Epidemics

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2dc9d4/empirical_model_bu) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Empirical Model Building: Data, Models, and Reality, 2nd Edition" to their offering. This new edition features...

MIAMI -- Data presented at the 6th Annual Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI) meeting in Miami suggest that the investigational imaging agent [18F] Flutemetamol could add value to current diagnostic tools used by physicians...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e01e5a/influenza_vaccine) has announced the addition of the "Influenza Vaccine Market Opportunities and Challenges: Worldwide Forecast" report to their offering. Last few years have seen renewed interest in the...

Phones found to be 400 times dirtier than toilet seats LAS VEGAS -- XTIO2 Inc. introduced XTI-Mobile nanocoating, the most powerful personal protection against germs on hand-held devices, tablets and laptops,during the 2012...

TAMPA, Fla. & MINNEAPOLIs -- Biovest International, Inc. (OTCQB: "BVTI"), a majority-owned subsidiary of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: "ABPI"), today announced that Biovest has entered into a key Research Agreement with the Max...

* 2011 FULL YEAR AND FOURTH QUARTER GAAP AND NON-GAAP EPS GUIDANCE INCREASED $0.05 OVER PREVIOUS GUIDANCE * PRELIMINARY 2012 EPS ESTIMATED TO BE IN A RANGE OF $5.90 TO $6.00 ON A...

Pharmacists at 29 select Winn-Dixie stores in Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa to help Diabetes Control Program participants learn to better manage their disease ORLANDO, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie is joining the Diabetes Prevention and...

WASHINGTON -- The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) today applauded Health Affairsfor taking diabetes head on and for advancing the importance of addressing this costly chronic disease before its consequences erode the...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will invest approximately $1.8 million to increase its efforts to improve the treatment and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD)...

San Diego-based Quidel Corp. said the Food and Drug Administration has cleared the company's first two molecular diagnostic tests for infectious diseases. One of the tests screens for a respiratory disease called human...

Company sets sight on commercialization of first-ever intravascular navigation guidance system REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Avinger, Inc., a medical device manufacturer of innovative, multi-functional catheters for treating patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD),...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Colby Pharmaceutical Company (CPC) today announced publication of new results showing that a single dose of JVRS-100 adjuvanted H5N1 influenza vaccine enhanced-immune responses, -dose sparing, and -cross-clade influenza virus...

NIH Trial Validates Success of Telephonic and Web-Based Intervention Model in Achieving and Maintaining Clinically Significant Weight Loss over Two-Year Period NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Healthways (NASDAQ: HWAY) today announced the expansion of its...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Tetragenetics Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of recombinant vaccines, today reported preclinical study results showing that an investigational nanoparticle-based influenza vaccine protects against a highly pathogenic H5N1...

Resolutions are Easier with Pharmacists' Expert Advice, Health Guides & Online Tools - All for Free Two-Thirds of U.S. Adults Are Overweight; Nearly One-Third of Children Have Followed their Example CAMP HILL, Pa....

NEW YORK -- PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH) announced today that Company management will participate in the 14th Annual ICR XChange Conference in Miami, Florida on Thursday, January 12, 2012. A live webcast presentation...

OLDWICK, N.J. -- The "Innovators Showcase," published in the January 2012 issue of Best's Review magazine, is a forum for recognizing forward thinking among insurance organizations. The companies recognized in the inaugural showcase...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Doctors have known for years that the incidence of deadly liver cancer is on the rise, but what is causing that trend has remained a mystery. Two recent Mayo Clinic...

Cattle, hamsters, and sea lions may seem like an odd combination, but they do have something in common- leptospirosis, a contagious disease found in all farm animals, rodents, and wildlife. Leptospirosis, which is...