BioTime, Inc. And Embryome Sciences, Inc. Launch Embryome.com And The International Embryome Initiative BioTime, Inc., (OTCBB:BTIM) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Embryome Sciences, Inc. announced the launch of Embryome.com and the International Embryome Initiative, an international collaboration with scientists around the world to create the first systematic map of all the cell types derived from human embryonic stem cells.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCalifornia Seniors' Health At Risk After U.S. Senate Vote, Family Physicians Say Family physicians statewide warn that the 10.6% Medicare cut in payments to doctors taking effect July 1 puts California's seniors'
health on the line. "The Senate's refusal to block the cuts yesterday sounded the death knell for access to physicians for thousands of people in our state," said Jeffrey Luther, MD, president of the 7,000-member California Academy of Family Physicians.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFacebook Concepts Indicate Brains Of Alzheimer's Patients Aren't As Networked, Stanford Study Shows This is your brain on Facebook. Researchers at the Stanford University School of
Medicine used concepts borrowed from the popular social networking site to analyze the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. They found that patients' brains were less well-connected than the brains of people without the disorder.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAbuse Charity Strongly Welcomes The Government's New Guidance On Splitting Elderly Couples When Placing Them In Care, UK Action on Elder Abuse, (AEA) the leading specialist charity focussing upon the abuse of older people, has welcomed today's announcement that the Government is to issue guidance to local authorities restricting them from splitting married elder couples when placing them in care.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOrexo Report Abstral (Rapinyl) Approval In Europe Orexo AB (OMX: ORX), the Swedish pharmaceutical company, announces that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European
Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of Rapinyl, for breakthrough cancer pain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUrgent Fix Needed For Overloaded Public Hospitals, Australian Medical Association AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said The State of Our Public Hospitals Report 2008 demonstrated unequivocally that hard work and substantial funding were necessary to bring the public hospital system up to speed.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCommunications Skills Workshops For Doctors, Medical Defence Union, UK The Medical Defence Union has announced that a limited number of places are remaining for its upcoming communications skills workshops for doctors taking place at its head office in London. Dr Peter Schutte, Head of Advisory Services commented, "Many of the complaints and claims seen by the MDU can be traced back to a breakdown in communication between doctor and patient.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comKaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of information for the latest in policy debates and the
health care marketplace, online blogs have become a significant part of the media landscape, often presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to under-reported topics.
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