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BMP Sunstone Appoints Les R. Baledge to Board of Directors

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., April 28 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- BMP Sunstone Corporation (Nasdaq: BJGP ) ("BMP Sunstone" or the "Company") today announced the election of Les R. Baledge to its board of directors following the Company's annual shareholder meeting on Monday, April 27, 2009. ...

Premier of Split Estate at DocuWeeks 2009 to Call National Attention to Urban Drilling in New York and Los Angeles

Split Estate, a new documentary that tells the story of a David versus Goliath struggle raging in the West, joins the stellar line-up at the International Documentary Association's DocuWeeks 2009 with a theatrical release in New York City and in Los Angeles (August 7 - 13). The film will also air...

Sierra Tucson Recognizes Honorees at "Gratitude for Giving" Breakfast in Los Angeles

Sierra Tucson, celebrating 25 years of compassionate care and clinical excellence, will host their annual "Gratitude for Giving" Breakfast to honor professional clinicians in the Los Angeles area who dedicate their life work to recovery and treatment of addictions and mental/behavioral...

New Animal Book on Veterinary Medicine Features Patients That Don't Play by the Rules

"You Want me to Declaw What?" is a new animal book that takes a humorous look at the field of veterinary medicine. From a rampaging bull to an out-of-control chimpanzee and a goose named Gary Dr. Matt Toia has seen it all, and now he is sharing his experiences in a book of short storie...

U.S. To Tighten Sick Passenger, Quarantine Rules

Citing a need to protect Americans from bird flu and other diseases, the US health officials propose regulatory changes requiring airlines and shipping firms to hand over// passenger and crew lists on demand and expand how they report serious illnesses. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Co...

The Beneficial Effects Of Fruits and Vegetables

Findings of a recent study suggest , eating fruits and vegetables won't reduce ones risk for cancer but could decrease // ones risk for heart disease . For the study researchers studied large-scale reports to determine if associations exist between the foods and cancer and heart disease. Researc...

Sensitive cough suffered by females

According to this new study it shows that women are more sensitive to stimuli that produce a cough.Researchers in the US investigated a group of 60 women and 30 men attending an outpatient clinic for chronic cough.// They had them inhale substances that cause a cough through a mouthpiece for one se...

Vaccine guards against shingles

A slight variation of a chicken pox vaccine gave good protection to those at high risk of shingles. The elder population, and those with impaired immunity because of cancer, have a high rate of shingles a viral infection caused by the same virus that gives rise to chicken pox. //Most people recover...

Arthroscopy for Ankles

A surgical procedure widely used on knees can also repair damaged ankles claim the researchers. Arthroscopy may be the best known for repairing knee injuries, but it is also a valuable method for treating ankles.// As it is a minimally invasive surgical technique it is being applied in new wa...

Microsoft to Showcase Clinical Trial Solutions From Discovery to Approvals at Drug Information Association's 2009 Annual Meeting

...go, CA 92101 Who: -- Michael Naimoli, U.S. life sciences industry solutions director at Microsoft -- les Jordan, U.S. life sciences industry chief technology strategist at Microsoft More Info: http://www.microsoft.com/pres...

Broadlane Selects Silver Creek Systems To Accelerate Core Business Analysis And New Client Services

...ystem demonstrated an advanced matching technology required to manage the variability and large volumes of data we report to our clients," stated les Popiolek, Senior Vice President of Procurement Services at Broadlane. "The Silver Creek solution will further automate our data cleansing and cla...

Australian team reveals world-first discovery in a 'floppy baby' syndrome

...een funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, WAIMR and a number of patient support groups including the Association Franaise contre les Myopathies (French Muscular Dystrophy Association) and the US Muscular Dystrophy Association. The research project centred at the WAIMR laboratory...

Broadlane Automates Contract Enrollment for Clients

... "Enrollment Center is the result of our vision to improve our clients' experience with contract enrollment through online automation," said les Popiolek, senior vice president, Procurement Services, Broadlane. "We wanted an electronic tool available on our portal that would centralize an...

22-year study finds adults aren't active enough

...e lifespan," says Dr. Lise Gauvin of the Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universit de Montral and the Centre de Recherche La-Roback sur les Ingalits Sociales de Sant de Montral. "Because so few adults reverse behaviours acquired in early adulthood and because many active youths become sede...

Kaiser Permanente Grant to Expand UCLA International Medical Center Graduate Program

... risk obstetrical services and prenatal and inpatient care at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital, and outpatient care at the les Kelley Family Health Center in Santa Monica and the Mid-Valley Family Health Center, which is located in a Los Angeles County Health Center in Van Nuy...

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center: Taking the Message of Trust to the Streets of LA

...eroa Metro terminal, enhancing the experience with specialized displays highlighting the diverse character of the Hollywood Presbyterian family," said les Harrison of CBS Outdoor, who coordinated the effort with HPMC. The 7th and Figueroa station connects Los Angeles to Long Beach and serves the lar...

Pharmacyclics Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

... 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009 of $0.3 million. As previously announced on April 17, 2009, the Company has entered into a collaboration agreement with les Laboratoires Servier ("Servier") pursuant to which Pharmacyclics granted to Servier an exclusive license for its pan HDAC inhibitors, including PCI-24...

Exploring the frontiers of retrovirology

...mplex human retroviruses, and their pathogenic interactions with their hosts. The event, supported by Agence nationale de recherches sur le sida et les hpatites virales, Institut Pasteur and Institut de Gntique Humaine is taking place between 21-23 September 2009 in Montpellier, France. Speakers incl...

Sen. Durbin and U.S. House Leaders Support Chicago-Area Optometrists in Improving Infant Eye and Vision Care Through the InfantSEE(R) Program

...ze 136 N. Case Ave. 630-969-2807 WESTCHESTER Dr. Louis Jison, MD 10215 W. Roosevelt Rd. 708-345-7005 WILLOWBROOK Dr. les Paczkowski 6300 S. Kingery Hwy., Ste. 116 630-323-0222 WOODSTOCK Dr. Jessica Heinke 233 Washington St. 815-338-0674 I...

Senetek PLC Reports 2008 Financial Results

...h Annual Meeting. Pyratine-6(TM) and Pyratine XR(TM) have been featured in magazines including Prevention, Dermatology Times, Inside Cosmeceuticals, les Nouvelles Esthetiques and Skin Inc. and in radio and television spots in Las Vegas, Nevada and Baltimore, Maryland. Commenting on media coverage...

Therapure Biopharma Inc. and LFB Biotechnologies Announce Development Services Contract for New Therapeutic Protein

...ll apply its expertise to the development of an innovative plasma protein resulting from LFB's research Toronto, Canada and les Ulis, France (PRWEB) March 6, 2009 -- Thomas Wellner, President and CEO of Therapure BioPharma Inc. and Christian Béchon, President and CEO of ...

AAJ Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Favor of Diana Levine

...Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Clarence Thomas. The following is the statement from American Association for Justice President les Weisbrod. "The Supreme Court reaffirmed the principle that state lawsuits perform a valuable and important function in ensuring accountability i...

Researchers identify ALS gene mutation

... The study reported in Science today (Feb. 27) points to a common cellular deficiency in the fatal neurological disorder, said Teepu Siddique, M.D., les Turner ALS Foundation/Herbert C. Wenske Foundation Professor in the Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences and Department of Cell an...

CANTAM first African Network of Excellence for clinical trials

...on - University of Buea, University of Yaound, Centre International de Rfrence Chantal Biya, and the Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte Contre les Endmies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC) Congo - University Marie Ngouabi and Centre d'Etudes des Ressources Vgtales Gabon - The Medical Research Unit ...

Anita Goel to be Featured Luncheon Speaker at FDLI's Annual Nanotechnology Conference

... Nicolosi , University of Massachusetts, Lowell Ralph Hall , University of Minnesota Law School Matthew Jaffe , Crowell & Moring, LLP les Makepeace , Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance Sean Murdock , NanoBusiness Alliance Jay Ansell , Personal Care Products Council James Chen, Cr...

Food and Drug Law Institute Sponsors Major Conference on Nanotechnology Law, Regulation and Policy

... Nicolosi , University of Massachusetts, Lowell Ralph Hall , University of Minnesota Law School Matthew Jaffe , Crowell & Moring, LLP les Makepeace , Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance Sean Murdock , NanoBusiness Alliance Jay Ansell , Personal Care Products Council James Chen, Cr...

Jerry Lewis to Receive Prestigious Award From Motion Picture Academy

...of the world is beyond measure." In 1977, in nominating Lewis for the Nobel Peace Prize, Wisconsin Congressman and later Secretary of Defense les Aspin said, "Jerry Lewis is a man for all seasons, all people and all times. His name has, in the hearts of millions, become synonymous with peace, lo...

TEAC Forms Strategic Alliance With SST Group, Inc. to Distribute Its Next Generation Medical Disc Publishing Systems Into Medical Market

... "TEAC is excited to be partners with SST Group, Inc., in marketing TEAC's full line of disc publishing products to the medical market," says les Luzar, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, TEAC America, Inc. "TEAC will continue to offer more products for the medical industry in the nea...

Antibiotics can cause pervasive, persistant changes to microbiota in human gut

...gut respond to antibiotic treatment. Sogin, director of the MBL's Josephine Bay Paul Center, and Susan Huse of the MBL, along with David Relman and les Dethlefsen of Stanford University, identified pervasive changes in the gut microbial communities of three healthy humans after a five-day course of th...

New HIV Prevention/Anti-Stigma Campaign Featuring HIV Positive & Negative Persons 'TOGETHER' Launches Across the Nation

...verything we can to get the message out to those who are HIV positive and negative that everybody has a role to play in stopping the spread of HIV." les Pappas, Creative Director of Better World Advertising, emphasizes that "It is the intersection of HIV positive and negative persons where everything h...

First International Cancer Film Festival Announces Finalists

... Fighting Cancer (UK) La Guerre Contre le Cancer (FR) The Truth About Cancer (USA) Kill or Cure (UK) Educational Lo Faccio 1000 Volte (Italy) les Enfants de L'Avenir (Morocco) Tropic of Cancer (Croatia) Emily's Story (USA) ...

Celebrity Chefs and America's Restaurants Cook for the Cure This Mother's Day

... MA) Jean George's Restaurant (New York, NY) Bistro on the Boulevard (St. Joseph, MI) les Halles (New York, NY) Jo Jo's Americana Supper Club Ocean Grill (New York, NY) (Douglas, MI) Otto (New York,...

Marriage for a New World

...pany's founders, have harnessed the most effective approaches they could find from a cutting-edge group of highly acclaimed relationship experts. Drs. les and Leslie Parrott, best-selling authors of the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, anchor the event, which is enriched with the rela...

Is a cup of tea really the answer to everything -- even anthrax?

...s of tea, and the healing benefits of the nations favourite beverage have long been acknowledged. But now the team of scientists led by Professor les Baillie from Welsh School of Pharmacy at Cardiff University and Doctor Theresa Gallagher, Biodefense Institute, part of the Medical Biotechnology Cent...

The Leading Hotels of the World Recreates Film Fantasy in Uber-Luxury Trip: Around The World in 80 Ways

...sabell Kristensen couture gown created for the lady; Aquascutum trench coat for the gentleman Paris A historic suite at Hotel de Crillon; lunch at les Ambassadeurs followed by a personal tour with Chef Jean-Francois Piege of the gastronomic kitchens; limousine excursion through Paris; a gift from Bac...

Louisiana Tech professor is Small Times' Innovator of the Year

.... He freely shares his knowledge and has been very supportive of new faculty hires and has helped them become successes early in their careers. Dr. les Guice, vice president for research and development, said Lvov is a remarkable individual and one of the most prolific scientists in terms of his cited...

Gene screen patent leads to 'Deal of Distinction'

... in four other categories. The awards were announced in connection with the les annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, earlier this month. ... and materials; healthcare; and high technology. "While a 2005 deal, the les Deal of Distinction Award Committee supported this nomination given the ele...

Northwestern Memorial Hospital Completes Move Into Its New Prentice Women's Hospital

...s and the neighboring community in mind. The building will be a destination for community residents who wish to visit retailers including Argo Tea and les Fleurs de Ashland Addison Fleuriste. The Zen & Now gift shop, which will feature gifts for any occasion is expected to open later this year. Visitors ...

Pharmacopeia Acquires Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator ('SARM') Program from Bristol-Myers Squibb

...active terms by adding PS178990, which is the seventh clinical development-stage compound being advanced by Pharmacopeia or its collaborators," stated les Browne, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Pharmacopeia. "Furthermore, this program offers Pharmacopeia another opportunity to build the ...

AMIA Announces Partnership with CDC to Enhance Public Health Informatics

...ational and research initiatives," said Dr. Detmer. Dr. Paul Tang, AMIA Chairman added that "AMIA is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Dr. les Lenert as the new Director of the CDC's National Center for Public Health Informatics. The increasing role of public health in the health of individua...