Archive for February 2nd, 2010:

Health Minister Announces Funding For Outdoor Fitness Trails For Hospital Staff, Wales

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Health Minister Edwina Hart has announced almost £50,000 of funding to install fitness trails in the grounds of two Welsh hospitals. The outdoor schemes are being piloted at Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny and Ysbyty Alltwen, Tremadog to promote healthy ...Read More »

WHO Hails New Gates Foundation Support For Decade Of Vaccines

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The World Health Organization welcomes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledge of US$ 10 billion over the next ten years to accelerate global vaccine efforts. "The Gates Foundation's commitment to vaccines is unprecedented, but needs to be matched by ...Read More »

Health Minister Outlines New Structure Of Community Health Councils, Wales

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Health Minister Edwina Hart announced reforms to Community Health Councils (CHCs) in Wales following extensive consultation. Under the changes, from 1 April, 17 of the existing 19 CHCs will be dissolved and six new CHCs created in their place, with ...Read More »

National Institutes Of Health Approves Wisconsin H1 Stem-Cell Line For Continued Use In Federally Funded Research

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The WiCell Research Institute, a private nonprofit that has advanced stem cell science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served researchers around the world since 1999, can continue to provide ...Read More »

A Statement From Johns Hopkins Medicine About Hela Cells And Their Use

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In a new book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Crown Books), Rebecca Skloot tells of the origin of the first "immortal" human cell culture line. So-called HeLa cells -taken from a cervical cancer patient, Mrs. Henrietta ...Read More »

ASP Assists Healthcare Facilities With Transition From The STERIS System 1(R)

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In response to the safety alert issued by FDA on December 3, 2009 regarding the STERIS System 1®, Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) has developed comprehensive solutions, new resources, financial assistance and educational initiatives to help those complying with the FDA ...Read More »

Cordis Corporation Announces Agreement With Boston Scientific To Resolve Certain Coronary Stent Patent Disputes

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Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Boston Scientific resolving two Delaware litigations related to Cordis's Palmaz and Gray patents and Boston Scientific's Jang patents. Under the terms of the ...Read More »

RCN Welcomes Plans To Reduce Smoking-related Deaths, UK

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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the new Department of Health strategy to halve the number of smokers by 2020. Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said: "The ...Read More »

Distance Education For Parents Of Children With Autism Found Effective

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Through the use of instructional DVDs, parents of children with autism can learn how to teach their child to communicate and improve their behavior, according to research published in the January 2010 issue of The Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions ...Read More »

Cedars-Sinai Researchers: Fat Behaves Differently In Patients With Polycistic Ovary Syndrome

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Fat tissue in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome produces an inadequate amount of the hormone that regulates how fats and glucose are processed, promoting increased insulin resistance and inflammation, glucose intolerance, and greater risk of diabetes and heart disease, ...Read More »
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