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Biomonitoring expert to comment on upcoming CDC report

An expert specializing in communications to the general public on the scientific techniques for assessing and interpreting the significance of human exposure to natural and synthetic chemicals is available to provide comment and analysis on the upcoming report on biomonitoring by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

10 Dec 2009

Scientists explore new concepts to achieve uniform standards for clean drinking water in all EU countries

Clean water is a matter of survival for humans, particularly when it is used for drinking, cooking and for food manufacture. Therefore, the EU member countries have in several guidelines undertaken to guarantee their citizens sustainable clean drinking water.

10 Dec 2009

Promising trial on immunotherapy for preventing childhood cancer recurrence

CHILDREN in the UK with a high risk form of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma are set to benefit from a new international clinical trial - funded by Cancer Research UK - which uses immunotherapy to help prevent the disease from coming back.

10 Dec 2009

$1 billion drug benefits contract to CVS Caremark: TRS urged to examine further before voting

Controversy has erupted around the Board of the Teacher Retirement System’s plan to vote on a $1 billion drug benefits contract on Thursday. CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager that also owns the country’s largest drugstore chain, currently contracts with TRS to provide drug benefits for retirees.

10 Dec 2009

NSBRI scientists to develop new techniques to help astronauts overcome balance disturbances

Upon returning to normal gravity, astronauts often suffer from balance problems that lead to dizziness and difficulty standing, walking and turning corners. Dr. Jacob Bloomberg is leading a group of National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) scientists in a project to develop techniques to help astronauts adapt quickly to a new gravity environment and to overcome balance disturbances.

10 Dec 2009

Vivakor announces acquisition strategy for the next 12 months

Vivakor, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VIVK) today announced its acquisition strategy for the next 12 months. Executive Chairman, Matt Nicosia detailed the key points of the strategy:

10 Dec 2009

Urodynamix Technologies reviews strategic alternatives for sale of company's assets

Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. today announces that its Board of Directors has initiated a process to review strategic alternatives including the sale of part of or all of the Company's assets.

10 Dec 2009

Campaign calls on Obama to address domestic human rights obligations

Today, across the ocean, President Obama is accepting the Nobel Peace Prize which he has described as a "call to action." The Campaign for a New Domestic Human Rights Agenda is calling on President Obama to heed the call by taking concrete actions to reaffirm the United States' longstanding bipartisan commitment to human rights right here at home.

10 Dec 2009

Pneumatic tube systems still going strong

One of the most important working parts of Stanford Hospital is practically invisible ― and its invention dates back more than 200 years.

10 Dec 2009

Event proceeds to benefit Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare

Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation announced today that Daniel Von Hoff, MD will be Honoree at its 34th annual Honor Ball. Dr. Von Hoff, an oncologist and chief scientific officer at Scottsdale Healthcare's Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, is known worldwide for his groundbreaking cancer research.

10 Dec 2009

Gap between Medicaid and quality care spells trouble for America's elderly and disabled citizens

A new Eljay LLC analysis of the nation's Medicaid financing system projecting states will cumulatively underfund the actual cost of providing quality long term care by nearly $4.7 billion for 2009, and finds seniors in the states of New York, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California and Wisconsin will bear the brunt of the underfunding burden at a time when these states and many others are already suffering from rising pressure on state Medicaid budgets.

10 Dec 2009

Cubist Pharmaceuticals integrates Reprints Desk's document delivery service and QUOSA's Virtual Library

Reprints Desk, Inc., and QUOSA, Inc., today announced that Cubist Pharmaceuticals has become the first shared customer to activate integration between Reprints Desk's STM Document Delivery service with QUOSA's Virtual Library, which facilitates copyright-compliant article archiving and scientific literature re-use.

10 Dec 2009

Important forensic DNA advance published in the journal Law, Probability and Risk

Cybergenetics is pleased to announce the publication of an important forensic DNA advance in the journal Law, Probability and Risk. The paper "Match likelihood ratio for uncertain genotypes" enables scientists to extract far more identification information from the same DNA evidence.

10 Dec 2009

eHealth data identifies average premiums for non-group family health insurance plans in 46 states

eHealth, Inc., the leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses, today released data from approximately 84,000 individually purchased, non-group, major medical family health insurance policies that were active in February of 2009.

10 Dec 2009

NEJM studies lead to drop in vertebroplasty and vertebral augmentation procedures

Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, finds that vertebroplasty and vertebral augmentation (which includes kyphoplasty) procedures have dropped 10% following the August 2009 publication of two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

10 Dec 2009

CMHA calls to extend Employment Insurance benefits and Pharmacare program for mentally-ill patients

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), National supports several of the recommendations of "In From The Margins: A Call to Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness", Report of the Subcommittee on Cities of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology tabled yesterday in Ottawa.

10 Dec 2009

Cell transplants may yield new therapies for dementia patients

Nerve cells transplanted into brain-damaged rats helped them to fully recover their ability to learn and remember, probably by promoting nurturing, protective growth factors, according to a new study.

10 Dec 2009

ACR Image Metrix presents computerized system validation for imaging clinical trials at the DIA forum

Brenda K. Young, BA, CCRA, senior director of clinical operations at ACR Image Metrix™, an imaging contract research organization (CRO) located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has presented her experience in computerized system validation to the Drug Information Association (DIA) 3rd Annual Clinical Forum held in Nice, France, on October 19, 2009.

10 Dec 2009

Regulus Therapeutics to host educational webinar about microRNA biology

Regulus Therapeutics Inc., founded by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., unveiled plans for an educational webinar about microRNA biology that will highlight several recent exciting discoveries in the field and showcase the therapeutic strategies based on microRNA.

10 Dec 2009

RushCard introduces free prescription drug discount program

While lawmakers debate over proposals to make healthcare more affordable, RushCard is doing its part to lessen the burden for its cardholders by introducing a free prescription drug discount program.

10 Dec 2009

Medical News

Biomonitoring expert to comment on upcoming CDC report

Scientists explore new concepts to achieve uniform standards for clean drinking water in all EU countries

Promising trial on immunotherapy for preventing childhood cancer recurrence

$1 billion drug benefits contract to CVS Caremark: TRS urged to examine further before voting

NSBRI scientists to develop new techniques to help astronauts overcome balance disturbances

Vivakor announces acquisition strategy for the next 12 months

Urodynamix Technologies reviews strategic alternatives for sale of company's assets

Campaign calls on Obama to address domestic human rights obligations

Pneumatic tube systems still going strong

Event proceeds to benefit Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare

Gap between Medicaid and quality care spells trouble for America's elderly and disabled citizens

Cubist Pharmaceuticals integrates Reprints Desk's document delivery service and QUOSA's Virtual Library

Important forensic DNA advance published in the journal Law, Probability and Risk

eHealth data identifies average premiums for non-group family health insurance plans in 46 states

NEJM studies lead to drop in vertebroplasty and vertebral augmentation procedures

CMHA calls to extend Employment Insurance benefits and Pharmacare program for mentally-ill patients

Cell transplants may yield new therapies for dementia patients

ACR Image Metrix presents computerized system validation for imaging clinical trials at the DIA forum

Regulus Therapeutics to host educational webinar about microRNA biology

RushCard introduces free prescription drug discount program

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

Fluidics in Modern Healthcare & Medical Device Innovation

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