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• Shriners Hospitals for Children Kicks Off Year-Long Campaign to Prevent Gasoline Burn Injuries

  - 2008-01-25

  TAMPA, Fla. -- Feb. 3-9, 2008, is Burn Awareness Week, and during this week Shriners Hospitals for Children will kick-off a year-long campaign focused on preventing gasoline burn injuries. A special Web site has been developed for the campaign, www.burnawarenessweek.org. "Preventing burn injuries and burn awareness education should be...

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• David G. Greenhalgh, M.D., Chief of Burns, Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA, March 6

  - 2006-04-01

  CDRH informed Greenhalgh of objectionable conditions observed during an FDA inspection conducted at his clinical site from Sept. 2-Oct. 27, 2005. The purpose of the inspection was to determine whether Greenhalgh's activities and procedures related to participation in the clinical study of an unamed radiological device were om compliance. ...

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• Shriners of North America annual conference to be held in Baltimore

  - 2005-06-15

  The fez invasion is coming. Baltimore is expecting as many 25,000 members of the Shrine of North America, plus their families, for the group's annual conference. The conference, which runs from July 3 to July 7, will drive as much as $25 million into the...

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• Lessons from the Shriners; Those guys in the funny hats make possible free hospital care for children.(Opinions)

  - 2005-05-16

  Byline: William Schumacher You hear a lot from the cup-is-half-empty crowd these days about the U.S. healthcare system, and certainly there is a lot to be concerned about. The ranks of the uninsured continue to grow, malpractice is driving some good doctors out of...

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• Shriners Hospitals for Children Licenses Improved Motion Analysis Tool to C-Motion, Inc

  - 2005-03-25

  TAMPA, Fla. & ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Shriners Hospitals for Children ("SHRINERS") and C-Motion, Inc. CMI announced jointly today the signing of a worldwide exclusive license agreement for a new SHRINERS developed dynamic pointer for virtual marker identification. As a result of executing this license agreement, CMI would own the...

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• Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia Now Enrolling for Proneuron's Phase II ProCord Study

  - 2004-11-18

  PHILADELPHIA -- The experimental ProCord procedure involves injecting specially treated autologous macrophages type of white blood cell into a patient's damaged spinal cord to help stimulate repair Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia is now enrolling for Proneuron's Phase II trial of ProCord, for complete spinal cord injury. The official...

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• Arend Visits Shriners Hospitals For Children

  - 2004-05-28

  Funny Car driver Jeff Arend visited the Shriners Hospitals for Children-Chicago May 19 prior to competing at the seventh annual NHRA Route 66 Nationals. The former Funny Car national event champion will visit some of the children and their parents, distributing CMKXtreme Machine souvenirs and signing autographs."We want to try...

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• The stars of Hollywood.(Headliners)(Hollywood Entertainment Corp. dedicates Hollywood Video Starlight Site to Shriners Hospitals for Children)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-03-01

  * Hollywood Entertainment chairman and CEO Mark Wattles (r.) and company president Bruce Giesbrecht were on hand week to dedicate a Hollywood Video Starlight Site to the patients of Shriners Hospitals for Children--Los ... * Hollywood Entertainment chairman and CEO Mark Wattles (r.) and...

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• Dade Behring, AmeriNet Sign Contract Agreement for Shriners Hospitals for Children

  - 2003-03-12

  Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers DEERFIELD, Ill.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 12, 2003 Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: DADE) announced that it has been selected to provide laboratory equipment for the Shriners Hospitals for Children SHC system. Under terms of the agreement, negotiated through AmeriNet, Dade Behring will be the sole vendor for...

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• Zurich North America brings holiday spirit to Shriners Hospitals for Children; Donates $20,000 to Shriners Hospitals for Children in Philadelphia

  - 2002-12-05

  Business Editors SCHAUMBURG, Ill. & TAMPA, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 5, 2002 This year's holiday season is a little brighter for hundreds of children at Shriners Hospitals in several cities around the country, thanks to the support of Zurich North America, a leading provider of commercial property-casualty insurance and risk...

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