The Top 10 Health Stories of 2007, From the Editors of the Harvard Health Letter
BOSTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The editors of Harvard Medical School's Harvard Health Letter have chosen the top 10 health stories of 2007. Here are this year's newsmakers: 1. Drug safety failures. This year, rosiglitazone (Avandia), a diabetes drug, became the latest medication...Got Moving Stories? Calling All Reporters, Writers, Producers and Editors
MORE (Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence) Awards Call for Entries is now open. Rosemont, IL (Vocus) July 9, 2009 -- The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has opened the call for submissions to its fifth annual MORE Awards . These awards recognize exc...Lancet Blames CMA For Dismissal Of Editors
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has been criticized by Lancet, one of the world's leading journals in the field of medicine regarding dismissal of the editor (Dr. John Hoey) and deputy editor// (Anne Marie Todkill) of Canadian Medical Association Journal. The Lancet editors, in the latest is...Harvard Health Letter Special Section Features the Body's Unsung Marvels: The Feet
..., chief of podiatry at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, served as guest editor. In the special section, Dr. Ioli and the editors of the Harvard Health Letter cover these topics and questions: Three steps to healthier feet Causes and treatments of four common ...Lexi-Comp ONLINE™ for Oral Surgery
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... Got Moving Stories? Calling all Reporters, Writers, Producers and editors ROSEMONT, Ill., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American A...he rules and entry form -- open to all journalists, freelance writers and editors in print or broadcast media -- are accessible at www.aaos.org/moreawards....Wolters Kluwer Health Launches Interactive Platform for Pharmacology Journal Content
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... regenerative cardiology, embryonic development of the heart and blood vessels and the genetics of cardiovascular disease," Bolli said. "My associate editors and I are eager to meet the challenge of guiding the journal through the next phase in its evolution." The July 31 issue of Circulation Resear...Comprehensive Online Video Added to Media Categories Tracked by BurrellesLuce
... As with the company's traditional print- and broadcast-media services, all online video content captured by BurrellesLuce is first reviewed by human editors to ensure that only those clips matching clients' search instructions are sent to their portals. Once the relevant items appear on the portal, the PR...Shire Receives Fast Track Designation for velaglucerase alfa for Gaucher Disease
...s is approximately 7,000. Based on incidence, the estimated total world population is likely to be between 10,000 and 15,000 patients. Notes to editors SHIRE PLC Shire's strategic goal is to become the leading specialty biopharmaceutical company that focuses on meeting the needs of the s...Shire has Filed a Treatment Protocol for Velaglucerase Alfa for Gaucher Disease
...rough blood or saliva to identify potential carriers of the Gaucher gene. Gaucher Disease can be diagnosed early through a blood test. Notes to editors SHIRE PLC Shire's strategic goal is to become the leading specialty biopharmaceutical company that focuses on meeting the needs of the s...Vantia Therapeutics' Pipeline Continues to Mature
...eclinical progress emphasises the ability of Vantia's small molecule library to populate our pipeline and our expertise in this area.' Notes to editors About Vantia Therapeutics: Vantia Therapeutics is a UK-based R&D company focused on first-in-class therapies for recognised markets ...Elsevier congratulates its British Medical Association Award winning medical authors and editors
Amsterdam, September 18, 2008 Elsevier is pleased to announce that eight of its professional and scholarly books were honored at the annual BMA Medical Book Competition ceremony in London on September 9th 2008. An additional 19 Elsevier books were highly commended and five received commendation. ...Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology increases impact, international reach
...ope, Canada, Korea, Brazil, Japan and China. In response to the growth in submissions, a new editorial board has been named, which includes 29 section editors in 11 subspecialty areas. SIR President Stainken indicated that several international societies expressed interest in more formal collaboration or ...Elsevier announces 2008 journal impact factor highlights
...als this year is a sign of the strong partnerships we have with our journal editors and our societies. This year's impact factor growth is one indication of th...Science and Technology Journals. "We are grateful for our strong network of editors we partner with, who work with us each day to build our journals to some of...Scientists aim to bring indigenous people into climate change monitoring and policy
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...arbook Grass: The 1948 Yearbook of Agriculture, which was written at a time of political, environmental, and economic turbulence, much like today, the editors of Grassland set out to create a book that stresses the importance of developing sustainable agriculture in order to maintain the capacity of our plan...Evidence of the 'Lost World' -- did dinosaurs survive the end Cretaceous extinctions?
...have been scattered. So does this provide conclusive proof that dinosaurs survived the Cretaceous extinctions? According to David Polly, one of the editors of the journal in which the research is published "this is a controversial conclusion, and many palaeontologists will remain sceptical", but we alread...Combating Terrorism with Commercial Technology: 2009 Force Protection Equipment Demonstration
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...ce+Business Media has launched the Web site www.SpringerExemplar.com , a free linguistic tool designed to support the publishing process for authors, editors and the scientific community in general. The online service Exemplar allows researchers to quickly see how a particular term or phrase is used in ...GSA special paper presents new studies of Western US earth motion
...ic as relative plate motion was broadly distributed from the California borderland into the Mojave Desert and the Basin and Range Province. Volume editors John Oldow of the University of Texas at Dallas and Patricia Cashman of the University of NevadaReno have assembled 16 chapters that reflect the broad...Prix Galien USA Announces 2009 Final Candidates
...- equivalent to the Nobel Prize. The award committee comprises 11 individuals including seven Nobel Laureates, founders of major biotech companies and editors of world-renowned biology journals. For details about the Prix Galien USA award and committee visit www.prix-galien-usa.com . ...Shire plc: Core Portfolio of Products Delivers 20% Sales Growth
... Page Overview of Financial Results 6 Financial Information 13 Notes to editors 26 Safe Harbor Statement 26 Explanation of Non GAAP Measures 26 ...Celtic Pharma Holdings Announces Investment in Novacta Biosystems Limited
...our outgoing Chairman and welcome Andy Richards to the role. We are also pleased that Richard and Bob are joining the Board from CP2." Notes to editors About Celtic Pharma Holdings Advisors LLP Celtic Pharma Holdings Advisors is a global private equity fund management partnership focused...Oclaro(TM) Hits Milestone With Clarity(TM) Fluorescence Filters
...diode manufacturing facilities to service industrial, defense and medical markets with high power lasers, VCSELs and Thin Film Filters. Notes to editors On April 27, 2009, Bookham, Inc. & Avanex, Corp. merged to create Oclaro, Inc. LASER World of Photonics will take plac...Phosphagenics Announces Completion of Transdermal Patch Prototypes
... demonstrated that its TPM/insulin formulation safely delivered insulin transdermally into patients with Type 1 diabetes." APPENDIX AND NOTES TO editors About Phosphagenics Limited Phosphagenics is a Melbourne-based, globally driven biotechnology company focused on the discovery of new and co...