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AuthorHouse publishes a children's book on nutrition

Austin always wants dessert first - for breakfast, lunch and dinner - and who doesn't? Recognizing the need for a children's book on nutrition, registered dietitian and devoted mother Shari Bilt Boockvar wrote "How Austin Got His Muscles" (published by AuthorHouse), the new full-color illustrated book that shows young readers who are more interested in eating junk food that eating balanced, colorful meals can be fun too!

8 Oct 2009

Latinas have reservations about health care reform

Accentmarketing announced its latest release from its Latinas in Charge initiative - "Redefining the Meaning of Well-Being." This release further explores the U.S. Latina mindset on health, healthcare and health insurance - topics at the forefront of this nation's agenda.

8 Oct 2009

Maclean's Magazine selects Bayer as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2010

Bayer Inc. announced today that it was selected as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2010 by Mediacorp Canada Inc., featured today in Maclean's Magazine. Bayer Inc. was also recognized as a Top 100 Employer in 2008 and 2009, making this the third consecutive win for the organization.

8 Oct 2009

Halozyme Therapeutics to host a meeting for analysts and investors

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products targeting the extracellular matrix, today announced that it will host a meeting for analysts and investors on October 15 in New York.

8 Oct 2009

RWJF honors advocate for torture victims with the 2009 Community Health Leader Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced its selection of Dr. Uwe Jacobs, clinical and executive director of Survivors International, San Francisco, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. He is one of 10 extraordinary Americans who will receive the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony this evening at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

8 Oct 2009

CommonHealth expands its global presence with new office in Japan

CommonHealth (www.commonhealth.com), a WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY) (www.wpp.com) company and the world's leading healthcare-communications network, formally announced today it has expanded its global presence with the opening of its office in Tokyo, Japan -- CommonHealth Kyowa.

8 Oct 2009

NIH awards $1.9 million grant to Pacific Biosciences

Pacific Biosciences, a private company developing a disruptive technology platform for real-time detection of biological events at single molecule resolution, today announced that it has received grants totaling more than $1.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 Research and Research Infrastructure “Grand Opportunities” grants program.

8 Oct 2009

World's Fastest Omelet Maker teams with Food Network Star on World Egg Day

If you watched the 2009 season of "The Next Food Network Star" you know that Jeffrey Saad's "cooking without borders" style combines flavorful and unexpected ingredients into simple, delicious dishes in no time. Now, along with the celebration of World Egg Day on Oct. 9, America's egg farmers are pleased to announce that Jeffrey will bring that same global and charismatic style as a spokesperson for the incredible edible egg(TM).

8 Oct 2009

MUSC enrolls first patient in the Stroke Treatment And Revascularization Therapy trial

The Stroke Team at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC, including Aquilla Turk, DO, Associate Professor of Radiology, M. Imran Chaudry, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, and Raymond D. Turner IV, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology, enrolled the first patient in the Stroke Treatment And Revascularization Therapy (START) trial.

8 Oct 2009

A.D.A.M releases Advisor Tools 2.0 application suite for brokers

The Employer and Broker Solutions Group of A.D.A.M., Inc., which provides client acquisition, retention, and agency management solutions to nearly 600 of the nation’s top health benefits brokers, today announced that it has launched Advisor Tools 2.0, A.D.A.M.’s comprehensive suite of applications for brokers that includes proprietary benchmark reporting, research and regulatory information, and other valuable HR tools.

8 Oct 2009

Paratek Pharmaceuticals and Novartis to collaborate in PTK 0796 broad-spectrum antibiotic development

Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide collaborative development, manufacturing and commercialization license agreement with Novartis for Paratek's lead broad-spectrum antibiotic, PTK 0796, a first-in-class aminomethylcycline (AMC) in Phase 3 clinical trials.

8 Oct 2009

The Water Quality and Health Council calls for greater surface disinfection to combat bad hygiene

Do you cough without covering your mouth while standing in the lunch line? Or sneeze loudly into the air when squeezed onto the morning bus? Nearly all Americans (96 percent) have seen you do things like this -- and a shocking three quarters (77 percent) say they are guilty themselves.

8 Oct 2009

New cancer drugs boost drug spending

Cancer treatments are on track to become the biggest driver of specialty pharmacy spending as its contribution to overall drug spending hit five percent for the first time in the first half of 2009, according to Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

8 Oct 2009

New Everyware Medical Gateway solution to remotely monitor treatment for diabetic patients

Eurotech Group, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announces today the Everyware(TM) Medical Gateway designed to help physicians remotely monitor and adjust the treatment of their diabetes patients.

8 Oct 2009

Macuclear and Mystic announce groundbreaking results from Phase Ib Clinical Trial for Macular Degeneration

MacuCLEAR, Inc. and Mystic Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced today preliminary successful results of a Phase Ib Clinical Trial for the treatment and prevention of the progression of Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). The preliminary results indicated that MacuCLEAR’s MC-1101 drug is safe and well tolerated by study participants, and has a biological effect on blood flow in the back of the retina.

8 Oct 2009

Centric Health Corporation, PrevCan enter into an agreement to form a strategic alliance

Centric Health Corporation (TSX: CHH), a diversified healthcare company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to form a strategic alliance with PrevCan, Inc. ("INTERxVENT Canada").

8 Oct 2009

RWJF selects Texas women health activist to receive Community Health Leaders Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced its selection of Claudia Stravato, board member and retired executive director of the Texas Panhandle Family Planning and Health Centers in Amarillo, Texas, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. She is one of 10 extraordinary Americans who will receive the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony this evening at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

8 Oct 2009

CDC completes a three-year study of best fire prevention practices in 10 nations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and System Planning Corporation's TriData division, which specializes in public safety research and consulting, recently completed a three-year study of best fire prevention practices in 10 nations.

8 Oct 2009

Patient selectivity is an important driver of the superior outcomes at focused hospitals: INFORMS meeting

Although many specialized hospitals deliver better and faster services in cardiac care and other specialties, a paper being presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS-) maintains that these hospitals cherry-pick patients to achieve these results, and that average patients actually receive worse care.

8 Oct 2009

Human stem cells advance cancer vaccine research

Scientists from the United States and China have revealed the potential for human stem cells to provide a vaccination against colon cancer, reports a study published in STEM CELLS.

8 Oct 2009

Medical News

AuthorHouse publishes a children's book on nutrition

Latinas have reservations about health care reform

Maclean's Magazine selects Bayer as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2010

Halozyme Therapeutics to host a meeting for analysts and investors

RWJF honors advocate for torture victims with the 2009 Community Health Leader Award

CommonHealth expands its global presence with new office in Japan

NIH awards $1.9 million grant to Pacific Biosciences

World's Fastest Omelet Maker teams with Food Network Star on World Egg Day

MUSC enrolls first patient in the Stroke Treatment And Revascularization Therapy trial

A.D.A.M releases Advisor Tools 2.0 application suite for brokers

Paratek Pharmaceuticals and Novartis to collaborate in PTK 0796 broad-spectrum antibiotic development

The Water Quality and Health Council calls for greater surface disinfection to combat bad hygiene

New cancer drugs boost drug spending

New Everyware Medical Gateway solution to remotely monitor treatment for diabetic patients

Macuclear and Mystic announce groundbreaking results from Phase Ib Clinical Trial for Macular Degeneration

Centric Health Corporation, PrevCan enter into an agreement to form a strategic alliance

RWJF selects Texas women health activist to receive Community Health Leaders Award

CDC completes a three-year study of best fire prevention practices in 10 nations

Patient selectivity is an important driver of the superior outcomes at focused hospitals: INFORMS meeting

Human stem cells advance cancer vaccine research

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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