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Keeping Small Business Healthy issues statement regarding new jobs numbers and health care reform legislation

Keeping Small Business Healthy President Andrew Langer issued the following statement today on the new jobs numbers and the House of Representatives health care reform legislation.

7 Nov 2009

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital celebrates 25th anniversary of pediatric heart transplantation

NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital is celebrating the 25th anniversary of pediatric heart transplantation. In 1984, the Hospital's surgeons performed the world's first successful heart transplant, giving the gift of life to a 4-year-old boy.

7 Nov 2009

MHCC applauds the Annual Report on mental illness within prison population

The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) applauds the strong stand of the Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator on the need to address the 'serious and pressing issue' of mental illness within the prison population today.

7 Nov 2009

Study finds brain changes and severe depression in political detainees experiencing head injury

Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a study from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), based in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Psychiatry.

7 Nov 2009

SBE Council: Pelosi health-care bill will lead to further job loss

With the unemployment rate now shockingly high, and perhaps moving higher, a national small business leader warned the U.S. House that advancing the Pelosi health-care bill will lead to further job loss and a deterioration of the small business sector if enacted. According to Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) President & CEO Karen Kerrigan, the economic rebound that Americans are desperately looking for will not happen with job-killing tax hikes and mandates like those included in H.R. 3962.

7 Nov 2009

Researchers discover a fungal protein that causes disease in plants and animals

Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and Montana State University have discovered a fungal protein that plays a key role in causing disease in plants and animals and which also shields the pathogen from oxidative stress.

7 Nov 2009

Congressman Fattah lends full support to The Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act

"Pancreatic cancer is a rare and perplexing disease, yet it is the fourth leading cause of death by cancer in the United States. This year, more than 42,000 Americans will be diagnosed with the disease and more than 35,000 will die from it. That number is far too high.

7 Nov 2009

FDA's approval time for medical devices increases

According to MassDevice.com, the online business journal of the medical device industry, medical device approval times under the Food & Drug Administration's 510(k) clearance process jumped 30 percent between 2005 and 2008. MassDevice's exclusive investigation of 10 years of FDA data, Eye on the FDA: H1 2009, shows that approval times for medical devices increased nearly 2 percent — while the number of 510(k) applications declined more than 19 percent — even as the FDA's budgets and staff levels rose.

7 Nov 2009

FDA extends review date of New Drug Application for GSK1838262/XP13512

GlaxoSmithKline and XenoPort, Inc. (Nasdaq: XNPT) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the original Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date for its review of the New Drug Application (NDA) for GSK1838262/XP13512 (gabapentin enacarbil) to February 9, 2010. The original PDUFA date for this NDA review was November 9, 2009.

7 Nov 2009

Current health care debate in the United States complicated

The current health care debate in the United States is complicated. Trade-offs between heath care expenditures, lifestyle choices and life expectancy have been suggested but seldom clearly demonstrated.

7 Nov 2009

PET scanning emerges as an important tool in the evaluation of lung cancer

A rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to a study presented by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the 51st ASTRO Annual Meeting.

7 Nov 2009

Seminar highlights the importance of chronic health issues

With 125 million Americans challenged by at least one chronic illness and 22% of that number facing life with two or more chronic illnesses, early, smart estate and financial planning can make the difference between maximizing control over your life or falling victim to its exigencies.

7 Nov 2009

Report provides critical strategic insight for companies with a stake in the market for rheumatology therapies

MedPredict Market Research, a global provider of pharmaceutical competitive intelligence and market research, has published a new report providing critical strategic insight for companies with a stake in the market for rheumatology therapies, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus.

7 Nov 2009

Speaker Pelosi comments on Congressman Anthony Weiner's single payer alternative

While our bill contains unprecedented reforms, including an end to discrimination for pre-existing conditions and a prohibition on raising rates or dropping coverage if you become ill, our bill cannot include provisions some strongly advocated. The single payer alternative is one of those provisions that could not be included in H.R. 3962, but which has generated support within the Congress and throughout the country.

7 Nov 2009

Human fetuses become active listeners in the last trimester of the pregnancy: Study

In the first days of their lives, French infants already cry in a different way to German babies. This was the result of a study by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, the Centre for Pre-language Development and Developmental Disorders (ZVES) at the University Clinic W-rzburg, and the Laboratory of Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics at the Ecole Normale Sup-rieure in Paris.

7 Nov 2009

Experts applaud the EU Presidency for establishing a transatlantic task force to address antibiotic resistance

Experts on both sides of the Atlantic applaud President Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, representing the European Union (EU) Presidency, for establishing a transatlantic task force to address antibiotic resistance, an urgent and growing problem that threatens patient safety and public health worldwide.

7 Nov 2009

Winner of the 2009 Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award

C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., an internationally recognized authority on women's heart health, will receive the American Heart Association's 2009 Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award at the organization's Scientific Sessions 2009, to be held in Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center Nov. 14-Nov. 18.

7 Nov 2009

Obama goes back on his 2008 pledge, endorses healthcare bill raising taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year

By formally endorsing the House healthcare bill today, President Barack Obama effectively announced that the central promise of his 2008 campaign was a lie.

7 Nov 2009

2009 H1N1 influenza PPE federal guidance for healthcare workers causes concern among prevention experts

Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama today expressing their significant concern with current federal guidance concerning the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by healthcare workers in treating suspected or confirmed cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza.

7 Nov 2009

Prestige Ameritech to open a Global Pandemic Preparedness and Response Center

Prestige Ameritech is turning a vacant, former Kimberly-Clark surgical mask factory into a Global Pandemic Preparedness and Response Center. The 220,000 square foot facility, on 17 acres in North Richland Hills, Texas, will open by January 31, 2010.

7 Nov 2009

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Keeping Small Business Healthy issues statement regarding new jobs numbers and health care reform legislation

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital celebrates 25th anniversary of pediatric heart transplantation

MHCC applauds the Annual Report on mental illness within prison population

Study finds brain changes and severe depression in political detainees experiencing head injury

SBE Council: Pelosi health-care bill will lead to further job loss

Researchers discover a fungal protein that causes disease in plants and animals

Congressman Fattah lends full support to The Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act

FDA's approval time for medical devices increases

FDA extends review date of New Drug Application for GSK1838262/XP13512

Current health care debate in the United States complicated

PET scanning emerges as an important tool in the evaluation of lung cancer

Seminar highlights the importance of chronic health issues

Report provides critical strategic insight for companies with a stake in the market for rheumatology therapies

Speaker Pelosi comments on Congressman Anthony Weiner's single payer alternative

Human fetuses become active listeners in the last trimester of the pregnancy: Study

Experts applaud the EU Presidency for establishing a transatlantic task force to address antibiotic resistance

Winner of the 2009 Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award

Obama goes back on his 2008 pledge, endorses healthcare bill raising taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year

2009 H1N1 influenza PPE federal guidance for healthcare workers causes concern among prevention experts

Prestige Ameritech to open a Global Pandemic Preparedness and Response Center

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