First Study To Look At Impact Of Body Mass Index On Older Kids Involved In Car Crashes Children who are overweight or obese are over two and a half times more likely to suffer injuries to their upper and lower extremities following a motor vehicle crash compared with normal weight children, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMorpace Reports: Many Likely To Create Own Online Personal Medical Record Some people are not waiting for the Federal government's potential system of electronic medical records and are taking matters into their own hands, according to a new national Morpace survey. Twenty-seven percent of American adults now say they are "extremely likely or somewhat likely" to create an online personal
health record (PHR) to help track their medical history and medications.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEntreMed Initiates ENMD-2076 Clinical Trial In Multiple Myeloma EntreMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENMD), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases, announced that it has initiated a Phase 1 study of ENMD-2076 in refractory multiple myeloma patients. The study will be conducted at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCelator(R) Pharmaceuticals Presents Phase 1 Results With CPX-351 In Patients With Advanced Leukemia At The American Society Of Hematology Meeting Celator Pharmaceuticals announced that a Phase 1 dose escalating study of CPX-351 (cytarabine:daunorubicin) Liposome Injection established the recommended dose for Phase 2 studies and confirmed preliminary observations of safety, enhanced pharmacokinetics and promising anti-tumor activity in patients with advanced leukemia.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUnite Urges End Of 'Love Affair' With NHS Privatisation Unite welcomes level of funding for primary care trusts Unite the Union has welcomed the funding levels for NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) for the next two years - but has warned it should not be 'frittered away on misguided excursions into privatisation'.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFamilies Fighting Flu And CDC Encourage Parents To Vaccinate Kids Against Flu Families Fighting Flu, Inc. (FFF), together with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are designating today, December 9, the second annual Children's Flu Vaccination Day to remind parents that it's not too late to get their children vaccinated against influenza, or "the flu.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMissing The Retention Deadline Costs You More - General Optical Council The annual retention period for all full registrants gets underway today. The General Optical Council (GOC) has posted out retention forms to all fully-registered optometrists, dispensing opticians and bodies corporate. Practitioners and businesses must complete and return their forms, along with payment, by 15 March 2009.
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