Bronx Jury Awards 60 Million Dollars to Woman in Medical Malpractice Case
GREAT NECK, N.Y., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- PARKER WAICHMAN ALONSO LLP , one of the nation's premier plaintiffs' litigation firms today obtained a monumental Sixty Million ($60,000,000) Dollar verdict in a medical malpractice action awarded to a Bronx woman, Allison Hugh against Ferdinand...Kessler Foundation Research Center Awarded More Than Two Million Dollars in Grants
Kessler Foundation on the Cutting Edge of Research for People with Disabilities West Orange, NJ (PRWEB) July 8, 2009 -- Kessler Foundation announced that it was awarded seven grants totaling $2,049,100 during the first half of 2009. The grants were awarded by federal an...New Web-Based Medication Management Service Can Help Save Healthcare Dollars
Poor adherence to medication regimens costs taxpayers $ Billions of each year. NexDose® announces launch of its new IT solution for improved adherence. Coral Gables, FL (PRWeb)June 10, 2009 -- VivoNex, LLC announces the launch of its online NexDose® Medication...LIFE 10th Anniversary Event Delivers Big Names and Big Dollars for Breast Cancer Fight
LIFE Event raises $500,000 for breast cancer bringing total raised by LIFE to $5.6 million PARAMUS, N.J., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-eight LPGA pros including World Golf Hall of Fame members Beth Daniel and Karrie Webb, top ranked players Angela Stanford, Morgan Pressel, Brittany Lincicome...Sponsor Dollars Key to Flu Vaccine Study Publication
Researchers urge full funding disclosures since drug firms buy space in journals FRIDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Drug industry-funded flu vaccine studies are more likely to be published in prestigious journals and are cited more often in the scientific literature than other studies...ARUP Laboratories Applauds FDA's Decision on the Value of KRAS-Mutation Testing in Colorectal Cancer
...ients which can identify nearly all of the patients who will not benefit from taking either Vectibix or Erbitux. These drugs cost tens of thousands of dollars per course of therapy and simply running ARUP's KRAS mutation-detection test can potentially eliminate ineffective patient treatment and decrease he...Study Shows Brain Fitness can Save Medicare Billions
...rticipants who did just ten hours of special computerized brain exercises had better health outcomes, lowering projected Medicare costs by hundreds of dollars per year. As the number of Medicare enrollees grows from 44 million to 61 million over the next ten years, this represents more than $100 billion in p...Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Initiates U.S. Clinical Trial for Anaconda(TM) AAA Stent Graft System
...ion, visit www.terumo-cvs.com . Terumo Corporation is a premier global medical device company with annual sales of more than three billion dollars for the year ending March 31, 2009. Founded in 1921, the company develops, manufactures and distributes world-class medical devices for use in cardiot...New Poll Finds Disease Prevention is Top Priority for Americans in Health Reform
...of prevention, but support spending a greater percentage of our health care dollars on prevention rather than on treating people after they become sick." ...sparities and better ensure equality, it also saves us precious health care dollars as we prevent disease and not just treat it." More than three-quarters...Stand Up To Cancer Awards $73.6 Million for Novel, Groundbreaking Cancer Research
...ancer research," said Sherry Lansing, EIF Board Chair and a member of the SU2C Executive Leadership Council (ELC). "From the person who can give five dollars to the philanthropist who can give millions, we are all connected to the devastation that cancer causes in our families, and together, we can Stand Up...GreenBytes Wards Off Germs and Costly Computer Repairs
... bills. Depending on the number of computers and/or machines a business uses, the cumulative effect of such negligence can cost a company thousands of dollars annually. "You get your oil changed and wash your car to ensure it runs smoothly, is clean and stays in good shape, and you rely on it to last," ...Metabolic Solutions Development Company Announces Preliminary Results from Phase IIa Clinical Trial
...ational Phase IIb study that is planned for late 2009. According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately $1 in every 10 health care dollars spent is attributed to diabetes. While an estimated 17.9 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, 6.3 million people (or nearly one in fo...Billions of dollars saved in US by polio vaccination
A new study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) finds that polio vaccination in the United States has resulted in a net savings of over $180 billion, even without including the large, intangible benefits associated with avoided fear and suffering. This first study to retros...Sustainable agriculture at the ESA Annual Meeting
...ay well come from overlooked systems such as perennial grasses." Landscape diversity creates habitat for pest enemies Farmers spend millions of dollars each year on pesticides to kill crop-eating insects. But these insects have natural enemies, too, and new research is investigating what farmers can ...DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009
...n energy source exists before drilling for it, which could save millions of dollars in drilling costs, and help discover billions of dollars in oil and gas. Nanocrystal Solar Cells This technology perform the s...Silicon with afterburners: Process developed at Rice could be boon to electronics manufacturer
...rch into molecular computing with an eye toward replacing silicon has yielded little fruit. "It's hard to compete with something that has trillions of dollars and millions of person-years invested into it. So we decided it would be good to complement silicon, rather than try to supplant it." He anticipate...Genetic marker linked to problem behaviors in adults with developmental disabilities
...evelopmental Disabilities and are available online at http://tinyurl.com/mw8baj . "Problem behaviors in these populations account for billions of dollars in intervention costs each year, but nearly all of these interventions occur after the fact," Craig Kennedy, a co-author of the study and professor of...University of Miami receives stimulus funds for study of hurricane impacts on structures, ecosystems
...hat the University of Miami (UM) has been awarded a $15 million grant funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). These Recovery Act dollars will help to create new jobs in Miami-Dade County through the construction of a new building on the University's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmos...Landmark project to map genomics of complex ant systems
...cing technology, which will provide 10 giga-bases of data an amount equivalent to three human genomes. Previously, it would have required millions of dollars and extensive manpower to sequence just one organism. "We're entering completely new territory," says James Taylor, assistant professor of biology ...Report shows the power of US cities to mitigate climate change and steps they need to take to adapt
...nities. New York anticipates that "efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from government operations will save the city hundreds of millions of dollars in energy costs in the coming decade", whilst Washougal, WA states that "a proactive approach to adaptation and mitigation will reward business and re...Kelvin Lee winner of Biochemical Engineering Journal Young Investigator Award
...ch and practice contributed to the field of biochemical engineering by a young community member. The award consists of a cash prize of 2,500 U.S. dollars and a plaque presented at the 2009 Biochemical Engineering Conference ( http://www.engconfintl.org/9am.html ). Professor Lee will present a lecture a...Norway, Japan prop up whaling industry with taxpayer money
...pport. "In this time of global economic crisis, the use of valuable tax dollars to prop up what is basically an economically unviable industry, is neither ...a potential growth industry in both countries in order to spend millions of dollars obtaining whale meat, the sale of which makes no profit," said Sue Fisher, ...BSP Raises $2.6 Million Dollars From Private Investors
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BSP Ltd., ( http://www.bsp.co.il/pressall.asp ) an Israeli company which develops and markets systems for non-invasive diagnosis and monitoring of Ischemic Heart Disease, announced that they successfully raised $2.6 million in a private fundi...Double header for research dollars from Washington
Wisconsin has just scored a rare double-header with two research grants coming over the transom almost at once. The WiCell Research Institute (WiCell), a non-profit subsidiary of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), has received a three-year, $1.7 million grant further the study ...Wisconsin's failure to attract federal defense dollars crimps tech economy
Economists love to compare the performance of Minnesota and Colorado to Wisconsin. Theyre similarly sized states, all removed from the East and West coasts, and each lays claim to being a high-tech haven. But the comparisons end when it comes to federal research spending on defense and aerospa...Chippewa Valley Draws Defense Dollars
EAU CLAIRE, WI- Efforts at improving communication and technology in the battlefield could help to improve the economic outlook of the Chippewa Valley. Thanks in large part to efforts by Rep. Dave Obey (D-7th District), several Chippewa Falls-area companies are in line to receive defense contrac...Wisconsin firms urged to pursue federal SBIR dollars
Milwaukee, Wis. - Wisconsin is slowly getting over its shyness about asking for federal dollars, and a gathering of Wisconsin and Midwestern small business executives is learning more about how to ask during the National Small Business Innovation Research-Small Business Technology Transfer Con...New firm to help companies land federal dollars
Madison, Wis. - Securing venture investments, commercializing technologies from academic research centers, and building innovative companies in Wisconsin will not readily occur until businesses are able to tap deeper into federal government dollars. This is the premise behind a new government...Shire plc: Core Portfolio of Products Delivers 20% Sales Growth
...payments will be made in Pounds Sterling to Ordinary shareholders and in US dollars to holders of American Depository Shares ("ADS"). A dividend of 1.302 pence... on a CER basis sales increased by 15% (ELAPRASE(R) is primarily sold in US dollars and Euros). The sales growth was driven by increased volumes across all reg...Guava EasyCyte from Guava Technologies
Description: On-Demand Cytometry The Guava EasyCyte system is the first and only blue laser based multiparameter cytometer with built-in 96-well microplate sampling (with tube options). Now you can screen plates of cells and compounds quickly and easily, without the hassle of manipulating multiple tubes or ha...Forma 1400 from Thermo Scientific
Description:...ime you use it. Energy Efficient - the new 1400 Series reduces power consumption by as much as 50% from competitive models, saving you hundreds of dollars over the life of the cabinet. Multiply this savings by the number of cabinets in your facility, and help to make your institution a greener place! ...Spotlight 400N FT-NIR Imaging System from PerkinElmer
Description:... With costs of poor quality running into billions of dollars worldwide, pharmaceutical manufacturing organizations are under increasing pressure to reduce expensive rework costs. In tablet production, the micros...