Archive for March, 2010
March 22nd, 2010 -- Posted in General |
On Monday, March 22, NOAA’s Oceans and Human Health Initiative will host two briefings to key House and Senate staffers on NOAA’s efforts to improve understanding and management of the ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes to enhance benefits to human health and reduce public health risks. Panelists from NOAA and academia will highlight partnerships and success stories from across the U.S. on beach, seafood, continue reading »
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March 21st, 2010 -- Posted in General |
BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced the launch of the BD Protect™ Infection Surveillance and Data Management System, a portfolio of healthcare management software solutions that tracks infections and helps prevent their transmission at three levels — from patient to patient, between patients and healthcare workers, and from community sources to healthcare continue reading »
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March 20th, 2010 -- Posted in Uncategorized |
Ok so 3 more posts today that I’ve dug up – I’m an information JUNKIE on this stuff lately. Give em a browse and let me know what ya reckon. They’re just from a few different sites I’ve been surfing lately that are generally good for information like this…
Lost your nerves, Prime Minister? Gordon Brown has stopped biting …
But as he took to the stand today at the TUC continue reading »
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March 20th, 2010 -- Posted in General |
By studying the genetics of a rare inherited disorder called stiff skin syndrome, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have learned more about scleroderma, a condition affecting about one in 5,000 people that leads to hardening of the skin as well as other debilitating and often life-threatening problems. The findings, which appear this week in Science Translational Medicine, continue reading »
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March 19th, 2010 -- Posted in General |
Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a common condition in which a person suffers from a great deal of pain from several specific points on the body. The person may also be more susceptible to pain in general. Whenever the tender points are simply touched, they send sharp pain impulses. Among the common locations for these specific pain points are the pelvis, legs, arms, continue reading »
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March 19th, 2010 -- Posted in General |
An unprecedented diverse and large number of national organizations released a joint message to Congress urging the enactment of health care reform. The groups announced their support for the pending reform legislation at a press conference today and in two-page advertisements in Capitol Hill newspapers…
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March 18th, 2010 -- Posted in General |
The Royal College of Nursing in Wales in partnership with a local nurse from Abertawe Bro Morganwg Local Health Board has organised an event for health care staff working within the NHS and independent sector at the Aberavon Hotel, Port Talbot on Monday, 1 March, 2010. This event was sponsored by the Welsh Union Learning Fund. The event is a motivational seminar for health care staff and in the continue reading »
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March 17th, 2010 -- Posted in General |
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced 12-month results from its PERSEUS clinical program that demonstrated positive safety and efficacy outcomes in workhorse lesions for the platinum chromium TAXUS® Element™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent System compared to the TAXUS® Express2™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent System. The results also reported a similar safety profile and statistically continue reading »
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March 16th, 2010 -- Posted in Uncategorized |
I hope you’ve been enjoying my posts lately. I thought I might do something different today and rustle up a few bits of info from around the WWW. These are some of the news items and blog posts that have been popular over the last few weeks. Leave me your thoughts.
15 Ways to Annoy Your Job Interviewer
Nail biting. Come on, are you in high school? Stop biting your nails! continue reading »
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March 16th, 2010 -- Posted in General |
AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the AMA welcomes the Government’s significant investment in medical training with the announcement of big increases in the number of medical training places across the board. The Government has announced there will be 1200 general practice training places by 2014, 975 Pre-vocational General Practice Placements Program (PGPPP) places by 2013, and 900 continue reading »
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