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Pathway Genomics' genetic health report provides valuable insight into certain health conditions

In the past few years, the science of genetic testing has advanced exponentially, both in the amount of information genetic testing can reveal and the precision and reliability of the results.

30 Jan 2010

PeaceHealth-San Juan Island community's new hospital initiative receives Certificate of Need approval

State of Washington Department of Health (DOH) officials approved a Certificate of Need for a new critical access hospital on San Juan Island. The new facility will be owned and operated by PeaceHealth, a regional health system that serves communities in Washington, Oregon and Alaska.

30 Jan 2010

WCRI Study: Louisiana workers’ compensation higher-than-typical indemnity benefits per claim

The costs per all paid claims in Louisiana were 35 percent higher than the typical study state, on average, according to the WCRI study CompScope™ Benchmarks for Louisiana, 10th Edition.

30 Jan 2010

BIA to exhibit new in-house software platform at 2010 Legaltech conference

Business Intelligence Associates, Inc. (BIA), a legal software and services industry leader, announced today that they will be exhibiting their new in-house ESI Management software product, Solis™, at ALM's LegalTech® New York 2010 from February 1-3, 2010 (Booth #1720).

30 Jan 2010

The Nutro Company announces $50,000 donation to SDF

As search and rescue teams return home from Haiti this week, The Nutro Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated, today announced a $50,000 donation to the Search Dog Foundation (SDF). SDF is a California-based organization that deployed six canine disaster search teams to assist in the search and rescue operations in Haiti.

30 Jan 2010

WBTshowcase chooses Penman PR as public relations representative for WBT2010

WBTshowcase is pleased to announce the selection of Penman PR as the organization’s public relations representative for WBT2010. WBTshowcase is the world's largest forum offering a prescreened, pre-prepped collection of undiscovered companies and intellectual property emanating from top universities, labs and research institutions from across the country.

30 Jan 2010

Society publication strengthens oncology journals program

Beginning this year, Springer will add the Journal of Cancer Education (JCE) to its journals publishing program. Published on behalf of the American Association for Cancer Education and the European Association for Cancer Education, the quarterly journal features a varied editorial board made up of MDs and PhDs who support the dissemination of information on improving cancer education worldwide.

30 Jan 2010

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals receives $16M over apaziquone collaboration agreement

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced today that it has received $15 million from Nippon Kayaku in connection with the collaboration agreement for apaziquone (EOquin®) announced on November 10, 2009, and $1 million from Handok Pharmaceuticals announced on November 23, 2009.

30 Jan 2010

LIVESTRONG and Nike form new strategy to raise global awareness on fight against cancer

Today LIVESTRONG® and NIKE, Inc. announced a new strategy for Nike’s LIVESTRONG product collection that will increase the partnership’s innovative efforts to raise awareness for the cancer fight globally and expand sales internationally.

30 Jan 2010

Caldwell, IV discussed key elements on extension of human longevity at 7th Insurance Linked Securities Summit

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ACTC), a biotechnology company applying cellular technology in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, William M. Caldwell, IV, will be delivering a luncheon keynote address today at the 7th Insurance Linked Securities Summit, being held January 27-29, 2010 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.

30 Jan 2010

Project A.L.S. and Robert Packard Center for ALS Research partner in $15M research initiative

Project A.L.S. (New York, NY) and the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) announced that they will partner on P2 ALS, a $15 million initiative designed to advance ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) research exponentially over the next three years.

30 Jan 2010

Lanzoprazole and astemizole hold promise for early detection of AD

Investigators from the International Center for Biomedicine and the University of Chile, in collaboration with the Center for Bioinformatics of the Universidad de Talca, have discovered that two drugs, the benzimidazole derivatives lanzoprazole and astemizole, may be suitable for use as PET (positron emission tomography) radiotracers and enable imaging for the early detection of Alzheimer's Disease. The study is published in the current issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

30 Jan 2010

American Heart Association's statement on President Obama's State of the Union Address

President Obama's appeal to members of Congress to not walk away from health care reform and the millions of Americans who are counting on it provides hope to the many heart disease and stroke patients who are struggling to get the care they need or are one step away from medical bankruptcy.

30 Jan 2010

Justice Department files a motion for immediate relief to protect individuals confined in Georgia's hospitals

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division today announced that it has filed a motion for immediate relief to protect individuals confined in seven state-run psychiatric hospitals in Georgia from the imminent and serious threat of harm to their lives, health and safety.

30 Jan 2010

Pharmasset exercises option to purchase additional shares

Pharmasset, Inc. announced today the underwriter of its recent stock offering has exercised its option to purchase an additional 230,400 shares of common stock.

30 Jan 2010

Siemens Healthcare selects Cordys solution for managing and improving global material logistic processes

Cordys has been chosen by Siemens Healthcare, one of the largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology and hearing aids, for managing and continuously improving key logistics processes in 125 countries, including Germany, the USA and China.

30 Jan 2010

All provincially funded infrastructure projects should use steel made in Ontario, OCHU/CUPE

The Ontario government should require that all provincially funded infrastructure projects use steel made in Ontario, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE requested today in pre-budget hearings of the Ontario legislature.

30 Jan 2010

U.S. Marshals seize unapproved ozone generators from Applied Ozone Systems

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals today seized 79 ozone generators, models AOS-1M and AOS-1MD, from Applied Ozone Systems of Auburn, Calif. The seized goods, which are medical devices, are valued at $75,900.

30 Jan 2010

Study shows significant decline in hockey-related spinal injuries

The past decade has seen a significant reduction in the number and severity of spinal cord injuries in Canadian ice hockey, reports a study in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine.

30 Jan 2010

LiveData OR-Dashboard completes 2010 IHE North American Connectathon

LiveData, a leading innovator in real-time data integration and display, today announced that the technology underlying LiveData OR-Dashboard, has successfully completed the 2010 IHE North American Connectathon, a proving ground for medical device integration.

30 Jan 2010

Medical News

Pathway Genomics' genetic health report provides valuable insight into certain health conditions

PeaceHealth-San Juan Island community's new hospital initiative receives Certificate of Need approval

WCRI Study: Louisiana workers’ compensation higher-than-typical indemnity benefits per claim

BIA to exhibit new in-house software platform at 2010 Legaltech conference

The Nutro Company announces $50,000 donation to SDF

WBTshowcase chooses Penman PR as public relations representative for WBT2010

Society publication strengthens oncology journals program

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals receives $16M over apaziquone collaboration agreement

LIVESTRONG and Nike form new strategy to raise global awareness on fight against cancer

Caldwell, IV discussed key elements on extension of human longevity at 7th Insurance Linked Securities Summit

Project A.L.S. and Robert Packard Center for ALS Research partner in $15M research initiative

Lanzoprazole and astemizole hold promise for early detection of AD

American Heart Association's statement on President Obama's State of the Union Address

Justice Department files a motion for immediate relief to protect individuals confined in Georgia's hospitals

Pharmasset exercises option to purchase additional shares

Siemens Healthcare selects Cordys solution for managing and improving global material logistic processes

All provincially funded infrastructure projects should use steel made in Ontario, OCHU/CUPE

U.S. Marshals seize unapproved ozone generators from Applied Ozone Systems

Study shows significant decline in hockey-related spinal injuries

LiveData OR-Dashboard completes 2010 IHE North American Connectathon

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