Sens. Reed and Whitehouse Vote to Protect America's Kids From Tobacco
WASHINGTON, May 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO ) The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids applauds U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheld...Walter Reed First Military Hospital to Use Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Depression
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Walter Reed Army Medical Center treated its first behavioral health patient yesterday with a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy device. Walter Reed is the first DoD facility to use this technology and one of the first U.S. facilities so ...Rep. Boozman, AOA Officials Tour Military Eye Care Facilities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
AOA Seeks to Aid America's Wounded Warriors Facing Combat-Related Eye Trauma and Vision Damage Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eye wounds and combat-related vision loss have been among the most common types of injury for America's soldie...Ventas Appoints James D. Shelton and Robert D. Reed to Board
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) ("Ventas" or the "Company") said today that James "Denny" Shelton and Robert D. Reed have been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Shelton is Chairman of Legacy Hospital Partners, Inc., and most...Walter Reed Anniversary Exposes More McCain Double Talk
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One year ago today, the American people first learned about the dreadful conditions at military hospitals and outpatient facilities treating wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Amid the national outrage sparked by those reports, ...Sedgwick CMS Gift Supports Walter Reed Patients, Families
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) announced a gift today of $150,000 to the Walter Reed Society, the private auxiliary support organization for Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC). The gift will be used by the Walter Reed Socie...Walter Reed Evaluation Concludes FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test is Preferred over Other Rapid Tests
FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test Found to Have Higher Sensitivity and Specificity than Other Rapid HBSAG Tests and FirstVue(TM) '...and was the preferred test in all phases of this evaluation' CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- AT First Diagnostic LLC an emerging worldwide m...Novel Vaccine Approach Offers Hope in Fight Against HIV
...hief scientific officer at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Johnson developed the novel approach over a ten-year period, collaborating with K. reed Clark, Ph.D., a molecular virologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. The study appeared today in the online version of Natu...U.S. Navy and U.S. Army to Develop Dengue DNA Vaccine Formulated With Vical's Vaxfectin(R) Adjuvant
...he vaccine and the adjuvant under a $1.3 million contract, and will provide regulatory and clinical expertise. Testing will be performed at the Walter reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) under sponsorship of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA). "Dengue is the scourge of the...Elsevier is Expanding eClinical Solutions in Europe
...nds and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of reed Elsevier Group plc ( http://www.reedelsevier.com/ ...legal, education and business-to-business sectors, reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible inform...g emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. reed Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amster...STAR Cranial Centers of Excellence Offer Cutting-Edge Treatment to Dallas Area Children
... of this technology in the Dallas area. Michelle reed of Dallas has twins -- Zoe and JR -- but only Zoe ...oning Zoe often and encouraging more "tummy time," reed noted that Zoe's head shape continued to get worse...the helmet was surprisingly easier than expected," reed said. "Zoe did great. After she was out of the hel...First genetically-engineered malaria vaccine to enter human trials
...ll as scientists from the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the Walter reed Army Institute for Research and the University of Maryland, had used knowle...," he said. The human trials of the vaccine will take place at the Walter reed Army Institute of Research in Maryland, US. The genetically attenuated para...ADA releases updated position paper on vegetarian diets
...mpanying paper were written by Winston Craig, PhD, MPH, RD, professor and chair of the department of nutrition and wellness at Andrews University; and reed Mangels, PhD, RD, nutrition advisor at the Vegetarian Resource Group, Baltimore, Md. The revised position paper incorporates new topics and additio...MSU lands $2.1 million grant to take part in national autism study
... collection and are developing additional technical innovations in data management to handle the 100 million data elements anticipated in this study," reed said. ...Changing climate likely to make 'super weed' even more powerful
... Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a new reason why the tall, tasseled reed Phragmites australis is one of the most invasive plants in the United States. The UD research team found that Phragmites delivers a one-two che...Novel vaccine approach offers hope in fight against HIV
...hief scientific officer at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Johnson developed the novel approach over a ten-year period, collaborating with K. reed Clark, Ph.D., a molecular virologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. The study appeared today in the online version of Nature...Entomological Society of America's Linnaean Games teams selected
...Branch Winner: University of California, RiversideAndrew F. Ernst, Jennifer A. Henke, Elizabeth A. Murray, Adena M. Why, and Deane K. Zahn; Darcy A. reed (coach) Runner-up: Washington State UniversityJeremy Buckman, Ashfaq A. Sial, Matthew D. Smart, and Nik G. Wiman; Richard S. Zack (coach) Southeas...Liking sweets makes sense for kids
...of sweetness in their foods as compared to adults, a pattern that declines during adolescence. To explore the biological underpinnings of this shift, reed and University of Washington researcher Susan Coldwell, PhD, looked at sweet preference and biological measures of growth and physical maturation in 1...Climate change affecting Europe's birds now, say researchers
...ardinian warbler (P); subalpine warbler (P); bee-eater (P); cirl bunting (B); Cetti's warbler (B); hoopoe (P); golden oriole (B); goldfinch (B); great reed warbler (P); and collared dove (B). Species in this list marked with a (B) already breed regularly in the UK. Species marked with a (P) are potential ...MIT: Using touch to help deaf people
...liminary studies of deaf people's ability to interpret the vibrations from tactile devices. This project was originally inspired by earlier studies reed did on the Tadoma technique, a communication method taught to deaf-blind people. Practitioners of that method hold their hands to someone's face while...Pubic hair provides evolutionary home for gorilla lice
...wn as crabs, evolved from the structurally similar gorilla louse, Pthirus gorillae. Interestingly however, while genetic analysis carried out by David reed at the University of Florida indicates that this split occurred around 3.3 million years ago, humans are believed to have diverged from gorillas much ...First genetically engineered malaria vaccine to enter human trials
...ll as scientists from the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the Walter reed Army Institute for Research and the University of Maryland, had used knowle...," he said. The human trials of the vaccine will take place at the Walter reed Army Institute of Research in Maryland, US. The genetically attenuated para...Elsevier / MC Strategies Online Courses Named in the 15th Annual Communicator Awards
...the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. reed Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock E...