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HHA Services supports importance of building extraordinary customer service

HHA Services, a leading provider of healthcare food and facility management services, and recognized as one of the Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare, spoke at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, www.warmemorialhospital.org.

29 Jan 2011

Six regions across province to unite through ski

Six regions across the province will unite through ski by taking part in the Leucan 12-Hour Ski Challenge. Last year, 1,640 skiers and snowboarders helped raise more than $460,000 for children with cancer and their families!

29 Jan 2011

Best Practices report: 50% of participating companies fail collect AE reports from Internet sources

Drug safety remains front and center for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the agency strives to improve the public's perception of the organization. Likewise, the pharmaceutical industry is focused on improving its reputation among consumers and recognizes that its diligence in the reporting of adverse events plays an important role in that effort.

29 Jan 2011

Simulated Environment Concepts plans to conduct perception study to provide greater transparency

Simulated Environment Concepts, the manufacturer and developer of medical, aesthetic, weight loss and wellness equipment, announced today the company plans to conduct a perception study as a continued effort to provide greater transparency while maintaining open lines of communication.

29 Jan 2011

Capital Pro-Égaux shares to continue on NEX

Capital Pro-Égaux Inc. announces that trading in its shares will resume on January 28, 2011 on NEX, a new and separate board of the TSX Venture Exchange.

29 Jan 2011

OCPS unveils new school recipes at Chefs Move to Schools event

Orange County Public Schools, the tenth largest school district in the country, unveiled new school recipes that are "chef-inspired, kid-approved" in partnership with America's top chefs representing the leading culinary associations in the United States at the Chefs Move to Schools event in Orlando, Florida.

29 Jan 2011

Research findings could help psychiatrists better diagnose depression, schizophrenia

When elderly drivers get behind the wheel, they often confront the harrowing reality that they cannot easily see other cars, pedestrians, or cyclists moving around them. This frightening effect of aging, it turns out, is not necessarily a result of a reduced ability to perceive moving objects, as one might suspect, but a heightened awareness of the backdrop against which these objects move.

29 Jan 2011

BIO President comments on introduction of Patent Reform Act of 2011

Biotechnology Industry Organization President and CEO Jim Greenwood released the following comment on the introduction of the Patent Reform Act of 2011 (S. 23) by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) earlier this week

29 Jan 2011

Angiotech commences CCAA proceedings to implement pre-packaged financial restructuring

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that, further to its news release issued earlier today, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries have voluntarily commenced proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act in order to continue implementation of its previously announced recapitalization transaction, having obtained an Initial Order from the Supreme Court of British Columbia today.

29 Jan 2011

NexMed presents data on NexACT technology use to improve less permeable, soluable oral drugs

Apricus Biosciences, today announced that its research and development team at its NexMed, USA, Inc. subsidiary is presenting data demonstrating the use of the Company's proprietary NexACT technology to improve less permeable or less soluable drugs, at the Controlled Release Society Product Development Forum for Poorly Soluble Drugs, being held January 27 to 29, 2011, in Miami, Florida.

29 Jan 2011

Published paper suggests some orthodontists may expose young patients to unnecessary radiation

Some orthodontists may be exposing young patients to unnecessary radiation when they order 3-D X-ray imaging for simple orthodontic cases before considering traditional 2-D imaging, suggests a paper published by University of Michigan faculty.

29 Jan 2011

ESC believes stress management programmes may reduce recurrent CVD events

Following the results of a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showing that cognitive behavioural therapy produces a 41% reduction in fatal and non-fatal first recurrent CVD events, the European Society of Cardiology believes stress management programmes should be made more widely available across Europe for patients with coronary artery disease.

29 Jan 2011

U.S. Senators urge Army to help National Guard troops for mental health support

U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy and Lindsey Graham, the co-chairs of the Senate National Guard Caucus, are urging the U.S. Army to do more to help National Guard troops cope with the stresses of combat.

29 Jan 2011

ONR TechSolutions to deliver protective eyewear for warfighters

The Office of Naval Research's TechSolutions department is set to deliver to Navy Special Warfare Command personnel later this year new protective eyewear that will eliminate the need for warfighters to stop to change out colored lenses to accommodate differences in light levels.

29 Jan 2011

National Mentor Holdings prices 12.50% senior notes due 2018

National Mentor Holdings, announced today that it has priced an offering of $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 12.50% senior notes due 2018 through a private offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

29 Jan 2011

HPN President announces gift to UCLA to advance research for Neural Regeneration

Dr. Richard Merkin, President and CEO of Heritage Provider Network, and the Merkin Family Foundation announce the generous gift to the UCLA Department of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA to advance research for Neural Regeneration.

29 Jan 2011

Medical News

HHA Services supports importance of building extraordinary customer service

Six regions across province to unite through ski

Best Practices report: 50% of participating companies fail collect AE reports from Internet sources

Simulated Environment Concepts plans to conduct perception study to provide greater transparency

Capital Pro-Égaux shares to continue on NEX

OCPS unveils new school recipes at Chefs Move to Schools event

Research findings could help psychiatrists better diagnose depression, schizophrenia

BIO President comments on introduction of Patent Reform Act of 2011

Angiotech commences CCAA proceedings to implement pre-packaged financial restructuring

NexMed presents data on NexACT technology use to improve less permeable, soluable oral drugs

Published paper suggests some orthodontists may expose young patients to unnecessary radiation

ESC believes stress management programmes may reduce recurrent CVD events

U.S. Senators urge Army to help National Guard troops for mental health support

ONR TechSolutions to deliver protective eyewear for warfighters

National Mentor Holdings prices 12.50% senior notes due 2018

HPN President announces gift to UCLA to advance research for Neural Regeneration

Quantros introduces new External Comparative module for hospitals

Initiative to eliminate polio in the U.K.

Research Project's efficient solution for early cancer detection receives Leonardo da Vinci Prize

European Commission grants approval for Johnson & Johnson's proposed acquisition of Crucell

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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