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Regional Director of WHO Africa warns of impact global financial situation will have on health systems, MDGs

Regional Director of WHO for Africa Luis Sambo discussed during the 60th session of the Africa Committee of the WHO how the global economic situation could impact funding for health programs in Africa and the ability for countries to reach U.N. Millennium Development Goal targets, PANA/Afrique en ligne reports.

3 Sep 2010

Macro, Cornerstone team up to serve healthcare institutions

Macro Consultants LLC and Cornerstone Program Advisors LLC announce the combination of their service offerings in a partnership geared toward better serving healthcare institutions. This partnership will allow healthcare organizations which are undertaking capital projects and other improvements to benefit from a suite of project management services never before combined into a single offering.

3 Sep 2010

EQP program helps healthcare professionals identify quality of dietary supplements

Not all supplements are created equally but Emerson Ecologics, the largest provider of dietary supplements and services to healthcare professionals, is taking aggressive steps to make it more clear to healthcare professionals and their patients which manufacturers to trust when it comes to a supplement's purity, identity and potency.

3 Sep 2010

Federal government's methods in curbing obesity ineffective and counterproductive

The First Lady and the Surgeon General are trying to rally Americans to fight against the "epidemic" of obesity. Perhaps they will inspire many to follow their leadership by example. Otherwise, the role of the federal government in curbing obesity is questionable, write economists Michael Marlow and Alden Shiers of California Polytechnic State University.

3 Sep 2010

Hardy Diagnostics releases chemical-free AloeSafe sanitizer

Hardy Diagnostics, an FDA licensed and ISO certified biomedical firm, is pleased to announce the release of AloeSafe, a hand sanitizer that contains aloe vera, vitamin E, and lavender oil. Unlike most alcohol based hand sanitizers, AloeSafe is free from potentially harmful ingredients.

3 Sep 2010

Statewide effort launched to educate Californians about opportunities under new federal health care law

Today, Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado, Robert K. Ross, M.D., president & CEO of The California Endowment, and health care organization leaders announced the launch of a large-scale statewide effort to educate Californians about their opportunities under the new federal health care law.

3 Sep 2010

Commitments to global HIV/AIDS programs falter for 'first time in 15 years,' UNAIDS chief says

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe "said Thursday that global contributions to fighting [HIV/AIDS] are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times," Agence France-Presse reports.

3 Sep 2010

Cardiogenesis Corporation releases comment on STAR-heart study

Cardiogenesis Corporation, released comments today regarding the STAR-heart study.The STAR-heart study, which was presented at the European Society of Cardiology 2010 Congress in August 2010, reported that the intracoronary injection of autologous stem cells derived from bone marrow is associated with improved hemodynamics and long term survival in the treatment of chronic heart failure.

3 Sep 2010

Health care organizations should disclose medical errors that affect multiple patients: Researchers

Health care organizations should disclose medical mistakes that affect multiple patients even if patients were not harmed by the event, according to an AHRQ-funded research paper published in the September 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

3 Sep 2010

NYBC calls for blood donations as Hurricane Earl approaches

New York Blood Center, serving more than 20 million people in New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and New Jersey, calls upon our communities to please donate blood and platelets, as the East Coast braces for Hurricane Earl. While donations from Rh-negative types are especially crucial, healthy people of all blood types and ethnicities are encouraged to donate.

3 Sep 2010

Researchers find role of Vpr protein in HIV infection

Dr. Éric A. Cohen, Director of the Human Retrovirology research unit at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), and his team published yesterday, in the online open-access journal PLos Pathogens, the results of their most recent research on the role of the Vpr protein in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection and AIDS (acquired autoimmune deficiency syndrome).

3 Sep 2010

Developer of Goddess Hair Extensions & Replacement nominated for Lane Adams Award

Sheila Matechuk, Developer of Goddess Hair Extensions & Replacement, has been nominated for the American Cancer Society's prestigious "Lane Adams Award" honoring individuals who "demonstrate innovative and collaborative approaches to enhancing the quality of life for cancer patients and their families."

3 Sep 2010

Preventive surgery protects against breast, ovarian cancer in women carrying BRCA1, BRCA2 gene mutations

Women who have gene mutations that put them at high risk of ovarian and breast cancer can significantly reduce the risk of developing or dying from these cancers by having their healthy ovaries or breasts removed, according to a new study reported in the Sept. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

3 Sep 2010

TCC gears up early intervention programs for families, children with autistic spectrum disorders

In preparation for the new school year The Children's Center's is gearing up their early intervention programs for families and children with autistic spectrum disorders between the ages 18 months to 6 years old. The Children's Center recognizes one of the fastest growing developmental disability in the United States affecting our children is Autism. That's why TCC is offering back to school support to families of children with autism spectrum disorder.

3 Sep 2010

Community-Academic Partnership program for healthy lifestyle promotion among DD patients

Many people with developmental disability are sedentary and obese, have poor diet, and consequently suffer from conditions such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Promoting healthy lifestyles for this group is the aim of a new project that teams University of Illinois at Chicago researchers with two community-based nonprofit organizations in Albuquerque, N.M. and suburban Chicago.

3 Sep 2010

Report finds foreclosures harm people's health in California; Wash. small business health insurance program starts to sign up members

"A report released Wednesday found foreclosures have not only economic consequences, but create health problems for the people and families involved -- and those effects can ripple throughout a community. In a survey of nearly 400 residents in two Oakland neighborhoods particularly hard hit by the foreclosure crisis, the Alameda County Public Health Department and Causa Justa/Just Cause, a housing rights group, teamed up to look at how people undergoing foreclosure experience higher levels of stress and increased medical" (Colliver, 9/2).

3 Sep 2010

New peer-reviewed study on chemopreventive effects of Protandim

LifeVantage Corporation, the maker of Protandim®, a clinically proven, science-based therapy for oxidative stress, announced today that a new peer-reviewed study involving Protandim® was published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE. The study, conducted by researchers at Louisiana State University, examined the biochemical mechanisms that underlie the ability of Protandim® to suppress tumors in mice. That ability was previously demonstrated by the authors in a study involving a mouse two-stage model of chemically-induced skin cancer.

3 Sep 2010

Forbion Capital Partners announces final closing of FCF I, FCF II fund

Forbion Capital Partners, a leading investment firm dedicated to the life science sector, today announces the final closings of both FCF I Co-Invest Fund and of FCF II, raising a total of more than €190m ($240m). Forbion's €54m Co-Invest Fund aims to invest alongside FCF I in a select number of late-stage FCF I portfolio companies.

3 Sep 2010

Researchers develop three reasons for superstitious behavior

People who believe that fate and chance control their lives are more likely to be superstitious -- but when faced with death they are likely to abandon superstition altogether, according to a recent Kansas State University undergraduate research project.

3 Sep 2010

American Cancer Society attacks electronic cigarettes while number of users increase

The American Cancer Society continues to attack electronic cigarettes and falsely label them as dangerous and ineffective, while the number of people using the products is increasing by 20,000 to 30,000 a week. Despite the ACS's claims, e cigarette reviews by consumers are still flooding in all over the Internet that smokers who are switching to e cigarettes and e liquid are breathing, tasting, and sleeping better than they ever did while smoking traditional cigarettes.

3 Sep 2010

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Regional Director of WHO Africa warns of impact global financial situation will have on health systems, MDGs

Macro, Cornerstone team up to serve healthcare institutions

EQP program helps healthcare professionals identify quality of dietary supplements

Federal government's methods in curbing obesity ineffective and counterproductive

Hardy Diagnostics releases chemical-free AloeSafe sanitizer

Statewide effort launched to educate Californians about opportunities under new federal health care law

Commitments to global HIV/AIDS programs falter for 'first time in 15 years,' UNAIDS chief says

Cardiogenesis Corporation releases comment on STAR-heart study

Health care organizations should disclose medical errors that affect multiple patients: Researchers

NYBC calls for blood donations as Hurricane Earl approaches

Researchers find role of Vpr protein in HIV infection

Developer of Goddess Hair Extensions & Replacement nominated for Lane Adams Award

Preventive surgery protects against breast, ovarian cancer in women carrying BRCA1, BRCA2 gene mutations

TCC gears up early intervention programs for families, children with autistic spectrum disorders

Community-Academic Partnership program for healthy lifestyle promotion among DD patients

Report finds foreclosures harm people's health in California; Wash. small business health insurance program starts to sign up members

New peer-reviewed study on chemopreventive effects of Protandim

Forbion Capital Partners announces final closing of FCF I, FCF II fund

Researchers develop three reasons for superstitious behavior

American Cancer Society attacks electronic cigarettes while number of users increase

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