The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, announced the release of the final screening assessments for 14 of the 18 chemicals assessed in Batch 6 of the Chemicals Management Plan. “Releasing the final assessments for Batch 6 means that we have now assessed over half of the high priority substances identified in the Challenge portion of the Chemicals Management Plan,” said Minister Aglukkaq.
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New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the study involved detailed observations of the rewiring processes that take place in the brain during motor learning. The researchers studied mice as they were trained to reach through a slot to get a seed.
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Two experts question on bmj.com today whether the conflict of interest is unethical when drug companies perform clinical trials on their own medicines. Their opinions come as new guidance on the obligatory standards for communicating company sponsored medical research. Vincent Lawton is a healthcare consultant and non-executive director at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in London.
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Human Genome Sciences Inc. plans to sell up to 12.5 million shares to finance the development of the company’s experimental lupus treatment drug known as Benlysta.

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Seton Family of Hospitals has decided not to pursue acquiring the assets of King’s Daughters Hospital, a distressed hospital in Temple, Seton officials said

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A study led by the University of Miami may cause a sea change in cardiac care as it shows stem cells from bone marrow appear to help heart attack patients recover better.

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Kaiser Permanente said Monday it has awarded more than $500,000 in community benefit grants to seven Bay Area and Northern California organizations to increase HIV testing and counseling for at-risk teenagers and young adults.

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Amid all the talk of jobs creation and capital investment surrounding Monday’s medical trade center announcement, Dr. Jeff Balser was thinking about hospital beds — 102 of them, to be exact.

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Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc. hurdled a key patent step for its implantable device to treat patients dealing with chronic pain but addicted to opiates.

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Federal regulators have rejected a new drug application filed by pharmaceutical maker EMD Serono Inc. for the company’s Cladribine tablets targeting relapsing multiple sclerosis.

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