Preparation in Medical News

New Online Institutional Resource in Test Preparation Launched by McGraw-Hill Professional

Institutional Access Allows Medical Schools to Provide Testing Tools to Students taking Board Exams NEW YORK, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Professional, a leading global provider of information resources for the scientific and medical communities, has relaunched USMLEasy ( http://ww...

Board of Trade Issues Business Preparation Guidelines for H1N1 Virus Outbreak

WASHINGTON, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the H1N1 Virus outbreak intensifying in the United States, there is significant potential for the virus to cause difficult business conditions. To assist businesses prepare for disruption if the virus continues to spread, the Greater Washingto...

CoreSpine Technologies(TM) Receives Clearance to Market Surgical Disc Preparation Device

Company Achieves Major Milestone with Limited Start-up Funding MINNEAPOLIS, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- CoreSpine Technologies, a Minneapolis-based spinal device developer, announced today it has received 510(k) clearance to market from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its XTEND-ST(T...

Get Free Tax Preparation With Donation to Help Babies

Liberty Tax Service Makes Offer to Support March for Babies(R) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Liberty Tax Service customers who donate $50 or more at participating locations* to the March of Dimes on March 27 will get their 2008 taxes prepared for free. Funds rai...

Shaklee Partners With U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding in Preparation for the 2010 Games in Vancouver

PLEASANTON, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Shaklee Corporation , the leading natural nutrition company in the United States, is the official nutrition supplier for the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding throughout their training for the 2010 Games in Vancouver, continuing a relationship that be...

Alegent Health System Automates I.V. Preparation to Enhance Patient Safety

Health system chooses ForHealth Technologies' IntelliFill i.v. robot to reduces errors and hospital costs DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- ForHealth Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in medication error reduction and hospital pharmacy I.V. room automation, recently an...

China Improves Safety Management on Imported Foods in Preparation for Olympic Games

BEIJING, July 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The first batch of imported food ( http://www.tootoo.com/w-Food_Beverage/ ) to arrive in China in preparation for the Olympic Games has arrived. The 24.269 tons of headless trout arrived at the Yangshan port in Shanghai on June 18. To ensure the smooth ...

Batesville Holdings Announces New Board of Directors in Preparation for March 31 Spin-Off from Hillenbrand Industries

BATESVILLE, Ind., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Batesville Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HB ), representing the present Batesville Casket Company's funeral services division, announced the appointment of eight individuals who will serve ...

Baxa Corporation Announces Safe Handling and Preparation of Hazardous Drugs Course Offering at its STAR Center Training Facility

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Baxa Corporation announces the latest addition to its STAR (Skills Training, Academics and Resources) Center course offerings. Safe Handling and Preparation of Hazardous Drugs has been developed for nurses, pharmacists and physicians that prepare, han...

Rosetta Genomics Strengthens Senior Management in Preparation for its First Commercial Launch of microRNA-Based Diagnostic Products in 2008

Appoints Ronen Tamir as Executive Vice President, Marketing and Communication REHOVOT, Israel and NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, December 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rosetta Genomics (NASDAQ: ROSG ) announced today that in preparation for the launch of its first ...

Children's Hospital of Orange County Chooses RIVA System For Safe and Efficient IV Preparation

WINNIPEG, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ - Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), one of only eight children's hospitals in the United States to be named to the Leapfrog "Top Hospitals 2007" list, has signed a contract to lease a RIVA (Robotic Intravenous Automation) system - a self-contained unit...

Food Preparation may Play a Bigger Role in Chronic Disease

How your food is cooked may be as important to your health as the food itself. Researchers now know more about a new class of toxins that might soon become// as important a risk factor for heart disease and metabolic disorders as trans fats. This class of toxins, called advanced glycation en...

Health Workers Need Better Preparation for Developing World

UK doctors and nurses who work in the developing world would benefit from better preparation for cultural challenges, according to ‘Meeting the Health needs of the// poor’, a BMA report published on Friday. The BMA’s International Committee surveyed 79 UK healthcare professionals, including 6...

Highly-Concentrated Botulinum Preparation Can Result in Severe Illness

An examination of 4 cases of botulism following cosmetic injections to the face indicates that the adults received a highly concentrated, //unlicensed preparation that resulted in toxin levels up to 40 times the estimated human lethal dose, according to a report. Botulism is a rare paralytic i...

EU Countries Pushed To Make All the Preparation to Handle the Bird Flu Pandemic

In order to effectively handle the situation in case of an outbreak of bird flu pandemic European Union (EU) are urged to make all necessary preparation.// They are asked to appoint a bird flu tsar. A top EU official said that European Union would also have to look harder at immediate practical mea...

Adequate preparation in Ottawa for pandemic

Federal Health Minister Tony Clement has said that anti-virals will be made available to every Canadian who gets ill during a pandemic//. This was part of Canada’s preparation efforts to combat a potential pandemic. The Minister said, "We want everyone who is ill to receive treatment. A stra...

Herbal Preparation Effective For Treating Short Term Low-Back Pain

A new systematic review of studies has found that herbals like of devil's claw, white willow bark and cayenne plasters is highly beneficial for treating shot-term low back pain. // The herbal preparation seems to be equally effective as pain medication and is found to be better than placebo. T...

Intensive Training and Tool Kit, Indicates Adequate Preparation To Combat AIDS.

With the longest chain of volunteers, The Red Cross remains a reliable humanitarian organization that is aware of the influence of communities in the global response to HIV and AIDS, and has plans to reach out to the masses with a useful collection of tools, knowledge and skills. // Nearly 2...

Chinese Health Officials To Discuss Preparation Of Bird Flu

A four-day meeting is soon to be held between Chinese health officials, Government authorities and wildlife experts in Chicago regarding the management of a potential bird flu outbreak.// Response measures to be implemented in zoos would also be discussed in detail. This move has been decided follo...

Child Friendly Zidovudine Preparation for treating HIV infection Approved By The FDA

It is only small things that are difficult to handle. Even when so much has been done to effectively treat diseases like cancer, treating a viral infection has always been a problem. Viral infections are difficult to be treated with medications // because the disease-causing virus has always been...

Homeopathic preparation better than placebo in perennial allergic

A homeopathic preparation for perennial allergic rhinitis appears to be more effective than placebo. A multicenter team studied 50 patients with perennial allergic rhinitis. The subjects were randomized to receive either 30cc of a homeopathic preparation of principal inhalent allergen or placebo. I...

Nuvo Announces 2009 second quarter financial results

...posits on and purchases of new production equipment as the Company continued the process of expanding capacity at its Quebec manufacturing facility in preparation for the anticipated production launch of Pennsaid for the U.S. later this year. Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $3.2 million and $...

York Hospital Trauma Center Upgrade

...trauma centers are smaller community hospitals which do not require a minimum volume of trauma patients. Their focus is to stabilize severe trauma in preparation for transport to a higher level trauma center as well as care for patients with moderate trauma. They do not need neurosurgical resources. Level I ...

Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

... clinical trials, reduced product formulation work and consulting activities, partially offset by an increase in licensing costs, New Drug Application preparation costs, salaries and personnel related costs. In addition, general and administrative expenses increased approximately $200,000 due primarily to an in...

MedCath Corporation Reports Third Quarter Earnings

... to update these statements in a news release or otherwise should material facts or circumstances change in ways that would affect their accuracy. The preparation of MedCath's third quarter operating results required management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of revenues and expens...

Immigration Attorneys Make Immigration Law & Employment Visas Easier for Foreign Workers, U.S. Employers, Corporations and Corporate Counsel

...es The Labor Certification Process (PERM) Adjustment of Status and Consular Processing Employment Eligibility Verification Requirements preparation and Completion of Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Retention and Production For Inspection Unfair Immigration-Related Employment P...

100+ Nurses to Rally in SF Wed. to Demand Stronger Swine Flu Safety Protections: California Hospitals Remain Unprepared Despite First Nurse Death

...ire/ -- More than 100 registered nurses from across California will rally in San Francisco Wednesday to protest gaps by California hospitals in safety preparation for the H1N1 pandemic, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee announced today. The nurses will protest the re...

Par Pharmaceutical Reports EPS of $0.71 for Second Quarter 2009

...n related to on-going expenditures supporting Strativa sales and marketing, driven primarily by an increase in the field force and other activities in preparation for the re-launch of Nascobal B12 Nasal Spray, as well as development costs of other products. Cash and cash equivalents and marketable sec...

Neck Surgery for Cervical Spine Disorders Found to Alleviate Associated Headaches

...nt improvements in headache pain." Disclosure: The authors did not receive any outside funding or grants in support of their research for or preparation for this work. One of more of the authors or a member of his or her immediate family received, in any one year, payments of other benefits in excess o...

Brand New Conference on Developing 21st Century Military Medical Capabilities to be Held in Abu Dhabi

...l address global best practices to achieve enhanced military healthcare capabilities, the latest technology and tools to maximise pre-deployment force preparation and readiness preparation, logistics integration to ensure smooth and timely implementation in-theatre, training and recruitment for frontline care an...

Plainview Milk Products Cooperative Implements New Employee Boot Policy

...k, whey protein, fruit stabilizers and gums (thickening agents) as the cooperative implements new protocols for the dry ingredients production area in preparation for re-inspection. The new boot program does not allow employees or visitors to wear street shoes in the plant. Employees must change into di...

Caldwell College Receives Approval to Launch First Ph.D. for Applied Behavior Analysis-Autism Treatment in New Jersey

...s who are affected by Autism. The Ph.D. program builds on Caldwell's uniqueness and leadership in this area and completes the continuum of educational preparation and training for special education teaching professionals." In the future, the College plans to develop an on-campus ABA Center, which will...

Electronic Forms Management Suite from Access Delivers Admissions Efficiency at Laughlin Memorial Hospital

...an e-mail when I had a query and I'd get a fast response." Once Laughlin Memorial's Information Technologies (IT) team had worked through the preparation stages of the plan, all that was left was for Access consultants to deploy PFS and the supporting e-Forms Repository (EFR). "The implement...

Health Robotics Announces American Joint Venture With i.v.SOFT

...edication Management that includes Admixture phase preparation errors, and without the capability of tying togeth...ands of medical devices globally utilized for I.V. preparation and administration such as syringes, bags, bottles...w Engine not only addresses the automation of I.V. preparation for patient doses not handled by Robots, but it al...

Foundation Radiology Group Builds Sales and Marketing Teams for Projected Record-Year Growth

...rved as Senior Vice President of Sales for Emageon, Inc., where he played a significant role in restructuring the company's sales strategy and team in preparation for their sale to Amicas in April 2009. Mr. Yamshak began his career at Emageon in 2002, as Senior Director of Sales for the Midwest Region....

Oclaro Reports Positive Adjusted EBITDA in First Post-Merger Quarter

...eries, both of which are included in its GAAP statement of operations. Goodwill and Intangibles Impairment As part of the Company's preparation of its financial statements for the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company determined that the value of its goodwill was impaired. During the seco...

125,000 Solutions to the Primary Care Shortage - Nurse Practitioners (NPs)

...rs, interdisciplinary consultants and patient advocates. They are graduates of master's, post-master's or doctoral NP programs, with advanced clinical preparation to provide primary, acute, and chronic care to patients of all ages and walks of life. Created in 1985 to provide NPs with a unified way to ...

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Public Offering of Common Stock and Warrants

... paying interest on and/or retiring portions of the Company's outstanding debt, funding research and development, preclinical and clinical trials, the preparation and filing of new drug applications and general working capital. Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw...

Siemens Showcases Innovative Products and Educational Offerings

...PCR System Sample Prep , featuring advanced automation and the power to process a wide variety of sample types and volumes. The fully automated sample preparation platform uses Siemens proprietary extraction technology to provide quality-extracted nucleic acids with high efficiency. (Under development; not avail...

Parents Urged to 'Make Change to Save Change' at Back-to-School Time

...n. Let kids be involved in the selection and preparation of snack food. By taking time on front-end preparation has a payoff in your grocery bill, and it provide...