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| Ginger Savely, RN, FNP, discusses Lyme Disease symptoms on the audio 'Interviews with Experts' series. Savely treats patients with Lyme at her clinic in San Francisco, CA. She also addresses the distinctions between the IDSA and ILADS guidelines for the treatment of Lyme disease. The interview series offers medical experts such as Savely an opportunity to talk directly to people affected by the illness about Lyme disease symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. http://www.lyme-disease-research-database.com/lyme_disease_blog_files/two-approaches-to-lyme-symptoms.html |
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| A wide-ranging global public service announcement campaign, which would target malaria with 1,400 public service announcements in at least 40 languages and which would have the capacity of reaching more than five billion people worldwide, was introduced today at United Nations Headquarters in New York, just ahead of the first commemoration of World Malaria Day on Friday, 25 April. |
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| Trivani Foundation collaborates with Ugandan locals to provide relief. |
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| The expert panel, hosted by the Global Health Council, highlights the need for new solutions to reach goal of eradication. The topic of malaria eradication has gained traction recently due to the Gates Foundation's Call for New Global Commitment to Chart a Course for Malaria Eradication. A webcast of the panel is also available online. |
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| Driven by the growing levels of pollutants in the environment, especially water contamination, world market for drinking & wastewater treatment chemicals is forecast to reach $22.4 billion by the year 2010. Limited drinking water supply, lack of access to safe drinking water, and the fact that 75-80% of health problems worldwide stem from polluted drinking water are all factors driving growth in the marketplace. |
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| Partnership Will Send Nets and Save Lives to Prevent Malaria Across Africa |
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| Before the 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ECCMID) opening here tomorrow, Bruker Daltonics announces that it has received EN ISO 13485 certification for its German operations. This ISO 13485 certification is an important milestone in the development of the Bruker Daltonics in vitro diagnostics (IVD) business, particularly in the fields of clinical proteomics, clinical microbiology and molecular imaging in pathology. |
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| Dynavax Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:DVAX) and Merck & Co, Inc. announced today the receipt of formal written notification from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) detailing a request for information relating to the previously announced clinical hold placed on the two Investigational New Drug Applications for HEPLISAV(TM), an investigational hepatitis B vaccine being jointly developed by Dynavax and Merck for use in adults and in patients with end stage renal disease. The FDA is requesting a review of clinical and preclinical safety data for HEPLISAV. Additionally, the FDA has... |
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| Skeeterbag.com is on schedule to launch a new Hi-tech Mosquito Trapping Service that catches mosquitoes via satellite. |
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| Popular Los Angeles gay psychotherapist and personal/executive coach Ken Howard, LCSW has launched a new version of his website, accessible at www.GayTherapyLA.com and www.PozTherapist.com . The new site features dozens of Howard's articles from the past decade that address how gay men can have successful gay relationships, living and thriving with HIV/AIDS, and various topics across a long list of categories for the visitor to peruse, from "Anger Management" to "Stress Management". Howard is one of the leading openly gay therapists (and one of the very few openly HIV-positive... |
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