Graduates Needing Health Insurance Have Cost-Effective Options

Independence Blue Cross Individual HMO plans offer lower premiums, greater peace of mind PHILADELPHIA, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- College graduates across the region are finding themselves in a serious predicament: less than 20 percent of those 2009 grads who applied for jobs have received emp...

Attention New Jersey Physicians Still Needing to Meet Cultural Competency Requirement by June 30

BOSTON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan Cross Cultural Group is now offering at a discounted price, the Quality Interactions(R) 6-hour CME cultural competency training course for physicians in New Jersey still needing to complete this requirement for licensure by June 30, 2009. New Jers...

Angel MedFlight Provides Air Medical Transportation for Accident Victim Needing Transport from France to U.S.

The air ambulance company steps in once again where the insurance carrier fails SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The air ambulance company, Angel MedFlight, http://www.angelmedflight.com , is happy to report a 20-year-old, Ariel Gernes, who sustained several traumatic injuries ...

Angel MedFlight Provides Air Medical Transportation for Accident Victim Needing Transport from France to U.S.

The air ambulance company steps in once again where the insurance carrier fails. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 15, 2009 -- The air ambulance company, Angel MedFlight, http://www.angelmedflight.com , is happy to report a 20-year-old Ariel Gernes, who sustained several tra...

Attention New Jersey Physicians Still Needing to Meet Cultural Competency Requirement by June 30

BOSTON, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan Cross Cultural Group is now offering at a discounted price, the Quality Interactions(R) 6-hour CME cultural competency training course for physicians in New Jersey still needing to complete this requirement for licensure by June 30, 2009. New Jersey physi...

Device aims to decrease wait period for patients needing immunotherapy

HOUSTON - Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have created a device that significantly decreases the time needed to produce genetically manipulated T cells in preclinical tests for leukemia. Paul (Yoonsu) Choi, Ph.D., presente...

Housing Crisis Affects Seniors Needing Care

Unable to sell homes, seniors increasingly turning to home care vs. assisted living GLEN ELLYN, Ill., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The national real estate crisis has affected all aspects of life, and long term care is no exception. For many seniors unable to sell their homes, moving to an assiste...

National study will look at German-made heart pump for children needing heart transplants

HOUSTON Jan.18, 2008 --Texas Childrens Hospital has been named the national lead center for a 12-hospital, 36-month clinical trial of the German-manufactured pediatric heart pump called Berlin Heart EXCOR® Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device (VAD). Charles D. Fraser, Jr., MD, chief of pediat...

Increasing Numbers Of Dehydrated New Born Babies Needing Emergency hospital care

Many new mothers are being told not to bottle feed because it will ruin breastfeeding, but an increasing number are being left with babies so dehydrated they need emergency// hospital care. Experts have reported that hundreds of newborn babies suffering from dehydration are being re-admitted ...

Waiting Period Of Over 10yrs For Women Needing Breast Reduction Surgery

A federal parliamentary committee that was formed to look into the costs of healthcare, met in Adelaide, and had heard the demand for breast reduction// surgery, which is extremely high and has no system of prioritising patients. This meant that a woman who though has a valid reason for wantin...

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Novagali Pharma Presents Results of its Innovative Latanoprost Formulation for Glaucoma

...aucoma. This feature is of paramount importance taken into account that BAK exerts toxicity after long term use and that glaucoma is a chronic disease needing life-long daily treatment. "It is now admitted that BAK has a deleterious effect especially in ocular surface diseases and after long-term or c...

Diabetes Patients with High Triglycerides and Low HDL Cholesterol Get the Most Benefit From Fenofibrate Treatment: New Data From the FIELD Study

...inverse of the absolute reduction in risk. In this analysis, the NNT for fenofibrate in patients with marked atherogenic dyslipidaemia was 23 patients needing to be treated for one event to be prevented. By comparison, the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) Collaborators (8) reported an absolute r...

Data Presented at Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Interventional Cardiology Demonstrate OrbusNeich's Genous(TM) Bio-engineered R Stent(TM) Has Better Outcomes When Compared to Drug-Eluting Stents

... 0% at in-hospital follow-up and at one month follow-up. "The Genous stent may offer a new, important and feasible therapeutic strategy for patients needing to undergo life-saving or undeferrable major noncardiac surgery early after coronary stent deployment," said Piscione. Unlike drug-eluting stents, G...

Cardinal Health Expands PET Nuclear Pharmacy Services to Support Clinical Drug Trials

...T products because they allow physicians and others in the pharmaceutical industry to test PET agents in the treatment or diagnosis of disease without needing to re-file drug manufacturing information with the FDA. In addition to operating the largest radiopharmacy network in the United States, Cardinal He...

SpineMark Partners With Regional Spine Leaders to Launch Its First Multisite Spine Research Organizations in Los Angeles, Denver

... surgical specialists, interventional pain specialists and conservative care physicians, will provide a seamless, integrated path of care for patients needing spine treatment. SpineMark will work with medical device and pharmaceutical companies to recruit for FDA trials, coordinate with the SRO and provide q...

Baxter Presents Latest Clinical Trial Results of GAMMAGARD LIQUID Administered Subcutaneously

...unology (AAAAI) in Philadelphia, PA. GAMMAGARD LIQUID is approved for intravenous administration, which due to large infusion volumes of the therapy needing to be delivered, can take several hours once a month at a doctor's office or hospital. By contrast, subcutaneous administration of IGIV has been limit...

Seriously Low Vaccination Rates Cause Experts to Call for Increased Immunization Before Influenza Season Peaks

... entire season. During the 2005-2006 season, only one in five children aged 6-23 months were fully vaccinated and little more than one in ten children needing two doses received both doses. Influenza vaccine coverage varied substantially among states, but no state had more than 40 percent of children fully v...

Eurand Announces Positive Phase III Clinical Study Results

... present the results of our phase III studies supporting Zentase for the full spectrum of cystic fibrosis patients suffering from EPI, including those needing limited supplementation to those with very aggressive enzyme deficiency," said Gearoid Faherty, Eurand Chairman and CEO. Zentase met all primary and...

Mircera Effective in Stabilising Haemoglobin Levels in Elderly Patients With Kidney Disease on Dialysis

...21 vs -0.30 g/dL). MIRCERA treatment was well tolerated, with a safety profile characteristic of the patient population. "With more elderly people needing dialysis treatment, doctors will need effective medications that can improve the way we manage renal anaemia. These findings underscore the value of M...

Trial Results with Intranasal Fentanyl Hold Promise for Treatment of Breakthrough Pain in Cancer

...rsquo; satellite symposium, which examined the problems in treating and managing this debilitating condition. Breakthrough pain is a complex condition needing individualised patient management,5 and is a very widespread problem among patients with cancer.6 A drug with fast onset, short duration of action and...

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QC 253 Full Range CO-Oximeter Control

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Xtrak TOPS

Description:... or rapid exchange models. Since TOPS operates over standard guidewires, it can be easily incorporated into an on-going procedure at any time without needing an exchange length guidewire. Indication: For use in conjunction with a steerable guidewire to access discrete regions of the vasculature....
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RxDrugs™: Drug Dosing Tool Special Mobile/Desktop Bundle

Features:...h nearly 400 built in weight-based drug dosing calculation tools, simply review a drug, calculate the dose and administer all in a single step without needing to switch to a separate drug dosing program An indispensable tool that helps you make accurate, informed and confident drug dosing decisions at point...
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Definitive Stainer

Features:.... In addition to processing multiple slides with ease, the Definitive is virtually maintenance free. Beyond changing stain packs, the only other parts needing regular maintenance are the reagent tubes, which are easily replaced every six months....
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New technology may prevent vitamin B12 deficient seniors and vegetarians from needing injections

TORONTO, Canada (June 17, 2008) For those patients who receive the nearly 40 million intramuscular injections per year to treat their B12 deficiency, a new oral option may soon exist. According to the National Institutes of Health, vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to a wide spectrum of conditi...

Martin Hensen, head of e-strategies, UCB Germany: Making e-marketing more than just an add-on

...a is ready for Web 2.0. The health system is 100% regulated, Hensen says, making it Health 1.0. But pharma itself is no better. He says with content needing 100% approval, social media tools like YouTube and Facebook blocked at many companies, more SOPs than websites and more people in Legal than in e-Busi...

121 breeding tigers estimated to be found in Nepal

...llegal trade, the present numbers is a positive sign, but we can't remain unworried. The declining numbers in western Nepal has posed more challenges, needing a concerted effort to save this charismatic endangered species focusing on anti-poaching and illegal wildlife trade." The Government of Nepal has...

Researchers describe 'implausible' chemistry that produces herbicidal compound

... van der Donk said. "And the more we learned about it the more unusual it became. The enzyme is unusual because it breaks a carbon-carbon bond without needing anything except oxygen." The study is important because HEPD catalyzes a critical step in the chemical pathway that produces phosphinothricin (PT...

Scholar unconvinced new lie-detection methods better than old ones

...ch is measuring that somehow you're able to see the body in action without needing any interpretation." The presumption, she said, is that those viewing re...ts of both manners of truth-seeking "somehow see the body in action without needing any interpretation like looking through a window, as opposed to looking at...

UF makes gene therapy advance in severe genetic disorder

...eived its first dose of gene therapy the day after it was born, Mah said. The dog improved at first, often going as long as two to three hours without needing additional glucose to supplement its diet. But several weeks later the progress stopped. When the dog was 5 months old, the researchers administere...

New guidelines to fight obesity in pregnancy issued

...s are at increased risk of: Being born prematurely Fetal and neonatal death Having certain birth defects, especially neural tube defects needing special care in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Being obese in childhood Preterm birth is a serious health problem that costs the Unite...

Report updates guidelines on how much weight women should gain during pregnancy

...or both mothers and children. For mothers, the ramifications of excess weight gain include increased chances of retaining extra pounds after birth or needing a Caesarean section; for children the risks include being born preterm or larger than normal with extra fat. Each of these consequences increases the...

New tool isolates RNA within specific cells

...ets of Drosophila brain cells, is described in a paper put on line ahead of regular publication by the journal Nature Methods . Instead of scientists needing to physically separate cell types, they now can inject a chemically modified gene from the one-celled organism Toxoplasma gondii and activate it in ...

Babies born to native high-altitude mothers have decreased risk of low birth weight

...e. This suggests that the uterine artery is playing a causal role in the lower birth weight, as opposed to being a result of having a smaller baby and needing less oxygen or fewer nutrients, Dr. Julian said. Among the high-altitude group, oxygen delivery to the fetus was nearly 2-fold greater in the Andean...

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US College Students Needing TB Testing Now Have the Benefit of QFT(TM)

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Students attending US colleges that require tuberculosis (TB) testing will now benefit from interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) such as QuantiFERON(R)-TB Gold (QFT(TM)), with the release of update TB testing guidelines from the American College ...

Florida's Technology Sector Attracting Skilled Workers Needing Homes

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- With its warm business climate and appealing lifestyle, Florida is fast becoming one of the nation's leading technology states. Statewide, Florida's high-tech industries added 10,900 net jobs in 2005, reaching a total of 276,400 jobs, according to Florid...

Specialty Technical Consultants becomes Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)

...hool District, and the Minority Business Development Agency. STC has a broad geographic presence with offices across the United States. Customers needing an expert-level EHS services provider can contact STC at 1.800.476.9172 or by emailing Info (at) stcenv.com. About Specialty Technical Consultant...

ParagonRx Creates New Website Featuring REMS Help Center for Pharma

...propriate use of medications, has launched a new website - www.paragonrx.com - that includes a "REMS Hub" for pharmaceutical and biotech companies needing information and assistance in complying with new FDA requirements to ensure the medical benefits of a drug outweigh its risks and dangerous side effec...

Novagali Pharma Announces FDA Clearance of IND for Phase III of Catioprost(R), its Cationic Emulsion of Latanoprost in Patients With Glaucoma

...ducts for glaucoma. This is a major advantage since it is admitted that BAK exerts toxicity after long term use and that glaucoma is a chronic disease needing life-long daily treatment. Furthermore, the stability product profile allows storage at room temperature. The FDA agreed that Novagali may proc...

Healthplace America Engages Robert A. Yungk to Provide Services as Chief Strategy Officer

... by Healthplace America. "Healthplace America is the first company to introduce true, nationwide competition among medical providers for patients needing major medical procedures," said Robert Yungk. "The Healthplace Surgery Benefit(TM) harnesses competition to drive best practices among providers for ...

BASF Set To Commercialize pro-t-action(TM) Eliminating Caries Causing Bacteria From the Mouth

...d clumping them. When aggregated and grouped together in this way, the bacteria can be flushed out of the oral cavity by normal swallowing or rinsing. needing to remain in the oral cavity for only a minimum of 10 seconds to become active, pro-t-action(TM) is absolutely tasteless, odorless, pH-neutral and hel...

HOGGAN Ergo Announces Highly Anticipated Enhancements to the ergoFET Handheld Digital Force Gauge, Greatly Impacting the Field of Ergonomic Research and Application

...ne is huge when put in context with our current economic conditions. This is an essential instrument for any ergonomist or engineers in similar fields needing to accurately test various push-pull forces." The new ergoFET handheld digital force gauge is now very affordable at $995.00, complete with...

Avon Protection Systems Receives NIOSH Approval for ST53 SCBA System

...s. "Avon's ST53 equipment is the only system that provides users the ability to alternate between different pressure modes using the same mask without needing additional parts or compromising their protection." Designed specifically for SWAT (special weapons and tactics) and tactical teams, bomb squads ...

Clinical Research Staffing Firm ASG Acquires CRO Ockham Development Group

...isition - completed in early February for an undisclosed amount of stock - enables ASG to expand the breadth and value of services it provides clients needing to outsource clinical research trials; it also equips its clients in the pharmaceutical industry with a robust package of functional outsourcing and s...

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Freedom EVOware from Tecan

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Bacterium

...ents they are using. Those using inorganic compounds (e. g. water, hydrogen, sulfide or ammonia) for this purpose are called lithotrophs and others needing organic compounds (e. g. sugars or organic acids) and are called organotrophs . The metabolic modes of energy metabolism (phototrophy or chemotrophy),...