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UC Davis study highlights work-life issues of female surgeons

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) Even with the demands of surgical careers, most surgeons would still choose their profession again. Women surgeons, however, are far more likely to postpone having children or to not have children at all and would prefer more flexibility in their work schedules, a national su...

Pamela Davis Announced as Recipient of ACFE Sentinel Award

LAS VEGAS, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) presented its annual Cliff Robertson Sentinel Award Wednesday to Pamela Davis, CEO of Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill. (near Chicago) at the 20th Annual ACFE Fraud Conference & Exhibit...

Forsyth Medical Center's Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center to Take Part in Research Trial for Patients with Fast-Growing Brain Tumors

The Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center at Forsyth Medical Center is one of the first sites in the country to participate in a national trial of the experimental drug Avastin to treat glioblastoma, a fast-growing tumor of the brain or spinal cord. This third phase of the trial will t...

Poor attention in kindergarten predicts lower high school test scores, UC Davis researchers find

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) As thousands of students nationwide prepare to leave high school, a UC Davis study appearing online today in the June issue of the medical journal Pediatrics shows a clear link between attention problems early in school as early as kindergarten and lower high school test...

World Renowned San Francisco Chiropractor Dr. Eben Davis to Offer Free Corporate Health Talks

The Workshops Will Focus on Preventing Common Conditions such as Back and Neck Pain, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Headaches and will Target High Stress Office Workers and Financial District Executives San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 20, 2009 -- Dr. Eben Davis and his team...

Video: Davis Phinney Foundation and Medtronic Raise Awareness of How to Improve Your Life Today for Those Living With Parkinson's Disease

Olympic Cyclist Davis Phinney, Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease at A Young Age, Tells His Story about Battling The Disease MINNEAPOLIS, April 09 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT ), announced it has joined forces with the Davis Phinney Foundation to raise awareness amon...

HBO, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center, UCSF Memory & Aging Center and The Alzheimer's Association, No. Cal. Present an Advance Screening of THE ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT: 'Momentum In Science'

Panel Discussion To Follow With Leading Alzheimer's Experts Featured In Film SAN FRANCISCO, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: HBO, Gladstone Institute Of Neurological Disease, UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center, UCSF Memory & Aging Center and ...

Local EyeMasters Stores and Davis Vision to Team Up with San Antonio Spurs

AT&T Center to Host Children's Vision Screenings SAN ANTONIO, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- San Antonio area EyeMasters retail stores and Davis Vision eye care professionals are teaming up with the San Antonio Spurs tomorrow at the AT&T Center to provide free vision screenings for child...

Recovery Resources to Honor Ulmer & Berne Attorney Inajo Davis Chappell with the Helen K. Jones Woman of Strength Memorial Award

CLEVELAND, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Inajo Davis Chappell, Partner at Ulmer & Berne LLP, has been selected by Recovery Resources as the first recipient of the Helen K. Jones Woman of Strength Award. Ms. Chappell has made a career out of understanding the nuances and complexities of the n...

D.C. Area Hour Eyes Vision Stores and Davis Vision Partner with Neediest Kids Organization

New Relationship Provides Eye Exams and Eyeglasses to Students in Need WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, March 12, Hour Eyes, Davis Vision and the Neediest Kids / Bridge to Success organization will announce a new partnership which will provide eye exams and eyeglasses to stud...

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Estrogen Getting Cool Reception From Dermatologists for Mixed Results in Improving Appearance of Skin

...my Meeting 2009 in Boston, dermatologist Margaret E. Parsons, MD, FAAD, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the University of California at davis in Sacramento, reviewed studies that demonstrate mixed results when examining whether or not estrogen improves the appearance of the skin and why pati...

Commonwealth Fund Case Study Points to 'Continuous Innovation' at Group Health Cooperative

...s identified as necessary for a high performing health care system -- has been in the works for more than a year. Commonwealth Fund President Karen davis notes recent interest on Capitol Hill in cooperative structures, pointing to Group Health as a "shining example" of the model, while also praising o...

ThermoGenesis Announces National Institute of Health Grant

... on Aging. The study will be conducted at the Company's stem cell research laboratory and through a collaboration with the University of California, davis . The Company can apply for a Phase II grant once the work under this initial contract is completed. "Being awarded this grant is an important m...

Processed Tomato Products May Protect Against Inflammation, According to a Study Presented at the Experimental Biology Meeting

...ther investigation. Given the potential for tomato products to protect against chronic disease, researchers from the University of California, davis , National Center for Food Safety & Technology in Illinois, and Penn State University investigated the effects of processed tomato products on v...

Access Licenses ProLindac(TM) and MuGard(TM) to JCOM Ltd, an Affiliate of DONG-A Pharmaceuticals in Korea

...or ProLindac and will allow us to build a robust data package in a number of potential indications far beyond what we could generate on our own." Mr. davis continued, "We are also extremely excited about having one of the largest Pharma companies in Korea promoting our MuGard product." About Pro...

Controversy About Lack of Placebo Group Decline in Alzheimer's Clinical Trials

...rofessor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and professor of gerontology at the USC Leonard davis School of Gerontology and colleagues searched published and unpublished sources for six months or longer randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled ...

Velcura Therapeutics, Inc. Adds William Brinkerhoff to its Board of Directors

...r. Before joining Esperion in 2002, he was the director of business development and director of market planning and sales operations, for Sankyo Parke davis in Parsippany, New Jersey. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Brinkerhoff earned his Master of Business Administration with Distinction in 19...

Low Acid Coffee Backed By Scientific Research

..., substitutes or additives; it uses a natural process that helps ensure the full-bodied taste. Prior chemistry research at University of California, davis found Puroast(R) to have less than half the acid of all other commercial coffees. The company now announces first stage results of consumer research t...

Edwards' Resilient Trial Demonstrates Statistically Superior Results for Treating Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Leg

...options for SFA disease," said co-principal investigator John R. Laird, M.D., Medical Director of the Vascular Center at the University of California, davis Medical Center. "Millions of patients suffering from PAD are in need of a clinically proven therapy that will improve their quality of life, allow the...

Rcadia's COR Analyzer Family of Products Receives Second FDA Clearance

... will make reading cases significantly faster even for the experienced radiologists." added Nathan Peled, MD, Head Department of Radiology at the Lady davis Carmel Medical Center in Haifa. ...

Davis in Medical Dictionary

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Vascular

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Thirst

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Psychiatry

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Physical medicine

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Lockjaw

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Dietary recommendations

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Claudication

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Davis in Biological News

UC Davis grant zeroes in on novel asthma diagnosis and treatment

DAVIS--An entomology professor at the University of California, Davis who discovered a novel therapeutic target for treating inflammation, has received a three-year $750,000 grant from the American Asthma Foundation to investigate whether his discovery will work on asthma, a chronic disea...

UC Davis researchers visualize formation of a new synapse

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) A protein called neuroligin that is implicated in some forms of autism is critical to the construction of a working synapse, locking neurons together like "molecular Velcro," a study lead by a team of UC Davis researchers has found. Published online in the June issue of th...

UC Davis begins $2.8 million in studies of agricultural nitrogen's impacts

UC Davis researchers will receive $2.8 million in new grants to study the use and impacts of nitrogen, a hero of the agricultural revolution that is increasingly viewed as a worrisome source of water and air pollution and potent greenhouse gases. "This is one of the most important and least pub...

UC Davis bioengineer receives Hartwell Foundation grant to address skull fusion disorder of infants

With support from a foundation that champions cutting-edge medical research, a biomedical engineer at UC Davis will start work this month on developing a new treatment for infants born with disorders that cause the sutures of their skulls to prematurely fuse together. The new approach is based ...

UC Davis launches 'One Health' care for wild mountain gorillas and human neighbors

The University of California, Davis, today launched a new "One Health" program to conserve the world's remaining 740 mountain gorillas by caring for not only the gorillas but also the people and the other animals that share their home in the forests of central Africa. With $750,000 in funding f...

UC Davis researchers identify a protein that may help breast cancer spread, beat cancer drugs

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) New research from UC Davis Cancer Center shows that a protein called Muc4 may be the essential ingredient that allows breast cancer to spread to other organs and resist therapeutic treatment. The study, which appears in the April 1 issue of Cancer Research , is one of the fi...

UC Davis bench-to-bedside research: Promising treatment in clinical trials

DAVIS, CALIF.A new drug developed at the University of California, Davis to treat diabetes, hypertension and inflammatory has entered Phase II of human clinical trials to evaluate its efficacy. The compound, a soluble epoxide hydrolase enzyme (s-EH) inhibitor, is "a first-in-class drug which m...

UC Davis research shows that newly discovered drug reduces heart enlargement

DAVIS--Researchers at the University of California, Davis have discovered that a prototype drug reduces heart enlargement, one of the most common causes of heart failure. Heart failure, which occurs when the heart can't pump enough blood throughout the body, affects 5 million people in the Un...

UC Davis researchers find molecule that targets brain tumors

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) UC Davis Cancer Center researchers report today the discovery of a molecule that targets glioblastoma, a highly deadly form of cancer. The finding, which is published in the January 2009 issue of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging , provides hope ...

UC Davis discovery offers hope for treating kidney cancer

Kidney cancer is typically without symptoms until it has spread to other organs, when it is also the most difficult to treat. Newer chemotherapies show great promise for extending survival during later disease stages, but they can also be highly toxic. In one of the first discoveries of its ki...

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Steve Davis Joins Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) as Interim CEO

SEATTLE, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), a Seattle-based non-profit research institute, is very pleased to announce that Steve Davis has joined its team as Interim CEO, to assist the organization in its strategic development as a non-profit, product-ori...

ThermoGenesis Subsidiary Vantus Announces Stem Cell Agreement With UC Davis Center For Equine Health

COLLABORATION WILL FOCUS ON COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF EQUINE CORD BLOOD, BONE MARROW AND PLACENTAL TISSUE STEM CELLS RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ThermoGenesis Corp. (Nasdaq: KOOL ), a leading supplier of innovative products and services that pr...

Access Pharmaceuticals Appoints Jeffrey B. Davis as CEO

- Stephen R. Seiler Resigns as President and CEO - DALLAS, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) announced today that current Chairman Jeffrey B. Davis has been appointed to the additional role of CEO. Stephen R. Seiler has resigne...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Instrument Sales Business of Davis Inotek

WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO ), the world leader in serving science, has acquired the instrument sales business of Davis Inotek Instruments, LLC. The acquired business will be branded Davis Instruments and excludes its related cali...

Allied Minds Launches Novel Disinfectant/Disinfestant Technology Start-up With UC Davis

Investment Firm, Allied Minds, Establishes New Company to Commercialize Novel Technology from UC Davis BOSTON, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Minds, a pre-seed investment firm specializing in early stage university business ventures, has established RF Biocidics, Inc., to d...

Salugen's Award-Winning Research on Using DNA Information to Customize Nutritional Supplementation for Weight Loss Presented at the Second Annual Bruce Ames International Symposium on Nutritional Genomics at the University of California, Davis

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Salugen, Inc., a personalized health and wellness company presented its research entitled: DNA-customized Genotrim [neuronal dopamine release activator] results in significant reductions in weight, appetite and sugar cravings in an obese population in the Die...

Debiopharm and MSM Protein Technologies Sign Agreement for Research and Development of Debio 0929, a Novel Oncology Biologic

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Global One Consulting Announces Exclusive Contract to Expand Saigene Biotech, Inc. Sales in Emerging Markets

... PORTLAND, Ore., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Global One Principal Irl M. davis today announced a relationship with Saigene Biotech, Inc. for the introduct...on, and assisting with market penetration. Its principal consultant Irl M. davis is a State of Washington International Trade Representative and ha...

Access Pharmaceuticals CEO Interviewed on Financial Website

...site. The hour-long call was to provide an executive summary, along with an overview and update of the Access Pharmaceuticals's business strategy. Mr. davis shed light on acquisitions, partnerships, current and future plans, and also discussed preparations to re-rejoin a major exchange. The interview is cu...

Ten Top Latin American Scientists Named 2009 Pew Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences

... Paulina Cortes-Hernandez, M.D., Ph.D. Laboratory of Jodi M. Nunnari, Ph.D. University of California, davis Mitochondrial division and cell death For full biographies and information regarding the fellows' ...

Davis in Biological Definition

Ebola

... particles, is in the region of 1000 nm. The first electronmicrograph of Ebola was obtained on the 13 October 1976 by Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at UC davis , who was then working at the CDC . The nucleocapsid structure consists of a central channel, 20-30 nm in diameter, surrounded by helically wound ca...

Vitamin

...n 1912 . Deficiency causes beriberi . Also known as Vitamin B 1 . Vitamin A ( Retinoids ) Fat Discovered by Elmer V. McCollum and M. davis between 1912 and 1914 . Deficiency causes night-blindness . Not a single chemical, but a group of chemicals derived from Retinol . Vitam...

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Sutures

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Polyacrylamide Gel

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Mucosa

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Epigenesis

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