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International cultivator wins Canada's prestigious medical marijuana quality award

An internationally-respected hydroponics medical marijuana cultivation educator won Canada's most prestigious medical marijuana quality award during a Toronto hydroponics expo competition...and he used a brand new type of hydroponics nutrients to do it.

12 Aug 2010

Nurses' Voices project covers oral history of nursing, development of new nursing practices

A research project giving nurses' first-hand accounts of life on the wards of St George's Hospital, London, over the last 80 years has been brought together in a new book.

12 Aug 2010

VSee, Mandy Moore, Nothing But Nets, and UN Foundation partner for video townhall on malaria in Africa

On August 12th at 2:00 p.m. ET, Mandy Moore joins Nothing But Nets™ and PSI for a video townhall on malaria in Africa, broadcast on Facebook®. The video conferencing service will be provided by VSee Lab, Inc. and Ustream, and the event is hosted by Derrick Ashong, one of Katalyst Media's Social Media Envoys. This is an opportunity to question Mandy Moore and learn about sending nets and saving lives. Become a fan of Nothing But Nets on Facebook and join the discussion.

12 Aug 2010

Scientists awarded $348,037 to study causes, effects of hypoxia in Green Bay

Scientists researching the causes and effects of hypoxia in Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan, Wisc., have been awarded $348,037 for the first year of an anticipated four-year $1,367,300 project through NOAA's Coastal Hypoxia Research Program. Hypoxia within Green Bay has been a problem for decades, and recent evidence suggests that it may be worsening, with the potential for "dead zones" and fish kills to become both more frequent and more extensive with a changing climate.

12 Aug 2010

FDA advisory committee votes in favor of Ezogabine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted unanimously that clinical studies had provided substantial evidence of the effectiveness of Ezogabine (known as Retigabine outside of the U.S.) as adjunctive treatment for adults with partial-onset seizures.

12 Aug 2010

NYBC calls for blood donations

New York Blood Center, serving more than 20 million people in New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, New Jersey, and parts of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, calls upon the communities it serves to remember your neighbors during this slow, late summer period for blood donations – and schedule a donation appointment or consider sponsoring a blood drive, because patients' needs do not take a summer break.

12 Aug 2010

CHA supports FTC's efforts to eliminate fraudulent marketing of discount health care programs

CHA supports the FTC's efforts to eliminate fraudulent and misleading marketing of discount health care programs. Discount health care programs provide millions of members with access to substantial savings on health care products and services. It's important that consumers have continued access to legitimate discount programs which make health care more affordable while also being protected against fraudulent outfits that misrepresent these programs.

12 Aug 2010

BioPharm Asia subsidiary acquires all outstanding equity interests of TBWF

BioPharm Asia, Inc. announced today that on August 7, 2010, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tonghua Huachen Herbal Planting Company Limited, acquired all of the outstanding equity interests in Tonghua Tianbao Wood Frog Cultivation Limited Company for a purchase price of $4,000,000.

12 Aug 2010

Entry deadline for second annual CLIO Healthcare Awards extended to August 27, 2010

The entry deadline has been extended for the second annual CLIO Healthcare Awards. All work appearing between January 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 must be submitted to the CLIO Healthcare Awards no later than August 27, 2010. In an effort to provide an innovative and eco-friendly entry process, once again the CLIO Healthcare Awards will receive submissions online only at www.CLIOHealthcare.com. Professionals now have additional time to refine their entries, including international work, made eligible for the first time.

12 Aug 2010

ALLOZYNE signs worldwide, co-exclusive licensing agreement with Sigma-Aldrich

ALLOZYNE Inc. announced today the signing of a worldwide, co-exclusive licensing agreement with Sigma-Aldrich giving ALLOZYNE a license for the use of cycloaddition chemistry in the development of therapeutics and diagnostics. Sigma-Aldrich currently holds broad, worldwide intellectual property for the use of cycloaddition chemistry to conjugate biomolecules.

12 Aug 2010

Pelleve Wrinkle Reduction System launched across U.S.

Pelleve, the revolutionary skin tightening system for nonablative skin rejuvenation, is now available through dermatologists, plastic surgeons, medspas and cosmetic surgery clinics across the country.

12 Aug 2010

News outlets look at how H1N1 will inform WHO's future outbreak response

Following the WHO's decision on Tuesday to declare the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic over, several news outlets reviewed the emergence of the virus around the world, exploring how some of the lessons learned from H1N1 could assist the WHO's handling of future outbreaks.

12 Aug 2010

Evotec revenues for first-half of 2010 increase 33% to € 25.0 m

Evotec AG today reported financial results and corporate updates for the first half of 2010.

12 Aug 2010

Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Report for July 2010

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index dropped slightly to 67.1 in July from June's second-highest score of 67.3 and shows a modest retraction in the nation's well-being rebound, with a fall in four of the six sub-indices comprising the Index. A portion of the overall dip is attributed to the continued decline in the Work Environment.

12 Aug 2010

AVEO achieves enrollment target for tivozanib global Phase 3 clinical trial in advanced renal cell carcinoma

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing cancer therapeutics, today announced that it has achieved its enrollment target for TIVO-1, its global Phase 3 clinical trial for its oral, triple VEGF receptor inhibitor, tivozanib, in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. In February of this year, AVEO initiated enrollment in TIVO-1, and has successfully reached the target enrollment of 500 patients.

12 Aug 2010

Health Net Foundation, Health Net of California to provide $7M to keep Central Valley clinics open

With the State of California's budget situation threatening to again halt payments to the state's health clinics, the Health Net Foundation and Health Net of California, Inc., together, are prepared to provide up to $7 million in zero-interest financing to help prevent Central Valley clinics from shutting their doors.

12 Aug 2010

ER visit rates increase at twice growth rate of population

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that emergency visit rates have increased at twice the rate of growth of the U.S. population from 1997 to 2007; Medicaid patients accounted for a large proportion of the increase, often coming with more severe illnesses and complications.

12 Aug 2010

Clinical cases that use IQQA-Liver for operative assessments exceed 1000: EDDA Technology

EDDA Technology announced today that the number of clinical cases evaluated for pre- and post- operative assessment using IQQA-Liver in hospitals has exceeded 1000 examinations, since the first commercial system installation in Q2 2009. EDDA's IQQA-Liver, now marketed worldwide, is a comprehensive workflow solution supporting modern multidisciplinary liver imaging evaluation and management.

12 Aug 2010

Eastern Pennsylvania Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association launches response team with Amish community

Underscoring that a sudden cardiac arrest emergency requires quick response and that automated external defibrillators are easy to use, the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association has launched a unique community response team with the Amish community of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, at the center of a broad program that will deploy AEDs in public locations, schools and even on horse and buggies and Amish farms to protect the community's residents and visitors from the nation's leading cause of death.

12 Aug 2010

U.S. announces additional $20M in flood aid for Pakistan

The U.S. will give an additional $20 million to aid Pakistan, bringing the total amount of flood assistance to $55 million, Mark Ward, acting director of the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, told reporters at a press briefing Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reports.

12 Aug 2010

Medical News

International cultivator wins Canada's prestigious medical marijuana quality award

Nurses' Voices project covers oral history of nursing, development of new nursing practices

VSee, Mandy Moore, Nothing But Nets, and UN Foundation partner for video townhall on malaria in Africa

Scientists awarded $348,037 to study causes, effects of hypoxia in Green Bay

FDA advisory committee votes in favor of Ezogabine

NYBC calls for blood donations

CHA supports FTC's efforts to eliminate fraudulent marketing of discount health care programs

BioPharm Asia subsidiary acquires all outstanding equity interests of TBWF

Entry deadline for second annual CLIO Healthcare Awards extended to August 27, 2010

ALLOZYNE signs worldwide, co-exclusive licensing agreement with Sigma-Aldrich

Pelleve Wrinkle Reduction System launched across U.S.

News outlets look at how H1N1 will inform WHO's future outbreak response

Evotec revenues for first-half of 2010 increase 33% to € 25.0 m

Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Report for July 2010

AVEO achieves enrollment target for tivozanib global Phase 3 clinical trial in advanced renal cell carcinoma

Health Net Foundation, Health Net of California to provide $7M to keep Central Valley clinics open

ER visit rates increase at twice growth rate of population

Clinical cases that use IQQA-Liver for operative assessments exceed 1000: EDDA Technology

Eastern Pennsylvania Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association launches response team with Amish community

U.S. announces additional $20M in flood aid for Pakistan

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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