Righttime Medical Care Opening in Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD
Righttime Medical Care is pleased to announce the opening of its newest Care Center in the Shops at Arundel Preserve, Hanover, MD. Engaging colors and textures, a water feature and laptop bar, and comfortable private seating make the specially designed space ideal for patients and replaces the traditional medical office feel. “In the Gaithersburg location, patients actually stay around after their visits to work on their laptops, explore the kids play area or just enjoy the relaxing atmosphere,” says CEO and Founder Robert G. Graw, Jr., M.D. (PRWeb Mar 16, 2010)
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Donated Food Becomes Cash for the Hungry: $1 Million Giveaway Helps Fight Hunger in America
Eva’s Kitchen (http://www.EvasVillage.org), the soup kitchen at Eva’s Village, makes an urgent March/April appeal for the Feinstein Foundation matching donation challenge (PRWeb Mar 16, 2010)
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HAPPYneuron Launches 'Vital' Brain Gym: Cognitive Exercises within SCAN Health Plan's Mobile Resource Center for Seniors
More than 20 Free Brain Training Games for Continued Cognitive Health (PRWeb Mar 16, 2010)
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Female Sex Chromosomes, Not Just Hormones, Help Regulate Blood Pressure
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have determined that something in female sex chromosomes appears to trigger a rise in blood pressure after the onset of menopause. This finding challenges the current belief that sex hormones are largely responsible for regulating blood pressure...
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Diabetes Experts Call For Early, Integrated Treatment Approach To Help Prevent Complications And Improve Patient Outcomes
Results from a new online survey of more than 300 practicing endocrinologists and family medicine physicians1 show that a large majority of physicians (83 percent)1 indicated that using a team of specialists early in the course of type 2 diabetes (T2D) treatment can help prevent serious T2D-related complications...
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Free Hormonal Contraception Halved Termination Rate
3500 20- to 24-year-old women from Tromsø and Hamar in Norway were offered free hormonal contraception for a year. The result was that the abortion rate in the trial cities was halved...
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Applied Nanoscience Reports Positive H1N1, Rhinovirus Test Results And Strides Toward Commercialization Of NanoFense Protective Face Mask
Applied Nanoscience Inc. (ANI) (PINKSHEETS: APNN), a nanotechnology-based filtration company, today announced that it has received extremely positive test results on the effectiveness of the disposable NanoFense™ Protective Face Mask when challenged with the current swine influenza virus (H1N1)...
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Obesity Impairs Body's "Memory" Of How To Fight Flu
Obesity may limit the body's ability to develop immunity to influenza viruses, particularly secondary infections, by inhibiting the immune system's ability to "remember" how it fought off previous similar bouts of illness, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
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Baxter Presents Clinical Efficacy Results From Phase III Study Of Seasonal Flu Vaccine
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), in conjunction with DynPort Vaccine Company LLC (DVC), a CSC Company (NYSE:CSC), presented Phase III study data measuring the clinical efficacy for PREFLUCEL, a trivalent seasonal influenza candidate vaccine. PREFLUCEL is made using Baxter's Vero cell culture platform and does not contain an adjuvant or preservatives...
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News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation Online Early: March 15, 2010
PARASITOLOGY: Cancer drug beneficial in models of infectious disease Drugs known as receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (RTKIs) are routinely used to treat several forms of cancer, but whether they could be used to effectively treat infectious diseases has not been determined...
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Hand Bacteria Study Holds Promise For Forensics Identification
Forensic scientists may soon have a valuable new item in their toolkits -- a way to identify individuals using unique, telltale types of hand bacteria left behind on objects like keyboards and computer mice, says a new University of Colorado at Boulder study...
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Applied Nanoscience Reports Positive H1N1, Rhinovirus Test Results And Strides Toward Commercialization Of NanoFense Protective Face Mask
Applied Nanoscience Inc. (ANI) (PINKSHEETS: APNN), a nanotechnology-based filtration company, today announced that it has received extremely positive test results on the effectiveness of the disposable NanoFense™ Protective Face Mask when challenged with the current swine influenza virus (H1N1)...
http://mnt.to/f/3yXR
Extra Doctor Training Places "very Welcome" ... Now It's Time To Back Them Up With A Rural Rescue Package, Australia
The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has strongly welcomed today's announcement by the Federal Government that it will substantially increase GP training places, specialist training places and prevocational general practice placements for medical graduates...
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Visually Impaired Students Benefit From New Teaching Tools
Mastering mathematics can be daunting for many children, but researchers have found that children with visual impairments face disproportionate challenges learning math, and by the time they reach the college level, they are significantly under-represented in science, technology, mathematics and engineering disciplines...
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Curriculum On Unhealthy Substance Use Recommended By Researchers
Educational leaders from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) believe teaching the subject of unhealthy substance use must be incorporated into internal medicine residency training and can be done within existing teaching venues...
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