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| Noted Urologist Offers Tips to Clear Up Confusion Over the Sex and UTI Connection |
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| Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using electroporation-based DNA delivery, announced today that its partner, Tripep AB, reported additional interim results from its ongoing phase I/II clinical study of its ChronVac-C® therapeutic DNA vaccine, which is delivered using Inovio’s electroporation-based DNA delivery system. These preliminary results are from the first two patients in the intermediate dose group to complete treatment against hepatitis C virus infection. Samples taken before, during and after treatment showed... |
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| Replikins Ltd. has found that H5N1 virus replikin peak gene counts in 2007 in Hong Kong, Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Israel indicate that a new replikin cycle has begun. The mean replikin count exceeded the maximum of the previous cycle identified by the company. Although several conditions are required to produce a pandemic, the increase in replikin count, a feature of each of the last three pandemics, is now in the range of the increase seen in the 1918 H1N1 pandemic. |
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| A 20-year-old leukemia patient who suffered a severe bacterial infection after receiving contaminated heparin and saline solutions that were subsequently recalled by the Food and Drug Administration has filed a lawsuit today against the manufacturer and distributors of these products in state court in Palm Beach County. The suit seeks unspecified damages in excess of $100,000. |
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| Health officials have linked Kroger ground beef to an Ohio and Michigan E. coli outbreak. "Whether the source of the E. coli is the grocery store or its suppliers," said Fred Pritzker, a leading food safety attorney, "it is only fair that the retailer pay for the medical bills of its injured customers. The families deserve that peace of mind." |
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| Event Marks One-Year Anniversary of Asian Pacific Liver Center at St. Vincent Medical Center. |
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| Against a backdrop of escalating insurance costs, increased staff turnover and Internet-savvy patients, today’s physicians need more than a medical degree. |
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| More than three out of four (76%) infection prevention and control professionals (ICPs) polled indicated they have implemented additional measures to prevent the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the last year, but 54% said their institutions are not doing as much as they could and should be doing to prevent the spread of this virulent pathogen, according to an online survey conducted by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). |
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| A new social media web site has launched to educate and inform the world about the existence of zombies. LostZombies.com provides a platform for individuals to share videos, photos and other proof of zombie encounters. Once enough material has been gathered, Lost Zombies will use the information to create an educational, community-generated documentary on the subject. |
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| With its nationwide network of more than 15,000 care sites, VaxAmerica offers access, choice, convenience and cost savings to patients, healthcare providers, health insurers and employers. |
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