI@CHOP, to conduct large-scale human genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis at a newly established, state-of-the-art Joint Genome Center at Children's Hospital.

10 Nov 2011

Viewpoints: Romney's critical missing information on Medicare; anti-smoking messages too graphic

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney conveniently left out key facts when he ripped a new health care cost-control measure - the Independent Payment Advisory Board. . The Affordable Care Act also specifically limits the board's powers. It cannot ration care, reduce benefits, raise premiums or other cost-sharing such as copays. As part of that, it cannot raise Medicare's eligibility age, as Romney himself has proposed.

10 Nov 2011

Kanghui third quarter total net revenue increases 26.9% to RMB80.7M

China Kanghui Holdings, a leading domestic developer, manufacturer and marketer of orthopedic implants in China, today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011.

10 Nov 2011

JMC launches comprehensive lung cancer program

Recruiting one of the nation's leading specialists in minimally-invasive lung and chest surgery, Jupiter Medical Center (JMC) has launched the first comprehensive program in Palm Beach and Martin counties dedicated to prevention, early detection, treatment and care of patients with lung cancer and other diseases of the chest and lung.

10 Nov 2011

Simple portable test can diagnose 'vegetative' patients with consciousness

The Coma Science Group, led by Dr Steven Laureys, has developed, along with its partners in London, Ontario, (Canada) and Cambridge (England), a portable test which will permit a simpler and less expensive diagnosis of 'vegetative' patients who still have consciousness, despite the fact that they do not have the means to express it.

9 Nov 2011