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• From Kent Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health On the Observance of World Tuberculosis Day 2008.

  - 2008-03-25

  M2 PRESSWIRE-25 March 2008-USAID: From Kent Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health On the Observance of World Tuberculosis Day 2008C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24032008 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Although a cure for Tuberculosis TB has existed for more than...

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• Statement from Kent Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health, on the Observance of World Tuberculosis Day 2008

  - 2008-03-24

  To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Agency for International Development, +1-202-712- 4320 WASHINGTON, March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following are remarks by Kent Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health, on the observance of World Tuberculosis Day 2008: Although a cure for Tuberculosis TB has existed for more than half...

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• Reports of Increased Survival in Bird Flu Patients Taking Tamiflu.

  - 2008-03-03

  BASEL, Switzerland, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians from countries worst-affected by the deadly bird flu (H5N1 influenza virus) have reported an increased survival rate in patients treated with the oral antiviral Tamiflu oseltamivir. These data reinforce the World Health Organization WHO advisory...

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• Myelodysplastic Syndromes - First Approvals Spur Some Interest in a Niche Market

  - 2008-02-20

  NEW YORK -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Pharmaceutical industry is available in its catalogue. Stakeholder Opinions: Myelodysplastic Syndromes - First approvals spur some interest in a niche market To order this report: www.reportlinker.com/p074968/2008/02/Stakeholder- Opinions-Myelodysplastic-Syndromes---First-approvals-spur- some-interest-in-a-niche-market.html Myelodysplastic syndromes MDS are...

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• Six Countries Meet on WHO's 'High 5s' Project to Improve Patient Safety in Hospitals

  - 2007-11-01

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Ken Powers, Media Relations Manager of The Joint Commission, +1-630-792-5175, kpowers@jointcommission.org OAKBROOK TERRACE and OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire- USNewswire/ -- In a unique display of international patient safety collaboration, the top health leaders from Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the...

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• Could You Have Hepatitis? New Report Shows That the Majority of Europeans With Hepatitis C Remain Undiagnosed.(Disease/Disorder overview)

  - 2007-10-01

  BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 1 /PRNewswire/ -- - European Liver Patients Association Urges People at Risk to get Tested! A report(1) released today by the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network EHRNi highlights the significant inconsistencies that exist in hepatitis C HCV diagnosis...

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• Neurogen Announces Adipiplon as Nonproprietary Name for NG2-73

  - 2007-09-05

  BRANFORD, Conn. -- Neurogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NRGN), a drug discovery and development company, today announced that the United States Adopted Names USAN Council, in consultation with the World Health Organization WHO, has approved the nonproprietary name "adipiplon" for Neurogen's wholly-owned drug candidate for treatment of insomnia, NG2-73. About adipiplon...

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• PET and Scintigraphy in Lymphoma: Pathologic Comparison

  - 2007-08-01

  In an article e-published on June 20 ahead of print in Cancer, Tsukamoto et al. from the Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Japan correlated the comparative efficacies of ^sup 18^F-FDG PET and ^sup 67^Ga scintigraphy in lymphoma with the World Health Organization WHO histologic subtypes of the disease. The...

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• China Stock to Watch for Monday, June 25: SUWN Applauds World Health Organization Findings on Stevia: Evidence Shows Stevia Effects Patients with Hypertension and Type II Diabetes.

  - 2007-06-25

  M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 2007-China Venture Forum: China Stock to Watch for Monday, June 25: SUWN Applauds World Health Organization Findings on Stevia: Evidence Shows Stevia Effects Patients with Hypertension and Type II DiabetesC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25062007 Shanghai, China - China...

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• Abbott Receives European CE Mark Approval for FreeStyle Navigator(R) Continuous Glucose Monitoring System.

  - 2007-06-06

  ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that it received European CE Mark Conformite Europeene approval for the FreeStyle NavigatorR Continuous Glucose Monitoring System for people with diabetes. The World Health Organization WHO estimates that 180 million...

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