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R. Rodney Howell receives ASHG’s annual Advocacy Award

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named R. Rodney Howell, MD, Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics, and Member of the Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, as the first recipient of its new, annual Advocacy Award.

1 Jul 2015

Participation in extracurricular activities predicts self-discipline in preteens

Regular, structured extracurricular sports seem to help kids develop the discipline they need in order to engage effectively in the classroom, according to a new study led by Linda Pagani of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine children's hospital.

1 Jul 2015

CWPW becomes member of Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital today announced that Children's & Women's Physicians of Westchester (CWPW) is officially a member of its Community of Care network.

1 Jul 2015

Law enforcement now has Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Service that helps nab suspects, close cases

Law enforcement now has a new DNA tool that helps nab suspects and close cases. The service, developed by Parabon NanoLabs of Reston, Virginia, is called Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Service. 'Snapshot' predicts the physical appearance of individuals from the smallest of DNA evidence samples, creating a composite image from any DNA source.

1 Jul 2015

UCSF workshop helps improve palliative care communication skills among critical care nurses

A workshop at the University of California San Francisco helped critical care nurses improve their palliative care communication skills, according to an article in the July issue of the American Journal of Critical Care.

1 Jul 2015

Robert G. Miller awarded $1.5 million grant to help fund Neuraltus' Phase 2 clinical study of NP001 for ALS

Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of groundbreaking drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), announced today that Robert G. Miller, M.D., Director of the Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center at Sutter Health's California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, has been awarded a grant from The ALS Association for $1.5 million to help fund a Phase 2 clinical study of the company's investigational therapy for ALS, NP001.

1 Jul 2015

FDA Grants clearance to MXO's dynaMX Compression Staple featuring Malleable Nitinol Technology

MX Orthopedics, Corp., a leader in superelastic technologies for orthopedic implants, announces the recent FDA clearance (K143622) of its patent-pending dynaMX™ Compression Staple featuring Malleable Nitinol Technology.

1 Jul 2015

BioPharmX announces closure of previously announced underwritten public offering of common stock

BioPharmX Corporation today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 3,636,364 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $2.75 per share.

1 Jul 2015

DaVita HealthCare Partners expands office space in Lower Downtown Denver

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., one of the largest and most innovative health care communities, today announced the company has expanded its office space to include two more floors of the Gates Building, located at 1551 Wewatta Street in Lower Downtown Denver.

1 Jul 2015

ALS ACT initiative to speed discovery of new ALS treatments

The ALS Association and the ALS Finding a Cure Foundation are pleased to announce $3 million in funding for two new Phase II clinical studies through the ALS Accelerated Therapeutics (ALS ACT) initiative.

1 Jul 2015

Virtual human helps veterans with PTSD, people with mental illness build job interview skills

Finding a job is difficult for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and individuals with severe mental illness, who have high unemployment rates even though many want to work.

1 Jul 2015

Discovery Laboratories gets notice of noncompliance from Nasdaq Stock Market related to minimum bid price

Discovery Laboratories, Inc. announced today that, on June 29, 2015, the Company received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that, because the Company's common stock has not maintained a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share over the previous 30 consecutive business days, the Company is no longer in compliance with Nasdaq's Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the "Minimum Bid Price Requirement").

1 Jul 2015

Genoa purchases West Bend Assisted Living Pharmacy

Genoa has acquired West Bend Assisted Living Pharmacy (Jackson, WI), adding another pharmacy location with a proven track record for excellent service to individuals with mental illness and in residential settings, and those involved in their care. Both companies have strong reputations for outstanding customer service, flexibility and delivering true value to their customers.

1 Jul 2015

Findings highlight benefit of vegan-eating plans for weight loss

People on a vegetarian diet, and especially those following a vegan one that includes no animal products, see better results than dieters on other weight-reducing plans. In fact, they can lose around two kilograms more on the short term, says Ru-Yi Huang of E-Da Hospital in Taiwan after reviewing the results of twelve diet trials.

1 Jul 2015

New collection of papers adds to mounting evidence of gut microbiome’s influential role in health

A newly released collection of papers, the result of the Gut in Focus Symposium Nobel Forum held earlier this year, is adding to the mounting evidence of the influential role the gut microbiome plays in health.

1 Jul 2015

Academy for Eating Disorders opposes proposed EEOC policy interpretation

The Academy for Eating Disorders has joined with significant national and international medical associations opposing a proposed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) policy interpretation that would allow employers to inquire about employees' private genetic or medical data.

1 Jul 2015

Ambulance services should be assessed on reassurance and response time

Ambulance services should be assessed on how reassured patients and their families feel during an emergency as well as on response times, researchers have found.

1 Jul 2015

Neurologists evaluate application of smartphones in epilepsy care

While many people with epilepsy can control their seizures with medication, those unpredictable and involuntary changes in behavior and consciousness can be limiting for others. Neurologists writing in the International Journal of Epilepsy evaluated the application of smartphones in epilepsy care.

1 Jul 2015

Subcutaneous administration increases tolerability of multispecific antibody tumor treatment

Tumor treatment with multispecific antibodies is significantly more tolerable if administered subcutaneously rather than via the bloodstream, which was the standard procedure until now. This was the result of an animal model study undertaken by researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München in cooperation with the Munich biotech company Trion Research.

1 Jul 2015

Leicester researchers introduce alternative method to diagnose cause of death

Researchers from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust have introduced an alternative method to diagnose the cause of death, which in many cases can replace the need for the traditional invasive autopsy. This can be purchased by the family and will be performed within the NHS hospitals.

1 Jul 2015

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R. Rodney Howell receives ASHG’s annual Advocacy Award

Participation in extracurricular activities predicts self-discipline in preteens

CWPW becomes member of Boston Children's Hospital

Law enforcement now has Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Service that helps nab suspects, close cases

UCSF workshop helps improve palliative care communication skills among critical care nurses

Robert G. Miller awarded $1.5 million grant to help fund Neuraltus' Phase 2 clinical study of NP001 for ALS

FDA Grants clearance to MXO's dynaMX Compression Staple featuring Malleable Nitinol Technology

BioPharmX announces closure of previously announced underwritten public offering of common stock

DaVita HealthCare Partners expands office space in Lower Downtown Denver

ALS ACT initiative to speed discovery of new ALS treatments

Virtual human helps veterans with PTSD, people with mental illness build job interview skills

Discovery Laboratories gets notice of noncompliance from Nasdaq Stock Market related to minimum bid price

Genoa purchases West Bend Assisted Living Pharmacy

Findings highlight benefit of vegan-eating plans for weight loss

New collection of papers adds to mounting evidence of gut microbiome’s influential role in health

Academy for Eating Disorders opposes proposed EEOC policy interpretation

Ambulance services should be assessed on reassurance and response time

Neurologists evaluate application of smartphones in epilepsy care

Subcutaneous administration increases tolerability of multispecific antibody tumor treatment

Leicester researchers introduce alternative method to diagnose cause of death

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