Colon Cancer Patients Not Getting Follow-up Care - Msnbc new york - many colon cancer patients aren't getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn't returned, new research shows. only about 40 percent of the 4,426 older patients in the study got all the doctor visits ... www.msnbc.msn.com
University Of South Carolina Expands Bioinformatics Research With Sgi ... - Msn Moneycentral largest sgi altix system in the state, with 10tb of sgi infinitestorage, powers major research in biological and medical research sunnyvale, calif. , sept. 8 /prnewswire-firstcall/ -- to dramatically upgrade education and research in high-performance ... news.moneycentral.msn.com
Philip Arlen, Md Joins Neogenix Oncology As President And Chief ... - Forbes neogenix oncology, inc. (neogenix) announced today that philip m. arlen, md, was elected to the board of directors at its august 2008 meeting. the company also announced that dr. arlen had accepted the company's offer to become president and chief ... www.forbes.com
Schools Eye Optical Research the university of texas system in north texas came together aug. 29 to recognize a three-way collaboration between institutions to do translational research in the realm of optical medical imaging. www.fwbusinesspress.com
University Of South Carolina Expands Bioinformatics Research With Sgi Technology to dramatically upgrade education and research in high-performance computing, the university of south carolina has added a powerful mix of sgi server and storage technology. installed in april, the sgi® altix® system and sgi infinitestorage 4000 will be used primarily for bioinformatics, computational biology and medical research. biz.yahoo.com
Charity Golf Tournament To Benefit Dfw-area Children's Medical Centers - Forbes six children's miracle network hospitals within united supermarkets' trade area - including children's medical center in dallas and cook children's medical center in ft. worth - will be the beneficiaries of funds raised during the company's 2008 ... www.forbes.com
Part I: Medical Device Payments To Doctors Draw Scrutiny - Minneapolis Star Tribune d r. david polly's reputation precedes him and it's worth a lot. among spine surgeons, this rather unremarkable-looking 51-year-old is a rock star. arrayed before him as he spoke at the annual design of medical devices conference at the university of ... www.startribune.com
Trio Wants Lions Club To Back Stem Cell Research a researcher at penn state university's college of medicine at hershey medical center, a neurologist at johns hopkins hospital in baltimore and the greater lebanon valley lions club are teaming up to teach some midstate residents about stem cell research. www.pennlive.com
Parents Demand Lead Risk Guide After Water Scare - News.com.au parent groups have called for the swift distribution of a lead poisoning symptoms guide so they can check whether children have suffered from contaminated school tank water. the parents and citizens federation said the education department needed to ... www.news.com.au
Lisa Smyth: Can An Aspirin Really Have The Power To Fight Heart ... - Belfast Telegraph cases of heart disease and strokes could be cut by simply taking an aspirin a day, |medical experts have said. lisa smyth examines the latest claims being made about the so-called wonder drug. aspirin has hit the headlines again — this time for its ... www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
For Companies Courting Surgeons, How Far Is Too Far? - Minneapolis Star Tribune nice to see that the doctors of this country are becoming as slimy as the lawyers that make the laws. when medical device salesman john thomas heard in late 2000 that there was a new doctor in arkansas specializing in patients with ailing backs, he ... www.startribune.com
Weight-loss Surgery Pays For Itself After 2 Years, Study Shows - Bloomberg sept. 8 (bloomberg) -- insurers recover their costs for gastric surgery within two to four years for obese patients whose weight puts their lives in danger, according to a study published today in the american journal of managed care . the funds ... www.bloomberg.com
State Headlines: Wisconsin Institutes For medical Research Opens First Tower the east tower of the wisconsin institutes for medical research officially opened thursday at uw-madison. about 500 researchers from a range of fields, including medicine, physics, biology, chemistry and engineering, will work in the east tower, with many of the scientists focusing on cancer. www.biztimes.com
Imsa Organises Workshop On medical Research the international medical sciences academy and sps apollo hospital jointly organised a workshop on liver diseases, diabetes and stem cell application in neurology today. www.indianexpress.com
Xoma's 052 Antibody Candidate Supports Anti- Inflammatory Approach To ... - Rtt News (rttnews) - monday, xoma ltd. (xoma: news ), a biotechnology company, revealed interim data from two phase-1 clinical studies of xoma 052, an antibody drug candidate which supports a novel anti-inflammatory approach to type-2 diabetes treatment that ... www.rttnews.com