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America's leading universities offer online degree, certificate programs

With companies throughout the U.S. preparing to ramp up hiring efforts, smart job seekers are increasingly looking to enhance their resumes with advanced degrees from respected universities. To address the demand for timely, relevant degree and career information, University Alliance and its partner universities have debuted online resource centers with a wealth of valuable articles, career profiles and more.

10 Aug 2010

New method for tracing brain circuits

The brain has been mapped to the smallest fold for at least a century, but still no one knows how all the parts talk to each other.

10 Aug 2010

Scientists identify compound to inhibit wild-type HIV-1 protease

Drug resistance remains a major problem in combating HIV infection, but a different approach to drug development could be the answer.Current viral inhibitors target the HIV-1 protease function with a competitive mechanism. Writing in the BJ ChemBio Knowledge Environment of the Biochemical Journal, Max Chang and colleagues from the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, suggest that pharmaceutical companies look at compounds that use an allosteric non-competitive mechanism of inhibition.

10 Aug 2010

Thomson Reuters earns Communication Seal from DALBAR for Personal Health Insights

Thomson Reuters has earned the Communication Seal from DALBAR, Inc. for its Personal Health Insights, an easy-to-read-and-understand health statement for individuals.

10 Aug 2010

CQ Weekly reports on advocates' response to Obama administration's domestic, global HIV/AIDS efforts

CQ Weekly examines how HIV/AIDS advocates are "[i]Increasingly dissatisfied with [President Barack] Obama's approach, both at home and abroad." According to the article, some advocates say that Obama and congressional Democrats "have failed to show the political will and marshal the necessary resources" to fight HIV/AIDS.

10 Aug 2010

Study finds 'grid cells' that help brain map locations outside hippocampus

"Grid cells," which help the brain map locations, have been found for the first time outside of the hippocampus in the rat brain, according to new research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The finding should help further our understanding of how the brain generates the internal maps that help us remember where we have been and how to get to where we want to go.

10 Aug 2010

PAREXEL International fourth-quarter consolidated service revenue increases 19.4% to $295.3 million

PAREXEL International Corporation today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

From Parexel 10 Aug 2010

HSA urges Vancouver General Hospital to maintain outpatient Domestic Violence Program

Less than a week after a sudden announcement to emergency room staff, Vancouver General Hospital has already begun dismantling a much-needed Domestic Violence Program that has been serving the community for 18 years.

10 Aug 2010

Study: Training reduces occupational injuries among home health aides

Training can alleviate some of the pain that occupational injuries bring to the long-term care industry, according to Penn State researchers. The study looked at injuries among home health aides.

10 Aug 2010

Beryl Institute publishes White paper on patient experience from different healthcare organizations

The Beryl Institute has published a new White Paper, Zeroing in on the Patient Experience: Views and Voices from the Frontlines, which takes a close look into the efforts of three patient experience leaders from different healthcare organizations. The White Paper covers what it takes to launch and sustain patient experience efforts and includes practical advice and tips for hospitals that want to begin to focus on improving the patient experience.

10 Aug 2010

Weifang Shengtai to supply Kelun with 10,000 tons of dextrose monohydrate injection grade

Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. announced on August 6, 2010 that Weifang Shengtai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd ("Weifang Shengtai"), its operating subsidiary in China, entered into an agreement with Kelun Pharmaceutical ("Kelun") to supply Kelun with 10 thousand tons of dextrose monohydrate injection grade: Kelun Guizhou will be supplied with 7 hundred tons and Kelun Sichuan with 9.3 thousand tons. The agreement is entered into at reasonable prices and will be carried out by prepayments.

10 Aug 2010

DSS research survey reveals relationship between engagements, health literacy

DSS Research, the leader in market research for the health insurance industry, developed a proprietary set of metrics that gauge the level of engagement in health care on the part of the consumer. This quarter we added extra questions to further test the relationship between different literacy measures and the level of engagement amongst commercial and Medicare populations and the uninsured.

10 Aug 2010

Surveillance systems find no major disease outbreaks since Haiti quake; Media examine aid disbursements

Haitian and U.S. public health experts recently reported that two new surveillance systems set up in Haiti after the January earthquake showed that no major disease outbreaks had developed and that the new systems could be part of the foundation of the country's health system in the long term, Reuters reports. The findings were published Friday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

10 Aug 2010

Olympus America introduces new V-System for ERCP procedure

Olympus America Inc., a precision technology leader designing and delivering innovative solutions in medical and surgical products among other core business areas, today launched its new V-System. The new V-System combines Olympus' latest duodenoscope, the TJF-Q180V, with its unique V-System devices for the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 10 Aug 2010

Three-year efficacy data on STELARA for psoriasis presented at American Academy of Dermatology meeting

New study findings showed that a majority of patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who had a previous response to STELARA® (ustekinumab) sustained a clinical response for up to three years with continued treatment regardless of their body weight. Investigators also presented findings from an integrated safety analysis that included data from one Phase 2 and three Phase 3 trials in which treatment with STELARA demonstrated a favorable benefit-risk profile for up to three years of treatment, consistent with previous analyses.

10 Aug 2010

FDA approves human embryonic stem cells clinical trial for spinal cord injury treatment

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc.: Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration gave their highly-anticipated approval for the first clinical trial using human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), which are the type of cells that can develop into all tissues of the body. Geron Corporation of Menlo Park, California, received the green light from the US FDA to use cells derived from hESCs to treat people with acute spinal cord injuries. Ten people will receive injections into the injury site of hESC-derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cells, which stimulate the growth of new and severed nerves and recoat damaged nerves with myelin. The hope is that the injections will help people recover function lost through injury, as seen in rodent studies in 2005.

10 Aug 2010

Older Americans suffer from full-blown depression: Report

Maureen Duffy's memories of her grandmother are cloudy. Not because of time, but by a condition that cast a shadow over the woman Duffy had visited as a child.

10 Aug 2010

Survey shows web users access social media sites in emergency situations

A new American Red Cross survey shows many web users would turn to social media to seek help for themselves or others during emergencies—and they expect first responders to be listening.The online survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. It found that if they needed help and couldn't reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media.

10 Aug 2010

Transcept Pharmaceuticals second-quarter net loss decreases to $2.06 million

Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary products that address important therapeutic needs in the field of neuroscience, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.

10 Aug 2010

CGI receive contract for chronic disease management system

eHealth Ontario and Infrastructure Ontario announced today that with the awarding of a contract to CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc., a subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., work can begin on a chronic disease management system (CDMS) that will be used initially as a Diabetes Registry to manage diabetes care.

10 Aug 2010

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America's leading universities offer online degree, certificate programs

New method for tracing brain circuits

Scientists identify compound to inhibit wild-type HIV-1 protease

Thomson Reuters earns Communication Seal from DALBAR for Personal Health Insights

CQ Weekly reports on advocates' response to Obama administration's domestic, global HIV/AIDS efforts

Study finds 'grid cells' that help brain map locations outside hippocampus

PAREXEL International fourth-quarter consolidated service revenue increases 19.4% to $295.3 million

HSA urges Vancouver General Hospital to maintain outpatient Domestic Violence Program

Study: Training reduces occupational injuries among home health aides

Beryl Institute publishes White paper on patient experience from different healthcare organizations

Weifang Shengtai to supply Kelun with 10,000 tons of dextrose monohydrate injection grade

DSS research survey reveals relationship between engagements, health literacy

Surveillance systems find no major disease outbreaks since Haiti quake; Media examine aid disbursements

Olympus America introduces new V-System for ERCP procedure

Three-year efficacy data on STELARA for psoriasis presented at American Academy of Dermatology meeting

FDA approves human embryonic stem cells clinical trial for spinal cord injury treatment

Older Americans suffer from full-blown depression: Report

Survey shows web users access social media sites in emergency situations

Transcept Pharmaceuticals second-quarter net loss decreases to $2.06 million

CGI receive contract for chronic disease management system

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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