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National Health Care Compliance Training Week to educate healthcare organizations

Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc. (HCCS) announced today that it will celebrate National Health Care Compliance Training Week, October 26th through November 1st, by providing free unlimited access to the HCCS Infection Control multimedia online training course and a special Expert Webinar on preventing Identity Theft in healthcare organizations.

9 Oct 2009

Kaiser Permanente to host 16th Annual Mother and Daughter Learning Together Conference

Araceli Mata was 11 years old when she teamed up with her mother to pursue a higher education and a career in law enforcement. Araceli and her mother enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente Mother and Daughter Program, which was established in 1993 to encourage Latinas to focus on the rewards of attending college and establishing a professional career.

9 Oct 2009

Overweight children and youth are just as active, but spend more time in front of TV

The most significant behavioural difference between overweight and non-overweight Canadian boys between age 6 and 17 appears to be the amount of time they spend in front of a television, video or computer screen.

9 Oct 2009

Calcium to cure cardiovascular problems

Calcium is crucial for heart regeneration by cardiac stem cells following cardiovascular problems say scientists in an article to be published in the journal Circulation Research this 9th of October.

9 Oct 2009

Keep oral health in mind during Thanksgiving Day

This weekend, as your family celebrates Thanksgiving Day, it's important to keep your oral health in mind. When preparing your holiday meal, include foods that are nutritious and beneficial for your teeth and gums.

9 Oct 2009

Ford Motor Company , United Auto Workers collaborate to support March of Dimes

The leaders of Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers are not only joining forces to help revitalize America's auto industry - they're also coming together to support the March of Dimes and raise $100 million to give babies a healthy start in life.

9 Oct 2009

Breathe Easy, Stay Healthy Campaign for reducing toxic air pollution in Pittsburgh

Today, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), joined by leaders from the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) and Clean Water Action, along with Dr. Evelyn O. Talbott of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology and Allegheny County Council President Richard Fitzgerald, announced a major new campaign to reduce the fine soot pollution responsible for Pittsburgh’s number one ranking for dirtiest air for two years running.

9 Oct 2009

Perot Systems forms alliance with medical groups to offer health information technology services

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA), the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Perot Systems Corporation (www.perotsystems.com) today announced the formation of an alliance (Alliance) that will utilize the deep healthcare expertise of the three organizations to offer electronic health record (EHR)-related training and implementation services to newly established Health Information Technology (HIT) Regional Extension Centers (Extension Centers).

9 Oct 2009

Elsevier and PUMP donate books to schools and medical universities in Midwest China

Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of medical information products and services, announced today that in cooperation with Peking University Medical Press (PUMP) it has donated over 5,000 books to medical universities, colleges and schools in Midwest China.

9 Oct 2009

Bicycling is a way to fight Parkinson's disease for an 81-year old patient

Bob Wilson is not a quitter, and the Parkinson's Center of Oregon at Oregon Health & Science University will benefit from his steely determination October 10 when he and other members of "Team Bob" mount specially constructed bicycles for a fund-raising outing at The Springs at Tanasbourne.

9 Oct 2009

Research to support and enable crime scene investigation using technology

Imagine using the same process that goes into building video games to help investigators solve real-world crimes. Through a new grant, that's what researchers at North Carolina State University plan to do.

9 Oct 2009

St. Petersburg City Council partners with American Lung Association for "Faces of Influenza" campaign

Mayor Rick Baker and members of St. Petersburg City Council are partnering with the American Lung Association in Florida Gulfcoast area on its Faces of Influenza educational initiative to kick off the 2009-2010 influenza season in Tampa/St. Petersburg.

9 Oct 2009

Providence to prepay its senior debt of $20 million

The Providence Service Corporation today announced that given the substantial free cash generated in the Company's record operating performance in the first half of 2009, as well as its expectations of additional free cash generation for the remainder of the year, the Board of Directors has authorized a total voluntary prepayment on its senior debt of $20 million.

9 Oct 2009

RXi Pharmaceuticals presents new preclinical data from its advanced RNAi therapeutic platform

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company pursuing the development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi), today announced the presentation of new preclinical data from its advanced RNAi therapeutic platform at its Annual Investor Event held in New York City on Monday, October 5, 2009.

9 Oct 2009

International symposium examines how new advances in plant science research can benefit African agriculture

This three-day international symposium is designed to bring together scientists from Africa, Europe and the USA to examine how new advances in plant science research and developing technologies can be used to the benefit of African agriculture

9 Oct 2009

Hispanic children with brain tumors rarely get high-quality treatment than other children: Study

Hispanic children diagnosed with brain tumors get high-quality treatment at hospitals that specialize in neurosurgery far less often than other children with the same condition, potentially compromising their immediate prognosis and long-term survival, according to research from Johns Hopkins published in October's Pediatrics.

9 Oct 2009

Medtronic launches Captivia Delivery System for Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft

Adding to its market-leading portfolio of innovative medical technology for endovascular aortic repair (EVAR), Medtronic, Inc., announced today the CE (Conformité Européene) mark and international launch of the Captivia Delivery System for the Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft, a minimally invasive treatment for aneurysms and other lesions of the thoracic aorta.

9 Oct 2009

FDA Advisory Committee approves use of Selzentry tablets in combination with HIV therapy

Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee voted (10 to 4) to recommend the approval of Selzentry (maraviroc) tablets for use in treatment-naïve adult patients with CCR5-tropic HIV-1 virus as part of combination therapy.

9 Oct 2009

The Quebec Biopharmaceutical Strategy lauded by Sanofi-aventis

Sanofi-aventis Canada welcomes the Quebec Biopharmaceutical Strategy and sees a strong link with its new corporate strategy.

9 Oct 2009

Program on protecting and preserving reproductive health

Octomom ... Kate Gosselin ... the recent embryo mix-up case in Ohio ... all stories stemming from infertility treatments and making national headlines. But, much to the surprise of many, there are several types of infertility that are actually preventable - something starting to make headlines. That's why The American Fertility Association's infertility prevention education outreach program, Manicures & Martinis, continues to sweep the nation with its next stop in Beverly Hills.

9 Oct 2009

Medical News

National Health Care Compliance Training Week to educate healthcare organizations

Kaiser Permanente to host 16th Annual Mother and Daughter Learning Together Conference

Overweight children and youth are just as active, but spend more time in front of TV

Calcium to cure cardiovascular problems

Keep oral health in mind during Thanksgiving Day

Ford Motor Company , United Auto Workers collaborate to support March of Dimes

Breathe Easy, Stay Healthy Campaign for reducing toxic air pollution in Pittsburgh

Perot Systems forms alliance with medical groups to offer health information technology services

Elsevier and PUMP donate books to schools and medical universities in Midwest China

Bicycling is a way to fight Parkinson's disease for an 81-year old patient

Research to support and enable crime scene investigation using technology

St. Petersburg City Council partners with American Lung Association for "Faces of Influenza" campaign

Providence to prepay its senior debt of $20 million

RXi Pharmaceuticals presents new preclinical data from its advanced RNAi therapeutic platform

International symposium examines how new advances in plant science research can benefit African agriculture

Hispanic children with brain tumors rarely get high-quality treatment than other children: Study

Medtronic launches Captivia Delivery System for Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft

FDA Advisory Committee approves use of Selzentry tablets in combination with HIV therapy

The Quebec Biopharmaceutical Strategy lauded by Sanofi-aventis

Program on protecting and preserving reproductive health

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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