Wisconsin Virtual Academy holds info sessions for new year
Wisconsin Virtual Academy, an online K-8 public school available statewide, is holding information sessions for parents until the end of the state's open enrollment program on February 24. Children enrolled in the academy are lent a computer, monitor, printer and access to the online curriculum. They work at home with a parent or other responsible adult and correspond with public school...Early Stage Symposium session will help emerging companies prepare for investors
"Venture Readiness Tools for Commercialization Success" will be held Oct. 20 as a track within the larger conference at Madison 's Monona Terrace Convention Center . Compa...In the Wisconsin Legislature, the promise of a productive session
Former Assembly Speaker Tom Loftus, who held the Wisconsin Legislatures top spot from 1985 to 1991, reflected on the bodys Jekyll and Hyde characteristics in his book, The Art of Legislative Politics. A legislature can be an institution where individuals act collectively for the common good. A legislature can also be a cesspool of individualism, Loftus wrote. The Wisconsin Legis...Despite the three Gs, the Wisconsin Legislature had a productive session
MADISON If you asked Wisconsin citizens what they knew about the work of the Wisconsin Legislature in the past year or so, the answers would likely include God, guns and gays, alliterative shorthand for high-profile bills dealing with religion, concealed weapons and same-sex marriage. While those issues commanded the heaviest headlines, the so-called three Gs werent the biggest story of...Two Sessions Of Exercise A Week Could Help Elderly Patients
Researchers studied men and women, 60 to 96 years old, who suffered from loss of body mass and strength, otherwise known as sarcopenia.// The individuals trained for eight to 12 weeks and showed an average increase in muscle strength ranging from 113 percent to 174 percent. A recent study shows older people can minimize muscle loss by incorporating a weight training routine into their lif...Rhode Island legalizes use and possession of Marijuana
Rhode Island is situated in the heart of New England and the Rhode Island House and senate has passed the bill giving permission to patients with cancer, multiple sclerosis, AIDS and other chronic // diseases the use and possession of Marijuana to ease pain in these patients. The new bill allows patients to have possession of Marijuana under medical prescription, as earlier the possessi...AIDS Organization Invited To UN Special Session By S.A
The South African government has invited a representative of the Treatment Action Campaign, to be part of the official country delegation to the U.N. General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS in May.// Sibani Mngadi, the Health Ministry spokesman told press that he hopes that this invitation to join the official South African delegation to the United Nations will resolve a dispute...Brainstorming session for Bihar legislators on AIDS
Alarmed by the rising cases of HIV positive patients in Bihar, a high profile meeting of members of both the houses of the state legislature and those connected// with AIDS awareness programme has been called to discuss ways and means for a more forceful drive against the dreaded disease, official sources said today. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will inaugurate the day-long brainstormin...New Law On HIV/AIDS To Be Implemented At The Monsoon Session Of Parliament
The monsoon session of Parliament is to pass a law that would protect HIV/AIDS patient's rights to privacy, work, and admission in a hospital, along with the right// for a woman with the right to seek an HIV test from a prospective groom before marriage. India is supposedly the country with the highest number of HIV/AIDS patients reportedly around 57 lakh in the world and this bill is...VIVUS Announces Abstract Published at American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2007 - VIVUS, Inc.(NASDAQ: VVUS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to thedevelopment and commercialization of novel therapeutic products,announced that Abstract #2209-PO, Evaluation of Glycemic Parametersin Obese Diabetic Patients Treated with Phentermine and Topiramate:Outcomes in a Private Practice Setting has been published in theAmerican...