Drainage Characteristics And Differential Function Of The Horseshoe Kidney: What Is Typical? UroToday.com - A study out of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center evaluated drainage characteristics and the typical differential function of horseshoe kidneys. The group reviewed 19 patients with horseshoe kidneys who had not undergone previous surgery.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDefining The Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes: A New Beginning - An International Symposium BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Report on the meeting of the National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases Conference June 16-17, 2008 - Bethesda MD. In December 2007 The NIDDK held its first workshop on urologic chronic pelvic pain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDrug Information Association Reveals Industry Move Towards SMS For Clinical Trials Communication Exco InTouch, the leading mobile messaging provider for the pharmaceutical industry, announces that the DIA 44th Annual Meeting 2008 represented a growing shift away from traditional patient communication techniques within clinical trials.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBlood Glucose Monitoring System, The Prodigy� Voice, Awarded For Its Excellent Efforts Being Accessible For The Low Vision And The Blind The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) hosted its convention June 30-July 5 in Dallas, TX where Diagnostic Devices, Inc., makers of Prodigy� blood glucose monitoring systems, received the Access Plus Award (A+).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Medications May Offer Hope To Drinkers Battling Alcohol Dependence Individuals who experience the physical, mental and social symptoms associated with alcohol dependence are offered hope through the results of two recent studies by researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWest Virginia Teenage Birth Rate Increases For First Time In Eight Years Similar to a national trend, the teenage birth rate in West Virginia has increased for the first time in eight years, the Charleston Daily Mail reports. According to the Daily Mail, 2,602 teenagers gave birth in 2006, compared with 2,472 in 2005 (Anderson, Charleston Daily Mail, 7/15).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMassachusetts House Approves Bill That Aims To Control Health Care Spending The Massachusetts House on Wednesday approved legislation that aims to rein in
health care spending, the AP/Boston Herald reports (AP/Boston Herald, 7/16). Members of the Massachusetts House Joint Committee on
Health Care Financing on Tuesday removed a provision of the bill that would have banned pharmaceutical companies from providing gifts and meals to physicians, the Boston Globe reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy Finds Foreign Brides In Taiwan Unfairly Treated More than a quarter of a million women have been sold as wives and baby-makers in South East Asia, but they are getting a raw deal in
health care and social inclusion.
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