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APHA petitioned EPA to adopt protective standards to safeguard public health from ground-level ozone

The American Public Health Association this week petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to adopt stronger, more protective standards to safeguard the health of the public from ground-level ozone.

27 Mar 2010

FDA: Outbreak of campylobacteriosis linked to drinking raw milk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with several state agencies, is alerting consumers to an outbreak of campylobacteriosis associated with drinking raw milk. At least 12 confirmed illnesses have been recently reported in Michigan. Symptoms of campylobacteriosis include diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever.

27 Mar 2010

Agent Orange exposure: VA adds three new illnesses to list of health problems

Well over 100,000 Veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in Vietnam and other areas will have an easier path to qualify for disability pay under a proposed regulation published by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that adds three new illnesses to the list of health problems found to be related to Agent Orange and other herbicide exposures.

27 Mar 2010

IQWiG: Not all forms of massage therapy proven to help against low back pain

Most people have experienced back pain - and many hope that massage will relieve it. But not all forms of massage have been scientifically proven to help against low back pain. That is what the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care pointed out in information published on informedhealthonline.org today.

27 Mar 2010

OLTCA appreciates measures supporting long term care homes in provincial budget

The Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA) appreciates that today's provincial budget contains measures to support long term care homes in maintaining care and service levels to over 76,000 of Ontario's oldest and frailest citizens. The association is also looking forward to the opportunity for continued discussions with government to attempt to resolve outstanding questions to further protect the capacity of homes to provide the care and services residents need.

27 Mar 2010

San Antonio residents to gather at The Westin La Cantera Resort for LLS’s Man & Woman of the Year campaign

On April 1, residents of San Antonio will gather at The Westin La Cantera Resort to “Mix & Mingle for a Cure,” from 5:30 to 8:30 pm, to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)’s Man & Woman of the Year campaign.

27 Mar 2010

Depressed Latinos who stigmatize mental illness less likely to take medication: Study

A new, small study of low-income, depressed Latinos finds that those who stigmatize mental illness are less likely than others are to take medication, keep scheduled appointments and control their condition.

27 Mar 2010

WinRho SDF for ITP: Cangene announces new safety information

Cangene Corporation, in consultation with Health Canada, is informing Canadian patients and healthcare professionals of important new safety information concerning the use of WinRho SDF (Rho (D) Immune Globulin (Human)) for the treatment of immune thrombocytopenic purpura, also called immune thrombocytopenia, or ITP. WinRho SDF belongs to a group of biological medicines derived from human plasma known as immunoglobulins. It is administered in hospitals by infusion through the veins.

27 Mar 2010

U.N. official calls report on WFP in Somalia 'misleading'; WFP discusses plans to ramp up food aid to Niger, Uganda

The U.N. top aid chief "in Somalia has fired back at a report that suggests food aid is being skimmed off by contractors as 'a cost of doing business' in the war-torn nation, an allegation he calls 'completely misleading,'" CNN reports.

27 Mar 2010

Enrollment ceremony held to sign revised Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Leaders, Committee Chairs and newer Members of Congress held an enrollment ceremony in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol this morning to sign the revised Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act and send it to President Obama for his signature into law.

27 Mar 2010

Unilens Vision shareholders vote in favor of new incentive stock option plan

Unilens Vision Inc. today announced that the shareholders of Unilens Vision Inc. voted in favor of all of the resolutions set out in the Company's Information Circular dated February 26, 2010, as recommended by management. The resolutions approved the continuation of the Company into the State of Delaware, a new incentive stock option plan, the election of Directors, and the appointment of Auditors.

27 Mar 2010

Frontier Global awarded Oak Ridge National Laboratories 2009 Small Business of the Year Award

Frontier GeoSciences announced today it was awarded Oak Ridge National Laboratories 2009 Small Business of the Year Award. Frontier was nominated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory staff, who say Frontier's employees have gone "above and beyond" to ensure their programmatic needs and permit requirements are met, related to environmental sampling and analysis.

27 Mar 2010

Increasing spread of HIV/STD disease among MSM in Africa and Asia

Increasing rate of HIV/STD disease is being reported among 'men who have sex with men' with high risk behaviors in Africa and Asia, according to a groundbreaking paper in the April issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, official journal of the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association.

27 Mar 2010

Studies shed light on treatment options for women carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations

Two studies to be presented at the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday), shed light on the treatment options facing women carrying the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations which predispose them to breast cancer.

27 Mar 2010

Aid groups should work to make Haiti self-sufficient, former President Clinton says

Former President Bill Clinton asked aid groups working in Haiti on Thursday to focus on making the nation more self-sufficient, the Associated Press reports. Clinton, the U.N. special envoy to Haiti, spoke ahead of a U.N. donor conference on rebuilding Haiti next week.

27 Mar 2010

ETSU wins $9.1M federal stimulus grant from NIH

East Tennessee State University has won a $9.1 million federal stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health. It is the largest federal grant ever awarded to the university's James H. Quillen College of Medicine.

27 Mar 2010

Formal corporate update on Milestone Scientific's new business opportunities in China

Milestone Scientific Inc., the recognized leader in advanced injection technologies, today issued a formal corporate update relating to the Company's new business opportunities in China. Specifically, Milestone is currently working in concert with its Chinese distribution partner, China National Medicines Corporation to advance the STA System™ through the required regulatory review and approval process at the State Food and Drug Administration for the People's Republic of China.

27 Mar 2010

Genome sequencing of tumors biopsied from women with invasive breast cancer

Tumors biopsied from women with invasive breast cancer are having their genomes sequenced in an attempt to develop a DNA profile that one day may identify ahead of time the patients who will most likely respond to chemotherapy with an aromatase inhibitor. Aromatase inhibitors are a class of chemotherapeutic agents that block the production of estrogen in postmenopausal women.

27 Mar 2010

HTA acquires medical office building in Sugar Land, Texas for $12.4M

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a self-managed, non-traded, real estate investment trust, announced the completed acquisition of a medical office building located in Sugar Land, Texas for approximately $12,400,000.

27 Mar 2010

Event addresses how TV can raise awareness of global health issues

At an event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday sponsored by the Hollywood, Health & Society program of the University of Southern California, panelists discussed how television storylines can raise the American public's awareness of global health issues, the Washington Examiner's blog, "Yeas & Nays," reports (Schwab/Palmeri, 3/25).

27 Mar 2010

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APHA petitioned EPA to adopt protective standards to safeguard public health from ground-level ozone

FDA: Outbreak of campylobacteriosis linked to drinking raw milk

Agent Orange exposure: VA adds three new illnesses to list of health problems

IQWiG: Not all forms of massage therapy proven to help against low back pain

OLTCA appreciates measures supporting long term care homes in provincial budget

San Antonio residents to gather at The Westin La Cantera Resort for LLS’s Man & Woman of the Year campaign

Depressed Latinos who stigmatize mental illness less likely to take medication: Study

WinRho SDF for ITP: Cangene announces new safety information

U.N. official calls report on WFP in Somalia 'misleading'; WFP discusses plans to ramp up food aid to Niger, Uganda

Enrollment ceremony held to sign revised Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act

Unilens Vision shareholders vote in favor of new incentive stock option plan

Frontier Global awarded Oak Ridge National Laboratories 2009 Small Business of the Year Award

Increasing spread of HIV/STD disease among MSM in Africa and Asia

Studies shed light on treatment options for women carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations

Aid groups should work to make Haiti self-sufficient, former President Clinton says

ETSU wins $9.1M federal stimulus grant from NIH

Formal corporate update on Milestone Scientific's new business opportunities in China

Genome sequencing of tumors biopsied from women with invasive breast cancer

HTA acquires medical office building in Sugar Land, Texas for $12.4M

Event addresses how TV can raise awareness of global health issues

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How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

The importance of ketones from a clinical and medical perspective

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