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PSC receives accreditation under UL's Data Acceptance Program to serve lighting and medical device industries

Following the successful completion of a rigorous audit by Underwriters Laboratories (Northbrook, IL) this month, Product Safety Consulting, Inc. (Bensenville, IL) announced today that they have received formal accreditation under UL's Data Acceptance Program to better serve two vibrant and growing sectors of the American economy: lighting products and medical devices.

19 Jun 2010

Lawyer chronicles history, evolution of advance directives

When first developed in the 1970s, advance directives focused on providing specific legal instructions, such as a patient's wishes to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment in cases of terminal illness or incapacity. The documents helped physicians avoid legal problems associated with fulfilling the patient's wishes.

19 Jun 2010

Investigators discover new way to harness thrombin's anti-blood clotting properties

In research led by a Saint Louis University investigator, molecular biologists have discovered a way to harness the enzyme thrombin's anti-blood clotting properties. The finding opens the door to new medications that will treat diseases related to thrombosis, the presence of blood clots in blood vessels, which is responsible for nearly a third of all deaths in the U.S.

19 Jun 2010

Group Net donates $1000 to Horizon Relief to help individuals affected by oil spill

Group Net LLC, a health care service company specializing in prescription medication and pharmacy technology solutions, donated $1000 to Horizon Relief, an organization that provides financial relief to those affected by the oil spill.

19 Jun 2010

Phase III clinical trial data of Cayston versus TIS in CF patients with P. aeruginosa presented at ECFC 2010

Gilead Sciences, Inc. today announced that its head-to-head Phase III clinical trial of Cayston (aztreonam for inhalation solution) versus tobramycin inhalation solution in cystic fibrosis patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa achieved one of its co-primary endpoints of non-inferiority for mean percent change in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) percent predicted after 28 days of treatment.

19 Jun 2010

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles awarded $2.5M NIH grant to study risk of osteoporosis in spina bifida children

Tishya Wren, PhD, of The Saban Research Institute at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study bone development in children with myelomeningocele, the most severe type of spina bifida .

19 Jun 2010

esperanza Magazine's feature article Marriage Matters wins 2010 MHA Media Award

esperanza Magazine's feature article "Marriage Matters" has won a Mental Health America 2010 Media Award in the national magazine category. esperanza Magazine was among 15 media outlets honored by MHA at an awards luncheon held June 12 during the advocacy organization's 2010 annual conference in Washington, DC. The awards honor excellence in reporting and portrayals of mental health issues.

19 Jun 2010

Drug-resistant malaria spreading beyond Western Cambodia, U.S. malaria coordinator says

Resistance to artemisinin-based malaria medications seems to be spreading beyond western Cambodia, where it was first detected, U.S. global malaria coordinator Timothy Ziemer said during a visit to the region this week for a conference, Agence France-Presse reports.

19 Jun 2010

CPRIT awarded $142M in grants to fund cancer research and prevention programs across the state

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas today awarded $142 million in grants to fund innovative cancer research and prevention programs across the state. Today's announcement caps the first year of the Institute's ten year mission. Together with matching funds committed by grant recipients, more than $300 million has been invested this year in Texas' extraordinary endeavor to change the face of cancer.

19 Jun 2010

Ancient circadian clock regulates insulin production

The pancreas has its own molecular clock. Now, for the first time, a Northwestern University study has shown this ancient circadian clock regulates the production of insulin. If the clock is faulty, the result is diabetes.

19 Jun 2010

CardioGenics Holdings files Certificate of Change with the Secretary of State of Nevada

CardioGenics Holdings Inc., developer of the ultra-sensitive QL Care Point-Of-Care analyzer and products for the immunoassay segment of the In-Vitro Diagnostics market, announced today that the Company has filed a Certificate of Change with the Secretary of State of Nevada, which implements a share consolidation of the Company's authorized and outstanding common stock on a ten (old) for one (new) basis.

19 Jun 2010

Credicorp files 2009 Annual Report on Form 20-F

Credicorp filed an Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The 2009 Form 20-F includes audited consolidated financial statements of Credicorp and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2009 and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009 under IFRS.

19 Jun 2010

Big Brothers Big Sisters, AME Church partner to help children of single parents succeed

Two Philadelphia-based national organizations, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, are launching a landmark partnership aimed at helping children of single, low-income and incarcerated parents succeed. The Father's Day weekend announcement comes as Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies across the nation face waiting lists disproportionately represented by African American boys.

19 Jun 2010

Groundbreaking ceremony for Ravensburg Vetter West facility

A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for Vetter's newest facility, Ravensburg Vetter West. Vetter, a specialist in aseptically pre-filled drug-delivery systems, will build a state-of-the-art high bay warehouse for cold-storage and room-temperature goods. Space will also be dedicated for automatic and manual visual inspection as well as for stability chambers designed to the highest standards.

19 Jun 2010

Medicare payment cuts to doctors loom as Republicans reject slimmed-down 'extenders' package

Republicans were successful in blocking a "slimmed-down package of jobless benefits and state aid late Thursday" as Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., voted with them, The Washington Post reports.

19 Jun 2010

ASTRO participates in FDA's meeting to discuss highest level of safety for radiation therapy patients

The American Society for Radiation Oncology continued to advance its Target Safely initiative by participating in the Food and Drug Administration's public meeting on Device Improvements to Reduce the Number of Under-Doses, Over-Doses, and Misaligned Exposures from Therapeutic Radiation on June 9 and 10.

19 Jun 2010

E'shee Clinical Esthetic introduces revolutionary new products for skin care

E'shee Skin Care products are the result of a careful collaboration of skin care professionals, doctors and chemists; these revolutionary new products are the next step in skin care.

19 Jun 2010

Health settlement for ground zero workers faces new hurdles

The Wall Street Journal: "After years of frustration, workers sickened in the recovery and cleanup efforts after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are on the verge of getting paid for their illnesses. Yet the proposed legal settlement of up to $712 million also would pay money to thousands of people who aren't sick at all. That's just one of the concerns that could scuttle the proposed deal, which requires approval of 95% of those suing for compensation."

19 Jun 2010

Montana Governor visits Cannabis Science's latest acquisition

Cannabis Science, Inc., a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products, is pleased to report that Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer visited its latest acquisition, Montana Pain Management in Missoula, yesterday. Governor Schweitzer observed, "You are doing it right."

19 Jun 2010

Witt Associates conducts US version of CERT program in Haiti

Witt Associates, the crisis management and preparedness services division of GlobalOptions Group, Inc., a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that it has begun a US version of a Community Emergency Response Training program in Haiti.

19 Jun 2010

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PSC receives accreditation under UL's Data Acceptance Program to serve lighting and medical device industries

Lawyer chronicles history, evolution of advance directives

Investigators discover new way to harness thrombin's anti-blood clotting properties

Group Net donates $1000 to Horizon Relief to help individuals affected by oil spill

Phase III clinical trial data of Cayston versus TIS in CF patients with P. aeruginosa presented at ECFC 2010

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles awarded $2.5M NIH grant to study risk of osteoporosis in spina bifida children

esperanza Magazine's feature article Marriage Matters wins 2010 MHA Media Award

Drug-resistant malaria spreading beyond Western Cambodia, U.S. malaria coordinator says

CPRIT awarded $142M in grants to fund cancer research and prevention programs across the state

Ancient circadian clock regulates insulin production

CardioGenics Holdings files Certificate of Change with the Secretary of State of Nevada

Credicorp files 2009 Annual Report on Form 20-F

Big Brothers Big Sisters, AME Church partner to help children of single parents succeed

Groundbreaking ceremony for Ravensburg Vetter West facility

Medicare payment cuts to doctors loom as Republicans reject slimmed-down 'extenders' package

ASTRO participates in FDA's meeting to discuss highest level of safety for radiation therapy patients

E'shee Clinical Esthetic introduces revolutionary new products for skin care

Health settlement for ground zero workers faces new hurdles

Montana Governor visits Cannabis Science's latest acquisition

Witt Associates conducts US version of CERT program in Haiti

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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