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Sentry Air Systems announces equipment compliance with OSHA's hexavalent chromium regulation

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is enforcing strict regulations regarding worker exposure to hexavalent chromium in several industries. Hexavalent chromium, a volatized and oxidized form of chromium, has been identified as a carcinogen. OSHA has subsequently established stringent regulations for workers who are potentially exposed to it in the general, construction, shipyard, and marine terminal industries.

19 Apr 2010

Questions posed concerning the impact that nutrition in womb, early life has on healthy life chances

The evidence emerging from the EC funded EARNEST Project is beginning to shine some light into intriguing and potentially difficult ethical questions concerning the impact that nutrition in the womb and in early life has on our healthy life chances.

19 Apr 2010

Smith & Nephew highlights advanced wound care product portfolio at 2010 SAWC/WHS meeting

The Advanced Wound Management division of Smith & Nephew, Inc., a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew plc announced today that a total of 16 posters on studies conducted with its advanced wound care products were presented at this year's Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) and Wound Healing Society (WHS) meeting.

19 Apr 2010

Healthyroads announces new partnership status with NAQC

Healthyroads, the wellness subsidiary of American Specialty Health Incorporated, announced its new partnership status with the North American Quitline Consortium and its approval to serve as an authorized quitline vendor in the state of Michigan.

19 Apr 2010

San Diego Healing Arts Cooperative Medical Marijuana dispensary reaches record number of patients

International Merchant Advisors, Inc. announced today that the Healing Arts Cooperative Medical Marijuana dispensary located in San Diego, California has reached a record number of patients served at approximately 1300 and growing daily. IMAI's subsidiary, Organic Science, Inc., acts as the manager of the facility on behalf of its non profit owners. Healing Arts is fulfilling the needs of medical marijuana patients in San Diego, and continues to grow on a daily basis.

19 Apr 2010

Ontario hospital representatives meet to set prices for hospital clinical services

200 representatives from 65 Ontario hospital corporations represented by CUPE meet in Thunder Bay from Monday through Wednesday. On their agenda is the plan announced in the Throne Speech to set prices for hospital clinical services and tender those services to the lowest bidder.

19 Apr 2010

First authoritative book on yawning

Yawning is a stereotyped phylogenetically ancient phenomenon that occurs in almost all vertebrates. As an emotional behavior and an expressive movement, yawning has many consequences; nevertheless, it has so far been poorly addressed in medical research and practice.

19 Apr 2010

The Leapfrog Group selects Quantros to service and administer online Leapfrog Hospital Survey

The Leapfrog Group has selected Quantros, a leading healthcare software and services provider of data management, decision support analytics, and clinical business intelligence solutions, to service and administer the online Leapfrog Hospital Survey.

19 Apr 2010

Investment report on Generex Biotechnology from MicroStockProfit.com

MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Generex Biotechnology Corp. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

19 Apr 2010

First US implant of Interventional Spine's RENEW Interspinous Allograft Technology for LSS

Interventional Spine, Inc. today announced the first commercial implant in the United States of its RENEW™ Interspinous Allograft Technology for the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS).

19 Apr 2010

Methotrexate therapy not recommended beyond 6 months after remission: JAMA

For patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in remission, withdrawal of treatment with the drug methotrexate over 12 months vs. 6 months did not reduce the rate of relapse, according to a study in the April 7 issue of JAMA.

19 Apr 2010

K-Bro Linen Income Fund declares cash distribution of 9.167 cents for April

K-Bro Linen Income Fund announced today a cash distribution of 9.167 cents per unit of the Fund for the period from April 1, 2010 to April 30, 2010, to be paid on May 14, 2010 to holders of record of Units on April 30, 2010.

19 Apr 2010

Sexual communication within species

To look at the tobacco budworm moth and its close cousin, you wouldn't be able to tell the fuzzy-looking, fingertip-size moths apart. But put males of each species as far as six car-lengths away from females, and even in the darkness of midnight they easily find their way to mates from their own species while ignoring females from the other species. Today, the genes that keep the species sexually isolated are no longer a mystery, thanks to research from North Carolina State University and the University of Utah.

19 Apr 2010

Skin cancer screening event to highlight need for early detection of the disease

MHAs and staff at the House of Assembly will have their skin checked for skin cancer by St. John's dermatologists at an event at Confederation Building, St. John's, on Tuesday April 20, 2010, from 9.30 am to 12.30pm, to raise awareness about the need for early detection of skin cancer.

19 Apr 2010

Potential drug to annul ADAM-17 protein activity needed

Over the past four years, in the installations of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Cadiz, a group of researchers, headed by Doctor Carmen Estrada, has been studying neurogenesis - the process of forming new neurons from mother cells - in the adult mammal brain. The purpose of this research project is to contribute to the knowledge of this process with the object of finding some additional mechanism that would facilitate the treatment of pathologies of the central nervous system (CNS) that are suffered in consequence of neuronal death.

19 Apr 2010

Resistance to antibiotics on the increase in intestinal bacteria in animals: Study

Anne-Mette R. Grønvold has through her doctoral research shown that resistance to antibiotics is on the increase in intestinal bacteria in animals as a direct result of antibiotic treatments. The antibiotics also alter the composition of bacteria in the intestines.

19 Apr 2010

Solid-state illuminator used in greenhouses decreases nitrates, increases nutrient levels

Searching for ways to improve the nutritional quality of leafy green vegetables, Lithuanian researchers have found success with new technology that features high-density photosynthetic photon flux generated by a solid-state illuminator.

19 Apr 2010

Encouraging early data from Bellicum Pharmaceuticals' Phase I/II study of BPX-101 for mCRPC

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company developing therapeutic cancer vaccines, today announced the presentation of interim Phase I/II efficacy data for BPX-101, a novel dendritic cell vaccine for metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), in a Late Breaking poster at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 101st Annual Meeting 2010 held in Washington, D.C.

19 Apr 2010

Election to represent professional staff of NYSNA ordered for USW

An election for union representation has been ordered by the National Labor Relations Board for the United Steelworkers to represent 66 professional staff of the New York State Nurses Association. The definition of this bargaining union was stipulated through the NLRB on Apr. 9.

19 Apr 2010

End-of-life care documentation helps in emergency treatment decisions

When Heather Rubesch was a teenager, her aunt died in need of a kidney transplant. In later family discussions, Heather's mother, Linda, expressed some of her views about end-of-life care—for instance, her belief in organ donation.

19 Apr 2010

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Sentry Air Systems announces equipment compliance with OSHA's hexavalent chromium regulation

Questions posed concerning the impact that nutrition in womb, early life has on healthy life chances

Smith & Nephew highlights advanced wound care product portfolio at 2010 SAWC/WHS meeting

Healthyroads announces new partnership status with NAQC

San Diego Healing Arts Cooperative Medical Marijuana dispensary reaches record number of patients

Ontario hospital representatives meet to set prices for hospital clinical services

First authoritative book on yawning

The Leapfrog Group selects Quantros to service and administer online Leapfrog Hospital Survey

Investment report on Generex Biotechnology from MicroStockProfit.com

First US implant of Interventional Spine's RENEW Interspinous Allograft Technology for LSS

Methotrexate therapy not recommended beyond 6 months after remission: JAMA

K-Bro Linen Income Fund declares cash distribution of 9.167 cents for April

Sexual communication within species

Skin cancer screening event to highlight need for early detection of the disease

Potential drug to annul ADAM-17 protein activity needed

Resistance to antibiotics on the increase in intestinal bacteria in animals: Study

Solid-state illuminator used in greenhouses decreases nitrates, increases nutrient levels

Encouraging early data from Bellicum Pharmaceuticals' Phase I/II study of BPX-101 for mCRPC

Election to represent professional staff of NYSNA ordered for USW

End-of-life care documentation helps in emergency treatment decisions

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

From Puberty to Menopause: Clue’s CEO, Audrey Tsang on the Power of Femtech

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