New Collagen Meniscus Implant Opens New Vista for Knee Repair

...llows meniscus cartilage in the knee to re-grow. The patients who received the first implants -- one a women in her sixties, who hurt her knee ballroom dancing, a 46-year-old chiropractor, who hurt his knee weightlifting, and a 26-year-old male who hurt his knee surfing -- were able to resume physical...

C3Life.com to Sponsor Fashion Show at 2009 National UOAA Conference

...ond United Ostomy Associations of America (UOAA) National Conference in New Orleans. The fashion show, to be held on August 8 at 2:15 p.m. in the main ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel, will feature:   Emcee Brenda Elsagher comedian, author, and national keynote speaker Male and female model...

SynCare, LLC Honored as Indiana Company to Watch

... overall outcomes focus. SynCare and other recipients will be celebrated in an awards event Thursday, August 27, 2009, at the Indiana Roof ballroom in Indianapolis. ABOUT SYNCARE LLC SynCare, LLC(R) is an innovator in disease and case management, with discrete expertise in managing a...

CIGNA Whistleblower Calls for More Heath Insurance Accountability in Heath Care Reform

... Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 8:30 a.m. Where : Hilton Civil Justice Foundation Breakfast of Champions Room: Continental 5, on ballroom Level 333 O'Farrell Street San Francisco, CA 94102 What : Fresh off powerful testimony in front of a key U.S. Senate committ...

Jazz Pharmaceuticals to Present Data From First Phase III Study of Sodium Oxybate in Patients With Fibromyalgia

...ed, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of Sodium Oxybate" in the 10:15 am-12:15 pm poster session. At APSS on June 11, 2009 at 9:00 am in ballroom 6E, Dr. Swick will also deliver an oral presentation entitled "Sodium Oxybate Improves Pain, Fatigue, and Sleep in Fibromyalgia: Results from a 14-wee...

Finding Fitness on the Dance Floor

...ould improve cardiovascular fitness, and the other found that less vigorous ballroom dances such as the fox trot or tango -- although not as much of a workout a...pularity and conducted a study by offering a 12-week series of introductory ballroom dancing lessons to a group of sedentary adults. The average age of the ...

Three New Programs Confer Degrees at MSPP Graduation on June 7, 2009

...ecognize Sr. Judith and her work." What: MSPP's 2009 Commencement When: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 1 pm Where: Four Points Sheraton Tiffany ballroom (link directions) Committed to community mental health and public service as a core part of its mission, MSPP chose Brun as keynote speaker becau...

NYP/Weill Cornell physician-scientists present at 2009 American Transplant Congress in Boston

...rs Provides Excellent Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation [532] Concurrent Session 74: Kidney Living Donor Outcomes I Tuesday, June 2, 5:00 p.m.; ballroom C Authors: Vinod Balachandran, David Leeser, Meredith Aull, Marian Charlton, Jose Figueiro, David Serur, Joseph Del Pizzo, Sandip Kapur Some trans...

AmeriHealth Mercy President and CEO Daniel J. Hilferty to be Honored by Northern Home for Children at its Annual Partnerships for the Children Awards Dinner

... Parenting Education. WHEN: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Cocktail Reception: 5:30pm Dinner and Program: 6:30pm WHERE:    Cescaphe ballroom 923 N. 2nd Street Philadelphia 19123 WHO:            Daniel J. Hilferty, president an...

Celebrities to Highlight at St. Jude's Inaugural Wine and Chocolate Gala

...wscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090522/FL21938 ) As wine and chocolate connoisseurs from around the world arrive, they will indulge their senses in a ballroom draped in chocolate themed decor, Godiva chocolate fountains, intricate floral designs and an array of wine, chocolate, cheese and meat stations. For...

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Study Shows Leconotide, an Investigative Calcium Channel Blocker, Has Potential as a Selective, Efficacious, Non-Opioid Pain Treatment

... Begins: 3:30 PM (Hawaiian Time), Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Ends: 10:00 AM (Hawaiian Time), Thursday, January 29, 2009 Location: Coral ballroom Foyer, Hilton Hawaiian Village About the AAPM For more than 25 years, the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has been the medical...

Study of Cannabinoid Medicine for Pain Found Patients Got 'High,' but Effects Not Related to Pain Relief

... Begins: 3:30 PM (Hawaiian Time), Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Ends: 10:00 AM (Hawaiian Time), Thursday, January 29, 2009 Location: Coral ballroom Foyer, Hilton Hawaiian Village About the AAPM For more than 25 years, the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has been the medical...

Study Shows No Standardized Approach to Epidural Steroid Injections for Back Pain

...2) Begins: 3:30 PM (Hawaiian Time), Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Ends: 10:00 AM (Hawaiian Time), Thursday, January 29, 2009 Location: Coral ballroom Foyer, Hilton Hawaiian Village About the AAPM For more than 25 years, the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has been the medical...

Advances in Science and Treatment of Pain Presented at 25th Annual American Academy of Pain Medicine Meeting January 28 - 31, 2009

...28, 2009 3:30 PM - Thursday, January 29, 2009, 10:00 AM HAST Coral ballroom Foyer, Hilton Hawaiian Village Authors present Jan. 28 from 5-6:30 PM a...y 29, 2009 3:30 PM - Friday, January 30, 2009, 10:00 AM HAST Coral ballroom Foyer, Hilton Hawaiian Village Authors present Jan. 29 from 3:30-5 PM a...

Proteolix to Present Clinical and Preclinical Data at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology

...ngle-Arm, Phase II Study of Carfilzomib (CFZ) in Patients with Relapsed Myeloma (MM) (Abstract #865) Location: Moscone Center, Gateway ballroom 103-South Poster Presentations Sunday, December 7, 2008, 6:00 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m. PST Session: Molecular Pharmacology, Drug Resistance P...

Trius Antibiotics to be Highlighted in 18 Presentations at ICAAC/IDSA

...e drug's increased potency and expanded spectrum of activity." The presentations are as follows: Saturday, October 25th (Poster Summary Session, ballroom A/B, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm) -- Oral Presentation: Overview of TR-701 and TR-700 Posters and Presentations (Poster Session 23, 12:15 pm - 1:15...

XTENT Announces Clinical Trial Data to be Presented at Annual Meeting of Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Next Week

...tled, "The Drug Eluting Stent Summit, Part II," on Monday, October 13, 2008 at 2:54 p.m., eastern time, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, ballroom C, Level 3. The data presentation will be posted on the XTENT website at http://www.xtentinc.com . About XTENT XTENT, Inc. is a medical device co...

Boston Scientific to Release Broad Range of Clinical Trial Data on the Performance of TAXUS(R) Coronary Stent Systems at TCT 2008

...sponsor a symposium entitled "The SYNTAX Trial: Understanding the Data in Complex Anatomies and Advanced Disease," chaired by Dr. Serruys in the Grand ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel. The symposium will offer an overview of the latest SYNTAX trial data and feature a panel discussion on subset case presentat...

Data From Multiple Clinical Trials of OrbusNeich's Genous(TM) Bio-engineered R stent(TM) to be Presented at TCT 2008

...nical program update in an oral presentation at 4:10 p.m. EDT on Oct. 13 in ballroom C at the Washington Convention Center. His presentation will include interi...gram. Cottone's presentation will take place at 5:04 p.m. EDT on Oct. 13 in ballroom C at the convention center. OrbusNeich designs, develops, manufactures an...

OrbusNeich's Genous(TM) Bio-Engineered R Stent(TM) is Subject of Sessions on Innovation at TCT 2007

...am. Specifically, de Winter will present: - Updates from the HEALING studies, AMC "Real World" registry and TRIAS trial; 4:36 p.m. EDT on Oct. 21; ballroom C, 3rd floor - A late-breaking report of six-month clinical outcomes from the TRIAS HR pilot study: a prospective, randomized trial comparing the ...

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Two-day symposium in Baltimore to tackle the promises and perils of proton radiotherapy

...will be begin with breakfast at 7:00 a.m. on Friday, May 8, and continue until 4:00 pm on Saturday, May 9. All sessions will take place in the Calvert ballroom of the Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore in Maryland. For a full list of speakers and the scientific program, visit http://www.aapm.org/meetings/09PRS/Me...

Public Policy Center hosts flood symposium March 10-12

...he "Galloway Report." prepared in response to the flood of 1993. The symposium continues Wednesday, March 11, and Thursday, March 12, in the Richey ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union. Sessions on the first day of the symposium will focus on flood prediction and the social, economic, and environmental impa...

Jupiter's shrinking red spot

...ocimetry Method" will be held at 8:13 a.m. on Sunday, November 23, 2008, in ballroom B of the San Antonio Convention Center. Abstract: http://meetings.aps.org/... Earth and on Mars," will be held at 11:35 on Monday, November 24, 2008, in ballroom B of the San Antonio Convention Center. Abstract: http://meetings.aps.org/...

Resilience in an aging society: GSA showcases cutting-edge meeting topics

...nday, November 23, at 4:45 p.m. Location: Potomac ballroom B Find out what beltway insiders are predicting f...nday, November 23, at 3:30 p.m. Location: Potomac ballroom A This session, part of GSA's presidential sympos...ay, November 22, at 11:30 a.m. Location: Maryland ballroom B This symposium poses a question that has been r...

AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition, Oct. 19-24

...-dependent characteristics. Her talk, "Nanostructure Processing of Advanced Catalysts and Biomaterials" will be at noon on Monday, October 20, 2008 in ballroom B of the Hynes Convention Center. For full details, see: http://www2.avs.org/symposium/AVS55/pages/sessions_lect.html LECTURE BY 2007 NOBEL L...

Wetlands restoration not a panacea for Louisiana coast

...o understand how it will relocate some of these communities." **WHEN & WHERE** Tuesday, 7 October, 3:45 PM George R. Brown Convention Center: ballroom C View abstract, paper 6-6: "Restoring Coastal Louisiana Will Not Guarantee the Protection of Infrastructure from Storms: Policy Makers Should Also...

Save-the-date: Major nanotech, energy, and biomed meeting

...-dependent characteristics. Her talk, "Nanostructure Processing of Advanced Catalysts and Biomaterials" will be at noon on Monday, October 20, 2008 in ballroom B of the Hynes Convention Center. For full details, see: http://www2.avs.org/symposium/AVS55/pages/sessions_lect.html 2) LECTURE BY 2007 NOBEL ...

Meeting to highlight health impacts of smell and taste

...day, July 26, Symposium, 9:00 to 11:15 a.m., Grand ballroom C) Edible Taste Strips Could Standardize Taste...day, July 24, Symposium, 8:00 to 10:15 a.m., Grand ballroom A) From Bitter to Sweet, It's in Our Genes ...day, July 23, Symposium, 8:00 to 10:15 a.m., Grand ballroom C) When Chronic Sinusitis Impairs Smell A g...

2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting

...y, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, will provide a biofuels overview and strategic plan, at 9:30 a.m. The Biofuels program will take place in the ballroom of the Convention Center. Additional special programming is planned for Advancements in Soil and Water Engineering, Monday, June 30, with presentat...

Bottom trawling impacts, clearly visible from space

...e at the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2008 Annual Meeting here 3:30-5:00 PM on Friday, February 15 in Sheraton Boston, Back Bay ballroom D. The session was organized by Marine Conservation Biology Institute. Speakers at the session include Dr. Elliott Norse, President of Marine Cons...

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American Biotech Labs(R) Garners 2009 Utah Best of State Award

...ucts." ABL received its Best of State award May 30 at the 2009 Best of State Awards Gala, a formal dinner event in the Salt Palace Convention Center ballroom in Salt Lake City. The Best of State program, now in its seventh year, is a multi-faceted recognition program created by award-winning writer, produce...

Boston Scientific Announces Company Schedule for Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions

..., CRNP, from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the America ballroom at the Westin Copley Place Hotel, 10 Huntington Av...poster session from 5:45 to 7:00 p.m. in the Grand ballroom at the Westin Waterfront Hotel, 425 Summer St., Bo...Presentation from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the America ballroom at the Westin Copley Place Hotel. The event will ...

'Enrichment of Genomic Loci for Targeted Sequencing Application' Is Focus of 2009 AGBT Conference Workshop

...nt " Enrichment of Genomic Loci for Targeted Sequencing Applications " at the 2009 AGBT meeting on Friday, February 6th, at 2:00 p.m. in the Islands ballroom at the Marco Island Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa, Florida. The 2009 Advances in Genome Biology and Technology conference ( http://www.agb...

Complete Genomics to Release Its DNA Sequencing Data for the First Time at Advances in Genome Biology and Technology Annual Meeting

... results during his presentation titled: "Complete Genomics: Revolutionizing Human Genome Sequencing" on Thursday, Feb. 5, at 9:10 p.m. in the Islands ballroom at the Marco Island Marriott Resort and Spa in Marco Island, Fla. About Complete Genomics Founded in 2006, Complete Genomics is a California ...

Presentation on Cytopia's JAK2 Inhibitor Program in Myeloproliferative Disorders

... details: Effects of CYT387, a Potent Novel JAK2 Inhibitor on JAK2-V617F Induc e d MPD 7am US PST, Tuesday December 9 Yerba Buena ballroom Salon 8 (San Francisco Marriott). About C y topia Cytopia Ltd is an Australian biotechnology company focused on the discovery and dev...

Top-Line Preliminary Data From Phase II/III Study of Corthera's Relaxin in Acute Heart Failure to be Presented in Satellite Symposium at AHA Scientific Sessions 2008

...n new approaches to the treatment of acute heart failure. The symposium will take place from 6 a.m. CST to 8 a.m. CST on Monday, Nov. 10, in the Grand ballroom of the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. According to the AHA, heart failure is a costly syndrome contributing to more than 3 million hospitalizations eac...

Orexigen Therapeutics Announces Multiple Data Presentations at The Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting

...ymposium Event Code: E1280 Title: "Reward and Obesity; Too Much of a Good Thing?" Time: 6:15-7:45 a.m. MT Location: Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Regency ballroom A/B Oral Presentation Abstract: 61-OR Presenter: Ronald Landbloom, M.D. Title: "Long Term Weight Loss from a Dose Optimization Study with Zonis...

Edwards Lifesciences Celebrates One Million Heart Valve Patients and More at AATS 2008

...ards SAPIEN Valve (retrograde and antegrade) -- 4:15 p.m. to 4:35 p.m. ballroom 20 A-C, San Diego Convention Center. Presenter: John G. Webb, St. Paul...iate Patients: Who Actually is "Inoperable"? -- 4:55 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. ballroom 20 A-C, San Diego Convention Center. Presenter: Michael J. Mack, Cardi...

MedImmune Presents Data Highlighting its Progressive Oncology Portfolio at Annual Meeting of the American Association For Cancer Research

...mical Development: Translating a Potent Agent into a Registered Product) - James R. Porter, Ph.D., Saturday, April 12 from 4:15 - 4:40 p.m. in ballroom 20D. -- IPI-504, a Selective Inhibitor of Hsp90, Exhibits Potent Anti-Tumor Activity Against Metastatic Melanoma Cell Lines that Harbor B-Raf or...

Boston Scientific Announces Schedule for ACC 2008

...m the Spirit II Clinical Trial will be presented by Patrick W. Serruys, M.D., PhD, at 8:00 a.m., during a Late Breaking Trial session in Grand ballroom S100. Dr. Serruys will provide a two-year data analysis of 300 patients treated with the XIENCE(TM) V (PROMUS) Stent or the TAXUS Express Ste...