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100+ Nurses to Rally in SF Wed. to Demand Stronger Swine Flu Safety Protections: California Hospitals Remain Unprepared Despite First Nurse Death

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 100 registered nurses from across California will rally in San Francisco Wednesday to protest gaps by California hospitals in safety preparation for the H1N1 pandemic, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Commit...

Health Caregivers and Allies to Rally 5 p.m. Weds. in Fremont

FREMONT, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health caregivers at Washington Hospital in Fremont will rally at 5 p.m. Wednesday to urge the hospital to negotiate and settle their contract. Many of the 450 workers at the public hospital are facing economic hardships as they pass the one-year ...

Neuropathy Patients, Doctors and Medical Professionals Rally in Sacramento to Demand Access to Lifesaving Medical Treatments

California Assemblymember Mary Hayashi Calls on California Congressional Delegation to Remember Needs of Neuropathy Patients at 3rd Annual "Neuropathy Action Awareness Day" SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- As President Obama continues his push for national health care reform...

Respiratory Rally a Promising Practice in the Fight Against Chronic Disease

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease Recognizes Event for Great Work in Local Community INDIANAPOLIS, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- As the national health care debate takes center stage it is important to highlight local examples of promising practices in the prevention of chronic disease. The Am...

Thousands Rally in Anaheim to Help People With HIV/AIDS

Event raises $480,000 to make vital health and human services available through local nonprofit organizations IRVINE, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 5,000 people converged on Angel Stadium of Anaheim Saturday, May 16 for Orange County's largest annual rally against HIV/AI...

Security Officers Who Protect Kaiser Hospitals Rally With Community Supporters for Access to Affordable Healthcare

"I guard this hospital, but I can't afford to see a doctor here" -- William Bailey, Securitas Security Officer at Kaiser Sunset Medical Center in Los Angeles OAKLAND, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Security officers and supporters rallied against unfair labor practices and slashed...

MRSA Activists Rally For World MRSA Day

CHICAGO, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MRSA Survivors Network, the prominent advocacy group launches the inaugural World MRSA Day - Oct. 2nd and the official web site, www.worldmrsaday.org . MRSA activists call for world unity from governments, the healthcare industry and the community for ...

Airport Workers March and Rally to Call for Family Healthcare as Swine Flu Fears Mount

LOS ANGELES, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over one hundred airport workers and supporters held a march and rally at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at noon on Wednesday, April 29. Worker anger over the lack of quality health care has come to a head as concerns about swine flu ...

Area Seniors Rally to Support Medicare Advantage Health Plans

Members share stories, write letters, and videotape messages to Congress opposing funding cuts PHILADELPHIA, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Area senior and disabled members of Medicare Advantage plans today joined together for a rally to share stories about how they benefit from their health plans ...

Teamsters, Area Unions Rally in Support of Rural/Metro Workers

Paramedics, EMTs Calling for Fair Wages BUFFALO, N.Y., April 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of union members joined Teamsters Local 375 this morning for a rally in front of Buffalo's city hall in support of Rural/Metro paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) who are callin...

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Hana Biosciences Announces New Positive Interim Efficacy Results in Pivotal rALLy Clinical Trial of Marqibo in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

- 31% COMPLETE RESPONSE RATE - MEDIAN SURVIVAL OF 10.5 MONTHS IN COMPLETE RESPONDERS - FINAL DATA TARGETED FOR 2009 ASH ANNUAL MEETING SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hana Biosciences (Nasdaq: HNAB ) today announced new positive preliminary efficacy ...

Hana Biosciences Announces Successful Planned Independent Safety Analysis Supports Ability to Complete Pivotal rALLy Clinical Trial of Marqibo, Its Lead Novel Anti-Cancer Compound

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hana Biosciences (Nasdaq: HNAB ) today announced that an Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) has completed a planned, pre-specified safety review of interim data from the ongoing pivotal rALLy clinical trial of Marqibo(R...

Gene Findings Unlocking Reasons for Neuroblastoma Risk

...ing sources supported both studies, including the National Institutes of Health, the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, the Evan Dunbar Foundation, the rally Foundation, the Andrew's Army Foundation, the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute and the Giulio D'Angio Endowed Chair. Maris is also on t...

Stand Up To Cancer Awards $73.6 Million for Novel, Groundbreaking Cancer Research

...rvices or mobilizing an array of organizations and individuals to build awareness and generate contributions, the entertainment industry is working to rally the public to Stand Up To Cancer. "Today is Stand Up To Cancer's first birthday, and it's thrilling to announce that all these incredible researchers...

UPDATE: Infant Primates Given Vaccines on U.S. Children's Immunization Schedule Develop Behavioral Symptoms of Autism

...t women. It's time for HHS and Congress to step in and take vaccine safety away from the CDC." On June 4th, parents of vaccine-injured children will rally for toxin-free immunizations in Washington, DC. For more information visit http://www.nationalautism.org . Contacts: Wendy Fournier (Portsmouth, ...

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Implants mimic infection to rally immune system against tumors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 22, 2009 -- Bioengineers at Harvard University have shown that small plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin can reprogram the mammalian immune system to attack tumors. The research -- which ridded 90 percent of mice of an aggre...

Protein shown to rally biological clock

A biologist at Washington University in St. Louis and his collaborators have identified the factor in mammalian brain cells that keeps cells in synchrony so that functions like the wake-sleep cycle, hormone secretion and loco motor behaviors are coordinated daily over a 24-hour period. Erik Herzo...

Researchers explore new driver of transplant rejection: Platelets

... Platelets, tiny and relatively uncharted tenants of the bloodstream known mostly for their role in blood clotting, turn out to also rally sustained immune system inflammatory responses that play a critical role in organ transplant rejection, according to a new report from Johns Hopkins s...

Johns Hopkins scientists discover what drives the development of a fatal form of malaria

...ed. "Platelets don't get any respect, but they're the second most abundant cell in the blood after red blood cells and packed full of factors that rally the immune system to action. By taking what we know about platelets and their activation and applying it to malaria, we have found a driver of cerebra...

T cells activated to fight HIV basis for dendritic cell therapeutic vaccine

...the concept behind the development of a novel therapeutic vaccine loaded with a patient's own souped up dendritic cells, which have been galvanized to rally other cells of the immune system in fighting the virus unique to that individual. At the XVI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006), University ...

Cigarette smoke blocks cell repair mechanism, University of Florida study shows

... their ability to repair themselves, eventually triggering tumor development, University of Florida scientists report. While some cells nonetheless rally and are able to fix their damaged DNA, many others become unable to access their own cellular first aid kit, according to findings from a UF study pub...

Active Vaccine Prevents Mice From Developing Prion Disease

...ts for prion-related diseases, and prions can easily infect the body because they do not elicit any immune response. To create a vaccine that could rally the immune system of mice, the NYU researchers designed a vaccine in which scrapie prions were attached to a genetically modified strain of Salmonella...

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First U.K. Stem Cell Awareness Rally to Take Place in Manchester, England on August 9th, 2009

MANCHESTER, England, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- In what will be the Stem Cell Awareness Association's ( http://www.stemcellaware.com ) seventh awareness rally, past patients, interested physicians, and prospective patients will meet in Manchester to learn about stem cell technologies and dis...

Colorado Stem Cell Awareness Rally to Take Place in Denver, Colorado on June 13th, 2009

DENVER, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on the momentum of their previous events, the Stem Cell Awareness Association ( http://www.stemcellaware.com ) will hold the sixth Stem Cell Awareness Rally in Denver, Colorado on June 13th, 2009. The group's last event, in Punta Gorda, Florida, drew past a...

San Diego universities, government and industry rally around local Clean-Tech cluster

San Diego professors who are developing technologies that will fuel the continued growth of the region's "clean tech cluster" recently received a financial boost through the 2008 Clean Tech Innovation Challenge. The Clean Tech Innovation Challenge is a partnership between the City of San Diego,...

Thousands Rally in Mexico City and Call for Human Rights Protections in Global AIDS Response

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of AIDS activists gathered today for the first-ever international rally for human rights and HIV/AIDS, a key event of the XVII International AIDS Conference. The activists called on governments to ensure greater human rights protections for people ...

Leaders Rally from The Valley

MADISON, Wis. The Chippewa Valley region is home to some of the worlds leading technologies used in the development and manufacturing of semiconductors to mass storage devices to supercomputers used by NASA and the federal government. The areas companies have a world-class reputation among compute...

Healthcare leaders tell how they rally stakeholders around IT

Madison, Wis. They can cost as much as buildings and there are many stakeholders. But good IT implementations are possible if the right people are involved and excited, said presenters at the Digital Healthcare Conference produced by WTN Media. "User ownership is absolutely essential," said...

The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America and Shire Launch Virtual 'IBD March on the Hill' to Increase Funding for Digestive Disease Research

...g education and research for IBD." After the 30,000 steps have been reached, the program will continue to generate awareness of CCFA's efforts to rally advocates to increase awareness of IBD. "We are excited to work with CCFA to launch an innovative program that engages IBD patients, friends and...

Hoosiers Work for Health Highlights Impact of Medical Research and Innovation on Indiana Economy

..., this network creates a strong foundation that will help to provide stability and prosperity in the future." In conjunction with today's kickoff rally at the Indiana Statehouse, Hoosiers Work for Health released a new economic study underscoring the biopharmaceutical industry's impact on Indiana's ec...

PacifiCare Capitulates to Latest Patient Revolt

...k's 19-year old brother. "The goal was to get treatment for Nick, and CNA/NNOC and other allies helped us with that. We decided to go through with the rally in order to get their decision on the record and make sure they back up their words -- and also because there are thousands of others in similar situa...

The doctor is in: Thompson prescribes better health information technology

...an Francisco. In true Thompson style, however, the real reason for summoning health care leaders from Massachusetts to California was to hold a pep rally and to hand out assignments for a nine-month campaign to dramatically hasten the pace of change. The most amazing thing about 21st century medicine...

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