New study evaluates community response to personally controlled health information
Boston, Mass. - A new paper published in the latest issue of the open access publication Journal of Medical Internet Research evaluates consumers' experiences with the Indivo personally controlled health record (PCHR) system - a system developed by researchers in the Children's Hospital Informat...Drink-drivers Not Influenced by Ads Unless It Affects Them Personally
Young men are not influenced by advertisements that show horrific consequences of drink-driving until the message relates directly to them, says a report . The UK Department of Transport says that advertisements about the dreadful consequences of drink-driving can influence young men not t...The First SamarionSolution Installed in Lake Charles Alzheimer's Facility
...tive Director of The Guardian House. "The added security keeps our residents safer from falls and gives their families greater peace of mind. I have personally seen this innovative solution work and it will help save the lives of those in our home and others throughout the country." Rider added, "I am ...ARDS Promotes Awareness with New Campaign
...Book, and MySpace. The first segment serves as a traditional information piece designed to immediately educate people either facing the disease either personally or supporting someone diagnosed with ARDS, explained AMG Chief Creative Officer Chad Gutermuth. According to Gutermuth, the second segment shows the ...Mylan Announces Enhancements to Executive Management Team
...wards for excellence. Mylan's Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury said: "On behalf of myself and the Board of Directors of Mylan, we would like to personally congratulate Heather and Rajiv on their well-deserved promotions. Their track record of delivering results and executing flawlessly as well as their ...'Be a Hero For Babies Day' Raises $2.6 Million for March of Dimes
...and employees across the country makes this one of the proudest days for me personally and for this entire organization," said Robert Woudstra, CEO of Farmers Ins...rance and a member of March of Dimes national Board of Trustees. "I want to personally thank everyone for sharing in my dedication to helping the more than half m...Teamsters Launch Campaign To Support Health Care Reform
...id. "The high cost of health care is burdening American workers, crippling U.S. companies, hurting the economy and adding to the deficit. "I am personally urging Teamsters local unions to get out there and support President Obama's efforts to fix our broken health-care system. This is an unprecedented ef...Survey Reveals Women Aren't Doing All They Can to Support Breast Health
...s more, 80 percent of the women surveyed have been personally affected by breast cancer or know someone who has ...nt have volunteered 80 percent have been personally affected by breast cancer or know someone who has been, with 16 percent being personally affected by breast cancer and 75 percent who were ...Melanoma and Pregnancy: What Every Woman Needs to Know About the Risks, Prognosis
...roups of women, indicating that hormones did not have a negative effect on melanoma," said Dr. Driscoll. "Having researched this topic for 15 years, I personally have not found a solid link between hormones and melanoma." In counseling women who survived melanoma about future pregnancies, Dr. Driscoll said...Lenetix Launches Screening Study of New Down Syndrome Test
...fetal aneuploidy in the first trimester using a maternal blood sample. It's a higher-quality test that will protect the mother and fetus." "I'm personally honored to be involved in this clinical trial, because I believe it will change Down syndrome testing forever," said Jonathan Herman, M.D., a practici...Sarah Palin, Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet, and John McCain Top AOL Hot Searches List on August 29th
...al's cookies, shake mixes, and soup comes from his proprietary mixture of amino acids and the process he uses to make it. For 33 years, Dr. Siegal has personally mixed every batch of his secret protein formula with his own hands in his private bakery near his Miami medical clinic. The formula is known only to D...Dr. Christopher Moore to Form ProDerm LP to Fund CVBT Wound Healing Trial
...nded amount of the development agreement in exchange for the intellectual property created. Daniel C. Montano, CVBT's President and CEO, has agreed to personally provide the individual partners of PDLP a "Put" to Mr. Montano for their interest in CDCP equal to 200% of their investment in PDLP less distributions...FDA Approves HIFU Clinical Trial for Recurrent Prostate Cancer
...medical monitor for the prostate cancer clinical trial program evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the Sonablate(R) 500 HIFU device." "I have personally reviewed the preliminary data and observed the Sonablate(R) 500 in action and I am impressed with this advanced technology for ablating the prostate. ...From 'alarmed' to 'dismissive': The six ways Americans view global warming
...ous and urgent threat. The Concerned (33 percent) believe global warming is a serious problem and support an active national response, but are less personally involved and have taken fewer actions than the Alarmed. The Cautious (19 percent) believe global warming is a problem, but are less certain it is h...GenWay Biotech obtains exclusive rights to AMDL's DR-70 cancer test in US and Canada
...bution agreements for DR-70 will be financially significant programs for both GenWay and AMDL, while the impact and life-saving potential of this test personally drives our motivation for commercialization success." The market potential for DR-70 is significant with an estimated 21,000 people in Canada diagn...New report on science learning at museums, zoos, other informal settings
...peoples' perceptions of whether they have learned something. It is not productive to blindly adopt either purely academic goals or standards that are personally subjective, the report says. Evaluations should not be limited to factual recall or other narrow cognitive measures; rather, they should assess the r...Discovery of giant roaming deep sea protist provides new perspective on animal evolution
...be used alone as evidence that multicellular animals were evolving during the Precambrian, slowly setting the stage for the Cambrian explosion. "I personally think now that the whole Precambrian may have been exclusively the reign of protists," says Matz. "Our observations open up this possible way of inter...American Dietetic Association releases 2008 nutrition trends survey
...ready Doing It," Gazzaniga-Moloo said. According to ADA's 2008 survey, two-thirds of consumers said diet and nutrition are "very important" to them personally (67%), and three in five said physical activity is very important (61%). This continues an upward trend that has been occurring since ADA's first surv...TGen spin-off MedTrust Online enables cancer doctors to quickly obtain best-available information
...ive venture partnerships,'' said Love, now a Manager for Translational Accelerator LLC, or TRAC, an Arizona-based bioscience venture capital group. "I personally believe that MedTrust can have a bigger positive impact on patient care than anything I've seen come along over the past decade." TGen and MedTrust...Study looks at psychological impact of gene test for breast cancer
...d whether the women were actually tested themselves or had received inconclusive results from an affected relative who was tested. Women who were not personally tested were more likely to believe they might have inherited a BRCA mutation, which in turn was related to lower psychological adjustment. Implica...Antarctic expedition provides new insights into the role of the Southern Ocean for global climate
...their knowledge about current climate research, but also to communicate their insights via telephone and internet to their students. I hope that I can personally bring home many impressions from this research voyage, so that I can provide the students with a more accurate representation of the Polar Regions. Du...IEEE-USA commends president for asking Congress to double support for critical research
...owship as Sen. Jay Rockefellers (D-W.Va.) science adviser, Lefevre led the Senate effort to establish the Math and Science Partnership Program and was personally responsible for inclusion of the Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The America Competes Act has the potential to play a critical role in our natio...U. of I. librarian launches comprehensive Web database of field guides
...reate a searchable database of field guides for plants, animals and other objects in North America and around the world, Schmidt said, adding that she personally examined most of the guides in the database. This means she probably has seen more field guides than anyone else in the world. There are other limi...The Biotechnology Industry Organization Honors Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as Governor of the Year
...vide revolutionary therapies and cures for patients, increase agricultural sustainability and develop alternative fuels. In addition, I would like to personally thank the Governor and his team at the Department of Economic Development for being such great partners in helping to plan and organize the upcoming 2...Mindray Appoints Mr. Ronald Ede as Chief Financial Officer
...ical device company," said Mr. Xu Hang, Mindray's Chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer. "On behalf of the board of directors and Mindray, I want to personally thank Joyce for her tremendous contributions to the company over the past several years. We are fortunate to have Joyce remain with us as a director, ...Billy Mays Endorses New Odor Eliminating Product, What Odor?
...both nationally and internationally, but that isn't the only reason we chose him as our spokesman," explains Grist. "It's the fact that Mays personally uses and stands behind the products he represents." What Odor?® commercials featuring Billy Mays are set to begin airing on national tele...Health Robotics Expands i.v.STATION(TM) Partnership With Can-Med in 10 Countries Within Central Asia
...-Med I.V. Solutions. "We are very pleased to expand our strategic partnership with Can-Med beyond our current operations in Turkey where I have personally witnessed the success of the pay-per-use model introduced by Can-Med for our CytoCare robot during the recent "go-live" at Ankara Oncology Hospital an...EESTECH Inc - Release From SEC Filing
...e his annual consulting fees by two thirds, effective immediately. Further, Mr Bailey has not received any fees for the period since May 2008 and has personally funded the company since October 2008. Administration and accounting costs have been significantly reduced through personnel moving from full tim...BioSpace.com Launches a New Season of Industry Career Fairs
...r the last decade," said Wes Crews, Executive Vice President and General Manager of BioSpace.com. "These Career Fairs play a crucial role in personally connecting life-science professionals with recruitment, human resources and hiring managers across the industry." BioSpace Career Fairs are r...