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UT Southwestern Medical Center professor and Olympian Dr. Peter Snell knighted

Dr. Peter Snell, adjunct associate professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a three-time Olympic gold medalist for his native New Zealand, has won yet another honor - a knighthood in his homeland.

10 Nov 2009

New school meal program can cause more harm than good, says nutrition experts

In attempts to improve the nutritional quality of school meals, there have been several strides forward - including the removal of soft drinks and other less nutritious menu options. However, some schools and activist groups are calling for a new change that many health professionals agree could cause more harm than good when it comes to children's health: removing chocolate milk from the lunch line.

10 Nov 2009

Consortium of researchers produce a special issue that examines healthcare disparities affecting minorities

The Latino population is the nation's largest minority group at an estimated 47 million in 2008 and is predicted to make up 30% of the US population by 2050. At the same time, chronic diseases among Latinos are on the rise and require long-range strategies to prevent and clinically manage. Understanding the healthcare of this fastest growing population is critical to the healthcare debate and reform initiatives.

10 Nov 2009

Environmental factors, obesity and diabetes: Long-term study launched

Three Singapore biomedical institutions have launched a major, long-term study of pregnant mothers and their fetuses as well as infant children to determine just how profoundly environmental factors early in life influence the onset of diseases such as obesity and diabetes in later years.

10 Nov 2009

EpiCept announces third quarter 2009 financial results

EpiCept Corporation today announced operating and financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, and provided an update on Ceplene® and several of the Company’s key product candidates.

10 Nov 2009

Assisted Living Concepts reports financial results for third-quarter 2009

Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. ("ALC") reported net income from continuing operations and net income of $4.2 million and $3.4 million, respectively, in the third quarter of 2009 compared to net income from continuing operations and net income of $3.1 million and $3.0 million, respectively in the third quarter of 2008.

9 Nov 2009

Arcadia Resources receives commitments from institutional investors to purchase $11.1 million of securities

Arcadia Resources, Inc., a leading provider of innovative consumer health care services under the Arcadia HealthCare(SM) brand, today announced that it has received commitments from institutional investors to purchase $11.1 million of securities in a registered direct offering.

9 Nov 2009

Cardiome Pharma announces financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009

Cardiome Pharma Corp. today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Amounts, unless specified otherwise, are expressed in Canadian dollars and in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Canadian GAAP).

9 Nov 2009

CRINONE vaginal progesterone gel as effective as IM progesterone for luteal phase support in IVF-ET

In their American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) conference wrap-up, Medscape highlighted the article published by them on October 27, 2009, which summarized the results from the largest prospective, randomized clinical study to compare vaginal progesterone to intramuscular progesterone injections (IM progesterone) for luteal support in infertility treatment.

9 Nov 2009

Public health experts urge Congress not to overlook the needs of Americans with "morbid obesity"

As the House of Representatives and the Senate debate companion bills to make health care more affordable and accessible, a coalition of obesity and public health experts today urged Congress not to overlook the needs of the more than 15 million Americans who suffer from severe obesity and are at the greatest risk for chronic disease and death.

9 Nov 2009

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals reports financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

9 Nov 2009

Tethys Bioscience completes $25 million Series D financing

Tethys Bioscience, a privately held company, announced today that it has closed a $25 million Series D round of financing led by aeris CAPITAL AG and including Wasatch Advisors as a new investor. All current investors, including MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers and Intel Capital participated in the round. Tethys also announced that it has appointed George Rehm, Managing Partner of aeris CAPITAL, to the Tethys Board of Directors.

9 Nov 2009

Specialization in one sport increases the risk of injury, find researchers

Gifted young athletes are under increasing pressure to play only one sport year round.

9 Nov 2009

Experts gather to outline the latest creative applications of DNA barcoding

The scientific ability to quickly and accurately identify species through DNA "barcoding" is being embraced and applied by a growing legion of global authorities - from medical and agricultural researchers to police and customs authorities to palaeontologists and others.

7 Nov 2009

Reuters examines China's involvement in fighting Malaria in Africa

Chinese scientists have been working on enhancing "the rare sweet wormwood shrub, from which artemisinin - the best drug to fight malaria - is derived" in an effort to fight malaria "not on its own soil, where the deadly disease has been sharply pruned back, but in Africa, where it still kills one child every 30 seconds," Reuters reports.

7 Nov 2009

NIH grants $1 million to study whether Transcendental Meditation can prevent future heart attacks in CHD patients

The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will fund a $1 million collaborative study by the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to determine whether the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique can help patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) prevent future heart attacks, strokes and death.

7 Nov 2009

Covidien completes tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Aspect Medical Systems

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the successful completion of its tender offer through its subsidiary, Transformer Delaware Corp., to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. The tender offer expired at 12:00 midnight ET, at the end of November 5, 2009, and was not extended.

6 Nov 2009

Third-quarter 2009 financial results announced by Inhibitex

Inhibitex, Inc., today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. The Company held cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $21.1 million at September 30, 2009, as compared to $33.1 million at December 31, 2008.

6 Nov 2009

Women may not have enough energy to support both hard workouts and getting pregnant: Study

Are you a female athlete - or just someone who likes challenging workouts -- who also wants to get pregnant? It may make sense to ease off a bit as you try to get pregnant. New research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) shows that the body may not have enough energy to support both hard workouts and getting pregnant.

6 Nov 2009

Long QT syndrome study reveals importance of genetic testing's role in diagnosing disease

Results of a long QT syndrome (LQTS) study published in the current issue of Circulation play an important role in understanding genetic testing's role in diagnosing disease, according to the senior author, Michael Ackerman, M.D., Ph.D. A pediatric cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Ackerman directs Mayo's Long QT Syndrome Clinic and is the director of the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory.

6 Nov 2009

Exercise News and Research

Latest Exercise News and Research

UT Southwestern Medical Center professor and Olympian Dr. Peter Snell knighted

New school meal program can cause more harm than good, says nutrition experts

Consortium of researchers produce a special issue that examines healthcare disparities affecting minorities

Environmental factors, obesity and diabetes: Long-term study launched

EpiCept announces third quarter 2009 financial results

Assisted Living Concepts reports financial results for third-quarter 2009

Arcadia Resources receives commitments from institutional investors to purchase $11.1 million of securities

Cardiome Pharma announces financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009

CRINONE vaginal progesterone gel as effective as IM progesterone for luteal phase support in IVF-ET

Public health experts urge Congress not to overlook the needs of Americans with "morbid obesity"

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals reports financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009

Tethys Bioscience completes $25 million Series D financing

Specialization in one sport increases the risk of injury, find researchers

Experts gather to outline the latest creative applications of DNA barcoding

Reuters examines China's involvement in fighting Malaria in Africa

NIH grants $1 million to study whether Transcendental Meditation can prevent future heart attacks in CHD patients

Covidien completes tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Aspect Medical Systems

Third-quarter 2009 financial results announced by Inhibitex

Women may not have enough energy to support both hard workouts and getting pregnant: Study

Long QT syndrome study reveals importance of genetic testing's role in diagnosing disease

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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