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Sound Inpatient Physicians and Obama discuss on health care reform

Brett Kronenberger, M.D., a Chief Hospitalist of Sound Inpatient Physicians, and a group of community leaders held a private meeting with President Barack Obama prior to the Town Hall meeting on health care reform, in Belgrade, Montana last Friday.

21 Aug 2009

Synthes to distribute ECM products manufactured by Kensey Nash following a strategic agreement

Synthes, Inc. (SWX: SYST.VX), a leading global medical device company in the orthopaedic trauma, spine, and cranio-maxillofacial markets, and Kensey Nash Corporation (Nasdaq: KNSY), a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative regenerative medicine products, today announced a strategic agreement for products developed from Kensey Nash's unique extracellular matrix (ECM) technology.

21 Aug 2009

Syntagon to deliver presentation on controlling genotoxic impurities

Leading contract research organisation, Syntagon, is to deliver a presentation on controlling genotoxic impurities at one of the Pharma industry’s highest profile events, CPhI Worldwide, being held this October in Madrid, Spain.

21 Aug 2009

UFCW opposes Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's efforts to undermine meaningful health care reform

In response to a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by Whole Foods’ Chief Executive Officer John Mackey, activists, consumers and labor groups around the country have been organizing in opposition to his efforts to undermine meaningful health care reform.

21 Aug 2009

The American Hospital Association endorses the EXTENSION Healthid smart card system

The American Hospital Association, through its subsidiary, AHA Solutions, Inc., has announced its exclusive endorsement of EXTENSION® HealthID™. HealthID™ is a secure smart card that holds individual patient data for use by the hospitals to improve the care experience. Hospitals are able to quickly find and use patient’s information within an individual facility or across their system or network. The benefits of the smart card include providing much improved patient experiences and streamlined administrative costs.

21 Aug 2009

Plextronics finalizes $14 Million financing to fund its research, development and pilot manufacturing programs

Plextronics, Inc. announced today that it has completed a $14 million Series B-1 financing round. The round was led by Solvay North American Investments, LLC, a member of the Solvay Group, which is an international chemical and pharmaceutical group headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Marking Solvay's second investment in three years, this $12 million investment makes Solvay the largest minority shareholder in Plextronics.

21 Aug 2009

Rxi Pharmaceuticals to recruit a new Chief Financial Officer

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation today announced that Stephen J. DiPalma, has resigned as Executive Vice President of Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities, effective August 28, 2009.

21 Aug 2009

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

Medical News

Sound Inpatient Physicians and Obama discuss on health care reform

Synthes to distribute ECM products manufactured by Kensey Nash following a strategic agreement

Syntagon to deliver presentation on controlling genotoxic impurities

UFCW opposes Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's efforts to undermine meaningful health care reform

The American Hospital Association endorses the EXTENSION Healthid smart card system

Plextronics finalizes $14 Million financing to fund its research, development and pilot manufacturing programs

Rxi Pharmaceuticals to recruit a new Chief Financial Officer

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

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Exploring electron microscopy for plant and microbial imaging at the John Innes Centre

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