Archive for the ‘Health Medical Pharma’ Category
Two National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) scientists, Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni and Dattatraya H Dethe, have been selected as young associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences for 2011-14. ...
MACAO, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Macao recorded 49 cases of scarlet fever this year, a notable increase compared with the same period of last year, the Macao Daily Times reported Wednesday. ...
G& 65279;AITHERSBURG, Md. -- An FDA advisory panel narrowly recommended approval for an investigational bone graft device that uses a growth factor protein to regrow bones in the foot and ankle. ...
An estimated 1.5 million Americans have a form of lupus, a chronic, severe autoimmune disease for which there is no cure. Every day, these patients must deal with their own immune systems turning against their bodies, resulting in health effects including heart attacks, strokes, seizures, organ failure and miscarriages. ...
Swiss allergy immunotherapeutics firm Anergis raised CHF 18 million (about $20 million) in a Series A round of financing co-led by Vinci Capital-Renaissance PME, BioMedInvest, and Sunstone Capital. The new investment takes the total capital raised by the young firm to CHF 21 million (roughly $23 million). ...
Planned Parenthood Pasadena San Gabriel Valley present their second annual all-staff and volunteer produced benefit performances of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues in support of the V-DAY 2011 Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls. ...
"We are greatly encouraged by the sales demand Coastal is experiencing in our rapidly growing eyeglasses category," stated Steve Wallace, Coastal Contacts, Vice President of North American Sales. "Coastal is uniquely positioned to capitalize on this opportunity as we continue to build out our industry leading infrastructure which combines quality, speed of delivery and ...
Dr. Joe Mercola appeared on the Dr. Oz show this evening to discuss the benefits of astaxanthin, an antioxidant that comes from marine algae. Astaxanthin is the carotenoid that gives flamingos and salmon their rosy hue, and Dr. Mercola hails it as the hottest new antioxidant on the market, with 15 to 60 times more ...
Research started in November with 120 patients with inoperable cancer, and is expected to continue for a year while being funded by the only existing medication that currently treats advanced stages of liver cancer, Sorafenib. ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamHealth (NYSE: TMH) announced today the appointment of Jasen W. Gundersen, MD, MBA, CPE, SFHM, as Chief Medical Officer for TeamHealth Hospital Medicine. ...