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Vision document to guide CHA's support to health reform

The Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) has long been committed to a goal of health coverage for all people in the United States. CHA has not, however, endorsed any of the bills currently under consideration.

29 Aug 2009

Research journal to host a webinar on apoptotic signalling in normal and cancer cell biology

The business office of Science, the world's leading peer-reviewed research journal, is producing a webinar on "Apoptotic Signaling in Normal and Cancer Cell Biology" to be broadcast live online at 12 noon ET (4:00 GMT) September 22, 2009, sponsored by Promega.

29 Aug 2009

Ranaz Corporation to raise funds through private placement

Ranaz Corporation ("Ranaz") (TSXV: RNZ), a company specialized in the manufacturing and marketing of protein and dietary supplements, announces that it intends to raise $675,000 through a non-brokered private placement of units.

29 Aug 2009

Provident Healthcare Partners to provide strategic advisory services for NCIS' growth in oncology management field

New Century Infusion Solutions (NCIS), the first Integrated Single Specialty Provider (ISSP) focused on providing comprehensive management solutions to the oncology market, announced that it has retained Provident Healthcare Partners, a middle-market investment banking and advisory firm, to provide strategic advisory services in support of NCIS’s growth in the rapidly growing field of oncology management.

29 Aug 2009

Financial results and highlights for second-quarter 2009 announced by Advitech

Advitech Inc. ("Advitech" or the "Corporation") (TSX Venture Exchange: AVI) today announces the financial results and highlights for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.

29 Aug 2009

Article discusses advantages of automatic self-sheathing safety syringes

E-18 Corp. (OTCBB:ETEN), through its wholly owned subsidiary SquareOne Medical, Inc., doing business as Protectus Medical Devices ("Protectus Medical Devices"), today announces the release of an Op-Ed article from SmallcapInsights.com.

29 Aug 2009

Ranaz reports second quarter 2009 financial results

Ranaz Corporation ("Ranaz"), a company specialized in the manufacturing and marketing of protein and dietary supplements, reported its results today for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.

29 Aug 2009

Genzyme’s supplemental NDA for treating adult AML with Clolar to be discussed by the FDA

Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that its supplemental New Drug Application for Clolar® (clofarabine) will be discussed Tuesday, September 1 at a public meeting of the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee in Silver Spring, Maryland. The panel is expected to consider the clinical trial results Genzyme submitted to support the approval and labeling of Clolar to treat older adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common type of acute leukemia in adults.

29 Aug 2009

Sunlink Health Systems to restate quarterly reports on Form 10-Q due to non-cash accounting errors

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced that it expects its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2008, December 31, 2008 and March 31, 2009, to be restated due to the impact of non-cash accounting errors at the Company’s Carmichael’s Cashway Pharmacy, Inc. subsidiary.

29 Aug 2009

American Podiatric Medical Association refutes Arizona Congressman's statement

In an interview this week with FOX News' Neil Cavuto, Congressman John Shadegg (R-AZ) said podiatry was an "esoteric demand that most people don't have or don't need," during a discussion on health care reform.

29 Aug 2009

Astrocytes play a key role in the generation of fMRI signals

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a technique widely used in studying the human brain. However, it has long been unclear exactly how fMRI signals are generated at brain cell level. This information is crucially important to interpreting these imaging signals. Scientists from the Academy of Finland's Neuroscience Research Programme (NEURO) have discovered that astrocytes, support cells in brain tissue, play a key role in the generation of fMRI signals.

29 Aug 2009

Usage of the TomoTherapy system to be explored at the 10th Biennial ESTRO Conference

TomoTherapy Incorporated (NASDAQ: TOMO) announced today that there will be more than 40 presentations at the 10th Biennial ESTRO Conference on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy that explore use of the TomoTherapy® treatment system. The TomoTherapy system -- a versatile, CT scanner-based device that integrates image guidance for increased treatment accuracy and helical radiation therapy delivery for enhanced tumor targeting -- is helping cancer centers advance patient care around the world.

29 Aug 2009

Recent releases: health development in Afghanistan; trade agreements effect on drug access; outside experts in patent reviews; neglected disease legislation; management in public health; foreign aid reform

A Lancet editorial examines Afghanistan's progress in health developments since 2001, in light of the country's recent presidential election.

29 Aug 2009

Pennsylvania Department of Health to commence distribution of new KI tablets next month

The Department of Health will provide free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets to people who live or work within a 10-mile radius of Pennsylvania's five nuclear power plants beginning next month.

29 Aug 2009

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh leads the use of electronic health records among U.S. pediatric hospitals

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has been recognized by KLAS, an independent healthcare research organization, as the leader in its use of healthcare information technology among pediatric hospitals in the United States.

29 Aug 2009

Pressure on G20 leader to tax financial transactions for aid money intensifies

G20 finance ministers meeting in London next Friday, ahead of a G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, "will face concerted pressure to introduce a tax on financial transactions as a coalition of anti-poverty campaigners aim to force the issue onto the agenda," the Guardian reports.

29 Aug 2009

HealthPartners' EHR helped Regions Hospital reduce the radiology report turn-around times from two days to four hours

HealthPartners is one of the first organizations in the country to integrate electronic X-rays, MRIs and CT scans and radiology reports into patients’ electronic health records (EHR). The images and the radiology reports can be accessed quickly by doctors at Regions Hospital and at all 25 HealthPartners Clinics.

29 Aug 2009

University of California's entomology professors selected as fellows of ESA

Brian A. Federici and Alexander S. Raikhel, distinguished professors of entomology at the University of California, Riverside, have been selected as fellows of the Entomological Society of America (ESA).

29 Aug 2009

Inhibitor Education Summits to address pertinent topics regarding hemophilia

More than 160 families of patients living with a rare form of hemophilia are coming together at educational summits sponsored this fall by the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) and the Center for Biomedical Continuing Education (CBCE). For the fifth year, the Inhibitor Education Summits will connect patients and their families with expert healthcare professionals and fellow patients to address pertinent topics such as effective pain management, exercise and nutrition, financial security, and psychological wellbeing.

29 Aug 2009

Virginia Health Information publishes online guide containing information about obstetrical services in Virginia

Childbirth accounts for one in every four hospital discharges in Virginia. Virginia Health Information -- Virginia's source for health care data -- has published an updated, free, interactive online guide containing information on the quality and charges for obstetrical services in Virginia.

29 Aug 2009

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Vision document to guide CHA's support to health reform

Research journal to host a webinar on apoptotic signalling in normal and cancer cell biology

Ranaz Corporation to raise funds through private placement

Provident Healthcare Partners to provide strategic advisory services for NCIS' growth in oncology management field

Financial results and highlights for second-quarter 2009 announced by Advitech

Article discusses advantages of automatic self-sheathing safety syringes

Ranaz reports second quarter 2009 financial results

Genzyme’s supplemental NDA for treating adult AML with Clolar to be discussed by the FDA

Sunlink Health Systems to restate quarterly reports on Form 10-Q due to non-cash accounting errors

American Podiatric Medical Association refutes Arizona Congressman's statement

Astrocytes play a key role in the generation of fMRI signals

Usage of the TomoTherapy system to be explored at the 10th Biennial ESTRO Conference

Recent releases: health development in Afghanistan; trade agreements effect on drug access; outside experts in patent reviews; neglected disease legislation; management in public health; foreign aid reform

Pennsylvania Department of Health to commence distribution of new KI tablets next month

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh leads the use of electronic health records among U.S. pediatric hospitals

Pressure on G20 leader to tax financial transactions for aid money intensifies

HealthPartners' EHR helped Regions Hospital reduce the radiology report turn-around times from two days to four hours

University of California's entomology professors selected as fellows of ESA

Inhibitor Education Summits to address pertinent topics regarding hemophilia

Virginia Health Information publishes online guide containing information about obstetrical services in Virginia

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