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Donate Life California's list of organ and tissue donors increases to seven million

The number of registered organ and tissue donors in California has reached the nation-leading seven million mark, it was announced today by California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles), the Donate Life California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry, and the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

7 Aug 2010

Helix BioPharma closes private placement of 4,530,000 units

Helix BioPharma Corp. today announced that it has closed a private placement of 4,530,000 units at $2.43 per unit.

7 Aug 2010

President Obama issues Proclamation recognizing National Health Center Week

President Barack Obama today issued a Presidential Proclamation recognizing August 8 - 14, 2010 as National Health Center Week. "During National Health Center Week, we recognize the important work of Community Health Centers for their role in providing quality, accessible, and affordable patient care as we strive to build a health care system equipped for the 21st century," said the President.

7 Aug 2010

OptumHealth offers unlimited lifetime benefit for specific coverage in excess loss insurance policy

OptumHealth today announced that it will offer an unlimited lifetime benefit for specific coverage as a standard provision of its excess loss insurance policy.

7 Aug 2010

U.S. TSA designates BioStorage Technologies as Certified Cargo Screening Facility

BioStorage Technologies, a global leader in sample management and cold-chain logistics for the pharma and biotech industries, has recently been approved as a Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF) by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The designation establishes BioStorage Technologies as one of the few sample management providers to achieve this clearance level, which allows the company to pre-screen shipments at its facility, thereby avoiding possible screening delays at the airport.

7 Aug 2010

SABESP second-quarter net operating revenue increases 9.0% to R$ 1.8 billion

Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP, one of the largest water and sewage services providers in the world based on the number of customers, announces today its results for the second quarter 2010.

7 Aug 2010

ReSearch Pharmaceutical reports 32.9% in 2010 second quarter service revenues

ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., a leading provider of integrated clinical development outsourcing solutions to the biopharmaceutical industry, announces its results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010. These statements include unaudited comparative results for RPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.

7 Aug 2010

ATS Medical shareholders approve acquisition by Medtronic

ATS Medical, Inc. today announced that its shareholders approved Medtronic, Inc.'s acquisition of ATS Medical for $4.00 per share in cash for each share of ATS Medical stock, which per share amount is subject to decrease in the limited circumstances described in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 28, 2010, between ATS Medical, Inc., Medtronic, Inc. and Pilgrim Merger Corporation.

7 Aug 2010

Telik reports net loss of $4.9 million for second-quarter 2010

Telik, Inc. today reported a net loss of $4.9 million, or $0.09 per share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, compared with a net loss of $5.7 million, or $0.11 per share, for the comparable period in 2009.

7 Aug 2010

Hooper Holmes second-quarter consolidated revenues decline 12% to $40.7 million

Hooper Holmes today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

7 Aug 2010

Multimedia programs increase vegetable intake in kindergarten children

Popeye cartoons, tasting parties and junior cooking classes can help increase vegetable intake in kindergarten children, according to new research published in the journal Nutrition & Dietetics. Researchers at Mahidol University in Bangkok found the type and amount of vegetables children ate improved after they took part in a program using multimedia and role models to promote healthy food.

7 Aug 2010

APRE training provides better results than standard techniques: Study

A strength training technique called autoregulatory progressive resistance exercise —in which athletes increase strength by progressing at their own pace—provides better results than standard techniques in which resistance is steadily increased, reports a study in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning, official research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

7 Aug 2010

Pres. Obama announces nominees for two USAID leadership posts

President Barack Obama has announced his intention to fill two more leadership positions at USAID, Foreign Policy's "The Cable" blog reports. According to the blog, Donald Steinberg has been tapped as USAID deputy administrator and Nancy Lindborg as assistant administrator for the USAID Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Affairs Bureau.

7 Aug 2010

Emeritus announces closure of Sunwest purchase and sale transaction

Emeritus Corporation, a national provider of assisted living and memory care services to seniors, today announced that the Sunwest purchase and sale transaction has closed. The previously announced joint venture between affiliates of Emeritus, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors (an affiliate of The Blackstone Group), and Columbia Pacific Advisors, completed the transaction on August 5, 2010.

7 Aug 2010

Bloomberg Businessweek explores growing trend in pharma to license, donate HIV drugs

"Pharmaceutical companies, once blasted as uncaring or downright greedy for charging thousands of dollars for a year's worth of AIDS medicines … in poor countries, lately have been slashing prices and licensing their drugs for free or nominal cost to nonprofits or local manufacturers in the developing world," Bloomberg BusinessWeek writes in an analysis piece that examines how this trend, combined with a growing capability among aid agencies to distribute drugs, has the potential to increase access to HIV/AIDS drugs worldwide.

7 Aug 2010

Hemispherx Biopharma second-quarter net loss decreases to $3.67 million

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. announced its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2010. The net loss (including non-cash expenses) for the 2nd fiscal quarter was approximately $3,676,000 or $0.03 per share compared to a loss of approximately $3,870,000 or $0.04 per share for the same period in 2009.

7 Aug 2010

Catholic Charities USA releases statement in response to passage of Child Nutrition Bill

While Catholic Charities USA strongly supports increased funding for improvements to Child Nutrition Programs, we are opposed to cutting funds from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to pay for these new investments. As one of the nation's largest networks of social service providers, we simply cannot pit one program that serves the poor and vulnerable against another program that serves the same population.

7 Aug 2010

Clinical trials in Asia, Africa confirm safety, effectiveness of rotavirus vaccine

Two studies published online Thursday in the Lancet show that the rotavirus vaccine is safe and effective at preventing much of the gastrointestinal illness in developing countries, where rotavirus kills more than 400,000 children under age 5 annually, Reuters reports. Based on the findings in Asia and Africa, the studies' authors "urged the governments of developing nations to make the vaccines a priority," the news service writes.

7 Aug 2010

Geneticist receives prestigious 2010 NIH Director's Pioneer Award

Noted geneticist, Joseph Nadeau, PhD, of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received a 2010 National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award.

7 Aug 2010

SAMHSA accepts applications for Prevention Fellowship Program

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for its Prevention Fellowship Program. The Fellowship Program, launched in 2006, is designed to build a workforce of highly competent substance abuse prevention professionals.

7 Aug 2010