India: AIDS Patients Will Be Accorded Free Treatment

Health Minister, Anbumani Ramadoss made a reassuring announcement that will bring hope to those people affected with AIDS/HIV//. With the help of 48 additional centers to be instituted, the government will realize its target of providing free anti-AIDS drugs to one lakh people in the next two month...

Provigil Patent Extension Accorded To Cephalon

Cephalon has been accorded a further six months of patent extension by the FDA for its pediatric sleep disorder treatment medication//, Provigil. Cephlaon had complied with the terms of an explicit written request that entailed the provision of clinical studies data after studying the effect...

Focus on Rapid Medical Response to Improve the Quality of Healthcare and Drive the Ambulance Services Market in Europe, According to Frost & Sullivan

...are across Europe. As emergency cases are on the rise due to epidemiological reasons, accidents and terrorist activities, ambulance services are being accorded high priority by healthcare providers. To ensure efficiency and enhance ambulance services, healthcare providers need to increase the number of vehicl...

Frost & Sullivan: Rising Public Awareness Promoting Acceptance of Infection Surveillance Systems Across Europe

...ce systems collect data for analysis from existing EMR and laboratory systems, among others." Another challenge relates to the degree of priority accorded to these systems. Governments will not agree to buy an infection surveillance system before acquiring more basic equipment since the latter are regard...

Trenton, New Jersey's Boehm Porcelain Art Studio, Preeminent Maker of Fine Porcelain in America, Has Been Saved by a New American Owner-Investor

...ifts to visiting dignitaries. Boehm presentations have been made to Pope Pius XII, John Paul I and, in June 1992, to Pope John Paul II. Boehm was accorded its highest honor on June 19, 1992 when a wing of the Vatican Museum in Rome, the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, was named in memory of Edward Marshall Bo...

Singapore Adopts Advanced Genetic Engineering in Orthopedic Surgery

...pecialties and support services. SGH achieved Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation in 2005 - the largest teaching hospital in Asia to be accorded such recognition. About SingaporeMedicine Launched in 2003, SingaporeMedicine is a multi-agency government-industry partnership committed to stre...

SingaporeMedicine Highlights Singapore's Advanced Pain Management Techniques

...pecialties and support services. SGH achieved Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation in 2005 - the largest teaching hospital in Asia to be accorded such recognition. For more information, visit http://www.sgh.com.sg/ About SingaporeMedicine Launched in 2003, SingaporeMedicine is a multi-ag...

Hallmark Hall of Fame Collaboration with Patient Organization Equals Extraordinary Success

... to insure that the disorder was accurately portrayed medically. "We were extremely grateful for the unusual and outstanding cooperation the producers accorded a patient organization such as ours," said Judit Ungar, President, TSA. "Not always does the entertainment industry appreciate the fact that family ad...

Jerry Lewis to Receive Prestigious Award From Motion Picture Academy

...asons, all people and all times. His name has, in the hearts of millions, become synonymous with peace, love and brotherhood." Lewis has been accorded a multitude of honors by the entertainment industry worldwide, but his work on behalf of mankind is every bit as recognized. In 1985, the U.S...

Computerized training of working memory is a promising therapeutic strategy in ADHD

...nt. These factors are the initial causes of the multiple conditions that manifest symptomatically as ADHD, and their eventual identification should be accorded high priority. The current criteria for the diagnosis of ADHD, published by the American Psychiatric Association in the 1994 Diagnostic and Statis...

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Medicine

...p and process can also be analyzed in terms of social power relationships (e.g., by Michel Foucault ), or economic transactions. Physicians have been accorded gradually higher status and respect over the last century, and they have been entrusted with control of access to prescription medicines as a public h...

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Cannabis

...s and volunteers to make informed decisions. Includes information about laws and political activism. Recognizes the need for some patients to be accorded the compassion and dignity to alleviate their pain, sickness and suffering by using a natural plant, Cannabis , ... Features current news, ongoin...

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Singapore scientists elected into National Academy of Sciences

...d I have had a rich and very fulfilling journey in science and in life, and we are especially glad to be sharing one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer in the USA. We look forward to making more exciting and impactful discoveries together." ...

Wind, salt and water are leading indicators of land degradation in Abu Dhabi

...n, waterlogging, landfilling, and overgrazing. To sustain the land resources of Abu Dhabi Emirate, land degradation is a matter of urgency and must be accorded greater significance on the environmental agenda. Mahmoud Ali Abdelfattah, Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, studied representative samples from degraded ...

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Professor Wing Wong Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

...rsity has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. Election to the National Academy of Sciences is one of the highest honors that can be accorded to a scientist in the US and this honor recognizes Professor Wong's significant contributions in developing statistical methods and software for analy...

3SBio Inc. Announces Unaudited Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Results

...e and Local Revenue Administration of Liaoning Province as a "High-Tech Enterprise." A "High-Tech Enterprise" is an official designation accorded to a company that, among other criteria, is engaged in a business field which receives special endorsement from the national government ...

KV Pharmaceutical Company Announces Approval for the 50 mg Strength of Generic Version of Toprol-XL(R)

...arket share for the 200 mg and 100 mg strengths, respectively. Based on the Company's first-to-file status on its ANDA for these two strengths, KV was accorded the benefit of a 180-day generic exclusivity period for the marketing of these two dosage strengths. Even though KV was not granted an exclusivity per...

Acorn Acquisition Corp Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Lumen Medical Inc.

...ve Officer of Lumen. "If and when PulmoBind achieves pre-market approval and Acorn begins to market its product candidates, we hope that Acorn will be accorded a market valuation commensurate with that of a successful medical diagnostic company." The transaction is expected to close within six months, and co...

Energy efficiency is no longer the Rodney Dangerfield of energy

...g less. Therefore, I would like to define Energy Efficiency as "the quickest, cleanest and cheapest source of new energy," which means it should be accorded at least the same respect and consideration that Renewables receive today. In fact, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)has do...

National Academies induct five UW researchers

...es , the National Academy of Engineering , the Institute of Medicine , and the National Research Council - is considered one of the highest honors accorded to an American scientist, engineer, or scholar. UW-Madison faculty recognized in 2006 include: Richard Amasino , a professor of biochemistry, w...

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Diabetes mellitus

...larly. Public health, policy and health economics The Declaration of St Vincent was the result of international efforts to improve the care accorded to diabetics. Doing so is important if only economically. Diabetes is enormously expensive for healthcare systems and governments. In North America, i...