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  • Your Thanks Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:11:13 -0500Monday, September 1 Editor of the Reformer: Another fair has come and gone; and with the combination of perfect weather, and even better volunteers, it was tremendously successful.
  • North American Scientific Signs Definitive Agreement to Divest Non-Therapeutic Product Line Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:55:00 -0500 CHATSWORTH, Calif.----North American Scientific, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Non-Therapeutic Product Line to Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products, Inc.
  • Your Thanks Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:10:43 -0500Another fair has come and gone; and with the combination of perfect weather, and even better volunteers, it was tremendously successful.
  • Statins: use and effectiveness Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:45:05 -0500Giving up statins in old age? This is a dangerous idea that hasn't sound medical backing
  • North American Scientific Signs Definitive Agreement to Divest Non-Therapeutic Product Line Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:15:04 -0500North American Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq: NASM) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Non-Therapeutic Product Line to Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products, Inc. The product line includes radiation sources and standards used in a variety of areas for calibration, measurement, analysis and control. The transaction is valued at approximately $6 million and is ...
  • whatsup@uptownmag.com Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:30:38 -0500Let us know about your happenings! Contact us at: , Fax: 953-4305. Mail to: What’s Up, c/o Uptown, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, Man., R2X 3B6. No phone calls please. Deadline for submission to listings is Monday at 9 am. Listings are free – but placement cannot be guaranteed.
  • Plenty of attractions, distractions at Interstate Fair Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:14:05 -0500Many people already have their reasons for going to the fair – the rodeo, the concerts, the historic trains or a chance to continue blue-ribbon dominance.
  • Exclusive: Toys 'R' Us gets tough with cribmakers Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:39:16 -0500Manufacturers that don't follow new safety rules can't sell cribs in its stores Toys "R" Us Inc., one of the nation's biggest retailers of nursery furniture, is forcing cribmakers to build sturdier products to avoid a potentially deadly hazard.
  • Get Green for Back to School Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:24:14 -0500Learn how to make this school year a more eco-friendly one.
  • Health calendar Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:32:52 -0500The art of breast-feeding: 7 to 9:30 p.m. first Wednesday of every month at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, 333 N. Madison St., Joliet. Expectant mothers are encouraged to attend with their support person. Registration fee is $10. Call (815) 725-9438.
  • Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. Reorganizes Outstanding and Reduces Authorized Shares Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:00 -0500 RENO, Nev.----Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. , a developer of innovative medical technology, today announced that it has reorganized its common stock by a reverse split of one share for each one hundred and fifty of issued and outstanding shares as of September 5, 2008.
  • Take charge of your breast health: the facts you need to know and a plan of action Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:34:09 -0500There's a new movement in breast cancer, and the focus is on survivorship.
  • Take charge of your breast health: the facts you need to know and a plan of action Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:44:18 -0500YOU HAVE BREAST CANCER - NOW WHAT?
  • Wall Street Journal Examines Growing Fear Of Breast Cancer Among Some Young Girls Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:12:45 -0500The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined the growing fear of breast cancer among some young girls that in part is because of information about the disease from the media. Marisa Weiss -- director of breast radiation oncology at Lankenau Hospital in Pennsylvania, founder of Breastcancer.
  • Poll Finds Women Who Are Close to Someone With Breast Cancer Have Greater Sense of Risk Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:19:40 -0500Women whose lives have been touched by the breast cancer experience of a friend or relative are more acutely attuned to their own risk for the disease and are taking action to protect themselves, according to a new national opinion poll by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Prevention magazine.
  • Creating lung cancer risk models for specific populations refines prediction Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:01:35 -0500( University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ) Lung cancer risk prediction models are enhanced by taking into account risk factors by race and by measuring DNA repair capacity, according to research teams led by epidemiologists at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in two complementary papers appearing in the September issue of Cancer Prevention Research.
  • Creating Lung Cancer Risk Models For Specific Populations Refines Prediction Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:19:51 -0500Lung cancer risk prediction models are enhanced by taking into account risk factors by race and by measuring DNA repair capacity, according to research teams led by epidemiologists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in two complementary papers appearing in the September issue of Cancer Prevention Research.
  • New Book Breaks Ground in Addressing Breast Health of Girls and Teens Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0500 A new book by the founder of Breastcancer.org -- the #1 online resource for breast health and breast cancer information -- and her teenage daughter addresses one of the most confusing and often fearful topics in a girl's life: her breast development and breast health.
  • With Child, With Cancer Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:20:30 -0500What we are learning about the interplay of hormones, breast cancer, chemotherapy and the pregnant body.
  • Inhibiton Therapeutics' Researcher to Present at the Ehrlich II, 2ND World Conference on "Magic Bullets" Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:34:08 -0500Inhibiton Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: IHBT) announced today that the principal researcher for its ICA-1 compound, Dr. Mildred Acevedo-Duncan, will present the work for ICA-1 entitled "PKC-i inhibition by ICA-1 reduces the cell proliferation of Neuroblastoma" at the Ehrlich II, World Conference on Magic Bullets in Nurnberg, Germany on October 3-5, 2008.
  • Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. Reorganizes Outstanding and Reduces Authorized Shares Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:34:48 -0500Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: LLBO), a developer of innovative medical technology, today announced that it has reorganized its common stock by a reverse split of one share for each one hundred and fifty (1/150) of issued and outstanding shares as of September 5, 2008. Subsequent to the reverse, there will be approximately 62 million shares of common shares outstanding. In addition ...
  • Scott plans to walk all 30 precincts in her district Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:54:42 -0500On an August day with low humidity and bright sun, Susan Scott is walking Precinct 9E6. She rings the doorbells up and down Cooper Avenue, the 3400 and 3500 blocks.
  • Prostate health Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:32:53 -0500September is national prostate cancer awarness month.
  • Technology Briefing Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:38:51 -0500Amazon teams with IMDb to build music encyclopedia ... OncoGenex grants rights to former Sonus cancer drug ... Apple sends invitations to upcoming mystery event ... Facebook to test system for users to report abuse.