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(Date:12/14/2009)... future cancers could be linked to scans performed in 2007 ... CT scans are exposing patients to far more radiation than ... thousands of cancers a year, two new studies claim. , ... of the Archives of Internal Medicine , the study ... Redberg, are calling on clinicians to limit radiation exposure to ...

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(Date:12/14/2009)... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 14 Alexza Pharmaceuticals, ... has submitted its New Drug Application (NDA) for Staccato® ... (FDA). AZ-004 is an inhalation product candidate being ... with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. The IND for ... in August 2005. ,, "AZ-004 has delivered a predictable ...

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(Date:12/14/2009)... Southridge LLC ("Southridge"), an investment firm that provides ... announce that its affiliated fund has closed a private ... equity financing to Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: IMDS). ... growth of Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Southridge has paved a ... the field of early breast cancer detection," said Stephen ...

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BonePlast is a fast resorbing, osteoconductive bone void filler. By delivering a high dose of calcium to the operative site, BonePlast helps build new bone during the healing process. Packaged in a c...

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