Germantown drug company hires pharma veteran James Davidson as COO
The appointment, which is part of a global expansion strategy, places Davidson in charge of the company's technical operations. During his 23 year...Getting noticed in Genetown: Wisconsin biotech on display
That's not the case in...CIO Leadership Series: Tanya Townsend, Saint Clare's Hospital
How many other information technology directors have an opportunity to start fresh with a new building, new network architecture, new people, and new processes? Not many, and when the still-to...Conference to address small town development
The conference is scheduled to take place on Sept. 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sept. 21 from 8 a.m. to noon at th...Madison's downtown wireless network almost ready
A downtown wireless network called Mad City Broadband that will cover the area around the Capitol is almost ready to go live. Cellnet, a firm in Atlanta, Georgia, is building the system and will sell bandw...Call For Testing Of Poisoned Town: Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease
Following detection of Alzheimer's disease in a former resident of the so-called poison town, a new survey calls for further testing of people // who reside in the Cornish town that was hit by water poisoning in 1988. The suggestion has been made in a Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. The death of resident Carole Cross, which was published on Thursday raised concerns...A Baffling New Drug Plan In Texas Town
Bush administration officials in Washington say that Medicare's new prescription drug programme is progressing very well, filling more than three million // prescriptions a day and cutting costs for each beneficiary by an average of 50 percent. But in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, the scenario is quite different. A lot of patients complain that they have difficulty getting the drugs...Residents Of Former Industrial Towns In UK Most likely To Become Obese
Researchers are of the opinion that people living in former industrial towns, like Easington in England are the most likely to become obese.// According to a survey conducted by a credit reference company ‘Experion’ and analysts Dr Foster Intelligence, the residents of Easington, in the Durham county are 22% more likely to become obese than the average person, while those at another m...Georgetown University Heads Alternative Tobacco Project
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has announced a grant of $17 million to a consortium of research centers led by Georgetown University Medical Center.// The aim of the grant is to fund a project to determine if alternative tobacco products reduce health risks of tobacco itself. The sweeping grant, the first of its kind, will examine all aspects of the increasing number of "safer" to...Coal Stoves May Be Banned In 3 Himachal Towns
After Shimla, use of coal heating stoves and fireplaces are likely to be banned from three other hill stations of Himachal Pradesh. // Heating coal stoves and fireplaces were banned in Shimla some eight years ago by the state government cleaning the town's air significantly in winters. Experts say burning coal on a large- scale leads to emission of dangerous gases into the...