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Benefits of DNA testing

Does the term “genetic testing” conjure up thoughts of cloned, robot-like human beings and malevolent plots to rule the world? If so, you’ve been reading too much science fiction! The truth is, DNA testing has been put to very beneficial use for decades, primarily in the medical, law enforcement, and legal fields.

22 Jan 2010

California Heart Center joins Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

The California Heart Center, the cardiology group that developed the nation's largest heart transplant program, has joined the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation.

22 Jan 2010

St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network takes major steps to reduce its carbon footprint

St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network has taken a major step towards reducing its carbon footprint. By purchasing 10 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources, the health system will realize an annual 2,900 ton reduction of carbon dioxide, a significant component of greenhouse gas.

22 Jan 2010

Elsevier announces the winners of Asian Young Women Researcher Awards

Elsevier announced today the winners of the Asian Young Women Researcher Awards, a joint development between its flagship product Scopus(R), the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and the Third World Organisation for Women in Science (TWOWS) and TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world.

22 Jan 2010

Shandong Luoxin Pharmacy Stock establishes sponsored ADR facility

Shandong Luoxin Pharmacy Stock Co., Ltd., one of the leading PRC pharmaceutical enterprises, announced that a sponsored, American Depositary Receipt ("ADR") facility has been established with The Bank of New York Mellon. Trading of the ADRs has commenced on 21 January, 2010 EST on the U.S. OTC market's highest tier, OTCQX International, under the symbol SLUXY.

22 Jan 2010

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith investigates potential claims against Health Fitness over breach of merger agreement

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Health Fitness Corporation (the “Company”) (AMEX:FIT) related to the Company’s agreement to be acquired by Trustmark Mutual Holding Company (“Trustmark”). The all-cash transaction is valued at approximately $97 million.

22 Jan 2010

Novo Nordisk on FORTUNE's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for second consecutive year

Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company focusing on diabetes care, has been named to FORTUNE Magazine's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For" 2010. This is the second consecutive year that Novo Nordisk has been recognized with this prestigious award. Novo Nordisk moved up to 25 from 57 in the overall list and is only one of two pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies so honored.

From Novo Nordisk 22 Jan 2010

Canadian TV networks, celebrities and government leaders support relief efforts in Haiti

The earthquake in Haiti is a humanitarian crisis of historic proportions, and the worst earthquake to hit the island in 200 years. Millions of lives have been impacted. Thousands of people have been left without homes and hope.

22 Jan 2010

ACS Chemical Biology report supports zebrafish for drug development

By combining the tools of medicinal chemistry and zebrafish biology, a team of Vanderbilt investigators has identified compounds that may offer therapeutic leads for bone-related diseases and cancer.

22 Jan 2010

BioTech Medics begins creating TV and radio commercials for SHBAN Alcohol Free Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer

BioTech Medics, Inc. announced today that they have begun the pre-production stage of creating two minute, sixty second and thirty second direct response TV and radio commercials for nationwide distribution for its proprietary SHBAN™ Alcohol Free Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer.

22 Jan 2010

Haiti Government calls for WSPA’s aid to support emergency relief operation

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has received official communication from the Government of Haiti, requesting our immediate assistance and asking that WSPA staff be deployed to help with the emergency relief operation 'as soon as possible.'

22 Jan 2010

Sexual reproduction leads to lesser accumulation of harmful DNA mutations than asexual reproduction

Living organisms have good reason for engaging in sexual, rather than asexual, reproduction according to Maurine Neiman, assistant professor of biology in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and researcher in the Roy J. Carver Center for Genomics.

22 Jan 2010

Hundreds of thousands of Americans to attend National March for Life

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to attend tomorrow's National March for Life, which takes place annually on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.

22 Jan 2010

NCD calls for policymakers to proactively address shortages in disability workforce infrastructure

The National Council on Disability (NCD) today released a report titled Workforce Infrastructure in Support of People with Disabilities: Matching Human Resources to Service Needs, calling for policymakers at all levels of government to proactively address current shortages and examine how labor market changes are driving both current and future supply.

22 Jan 2010

Braille Institute launches Solutions in Sight to help people find fulfillment in different aspects of life

Although there is controversy over almost every detail of health reform legislation, no one disputes the inescapable fact underlying the deepening the health care crisis: the US population is aging.

22 Jan 2010

Virtual-reality baseballs give researchers insight into long-standing mystery

While baseball fans still rank "The Catch" by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series as one of the greatest baseball moments of all times, scientists see the feat as more of a puzzle: How does an outfielder get to the right place at the right time to catch a fly ball?

22 Jan 2010

Seven-time PGA TOUR winner designates funds to the National Fragile X Foundation

Seven-time PGA TOUR winner Steve Stricker has recently designated a check in the amount of $10,000 to the National Fragile X Foundation. This contribution is a portion of the charitable proceeds generated from The Presidents Cup 2009 at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, California, in which Stricker participated as a member of the victorious U.S. Team for the third time in his career.

22 Jan 2010

DIA Annual EuroMeeting programme in Monaco

The Drug Information Association (DIA) in Europe will host its 22nd Annual EuroMeeting from 8-10 March 2010 in Monaco. The DIA Annual EuroMeeting features more than 110 hot-topic sessions across 13 themes and attracts more than 3,000 professionals from the biopharmaceutical industry, contract service organisations, regulatory agencies, health ministries and academia, as well as patients and students worldwide.

22 Jan 2010

Catholic Charities USA convenes Centennial Summit in San Antonio

Catholic Charities USA, the 170-member national human services organization committed to cutting poverty in half by 2020–hosted by Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc. and joined by Catholic Charities agencies from around the region–convened one of 10 Centennial Summits in San Antonio today as part of the organization's 100 year history.

22 Jan 2010

Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation disbursed $1 million in research awards; looks forward to fund more projects in 2010

The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation has disbursed nearly $1 million in research awards for work on a breakthrough medical technology and is making more project funding available in 2010.

22 Jan 2010

Medical News

Benefits of DNA testing

California Heart Center joins Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network takes major steps to reduce its carbon footprint

Elsevier announces the winners of Asian Young Women Researcher Awards

Shandong Luoxin Pharmacy Stock establishes sponsored ADR facility

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith investigates potential claims against Health Fitness over breach of merger agreement

Novo Nordisk on FORTUNE's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for second consecutive year

Canadian TV networks, celebrities and government leaders support relief efforts in Haiti

ACS Chemical Biology report supports zebrafish for drug development

BioTech Medics begins creating TV and radio commercials for SHBAN Alcohol Free Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer

Haiti Government calls for WSPA’s aid to support emergency relief operation

Sexual reproduction leads to lesser accumulation of harmful DNA mutations than asexual reproduction

Hundreds of thousands of Americans to attend National March for Life

NCD calls for policymakers to proactively address shortages in disability workforce infrastructure

Braille Institute launches Solutions in Sight to help people find fulfillment in different aspects of life

Virtual-reality baseballs give researchers insight into long-standing mystery

Seven-time PGA TOUR winner designates funds to the National Fragile X Foundation

DIA Annual EuroMeeting programme in Monaco

Catholic Charities USA convenes Centennial Summit in San Antonio

Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation disbursed $1 million in research awards; looks forward to fund more projects in 2010

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

From Puberty to Menopause: Clue’s CEO, Audrey Tsang on the Power of Femtech

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