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Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension â€

Northwest Hospital in Randallstown is among the first hospitals in the nation and first hospital on the East Coast to move to an environmentally-friendly generator to power its emergency electrical needs.

RemedyMD , the leading provider of disease registry software, today announced the first nationwide human immunology registry for infectious disease research. The new registry was developed to help clinicians and researchers better understand the ...

Unilever United States, Inc., of Englewood Cliffs, NJ, in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , is voluntarily recalling certain Shedd's Country Crock chilled side-dish products because they may contain undeclared sulfites. ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced that it will webcast its presentations at the Piper Jaffray 21st Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. EST and at the 2009 Deutsche Bank Biotech Boston Confab ...

'As providers of health care insurance to more than 35 million Americans, the members of Business Roundtable have consistently taken a fact-based approach to advancing and supporting health care reform proposals. Throughout this discussion, we have ...

The Irvine Animal Care Center is the largest pro-humane animal shelter in Orange County which receives nearly 4,000 animals each year. The shelter is situated on a beautiful five acre facility that looks more like a park than an animal shelter. The ...

Medications are important for managing the signs and symptoms of lupus, a serious and potentially life-threatening autoimmune disease that affects an estimated 1.5 million Americans. To educate people with lupus about the need to adhere to their ...

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation announced today that it will present at two conferences in December.

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. announced today that it has agreed to sell $190 million in aggregate principal amount of its 8% Senior Notes due 2016 in a private offering. The notes will be sold at a price of 98.690% of the principal amount, ...

Back in February, newly- inaugurated President Barack Obama signed into law a nearly-trillion dollar 'stimulus' bill which he promised would create or save 3.5 to 4 million jobs.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste today urged Sen. Ben Nelson to vote against cloture on the motion to proceed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's healthcare reform bill, the 2,074-page 'Patient Protection and Affordable Health ...

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste today urged Sen. Blanche Lincoln to vote against cloture on the motion to proceed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's healthcare reform bill, the 2,074-page 'Patient Protection and Affordable ...

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste today urged Sen. Mary Landrieu to vote against cloture on the motion to proceed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's healthcare reform bill, the 2,074-page 'Patient Protection and Affordable ...

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste today urged Sen. Mark Begich to vote against cloture on the motion to proceed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's healthcare reform bill, the 2,074-page 'Patient Protection and Affordable Health ...

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste today urged Sen. Evan Bayh to vote against cloture on the motion to proceed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's healthcare reform bill, the 2,074-page 'Patient Protection and Affordable Health ...

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas announced today that 403 of the nearly 900 proposals submitted are still in contention for CPRIT's inaugural cancer research funding awards. The applications for the Individual Investigator ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital patients got a head start on the holiday season, and future architect degrees, by helping construct the hospital's signature gingerbread house with some expert chefs.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste today urged Sen. Mark Warner to vote against cloture on the motion to proceed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's healthcare reform bill, the 2,074-page 'Patient Protection and Affordable Health ...

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