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The National Council on Disability Urges Expeditious Senate Approval of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesSeven Senators pledge their support for U.S. ratification of the CRPD WASHINGTON, May 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, seven United States Senators issued a statement of bipartisan support for United States ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110601/DC11812LOGO) "The Convention was undertake...

World Health Assembly appoints Dr Margaret Chan as WHO chief for 2nd termThe World Health Assembly appointed Dr Margaret Chan for a second five─year term as Director─General of the World Health Organization (WHO). In her acceptance speech to health ministers and representatives of WHO's Member States, Dr Chan pledged...

Joy Keys Chats with the Faces of Stroke AmbassadorsPhiladelphia, PA, May 26, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Faces of Stroke Ambassadors Date: May 26th, 2012 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ET Call In Number: 646-929-0368. Url: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/joykeys/2012/05/26/joy-keys-chats-with-the-faces-of-stroke-ambassadors Lenice Hogan: Hogan is a survivor of not one stroke, but three, all at young ages. She survived hemorrhagic strokes at the ages...

Great Wall Chinese Medicine Has a Big Event on DiabetesScottsdale, AZ, May 26, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS) is the largest and most prestigious TCM research organization in China. CACMS coordinates joint efforts with the World Health organization. CACMS and Great Wall Chinese Medicine have joined together to establish a partnership to serve the community through an ongoing seminar series focusing on how both...

Luddite Greens repeatedly and viscerally anti-science - Take the Flour Back is the latest incarnationAdam Rutherford in the comments at Comment is free does a better job than Sunny Hundal, so let's accept Sense About Science's Tweeted suggestion and promote him to top billing:Dear Sunny,Some interesting points, and a considered pov, as usual. A couple of things worth noting. I'm interested in the longview of opposition to biotechnology that is based on recombinant DNA. Since its discovery/inventi...

Doctors opposed to NHS reforms set up a new political partyA group of doctors and public health experts, disillusioned by the government’s changes to the NHS, are setting up a new political party because they don’t think that any of the existing parties...

Health department is to shut down patient records site that was too hard to useThe Department of Health in England is to close a patient records website that was judged “too difficult” to use by one of the government’s leading health technology experts.Charles Gutteridge, the...

BIO Applauds EPA’s Rejection of a Petition to Retroactively Waive the 2011 Renewable Fuel StandardThe Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today expressed support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s denial of a January 2012 petition by petroleum industry representatives to retroactively waive the 2011 cellulosic biofuel Renewable Volume Obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO’s...

California tobacco tax measure risks going up in smokeSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Health-conscious Californians may mostly oppose smoking for its costs to public health and the economy but an aggressive tobacco industry campaign and general anti-tax sentiment may block a measure to raise taxes on smokers....

Harry F. Kuhn II is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional in the field of clinical social workSOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Who's Who -- Harry F. Kuhn III, the 802nd clinical social worker to be licensed by the State of New Jersey in its inaugural licensure year of 1991, a currently practicing State certified bilingual school social worker since 1973, and an American Board-certified diplomate in clinical social work, is recognized by Continental Who's Who...

Human medicines European Public Assessment Report (EPAR): Renagel, sevelamer, Revision: 19, Authorised

Human medicines European Public Assessment Report (EPAR): Pergoveris, follitropin alfa / lutropin alfa, Revision: 6, Authorised

Human medicines European Public Assessment Report (EPAR): Liprolog, insulin lispro, Revision: 14, Authorised

Veterinary medicine European Public Assessment Report (EPAR): Convenia, Cefovecin, Revision: 6, Authorised

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Gives Update To Endless Mountains Health Systems Community Match FundMONTROSE, Pa., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) announced a substantial amount of private pledges to the new hospital project being undertaken by the Endless Mountains Health System (EMHS). George Stark, External Affairs Director of Cabot reported that The Cabot / EMHS Community Match Fund has exceeded well over 80% of the total goal of...

VA Continues Long-Term Study on Gulf War Era VeteransFor the third time since the 1990-1991 Gulf War, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers will contact Gulf War-era Veterans as a part of a long-term study of their health. “Our message to our Gulf War Veterans is clear: We are not forgetting you, we are listening to you, and we are acting,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Sh...

Texas Charity Founded by Child Abuse Victim to Take Over The Second Mile ProgramsArrow Child & Family Ministries has been selected by The Second Mile to take over certain existing programs serving at-risk youth in Pennsylvania. The Second Mile filed a Petition with the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County requesting that the Court approve the transfer of the programs and some assets to Arrow Child & Family Ministries. The Sec...

Innovative public-private collaboration to tackle antibiotic researchAstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline has welcomed the launch of a pioneering approach to antibiotic research in Europe that will see pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies working alongside public partners to tackle the rising threat from antibiotic r...

Chronic diseases are health ministers' target: WHOGENEVA (Reuters) - The world's health ministers have agreed to try to cut premature deaths from chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer by 25 percent by 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

Study: 10 percent of veterans go without health insuranceOf the 1.3 million veterans who lack health coverage, the study says about 630,000 of them would likely qualify for Medicaid under the health law expansion, and as many as 520,000 could qualify for subsidized health coverage in insurance exchanges.

Research roundup: Do mandatory screening laws affect disparities?; Mass. health law, 6 years laterSince Massachusetts passed its own expansive health law, the state's uninsured rate has dropped and access to care has dramatically improved. But as this brief notes, two major issues remain. Massachusetts will have to find ways to contain health car...

FDA’s public hearing on biosimilars draft guidancesOn 11 May 2012, FDA held a public hearing to gain input on their draft guidances relating to the development of biosimilar products and it seems that the guidances were generally well accepted.

Editorial, opinion piece examine future of World Health OrganizationAs the World Health Assembly draws to a close in Geneva this week, and Margaret Chan accepts her appointment to a second five-year term as director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), an editorial and an opinion piece examine the future o...

European Medicines Agency Confirms Positive Benefit-Risk Balance of MabtheraBatches produced at the Vacaville manufacturing site do not pose risk to public health Following a quality review of the genetically engineered monoclonal antibody MabThera, the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products...

How One Community College Is Providing Health IT Training to the Nation’s WorkersWhen Normandale Community College was first selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) as a Community College Consortium Program grantee—one of the nation’s critical hubs for health information tech...

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