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California Health & Longevity Institute experts share healthy cooking menus with Oak Park Unified School District cafeteria staff

Children and teens returning to school in the Oak Park Unified School District this September have healthier options for school lunches, thanks to nutrition experts at California Health & Longevity Institute.

21 Aug 2009

Commissioner Joel Ario reminds parents to review insurance coverage needs before colleges reopen

As college classes are set to begin, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario today reminded parents to consider their family's changing insurance needs.

21 Aug 2009

Care Support Of America CEO offers advice on caregiving to aging relatives

Summer has its own serious issues for seniors living at home, but a little bit of planning by family caregivers can go a long way should a weather emergency occur. Summer emergencies include not only major disasters like hurricanes and wildfires, but also heat emergencies and storms that knock out electricity and access to services," says Dr. Dan Tobin, CEO of Care Support of America, a national family caregiving service.

21 Aug 2009

Common Sense Advisory's report highlights effects of health care reform on non-English speaking patients

With an estimated 50 million people who speak languages other than English at home, the United States health care system serves one of the most linguistically diverse patient populations in the world. A new report from market research firm Common Sense Advisory answers the question, "How will health care reform affect patients with limited English proficiency (LEP)?" The firm's new report, "Health Care Reform and Language Services," pinpoints 14 sections of "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009" that will influence the nation's provision of health care interpreting and translation services.

21 Aug 2009

SRC's Benefit Concert for disabled people to be held at Journey of Faith Church

The Sensory Research Center (SRC) invites you to a Benefit Concert, Dessert and Auction, featuring LA Collaboration, at Journey of Faith Church in Manhattan Beach, 1243 Artesia Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA - (310) 372-4641 at 7:00 PM. Mention this article and receive 2 for the price of 1 tickets.

21 Aug 2009

Night home hemodialysis offers similar benefits as kidney transplants

For the first time, it has been shown that patients who receive night home hemodialysis live just as long as those who receive kidney transplants from deceased donors.

21 Aug 2009

Real Americans share experiences, common need for patient-centric reform

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, the world's leading generic pharmaceutical company, today announced the start of its "Patient First" project as part of the Year of Affordable Healthcare campaign. The initiative, available at: www.yearofaffordablehealth.com/patients, features a first-hand perspective of everyday Americans as they struggle with the enormous and sometimes insurmountable expense of paying for their prescription medicines.

21 Aug 2009

Physicians lack knowledge of off-label drug use and FDA approval status

In a recent national survey, a substantial minority of physicians erroneously believed that certain off-label uses of prescription drugs were approved by the Food and Drug Administration. This mistaken belief could encourage them to prescribe these drugs, despite the lack of scientific evidence supporting such use.

21 Aug 2009

University Of Phoenix and Odessa Chambliss Quality Of Life Fund collaborate to offer nursing scholarships

University of Phoenix today announced a partnership with Odessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund to provide access to nursing education and help ensure the future of quality healthcare. Through this partnership, two full-tuition scholarships will be offered to nurses pursuing advanced degrees in the state of Florida.

21 Aug 2009

Study shows young musk oxen are not vulnerable to cold weather conditions

A new study finds that young muskoxen conserve heat almost as well as adults, a finding that runs contrary to a longstanding assumption among scientists that young animals should be more vulnerable in extreme cold. The study, by biologist Adam Munn from the University of Sydney, Australia, will be published in the forthcoming issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.

21 Aug 2009

Phase Forward acquires Covance’s IVRS/IWRS business units

Phase Forward (NASDAQ: PFWD), a leading provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety, today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Interactive Voice and Web Response Services (IVRS/IWRS) business of Covance Inc. (NYSE: CVD). Phase Forward purchased the Covance business unit for $10 million in cash. As part of the transaction, Phase Forward and Covance have entered into a multi-year marketing agreement to provide Phase Forward’s market-leading InForm™ electronic data capture (EDC) solution and Clarix™ Interactive Response Technology (IRT) application as the preferred EDC and IRT solutions to Covance clients.

21 Aug 2009

Coherex Medical raises $16.5 million from venture capital firms

Coherex Medical, Inc. today announced that it has closed a $16.5 million Series B Preferred Stock financing. After the close of this investment, Coherex has now raised nearly $28.0 million in equity financing from outside funding sources since inception.

21 Aug 2009

Max-Planck scientists show that people really walk in circles when lost

Scientists in the Multisensory Perception and Action Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in T-bingen, led by Jan Souman and Marc Ernst, have now presented the first empirical evidence that people really walk in circles when they do not have reliable cues to their walking direction. Their study, published today in the journal Current Biology, examined the walking trajectories of people who walked for several hours in the Sahara desert (Tunisia) and in the Bienwald forest area (Germany).

21 Aug 2009

Ends of protein templates useful for arresting growth of cancerous cells

The tail ends of cellular protein templates, regions often thought relatively inconsequential, may actually play a role in preventing normal cells from becoming cancerous. The finding from scientists at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical research is reported in the August 20 edition of Cell.

21 Aug 2009

Foreign-trained doctors practising in Canada declining substantially

Since the 1970s, the percentage of foreign-trained doctors practising in Canada has declined considerably. A new report released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows the number of international medical graduates (IMGs), as a proportion of the physician workforce in Canada, decreased from 33% in the 1970s to 22% in 2007.

21 Aug 2009

Southern Research's Birmingham campus to have a Comprehensive Chemical Biology Center

Southern Research Institute today announced that it has been selected as one of 11 organizations to help establish the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Chemical Biology Consortium (CBC)--a program meant to coordinate and accelerate the discovery and development of new therapeutic agents to treat cancer patients. Southern Research will establish one of NCI's five Comprehensive Chemical Biology Centers at its Birmingham campus.

21 Aug 2009

Results of PCF funded study could impact the standard of care for prostate cancer patients

Twice-yearly intravenous infusion with denosumab, a new targeted therapy to stop bone loss, increased bone density and prevented spinal fractures in men receiving androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. The report from an international research study, the first to document reduced fracture risk in men receiving the hormone-blocking treatment, was published today in the print edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Both fundamental research on rank ligand (RANKL) in prostate cancer bone metastasis and other molecular factors involved in the denosumab study were supported at Massachusetts General Hospital with funding from the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF).

21 Aug 2009

Recommendations to institutional clients regarding proposals issued by RMG on August 14

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, announced that Risk Metrics Group (RMG), an advisor to institutional investors on corporate governance and risk management issues, issued recommendations to its institutional clients regarding proposals to be considered at Safeguard’s annual meeting of shareholders.

21 Aug 2009

UnitedHealth Group to follow the CDC’s guidance on administration of the swine flu vaccine

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) announced today that the company will cover the administration of the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine for its members whose health benefit plans cover immunizations, and also cover the administration of the vaccine for members whose plans currently do not include immunizations and do not plan to in the future.

21 Aug 2009

Safe injection practices for improving safety to be discussed at the Joint Commission Infection Control Conference

Premier healthcare alliance’s Gina Pugliese, vice president of Premier’s Safety Institute, will share insights on safe injection practices to improve patient and worker safety at the Joint Commission Infection Control Conference on August 21 in Crystal City, Va.

21 Aug 2009

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California Health & Longevity Institute experts share healthy cooking menus with Oak Park Unified School District cafeteria staff

Commissioner Joel Ario reminds parents to review insurance coverage needs before colleges reopen

Care Support Of America CEO offers advice on caregiving to aging relatives

Common Sense Advisory's report highlights effects of health care reform on non-English speaking patients

SRC's Benefit Concert for disabled people to be held at Journey of Faith Church

Night home hemodialysis offers similar benefits as kidney transplants

Real Americans share experiences, common need for patient-centric reform

Physicians lack knowledge of off-label drug use and FDA approval status

University Of Phoenix and Odessa Chambliss Quality Of Life Fund collaborate to offer nursing scholarships

Study shows young musk oxen are not vulnerable to cold weather conditions

Phase Forward acquires Covance’s IVRS/IWRS business units

Coherex Medical raises $16.5 million from venture capital firms

Max-Planck scientists show that people really walk in circles when lost

Ends of protein templates useful for arresting growth of cancerous cells

Foreign-trained doctors practising in Canada declining substantially

Southern Research's Birmingham campus to have a Comprehensive Chemical Biology Center

Results of PCF funded study could impact the standard of care for prostate cancer patients

Recommendations to institutional clients regarding proposals issued by RMG on August 14

UnitedHealth Group to follow the CDC’s guidance on administration of the swine flu vaccine

Safe injection practices for improving safety to be discussed at the Joint Commission Infection Control Conference

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