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My Metabolic Makeover's highly expected free health-and-weight-loss workshop is back

My Metabolic Makeover's highly anticipated free health-and-weight-loss workshop is back. Now that the word is out in Brooklyn, seats are expected to fill up quickly for the upcoming event near the border of Mill Basin and Bergen Beach.

17 Jun 2010

Constipation prophylaxis in sickle cell patients needs increased attention

Not all patients with sickle cell disease receive laxatives after being treated with narcotics, despite recommendations from a collaborative panel of pediatric experts. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children's Hospital study examining patients from 29 pediatric hospitals, and appearing in Pediatric Blood & Cancer.

17 Jun 2010

2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine protects against 1918 influenza virus: Report

Mice injected with a 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine and then exposed to high levels of the virus responsible for the 1918 influenza pandemic do not get sick or die, report scientists funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

17 Jun 2010

Chelsea presents Northera study data at International Congress on Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. announced that data from its pivotal studies of Northera™ (droxidopa) in symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension was presented during a poster session and featured in a symposium highlighting the role of norepinephrine (NE) deficiency in Parkinson's disease at the 14th International Congress on Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

17 Jun 2010

Study: Low-salt foods may be harder for some people to like than others

Low-salt foods may be harder for some people to like than others, according to a study by a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences food scientist. The research indicates that genetics influence some of the difference in the levels of salt we like to eat.

17 Jun 2010

MicroPulse protocol as effective as ETDRS in treatment of DME: Study

IRIDEX Corporation announced the recent publication of a clinical study comparing results obtained in the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) using an IRIDEX laser and MicroPulse™ treatment protocol to those obtained using the recognized standard of care Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) laser protocol.

17 Jun 2010

Sonomax Technologies, Esterline Racal Acoustics agree to establish R&D License Agreement

Sonomax Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed another in a series of Term Sheets that it intends to enter into in 2010. The agreement is with Racal Acoustics Ltd., a component of Esterline Technologies Corp. Under the terms of the agreement the parties have agreed to work toward establishing an R&D License Agreement by July 15th, 2010, the object of which will be to evaluate then develop the use of Sonomax V4 earpiece technology as the centerpiece in the development of a suite of military hearing protection and communication applications.

17 Jun 2010

Amerinet joins Unibased to provide financial performance improvement solutions

Amerinet Inc., a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization, today announced Unibased Systems Architecture has joined the Amerinet Alliance for Financial Efficiency, a partnership of market-leading companies providing best-of-class revenue cycle and financial performance improvement solutions that support healthcare facilities of all sizes.

17 Jun 2010

Kennedy Krieger Institute orders for Bruker's ultra-high field MRI CryoProbe

Bruker has received an order for the first ultra-high field MRI CryoProbe in North America to be installed at the F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD. Supported by an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) award to Dr. Peter van Zijl, Director of the Center, the 500 MHz MRI CryoProbe is part of an ultra-high field preclinical MRI BioSpec® system that includes an 11.7 T UltraShield Refrigerated (USR™) magnet and AVANCE™ III electronics.

17 Jun 2010

Teva exercises option to invest additional $11.9M in Andromeda Biotech

Andromeda Biotech Ltd. announces that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. decided to exercise its option to invest in Andromeda Biotech Ltd. at a company per-money valuation of 170 million US dollars.

17 Jun 2010

LWW sponsors symposium on wound care

The 25th Anniversary Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care: The Conference for Prevention and Healing will be held September 30-October 3, 2010, at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center in Kissimee, FL. The symposium is sponsored by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

17 Jun 2010

Study reveals increase of enzyme MAO-A in female brain during immediate postpartum period

Within the first week after giving birth, up to 70 percent of all women experience symptoms of the baby blues. While most women recover quickly, up to 13 percent of all new mothers suffer from symptoms of a clinical-level postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is defined as a major depressive episode starting within 4 weeks after delivery and is a significant public health problem. Postpartum blues represents a major risk factor for developing postpartum depression and severe postpartum blues symptoms can be viewed as a prodromal stage for postpartum depression.

17 Jun 2010

MicroStockProfit.com releases investment report on Somanetics

MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Somanetics Corp. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

17 Jun 2010

Traumatic sexual incidents may cause serious mental health problems: Research

Traumatic sexual incidents may cause serious mental health problems in the years after the events, research at the University of Ulster has shown. Using a unique investigative method, researchers at the University's Psychology Research Institute examined the mental health of women who had visited rape crisis centres - and it showed that sexual trauma plays a role in the development of psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.

17 Jun 2010

Positive results from Phase I clinical trial of GLYX-13 presented at NCDEU meeting

Naurex Inc., a clinical stage company developing innovative treatments for depression and other CNS disorders, today reported that it presented data at the NCDEU 50th Anniversary Meeting showing that its novel mechanism compound GLYX-13 appeared safe in a Phase I trial. GLYX-13 is a glycine site functional partial agonist selective modulator of the NMDA receptor that is being developed initially for use in depression as adjunctive therapy.

17 Jun 2010

BIOTRONIK receives first-ever Cardiostim Innovation Award

BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, has achieved another milestone confirming yet again that it is the industry-leading pioneer in wireless remote monitoring technology for patients with cardiac devices, having yesterday received the first-ever Cardiostim Innovation Award.

17 Jun 2010

MoniQA collaborates with experts to harmonise worldwide food quality and safety monitoring strategies

Funded by the European Union, MoniQA (Monitoring and Quality Assurance in the total food supply chain) involves experts from around the globe collaborating to harmonise worldwide food quality and safety monitoring and control strategies. The project has developed a database of food quality and safety issues and corresponding analytical tools for food production and the supply chain.

17 Jun 2010

Kun Run Biotechnology obtains China SFDA manufacturing approval for Entecavir

Kun Run Biotechnology, Inc., a leading bio-pharmaceutical company in China focusing on manufacturing and sales of peptide-based and small molecule drugs, today announced that they have obtained the manufacturing approval for Entecavir from the China State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA).

17 Jun 2010

Early detection helps prevent nearly thousand deaths from breast cancer each year: Research

NEARLY a thousand deaths from breast cancer could be avoided each year if short term survival rates in England were among the best comparable countries in Europe, according to research presented at the National Cancer Intelligence Network conference today.

17 Jun 2010

St. Jude Medical's EnSite Contact Technology platform receives European CE Mark approval

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced European CE Mark approval of the EnSite Contact™ Technology platform at the 17th World Congress in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac Techniques (CardioStim).

17 Jun 2010

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My Metabolic Makeover's highly expected free health-and-weight-loss workshop is back

Constipation prophylaxis in sickle cell patients needs increased attention

2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine protects against 1918 influenza virus: Report

Chelsea presents Northera study data at International Congress on Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

Study: Low-salt foods may be harder for some people to like than others

MicroPulse protocol as effective as ETDRS in treatment of DME: Study

Sonomax Technologies, Esterline Racal Acoustics agree to establish R&D License Agreement

Amerinet joins Unibased to provide financial performance improvement solutions

Kennedy Krieger Institute orders for Bruker's ultra-high field MRI CryoProbe

Teva exercises option to invest additional $11.9M in Andromeda Biotech

LWW sponsors symposium on wound care

Study reveals increase of enzyme MAO-A in female brain during immediate postpartum period

MicroStockProfit.com releases investment report on Somanetics

Traumatic sexual incidents may cause serious mental health problems: Research

Positive results from Phase I clinical trial of GLYX-13 presented at NCDEU meeting

BIOTRONIK receives first-ever Cardiostim Innovation Award

MoniQA collaborates with experts to harmonise worldwide food quality and safety monitoring strategies

Kun Run Biotechnology obtains China SFDA manufacturing approval for Entecavir

Early detection helps prevent nearly thousand deaths from breast cancer each year: Research

St. Jude Medical's EnSite Contact Technology platform receives European CE Mark approval

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