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Miami businesses and charities supply clean drinking water to help facilitate Haiti relief efforts

ASSIST-CARD, the largest and most complete travelers' assistance and insurance network in the world, and Sky Limo Air Charter, a full-service aviation company based in Fort Lauderdale, has teamed up with the Tim Hardaway Foundation and the Best of South Florida television show to bring Haiti an unlimited supply of clean drinking water - one of the top two necessities - to help facilitate disaster relief efforts.

28 Jan 2010

New report illustrates why cardiovascular disease is under-recognized and under-treated in women

Today, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) launched "WINHeart -- Score a WIN for Women," an initiative that raises awareness surrounding gender-based disparities in the diagnosis, treatment and survival of women with cardiovascular disease (CVD).

28 Jan 2010

Medicure to be delisted from TSX, announces intention to apply for alternative listing on TSX- V or NEX

Medicure Inc. announces that, following a review by the listings committee of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX"), the common shares of Medicure will be delisted from the TSX effective at the close of trading on February 26, 2010. While the Company will endeavor to meet the continued listing requirements of the TSX prior to the delisting date, the Company also intends to make application for listing of its common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSX- V") or NEX to ensure continued and seamless trading liquidity for shareholders.

28 Jan 2010

MedPage Today publishes most read medical stories

Which medical news stories are physicians reading to stay informed about key developments? MedPage Today publishes the Most Read Stories for the Past Week.

28 Jan 2010

JST chooses Scopus Custom Data to conduct citation linkage analysis

Elsevier announced today that Scopus Custom Data, the underlying source of Scopus.com, the world's largest abstract and citation database, was chosen by Japan Science and Technology (JST) to conduct citation linkage analysis between scientific articles and patents.

28 Jan 2010

Automated measurements more reliable in moderate cases of knee degeneration

Scientists have automated the measurement of a vital part of the knee in images with a computer program that performs much faster and just as reliably as humans who interpret the same images.

28 Jan 2010

Pfizer's new pipeline shows growth and diversity in research and development

Pfizer Inc. today provided an update to its pipeline for the first time since the close of the acquisition of Wyeth in October, 2009. The new development pipeline, composed of assets from both legacy companies, includes 133 programs from phase 1 through registration, and shows growth and increased diversity in each of the areas where the company invests in research and development.

28 Jan 2010

Alli boosts weight loss and reduces excess visceral fat

New studies show that overweight and obese people using alli® (orlistat 60 mg) with a reduced calorie, lower-fat diet can significantly reduce weight, visceral fat, and waist circumference and therefore may reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and stroke.

28 Jan 2010

HIV prevalence continues to rise in Minnesota

According to statistics released today by the Minnesota Department of Health, 368 confirmed new cases of HIV were reported in Minnesota during 2009. The 368 new cases are the highest seen in 17 years.

28 Jan 2010

IsoRay ships first set of Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds to Canada

IsoRay, Inc. announced today that it has successfully shipped the first set of Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds to a Canadian customer for the purpose of furthering research and development of Cesium-131 in Canada. Cesium-131 is currently approved by Health Canada for the treatment of low-risk prostate cancers and has been cleared by the US FDA for treatment of a wide variety of malignant disease (e.g. prostate, head and neck, brain, breast, lung, eye, etc.).

28 Jan 2010

Phthalate exposure can affect child's neurobehavioral development, says study

A new study led by Mount Sinai researchers in collaboration with scientists from Cornell University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has found higher prenatal exposure to phthalates-manmade chemicals that interfere with hormonal messaging-to be connected with disruptive and problem behaviors in children between the ages of 4 and 9 years.

28 Jan 2010

Transdermal estrogen therapies: Effective alternatives to oral estrogen and compounded bioidentical hormones

Clinical and experimental evidence suggests that non-patch, transdermal estrogen therapies, such as Divigel® (estradiol gel 0.1%), prescribed for the management of moderate-to-severe hot flashes, including night sweats, associated with menopause are effective alternatives to oral estrogen and compounded bioidentical hormones.

28 Jan 2010

American Academy of Actuaries urges policymakers to reform national financial security and fiscal health

As President Obama readies his State of the Union address, the American Academy of Actuaries is urging policymakers to adopt four cornerstones to focus the nation's domestic policy agenda to improve the financial security of all Americans and restore the nation's fiscal health.

28 Jan 2010

New research findings may lead to new treatment options for abdominal aortic aneurysms

New research findings from a team at the Providence Heart + Lung Institute at St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia (UBC) may lead to new treatment options for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) - a potentially fatal disease that currently has no pharmacological treatments.

28 Jan 2010

Health education programmes can help parents recognise healthy weight for their children

Half of the mothers who took part in a study thought that their obese four or five year-old was normal weight, as did 39 per cent of the fathers, according to the February issue of Acta Paediatrica.

28 Jan 2010

New scientific data reveals wood pallets present dangerous risks to our foods and medicines

Coming on the heels of the sweeping Tylenol recall, new scientific data from independent tests reveal more about the hidden dangers of wood pallets and the threat they pose to the foods we eat and the medications we rely on every day.

28 Jan 2010

Radiation exposure from whole body scanners has little risk, says ACR

In the wake of the failed attempt by would-be bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to destroy Northwest flight 253 as it prepared to land in Detroit on Christmas day, airports around the world are considering mandatory installations of full-body (whole body) scanners including backscatter systems. Numerous media organizations have reported on whether radiation exposure from these systems poses a health risk to those who are scanned.

28 Jan 2010

Merck receives marketing authorization for ELONVA

Merck & Co., Inc., which operates outside the U.S. and Canada as MSD, today announced the European Commission (EC) approval of ELONVA® (corifollitropin alfa injection). ELONVA is indicated for controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in combination with a GnRH antagonist for the development of multiple follicles in women participating in an assisted reproductive technology (ART) program.

28 Jan 2010

Down Syndrome, menopause, dementia and death

Women experiencing an early onset of menopause could develop dementia at a younger age. Research by Tonnie Coppus of Erasmus MC has indicated this. She studied women with Down Syndrome, who are known to have an early onset of menopause. The results of her research can be translated to apply to the general population. Her results will be published in the Journal of Alzheimer Disease today.

28 Jan 2010

Study finds RA workers have similar keyboarding speed compared to non-impaired individuals

A recent study by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found that workers with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were comparable to non-impaired individuals in keyboarding speed. Individuals who were trained in touch typing demonstrated faster typing speeds than those using a visually-guided ("hunt and peck") method, regardless of impairment.

28 Jan 2010

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Miami businesses and charities supply clean drinking water to help facilitate Haiti relief efforts

New report illustrates why cardiovascular disease is under-recognized and under-treated in women

Medicure to be delisted from TSX, announces intention to apply for alternative listing on TSX- V or NEX

MedPage Today publishes most read medical stories

JST chooses Scopus Custom Data to conduct citation linkage analysis

Automated measurements more reliable in moderate cases of knee degeneration

Pfizer's new pipeline shows growth and diversity in research and development

Alli boosts weight loss and reduces excess visceral fat

HIV prevalence continues to rise in Minnesota

IsoRay ships first set of Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds to Canada

Phthalate exposure can affect child's neurobehavioral development, says study

Transdermal estrogen therapies: Effective alternatives to oral estrogen and compounded bioidentical hormones

American Academy of Actuaries urges policymakers to reform national financial security and fiscal health

New research findings may lead to new treatment options for abdominal aortic aneurysms

Health education programmes can help parents recognise healthy weight for their children

New scientific data reveals wood pallets present dangerous risks to our foods and medicines

Radiation exposure from whole body scanners has little risk, says ACR

Merck receives marketing authorization for ELONVA

Down Syndrome, menopause, dementia and death

Study finds RA workers have similar keyboarding speed compared to non-impaired individuals

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