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Utica Native Kevin Byrd advocacy work honored and entered into Congressional Record | PRLog
www.prlog.org | 22 hours 10 minutes ago
Utica Native Kevin Byrd advocacy work honored and entered into Congressional Record. Utica Native Kevin Byrd Youngest Prostate Cancer Advocate in U.S. and New Health & Wellness Chairman for the 100 work is honored by Congressional Record Honoring February 2, 2012 Prostate Cancer Awareness

US mental guidelines attacked - FT.com
www.ft.com | Feb 10, 2012
Planned US psychiatric guidelines risk substantially increasing the number of people classified as mentally ill while doing little to help them, leading British health specialists have warned. Proposals in the draft American Psychiatric Association’s

David Eisele Named Director of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital
www.hopkinsmedicine.org | Feb 10, 2012
David W. Eisele, M.D., has been appointed the new director of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Andelot Professor of Laryngology and Otology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He will begin his tenure on March 1, 2012.

Boomer Demand For Knees And Hips Should Boost Medical Devices ETF - Seeking Alpha
seekingalpha.com | Feb 10, 2012
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All doctors should declare drug company payments: GSK | 6minutes
www.6minutes.com.au | Feb 10, 2012
Greater transparency is needed in the relationship between drug companies and the medical profession, according to pharma company GSK, as it considers the public disclosure of payments to individual doctors.

New Hospital Compare data shows disparity in blood infection rates - FierceHealthcare
www.fiercehealthcare.com | Feb 10, 2012
Newly released blood infection data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare website has revealed a wide variation in central line-associated bloodstream infections Read more...

FDA Sets Draft Rules for Biotech Drug Copies
www.biospace.com | Feb 10, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's long-awaited guidelines for the sale of lower-cost versions of biotechnology drugs leave open the possibility

FitchResearch
www.fitchratings.com | Feb 10, 2012
Fitch Ratings About Us Contact Us Press Room Events Help Search Sign in Autologin Printer-Friendly Page Click Here for Printer-Friendly Version Fitch Launches U.S. 'Navigating the Drug Channel' Report Series Endorsement Policy 10 Feb 2012 11:17 AM (EST) Fitch Ratings-Chicago-10 February 2012: Fitch

Customizable Plate Mover features quick-connect modules., Thermo Fisher Scientific,
news.thomasnet.com | Feb 10, 2012
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Fully Customizable Plate Mover during SLAS 2012 Featuring Quick-Connect Modules, Thermo Fisher Scientific, A

amednews: Cancer screening rates lower for Asians and Hispanics than other groups :: Feb. 10, 2012
www.ama-assn.org | Feb 10, 2012
Forty-seven percent received colorectal cancer screening in 2010 compared with 60% of whites, data show. Disparities also exist in testing for breast and cervical cancers.