Anti-reservationists begin hunger strike
... vowed to continue unless and until the government announces a roll back of its move. Meanwhile, pro-reservationists from the university of Allahabad took out a 'bare chest' rally in the city in support of quotas in higher education institutes. Source: PTI News...Center for Celiac Disease Opens
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia announces the establishment of the Center for Celiac Disease, a multidisciplinary resource created to diagnose//, treat and provide support for patients and families with celiac disease. “A person with celiac disease is unable to digest gluten, a common ingr...Underweight Moms: Weighed Down by the Risk of Miscarriages
...hat ‘morning sickness’ acts like an indicator that announces that all is well with the pregnancy. The findings of this research will definitely be an encouragement to women. Hopefully this will spur them on to include more veggies and fruits in their diet, commented lead researcher Noreen Maconochie. The...Scotland announces the world’s first genetically altered chicken eggs that can be used to produce drugs like those used to treat cancer. Scientists of the Roslin Institute at Edinburgh, Scotland have claimed to create a flock of 500 chickens //that will lay eggs th...AMSA Launches General Practice Student Network
...Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) today proudly announces the launch of the General Practice Student Network (GPSN), in partnership with// the General Practice Registrars’ Association (GPRA). The GPSN will be a student-run association for medical students interested in the specialty of General Practice, ...New Small Vessel Neurovascular Retrievers for Use in Stroke Patients
MOUNTAIN VIEW , Calif., Concentric Medical announces the commercial release of the Merci(R) L4 and K Mini Retrievers in the United States. These two new Retrievers are smaller than the existing Merci Retrievers on the market, and provide it's customers with two more choices in their efforts to restore...The Global Health Council Announces Launch of Global Health TV
The Global Health Council announces the launch of Global Health TV, a new web-based video site bringing brief news clips from experts and civil society on the major health issues faced by people throughout the world. This new service is a collaborative project between HBL Media, a Lon...AMSA Launches General Practice Student Network
... Medical Students Association (AMSA) today proudly announces the launch of the General Practice Student Network (GPSN), in partnership with the General Practice Registrars Association (GPRA). The GPSN will be a student-run association for medical students interested in the specialty of General Practice, an...Roche Completes Acquisition of BioVeris
Roche Diagnostics today announces that it has completed its acquisition of BioVeris. Roche signed the merger agreement with BioVeris for approximately $600 million on April 4, 2007. This means Roche Diagnostics now owns the patents for Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) technology and...University of Zurich Announces Worldwide Clinical Trial of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
The University of Zurich announces an investigator initiated large-scale prospective randomized controlled clinical trial to assess the clinical impact of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) in heart failure patients. The worldwide study, called "Echocardiography guided Cardia...LifeCycle Pharma Forms Scientific Advisory Board in Solid Organ Transplantation
...plantation programs. In addition, LifeCycle Pharma announces the expansion of its United States (U.S.) clinical development department with the addition of Drs. Rob Gordon and Larry Chodoff LifeCycle Pharma A/S OMX:LCP) today announced the formation of an international Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of exper...