First Retinal Prosthesis Study Of Its Kind Seeks To Partially Restore Vision To The Blind Second Sight® Medical Products, Inc., the leading developer of retinal prostheses for the blind, announced that it will increase patient enrollment for the ArgusTM II Retinal Implant study throughout clinical trials sites within Europe.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDivision Of Aging And Adult Services Announces Credit Fraud Alert For Clients Affected By Stolen Laptop, North Carolina The North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) announced that it is arranging a credit fraud alert for clients of home and community services administered by the Division. This is in response to a security breach that DAAS recently announced.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDancing Droplets Our blood, sweat and tears are three precious fluids that can answer lots of questions about the state of our
health but testing small amounts of bodily fluids, without contaminating them through contact with solid surfaces or other fluids, is something that fluid mechanics have long pondered.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTogo Begins Distributing No-Cost Antiretrovirals, Government Says The government of Togo on Monday announced that it has begun distributing no-cost antiretroviral
drugs through the network of the Central Supply of Essential and Generic
Medicines, Reuters reports.
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.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNontoxic Nanoparticle Can Deliver And Track Drugs A nontoxic nanoparticle developed by Penn State researchers is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic
drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWorld AIDS Day Marks 20th Anniversary Of Solidarity For Eric Sawyer, the late 1980s was a "war time situation". "People with AIDS were fighting for their lives and for their friends", says Sawyer, an AIDS activist and co-founder of ACT UP New York.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUnitedHealth Group To Provide Immediate Resources For Those Affected By The Southern California Wildfires Due to the recent event of ongoing wildfires in Southern California, United
Health Group (NYSE:UNH) and its family of companies, including United
Healthcare, Ovations, Optum
Health and
Prescription Solutions, are taking the following immediate actions to help those affected by the fires. Effective Nov. 16, 2008, through Nov.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCoalition Of National Organizations Urges Steps To Reduce Health Care Costs, Improve Quality A coalition of 28 national organizations, such as AFL-CIO, Consumers Union and CDC, has formed the National Priorities Partnership, a group that seeks to reduce
health care costs and improve quality of care, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The group says progress can be made even in the absence of government action through a
health care reform plan.
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