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Study on fruit flies may help in understanding the root cause of stem cell diseases

The body is a battle zone. Cells constantly compete with one another for space and dominance. Though the manner in which some cells win this competition is well known to be the survival of the fittest, how stem cells duke it out for space and survival is not as clear.

5 Dec 2009

Recession continues to impact low-income families with disabled children

The prolonged recession is deepening the financial burden for some of the country's most vulnerable families, a new study indicates.

5 Dec 2009

Florida's top nonprofits receive awards for improving health care

Today, seven of Florida's top nonprofits received awards for their work in improving the health of Florida's uninsured and underserved at The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida's 2009 Sapphire Award ceremony.

5 Dec 2009

Appropriate toys for children: Suggestions from doctors and experts

With the excitement of the holidays, parents and relatives eagerly purchase the hottest toys and latest items for their children. But it's during the hustle and bustle of the season that many fail to buy age appropriate gifts and they tend to disregard warnings on these toys and gifts when it comes to ensuring safety.

5 Dec 2009

PBS officially launches marketing program to healthcare market

Safeguard Security Holdings, Inc., a provider of corporate, industrial and residential security solutions, announces that its Premier Background Search (PBS), a SEARCHglobal partnership (www.PBS-USA.com), has officially launched its marketing program to the massive healthcare market and has subscribed Martin Fletcher and Associates (www.medfuture.com) as its first major client for PBS’ medical division.

5 Dec 2009

Despite positive job market trends, economy continues to face challenges

Unemployment data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor indicates that although job losses have slowed significantly, the economy continues to face challenges, noted the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA).

5 Dec 2009

Partners HealthCare System's series 2009J fixed-rate revenue bonds rated 'AA'

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA' to Partners HealthCare System's approximately $475 million Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority revenue bonds (Partners HealthCare System), fixed-rate revenue bonds, series 2009J, which are expected to be sold as two sub series. Fitch also affirms its 'AA' long-term rating on all of Partners' outstanding debt and affirms its 'F1+' rating on approximately $485 million of Partners HealthCare System's debt that is backed by self-liquidity.

5 Dec 2009

Tulane University medical students talk about healthcare reform in community-based primary care practices

In the midst of the nation's current healthcare reform controversy, third-year Tulane University medical students are completing their clerkships in both rural and urban areas, and, increasingly, in community settings

5 Dec 2009

PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals announces revenue of $5,012,334 for first-quarter

PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced revenue of $5,012,334 for the first quarter ended September 30, 2009, a 24% decrease over the same period last year.

5 Dec 2009

Humana introduces senior-friendly dance pad video game at Kissimmee Guidance Center

What: Humana (http://www.humana.com), Florida's largest Medicare health benefits provider, is introducing Dancetown (http://humanagames.com), a senior-friendly dance pad video game at its Kissimmee Guidance Center on Tues., Dec. 8 at 1 p.m.

5 Dec 2009

JRC's milk chocolate testing methods adopted as international standards

Eighteen EU countries were among the world's top 26 chocolate confectioneries consumers in 2007, ranking from 11.85 kg eaten per capita in Ireland, to 4.5 kg in France and 1.04 kg in Poland. The EU 27 consumed in total 2.5 million tons of chocolate products that year, which account for around half of the global consumption world-wide.

5 Dec 2009

FRC announces phone call campaign to express opposition to health care reform

As Congress prepares to vote on a health care overhaul plan, Family Research Council (FRC) today announced an eight week campaign to call all household phones in Louisiana to survey each household on provisions of the Senate health care bill.

5 Dec 2009

Perspective opinion piece addressing health care reform published

The New England Journal of Medicine today published a Perspective opinion piece addressing health care reform, co-authored by Irwin Redlener, M.D., president, Children's Health Fund and Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness and Professor of Clinical Population & Family Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; and, Roy Grant, M.A., of the Children's Health Fund, a national organization that advocates for and develops primary care programs for disadvantaged and medically underserved children.

5 Dec 2009

HESG to acquire stake in two Montana-based marijuana companies

Health Sciences Group, Inc. would like to announce that it is in strong negotiations to acquire a minority stake in two separate Montana-based marijuana growing, distribution and care giving operations.

5 Dec 2009

Forest Park Realty Partners III acquires Westmount Realty Capital's landholdings

Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital announced today the sale of approximately 3.9 acres of its landholdings at Westmount Health Campus to Forest Park Realty Partners III for the further expansion of its adjacent Forest Park Medical Center

5 Dec 2009

FDA and APHIS create online risk assessment tool for food industry at the farm level

The FDA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have created an online tool to help farmers and producers assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in their production processes.

5 Dec 2009

AES: Progress in epilepsy management not reached millions of people around the world

Substantial progress has been made over the last 15 years in the healthcare community's ability to diagnose and treat epilepsy and its complications. Yet this progress in epilepsy management has not reached most of the 50 million people around the world, including many of the nearly three million people in the United States who have the disorder.

5 Dec 2009

Mayo Clinic and Oxford University Press team up to publish medical reference books

Mayo Clinic announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP) to jointly publish medical reference books and textbooks authored by Mayo Clinic physicians and researchers.

5 Dec 2009

Research participants link high-paying clinical studies to increased risk levels

More than 15 million Americans are recruited annually to participate in clinical trials according to the Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP), and most will be compensated for their participation.

5 Dec 2009

Comparative study on African monkeys may provide novel targets for AIDS therapy

Two studies published this month in the Journal of Clinical Investigation provide a significant advance in understanding how some species of monkeys such as sooty mangabeys and African green monkeys avoid AIDS when infected with SIV, the simian equivalent of HIV.

5 Dec 2009

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Study on fruit flies may help in understanding the root cause of stem cell diseases

Recession continues to impact low-income families with disabled children

Florida's top nonprofits receive awards for improving health care

Appropriate toys for children: Suggestions from doctors and experts

PBS officially launches marketing program to healthcare market

Despite positive job market trends, economy continues to face challenges

Partners HealthCare System's series 2009J fixed-rate revenue bonds rated 'AA'

Tulane University medical students talk about healthcare reform in community-based primary care practices

PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals announces revenue of $5,012,334 for first-quarter

Humana introduces senior-friendly dance pad video game at Kissimmee Guidance Center

JRC's milk chocolate testing methods adopted as international standards

FRC announces phone call campaign to express opposition to health care reform

Perspective opinion piece addressing health care reform published

HESG to acquire stake in two Montana-based marijuana companies

Forest Park Realty Partners III acquires Westmount Realty Capital's landholdings

FDA and APHIS create online risk assessment tool for food industry at the farm level

AES: Progress in epilepsy management not reached millions of people around the world

Mayo Clinic and Oxford University Press team up to publish medical reference books

Research participants link high-paying clinical studies to increased risk levels

Comparative study on African monkeys may provide novel targets for AIDS therapy

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