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    IBM World Community Grid to Search for Cure for Childhood Cancer Image

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    03-17-09

    IBM World Community Grid to Search for Cure for Childhood Cancer

    TOKYO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/17/09 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and researchers from the Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute and Chiba University in Japan are launching a new World Community Grid project to discover a drug treatment for neuroblastoma, the most common cause of deat...

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    03-16-09

    International Scientists Find Harmful Effects From Wireless

    NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/16/09 -- Public health concerns and scientific evidence for risks from cell phones and other wireless devices are published today in the journal Pathophysiology. Research professor and Editor Martin Blank, PhD (Associate Professor, Columb...

    Aspen Institute Heeds President Obama's Charge to Build Consensus on Health Reform, Unveils New Coalition Image

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    03-12-09

    Aspen Institute Heeds President Obama's Charge to Build Consensus on Health Reform, Unveils New Coalition

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 12, 2009 - The Aspen Health Stewardship Project unveiled a diverse and growing coalition on Thursday of 16 organizations calling for the adoption of a roadmap to help ensure smart, sustainable improvements to the U.S. health care system.

    Merck Expands Its Patient Assistance Program To Allow More People To Receive Its Medicines For Free Image

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    03-12-09

    Merck Expands Its Patient Assistance Program To Allow More People To Receive Its Medicines For Free

    WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ - March 12, 2009 - Merck & Co., Inc. is increasing the number of people who may benefit from the Merck Patient Assistance Program by raising the amount of income potential patients can earn and still qualify to receive Merck medicines for free. The...

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    02-25-09

    Calmont School Stimulus Proposal for Immediate Nationwide Job Creation

    CALABASAS, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/25/09 -- Two community directors and 31 middle school students from Calmont School in Southern California have begun to plant the seeds of a new job creation program -- and are proposing it to the new administration in Washington,...

    Schering-Plough Announces Collaboration With World Health Organization to Provide Access to Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Technology to Developing Countries Image

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    02-24-09

    Schering-Plough Announces Collaboration With World Health Organization to Provide Access to Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Technology to Developing Countries

    Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) today announced a license agreement between Nobilon, Schering-Plough's human vaccine business unit, and the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide access to pandemic influenza vaccine manufacturing technology to developing countries.
    Procter & Gamble and World Vision Equip and Empower Zimbabweans in Fight Against Cholera Image

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    02-24-09

    Procter & Gamble and World Vision Equip and Empower Zimbabweans in Fight Against Cholera

    SEATTLE, Feb. 24, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- As Zimbabwe continues to confront a cholera epidemic tied to failing water and sanitation infrastructure, a new World Vision project supported by the Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) Children's Safe Drinking Water Program is underway, pr...

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    02-23-09

    UN Reception Highlights Multi-Sector Partnerships in Global Public Health

    NEW YORK, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Promoting health among the world's poorest populations brought leaders from various nations, the global health community, biopharmaceutical companies, the media and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) together toda...

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    02-23-09

    World's First Portable, Battery-Operated, Equine-Dedicated CT Solution Installed at Penn Vet's New Bolton Center

    KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Medical Systems, Inc. (UMS) of Ohio, the leading worldwide supplier of innovative veterinary computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, recently unveiled EQUUS One -- the world's first equine-...

    Wal-Mart's $4 Generic Prescription Drug List Added to Epocrates' Drug Reference Application Image

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    02-19-09

    Wal-Mart's $4 Generic Prescription Drug List Added to Epocrates' Drug Reference Application

    BENTONVILLE, Ark., Feb. 19, 2009 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) today announced its list of up to 350 prescriptions on its $4 generic drug program will now be accessible to physicians using an Epocrates clinical decision support product online or via a mobile device. Physicia...

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