WESTERVILLE, Ohio, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Laurel Health Care Company (Laurel), a leading long-term care organization, has selected Daylight IQ, the COMS Interactive (Clinical Outcomes Management System or COMS) product suite, as a key component of its disease management program. The team will be deploying Daylight IQ at thirty-three facilities in the several states/communities in which Laurel serves. Continue reading
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Five Physical Therapy Tips from the Austin Sports Medicine Doctors at Medicine in Motion
(PRWEB) February 25, 2013 Sports medicine is a broad branch of health care that is used by a variety of health care professionals including physical therapists, personal trainers, massage therapists, dieticians/nutritionists, chiropractors, surgeons, acupuncturists and more. While each discipline approaches sports medicine from a different angle, they all have the same goal of rehabilitating an injured athlete back to full health and mobility. Physical therapy is a key component for any sports medicine practice Continue reading
PetSmart Charities(R) Grants $300,000 to College of Veterinary Medicine for Spay/Neuter Mobile Unit
POMONA, CA–(Marketwire – Feb 1, 2013) – The College of Veterinary Medicine received a $300,000 grant from PetSmart Charities (www.petsmartcharities.org) to acquire, equip and operate a high-volume mobile spay/neuter vehicle. Continue reading
London To Sydney Spaceflight spaceplane from London to Sydney in under four hours YouTube – Video
London To Sydney Spaceflight spaceplane from London to Sydney in under four hours YouTube British engineers have successfully tested a key component of an engine that could power a spaceplane from London to Sydney in under four hours. The engineers have hailed it as the biggest breakthrough in aerospace propulsion “since the invention of the jet engine”. Continue reading
Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Names New Spirituality Clinical Coordinator
Contact: Timberline Knolls, 877-257-9611 CHICAGO, Nov. Continue reading
Future of Medicaid hangs on election
Published: Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 7:23 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 7:23 p.m. Continue reading
Sensors for Medicine and Science Changes Company Name to Senseonics
GERMANTOWN, MD–(Marketwire – Oct 16, 2012) – Sensors for Medicine and Science, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of the first fully implantable, long-term continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, today announced its new company name, Senseonics. “The new Senseonics name really captures the essence of what we’re about and what makes us unique,” said Tim Goodnow, PhD., President and Chief Executive Officer.”The name combines sense (to detect), eon (long time) and -ics (suffix to denote body of knowledge) to signal our unequivocal focus on continuous glucose sensors designed for accurate, long-term wear by people with diabetes.Our first generation sensor, currently in clinical studies, is targeted to last for up to six months of continuous wear.” Along with its new name, the company also announced it has submitted its pivotal clinical study protocol to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the U.K. and the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut fr Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte, BfArM) in Germany. Continue reading
US pair share chemistry Nobel for cell receptors
Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka of the United States won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for identifying a class of cell receptor, yielding vital insights into how the body works at the molecular level. The big beneficiary of this fundamental work is medicine, the Nobel committee declared. Continue reading
LifeScience Alley 11th Annual Conference to Highlight Innovative New Technologies
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– LifeScience Alley announced today that 10 life science and health care organizations will be exhibiting cutting-edge technologies at the associations Eleventh Annual Conference as part of the New Technology Showcase. Three of the 10 selected organizations will be presenting their technologies during the luncheon general session in front of an anticipated audience of more than 1,600 national and international life science and health care professionals. The Conference will take place on December 5 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minn Continue reading
Lessons learned in creating biomedical nanoparticles for human use
Over the past six years, the National Cancer Institutes (NCI) Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL), a key component of the NCIs Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, has characterized more than 250 different nanomaterials developed by over 75 research groups. This extensive experience has given NCL staff a unique perspective on how to design safe and biocompatible nanomaterials for human use. In a paper published in the journal Integrative Biology, the NCL team shared some of the lessons they have learned. Continue reading
Freedom of Choice and Career Creativity Beats pay for Freelancers
LONDON, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Freedom of choice in work and career creativity is significantly more important to freelancers than greater financial reward, according to our landmark Freelance Landscape survey. Major Players collected the answers and opinions of over 1,000 creative, design and marketing freelance professionals this February. Continue reading
Ball Aerospace's STPSat-3 to Fly Solar TIM Instrument for NOAA
BOULDER, Colo., July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. will integrate the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM), to fly aboard the STPSat-3 spacecraft built for the US Air Force (USAF). A cooperative agreement between NASA, NOAA and the USAF will allow the TIM instrument to catch a ride on STPSat-3 to be launched in 2013. Continue reading
Following the Genomic Pathways to Stop the Spread of Cancer
Newswise BETHESDA, MD July 3, 2012 As the Genetics Society of Americas Model Organism to Human Biology (MOHB): Cancer Genetics Meeting in Washington, D.C. drew to a close, it was clear that the mantra for drug discovery to treat cancers in the post-genomic era is pathways. Pathways are ordered series of actions that occur as cells move from one state, through a series of intermediate states, to a final action. Continue reading
European aerospace firm expands in Quebec to build jet fuselage for Bombardier
By Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press MONTREAL – A unit of the European aerospace giant that owns Airbus plans to create more than 150 jobs in Quebec in a project that will see it build the centre fuselage for new business jets being made by Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD-B.TO – News) Continue reading
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Kicks Off 2012 Summer of Innovation At Columbia Middle School
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will return to his hometown of Columbia, S.C., June 18 to participate in a NASA Summer of Innovation (SOI) celebration at W. Continue reading