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Add dental check-up to back-to-school checklist, says dentist

As parents and kids gear up for a new school year, a trip to the dentist should be on everyone's back-to-school checklist, according to dentists from Kool Smiles, a children's dental provider expanding access to quality, affordable dental care in underserved communities nationwide.

22 Aug 2014

Binary Biometrics partners with Gabriel Health Institute to improve service capabilities in Orlando region

LiveScan Service Provider Binary Biometrics announced that it has agreed to a partnership with Gabriel Health Institute, one of Orlando's fastest growing Certified Nursing Assistant preparatory schools.

22 Aug 2014

Allen Institute for Brain Science welcomes visiting scientist engineer

The Allen Institute for Brain Science welcomes a visiting scientist from Harvard and a visiting engineer from Georgia Tech: Sharad Ramanathan, Ph.D.; and Craig Forest, Ph.D. Both Ramanathan and Forest will bring their distinct knowledge and backgrounds to the expanding scientific teams at the Allen Institute.

22 Aug 2014

Prenatal care for pregnant women increases from 61 to 91.3%, highlights Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea's infant mortality rate has decreased from 111 in 1994 to 65 per one thousand in 2011, said the country's Health Secretary of State, Maria del Carmen Andeme Ela. She also reported that the percentage of pregnant women receiving prenatal care from skilled health personnel has increase from 61% in 2000 to 91.3% this year.

22 Aug 2014

IMRIS receives licensing to incorporate MRI core technology into VISIUS Surgical Theatre in Canada

IMRIS Inc. today announced that the Company has received Health Canada licensing to incorporate next generation MRI core technology into the VISIUS Surgical Theatre for sales and marketing in the country.

22 Aug 2014

Memorial Hermann partners with MD Anderson to provide new level of specialized breast screening

Memorial Hermann Health System and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced a new partnership to provide a new level of specialized breast screening at a network of community breast care centers in the greater Houston area.

22 Aug 2014

French Ministry of Health approves financial support for Second Sight Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System

Second Sight Medical Products Inc. today announces that the French Ministry of Health has officially approved financial support for the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System. Through the Forfait Innovation scheme, the French Government will pay for the first wave of groundbreaking treatment for 36 patients with severe to total sight loss due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in France.

22 Aug 2014

HGSAS launches new online master's degree

The Higher Learning Commission recently granted approval to launch the new online master's degree offered by the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies (HGSAS).

22 Aug 2014

Study links gum disease to lung disease, cancer and heart failure

Most people are very familiar with the reality that, if they don't practice regular brushing and overall good dental hygiene, they are at risk for developing gum disease. Less well known is the full extent of the potential harm caused by gum disease.

22 Aug 2014

eRelevance completes integration with Nextech for Plastic Surgery and Dermatology practices

eRelevance Corporation (www.erelevancecorp.com), a progressive Health IT services company, announced today that it has completed integration with Nextech, a popular Electronic Medical Records (EMR) solution for Plastic Surgery and Dermatology practices.

22 Aug 2014

Doctor offers four important benefits of laser back surgery

The spinal column is one of the most delicate and essential areas of the human body. Signals carried to and from the brain through the column control many key functions of our motor skills and nervous system.

22 Aug 2014

CARE Oklahoma partners with COMS Interactive

The Coalition of Advocates for Responsible Eldercare (CARE Oklahoma) has announced their newest CARE Partnership with COMS Interactive, LLC (also known as Clinical Outcomes Management Systems or COMS).

22 Aug 2014

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals' CCH drug effective against cellulite in Phase 2a study

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced positive results from a randomized, double-blind Phase 2a study of collagenase clostridium histolyticum (or CCH) for the treatment of edematous fibrosclerotic panniculopathy (EFP), commonly known as cellulite.

21 Aug 2014

CEA launches new epilepsy comic book for children

The Canadian Epilepsy Alliance is thrilled to announce the launch of a new comic series designed to educate children about the most common neurological disorder in Canada, epilepsy. The Medikidz Explain Epilepsy comic series tells a fictional story based on the experiences of 14-year-old Jack, who is navigating middle school while living with epilepsy.

21 Aug 2014

NeuroDerm signs definitive investment agreements for $16 million financing round

NeuroDerm Ltd., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing drugs for central nervous system (CNS) diseases, today announced that it has signed definitive investment agreements for a $16 million financing round led by certain of its existing investors with the participation of new investors, including The Elias Group.

21 Aug 2014

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Add dental check-up to back-to-school checklist, says dentist

Binary Biometrics partners with Gabriel Health Institute to improve service capabilities in Orlando region

Allen Institute for Brain Science welcomes visiting scientist engineer

Prenatal care for pregnant women increases from 61 to 91.3%, highlights Equatorial Guinea

IMRIS receives licensing to incorporate MRI core technology into VISIUS Surgical Theatre in Canada

Memorial Hermann partners with MD Anderson to provide new level of specialized breast screening

French Ministry of Health approves financial support for Second Sight Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System

HGSAS launches new online master's degree

Study links gum disease to lung disease, cancer and heart failure

eRelevance completes integration with Nextech for Plastic Surgery and Dermatology practices

Doctor offers four important benefits of laser back surgery

CARE Oklahoma partners with COMS Interactive

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals' CCH drug effective against cellulite in Phase 2a study

CEA launches new epilepsy comic book for children

NeuroDerm signs definitive investment agreements for $16 million financing round

US Fitness adds Sport & Health to its portfolio of clubs

Pre-op PET/CT predicts stage I NSCLC adjuvant chemotherapy benefit

Erlotinib feasible in KRAS wild-type lung adenocarcinoma

Blood test could help gauge psychosis risk

Fitness-related traits in bipolar disorder relatives may explain disease persistence

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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