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Patheon announces fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results

Patheon a global provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical industry today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended October 31, 2009.

18 Dec 2009

Safe living guidelines for transplant recipients

Keeping pets healthy can reduce infection risks for people who have received solid organ transplants and veterinarians should be seen as an integral part of the healthcare team. That's just one of the key pieces of advice from a safe living article published in an infectious diseases supplement in the American Journal of Transplantation.

18 Dec 2009

First Edition: December 18, 2009

The highlights from today's headlines focus on continuing movement in the Senate toward a pre-Christmas health overhaul vote -- but many questions about its cost, and how many votes it can attract, persist.

18 Dec 2009

University of Texas at Austin establishes new program to promote research on sports, media and culture

The College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin has established the Texas Program in Sports and Media to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and research on sports, media and culture.

18 Dec 2009

New research into happiness levels of US citizens

New research by the UK's University of Warwick and Hamilton College in the US into the happiness levels of a million individual US citizens have revealed their personal happiness levels closely correlate with earlier research that ranked the quality of life available in the US's 50 states plus the District of Columbia. This research provides a unique external validation of people's self reported levels of happiness and will be of great value to future economic and clinical research in this field.

18 Dec 2009

UCLA researchers use new techniques to improve disaster preparedness among Hispanics

Historically, authorities have used broad media campaigns to encourage the public to prepare for disasters - an approach that has proven largely ineffective. For this new study, UCLA researchers sought to test novel, culturally tailored, informal social networking approaches to improve disaster preparedness, using data on 231 Hispanics in Los Angeles County.

18 Dec 2009

PSS World Medical chooses inVNT to produce its annual national meeting for 1,500 employees

PSS World Medical, Inc., a national distributor of medical products to physicians and long-term health care providers, chose the live events agency inVNT to produce its annual national meeting for 1,500 employees. inVNT used creative cost-saving measures to stage a high-energy meeting while supporting PSS’ efforts to reduce spending.

18 Dec 2009

Rosetta Genomics announces third-quarter 2009 financial results

Rosetta Genomics, Ltd., a leading developer of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and provided a business update.

18 Dec 2009

NAHO's recommendations for eliminating child hunger in the U.S.

The National Anti-Hunger Organizations (NAHO) today released the Roadmap to End Childhood Hunger in America by 2015, recommending nine steps that will collectively eliminate child hunger in the United States. The report was drafted in response to President Obama's pledge to end child hunger by 2015.

18 Dec 2009

Medela announces award recipients from November Virtual Human Milk Collection Campaign

Medela announced today the award recipients from its November Virtual Human Milk (breastmilk) Collection Campaign in honor of the March of Dimes' National Prematurity Awareness Month. More than 4,100 participated in the campaign, voting for their preferred Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

18 Dec 2009

NCD to address disability-related issues at next quarterly meeting

The National Council on Disability (NCD) will conduct its next quarterly meeting at the JW Marriott Houston, 5150 Westheimer, Houston, TX, beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, and ending at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 21, 2010. This meeting is open to the public.

18 Dec 2009

NYSSA’s market forecast luncheon to include a focus on healthcare

The New York Society of Security Analysts will present their biannual market forecast luncheon “Market Forecast: Return to Prosperity or False Dawn?” on January 7, 2010 which will include a special focus on healthcare. A panel of experts will discuss and debate the various crosscurrents in economic and financial market conditions facing investors.

18 Dec 2009

ANIS2's second edition on ‘micro and nanotechnologies for cancer research’ is open for registrations

There is still time until January 8 2010 to register for the second edition of the Alp NanoBio International School (ANIS2), which will be held in Sterzing/Vipiteno (Bozen, Italy) from 11 to 15 of January 2010, organized by the Centre of Excellence LATEMAR - funded by MIUR, in collaboration with the Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK).

18 Dec 2009

Cardiac Network completes incubation period covered under Business Incubation Services agreement

Cardiac Network, Inc. announced today that it has completed the incubation period covered under the Business Incubation Services agreement entered into with Global Private Funding, Inc. (Global), and that effective December 12, 2009, all of the agreements between Cardiac Network and Global have been terminated.

18 Dec 2009

NHCAA, LearnSomething partner to develop a fraud, waste and abuse compliance training solution

The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, the leading national organization focused exclusively on the fight against health care fraud, has partnered with LearnSomething, Inc., to develop a compliance training solution that satisfies the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid's (CMS) requirement for fraud, waste and abuse training.

18 Dec 2009

New Thermal-Aid products reduce pain and swelling in arthritis patients

Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., manufacturers of Burner Balm and Energy-X lip balms, today announced the launch of their new Thermal-Aid product line. These 100% natural therapeutic heating/cooling treatment packs are specifically designed to reduce swelling and relieve pain and have been developed in a variety of applications

18 Dec 2009

AlloSource named CEBA finalist in the Samaritan Institute category

AlloSource, one of the nation's largest non-profit providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures and the world's largest processor of live cellular bone growth substitutes, today announced that is has been selected as a finalist in the 2010 Colorado Ethics in Business Alliance (CEBA) Awards, in the Samaritan Institute category honoring non-profits.

18 Dec 2009

One quarter of Detroit-area Arab Americans reported personal or familial abuse since 9/11

One quarter of Detroit-area Arab Americans reported personal or familial abuse because of race, ethnicity or religion since 9/11, leading to higher odds of adverse health effects, according to a new University of Michigan study.

18 Dec 2009

New stem cell based technology may eliminate brain cancer

Using a novel stem cell based technology of Cellonis Biotechnologies, Beijing, a Chinese research/medical team may eliminate a glioma -- brain cancer -- of a 36 year old Norwegian patient in a hospital in Beijing.

18 Dec 2009

MedLink International guarantees to meet "Meaningful Use" guidelines for its EHR products

MedLink International, Inc., a provider of electronic health record (EHR) solutions to the ambulatory care market announced today it will guarantee that its qualified EHR products will meet the "Meaningful Use" guidelines to allow its providers to receive the federal incentives available under the HITECH provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

18 Dec 2009

Medical News

Patheon announces fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results

Safe living guidelines for transplant recipients

First Edition: December 18, 2009

University of Texas at Austin establishes new program to promote research on sports, media and culture

New research into happiness levels of US citizens

UCLA researchers use new techniques to improve disaster preparedness among Hispanics

PSS World Medical chooses inVNT to produce its annual national meeting for 1,500 employees

Rosetta Genomics announces third-quarter 2009 financial results

NAHO's recommendations for eliminating child hunger in the U.S.

Medela announces award recipients from November Virtual Human Milk Collection Campaign

NCD to address disability-related issues at next quarterly meeting

NYSSA’s market forecast luncheon to include a focus on healthcare

ANIS2's second edition on ‘micro and nanotechnologies for cancer research’ is open for registrations

Cardiac Network completes incubation period covered under Business Incubation Services agreement

NHCAA, LearnSomething partner to develop a fraud, waste and abuse compliance training solution

New Thermal-Aid products reduce pain and swelling in arthritis patients

AlloSource named CEBA finalist in the Samaritan Institute category

One quarter of Detroit-area Arab Americans reported personal or familial abuse since 9/11

New stem cell based technology may eliminate brain cancer

MedLink International guarantees to meet "Meaningful Use" guidelines for its EHR products

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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