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Merck and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commit additional $60M to support Botswana's ACHAP

Merck today announced the Merck Company Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are committing an additional $60 million to support Botswana's African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP). Merck is known as MSD outside the US and Canada. A unique program developed with and led by the Government of Botswana, ACHAP is one of sub-Saharan Africa's oldest, most successful public-private partnerships.

24 Aug 2010

Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for surgical mesh, biological mesh

Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for surgical mesh and biological mesh. Surgical mesh product agreements have been awarded to: Atrium Medical Corp of Hudson, N.H.; Davol Inc. of Warwick, R.I.; Covidien of Mansfield, Mass.; and Medline Industries Inc. of Mundelein, Ill.

24 Aug 2010

Queensway Carleton Hospital staff to protest against Liberal government's budget cuts

Staff of the Queensway Carleton Hospital represented by CUPE will protest at lunchtime today over $5,000,000 in budget cuts imposed by the provincial Liberal government.

24 Aug 2010

EDAP's gross profit reduces 5.1% in 2010 second quarter

EDAP TMS SA, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced today financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. The Company outlines strategic initiatives to counter the continuing weak global economic climate.

24 Aug 2010

Belgium GZA Hospital Group implements AeroScout's Temperature Monitoring solution

AeroScout, the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility for the healthcare industry, today announced that the GasthuisZusters Antwerpen (GZA) Hospital Group in Belgium has implemented AeroScout's Temperature Monitoring solution across its three hospitals. GZA Hospital Group is using the Wi-Fi RFID solution to monitor and manage the temperature in refrigerators that contain critical items, such as pharmaceuticals and blood.

24 Aug 2010

Pharmasset commences dosing in PSI-7977 Phase 2b study for chronic hepatitis C

Pharmasset, Inc. announced today that dosing has begun in a Phase 2b study of PSI-7977, a nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV). The trial will evaluate PSI-7977 200mg QD and 400mg QD in combination with pegylated interferon alfa 2a and ribavirin, the current standard of care (SOC) in patients with HCV genotype 1 who have not been treated previously.

24 Aug 2010

As flood waters spread, international aid for Pakistan tops $800M, foreign minister says

International donors have pledged more than $800 million to help Pakistan deal with severe flooding after the U.N. appealed for $460 million in aid, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the country's foreign minister, said on Sunday, the Associated Press reports.

24 Aug 2010

European RIS/PACS market to reach $1,353.3 million in 2016

While the penetration of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) in European hospitals is 80 per cent, the modern radiology information system (RIS) that drives PACS has only reached a penetration level of about 41 per cent. Legacy RIS modules ubiquitously dominate the market and many hospitals are reluctant to install a new RIS due to complications associated with training a large group of staff as well as concerns over data migration and security.

24 Aug 2010

Humana and Availity deploy CarePrescribe to Kentucky Physicians at no charge

Humana Inc. and Availity, LLC today announced the deployment of CarePrescribe, an electronic prescribing service, at no charge to eligible physician practices in Kentucky. Following the successful introduction of Availity CarePrescribe in Florida and Texas - where approximately 2,000 physicians are using the system - Kentucky physicians now have access to the free service as a valuable tool in improving efficiency, safety and quality, while reducing patient costs.

24 Aug 2010

Canadian Nurses Association to lead in development of national strategy for aging and health

The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) is poised to take on a leadership role in developing a national strategy for aging and health as Canadians reveal they are increasingly worried about the future of their health-care system.

24 Aug 2010

MWellA online community promotes awareness on mental disorders

Mental health is a hot button issue in today's society. People worry about the safety, cost, and multiple side-effects of anti-depressants and other psychoactive medications. Everyone wants to find peace of mind, contentment and happiness, but for many this struggle can prove overwhelming. Author and world organic food movement pioneer Paul Huljich addresses this issue in a Ning community he created for his organization MWellA (Mind Wellness Awareness)

24 Aug 2010

DataSource Mobility receives Panasonic Healthcare Reseller of the Year Award

DataSource Mobility is proud to announce that they have received the Panasonic Healthcare Reseller of the Year Award. The presentation took place August 11, 2010 at the Panasonic Solutions Company Partner Summit 2010 in Phoenix, AZ.

From PHC Europe B.V. 24 Aug 2010

Amerinet helps Wenatchee Valley Medical Center increase contract maximization by 30 to 50%

Wenatchee Valley Medical Center recently completed its third Amerinet Savings Roadmap which has helped the facility remove an average of 6 to 12 percent of supply chain expenses annually from its contract spend.

24 Aug 2010

Emerson Ecologics announces new affiliation with PGI to provide optimal patient care

Emerson Ecologics, LLC, the leading provider of professional-grade nutritional supplements to the healthcare practitioner market, announces a new relationship with the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing of Minneapolis, MN.

24 Aug 2010

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher receives L'Oreal Fellowship for breast cancer research

A desire to understand how breast cancer starts has seen Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher Dr Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat today win one of three 2010 L'Oreal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships.

24 Aug 2010

University of Melbourne and Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute adopt BioEYES outreach program

Baltimore, MD-The innovative, educational, outreach program BioEYES has now been adopted by the University of Melbourne and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute. The down-under partnership program debuts this August. BioEYES is designed to foster an interest in and a love for science in elementary, middle, and high school students. Over the course of one week, students watch the transparent zebrafish, Danio rerio, grow from a single-celled zygote to a larval fish complete with a beating heart.

24 Aug 2010

MHCC and PHS Community Services Society open Bosman Hotel Community in Vancouver

In a major step forward in addressing the needs of homeless people in Vancouver who are living with mental illness, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and the PHS Community Services Society today officially opened the Bosman Hotel Community, providing stable housing and support to 100 residents.

24 Aug 2010

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International presents new PRISCUS List

In the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107[31-32]: 543-51), Stephanie Holt, a clinical pharmacologist, and coauthors present the PRISCUS List: a list of medications that carry an increased risk of side effects when given to elderly patients.

24 Aug 2010

Pressure BioSciences collaborates with LBNL to analyze microbe for oil spill clean-up

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. today announced a collaboration with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ("LBNL"). Scientists at LBNL are using the Company's pressure cycling technology ("PCT") platform in studies aimed at improving the analysis of microorganisms in environments with low biomass, such as oil reservoirs or deep sea oil plumes from oil spills.

24 Aug 2010

Men who get genital piercings not strange or aberrant: Study

A new study by researchers at Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center found that the average man with a genital piercing is 31, white, heterosexual, college-educated and earns more than $36,000 a year.

24 Aug 2010

Medical News

Merck and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commit additional $60M to support Botswana's ACHAP

Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for surgical mesh, biological mesh

Queensway Carleton Hospital staff to protest against Liberal government's budget cuts

EDAP's gross profit reduces 5.1% in 2010 second quarter

Belgium GZA Hospital Group implements AeroScout's Temperature Monitoring solution

Pharmasset commences dosing in PSI-7977 Phase 2b study for chronic hepatitis C

As flood waters spread, international aid for Pakistan tops $800M, foreign minister says

European RIS/PACS market to reach $1,353.3 million in 2016

Humana and Availity deploy CarePrescribe to Kentucky Physicians at no charge

Canadian Nurses Association to lead in development of national strategy for aging and health

MWellA online community promotes awareness on mental disorders

DataSource Mobility receives Panasonic Healthcare Reseller of the Year Award

Amerinet helps Wenatchee Valley Medical Center increase contract maximization by 30 to 50%

Emerson Ecologics announces new affiliation with PGI to provide optimal patient care

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher receives L'Oreal Fellowship for breast cancer research

University of Melbourne and Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute adopt BioEYES outreach program

MHCC and PHS Community Services Society open Bosman Hotel Community in Vancouver

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International presents new PRISCUS List

Pressure BioSciences collaborates with LBNL to analyze microbe for oil spill clean-up

Men who get genital piercings not strange or aberrant: Study

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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