Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PST
Lloydspharmacy Launches Dog-Pedometer, England
Lloydspharmacy has released a new range of pet products with particular focus on the Dog Pedometer - a gadget that aims to ensure dogs get enough exercise in order to fight the growing rates of diabetes in pets.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PST
International Health Research Gets Boost With NIH Grant To Create Bioethics Master's Degrees At Indiana And Moi Universities, USA
A new partnership between the Indiana University and Kenya's Moi University will develop master's degrees at both universities that focus on ethical issues in international health research.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PST
Gates Foundation Awards Grant For Development Of A Database To Accelerate Discovery Of New Therapies Against Tuberculosis
Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. (CDD) today announced that it has received a grant for $1,896,923 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a collaborative database that will enable scientists to archive, mine, and selectively collaborate around their research data to discover new cures for tuberculosis (TB).
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PST
Global Well-Being: Issues At Intersection Of Climate Change And Health
The American Journal of Preventive Medicine special issue on climate change (November 2008), was featured at the "Changing Climate … Changing People" conference in Los Angeles. Leading off the event is Guest Editor Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, speaking about the impacts of climate change on human health. "Climate change is a key public health challenge.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PST
Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Receives Strong Interest In Third Year Of Funding
The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (Commission) has received 187 Letters of Intent in response to its three official Requests for Applications (RFAs) for the third year of funding through the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) under the Maryland Stem Cell Research Act of 2006.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PST
Study Investigates Non-Surgical Placement Of A Gore-tex Type Device In The Heart To Stop Recurrent Strokes And Mini-Strokes
A study is under way at Rush University Medical Center using a small, soft-patch device made of a Gore-tex-type material - often used to make durable outerwear - to close a common hole found in the heart called a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in order to prevent recurrent strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) in adults.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PST
AACR Cancer Prevention Meeting: Georgetown University Medical Center Research Summaries
Researchers from Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center/Georgetown University Medical Center are presenting numerous scientific findings at the Seventh Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research in Washington, Nov. 16-19, 2008.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PST
Adult Male Circumcision Not Linked To Sexual Dysfunction
The World Health Organization recommends male circumcision as an important element in HIV prevention programs, and the procedure is promoted in high-risk heterosexual populations.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PST
Crafting Your Image For Your 1,000 Friends On Facebook Or MySpace
Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites - Facebook and MySpace are the most popular - and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, UCLA psychologists report. Parents often understand very little about this phenomenon, they say.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PST
Promising Researchers Honored With Second Annual New York Academy Of Sciences Blavatnik Awards For Young Scientists
Five outstanding faculty and postdoctoral fellows at four New York-area academic institutions have been named winners of the second annual New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.
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