Cardiogenesis Corporation (Pink Sheets CGCP), a market leader in laser transmyocardial revascularization (TMR), announced that it sponsored an educational symposium yesterday in conjunction with the 21st Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in San Francisco.
The symposium, titled “Opportunities in Refractory Angina” was attended by over 80 cardiologists. The Program Chairman was Christopher J. White MD, [...]

The National HIV Prevention Conference will take place Aug. 23 to Aug. 26 in Atlanta and will feature discussions, a town hall, seminars and speeches that address HIV prevention including some focused on the gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual community, Southern Voices blog, “The Latest” reports. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, CDC Director [...]

The Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants is recognized for unparalleled educational and networking experiences. Adding to the tradition of excellence, AFPPA has announced their next fall conference, to be held November 47, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.
“Our conferences are one of the best ways to garner continuing medical education credits, which must be completed [...]

How does Hollywood impact radiation perception? Can we treat cancer with microscopic particles acting like a Trojan horse? How does the radiation exposure our astronauts receive during space travel compare to their routine diagnostic radiology exams?
These and other questions will be addressed at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society (HPS), which will [...]

The latest work to turn off the taps in the brain and stop a chemical being released in excess amounts which can lead to Parkinsons Disease was presented at The British Pharmacological Societys Summer Meeting in Edinburgh.
Dr Susan Duty from Kings College London presented her latest work, aimed at stimulating trigger points to [...]

Exposure during pregnancy to the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, found in many common plastic household items, is known to cause a fertility defect in the mothers offspring in animal studies, and now researchers have found how the defect occurs. The results of the new study will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Societys 91st [...]

A recent study out of McLean Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, confirms that Cognizin(R) Citicoline, a dietary supplement composed of a powerful natural antiaging compound, that has been shown to support the improvement of brain function by promoting neural and cognitive performance, will be presented at this years International Society of Sports Nutrition [...]

The 22nd Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) will be held from 1216 September 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey.
More than 6,500 clinical and basic scientists such as psychiatrists, neurologists, psychologists and neuroscience researchers from all over the world will attend the ECNP Congress, which is the largest annual high scientific standard congress on mental [...]

Researchers are proposing a new system that would warn of an impending pandemic before the first case of disease emerged in a given population by detecting subtle signals in human behavior.
“The goal is a public information and awareness system for pandemic with the same level of credibility, timeliness and visibility as stormwarning icons presented on [...]

Science is largely a collaborative enterprise. Frequently researchers from various disciplines but with some common interests pool their efforts and exchange ideas, to devise new avenues of investigation. When unraveling complex conditions such as those known as autism spectrum disorders, researchers from different centers also benefit by drawing on diverse populations of patients, finding a [...]