Americans are gaining weight at an alarming rate, with obesity increasing from 12 percent of the nation's population in 1990 to 23 percent by 2005, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Despite an increase in state public health funding to combat these growing rates around...
New research shows how we can innovate our way out of a double crisis With widespread hunger continuing to haunt developing nations, and obesity fast becoming a global epidemic, any number of efforts on the parts of governments, scientists, non-profit organizations and the business world have...
Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Global Transparency Initiatives Conference, 21-22 May
This summer, Q1 Productions will bring together pharmaceutical and medical device industries' leading minds in discussions of regulatory, industry and legal matters related to the present and future of...
The GAAPP (Global Allergy and Asthma Patient Platform) is a newly formed international initiative aimed to efficiently fight the rapidly proliferating diseases of asthma and allergies, and to ease management of the diseases for patients. It was founded in Istanbul, Turkey and its registered...
The Arthritis Foundation and Covidien (NYSE: COV) have joined forces to help advance awareness and support for millions of people suffering from osteoarthritis in the United States. Covidien will serve as a sponsor of the Foundation's Let's Move Together Movement Tracker, an educational and...
The Alabama Department of Public Health is offering a Satellite Conference and Webcast program that will provide an overview of infant mortality issues that have faced Alabama for many years. The program, titled "Infant Mortality: Issues and Initiatives in Alabama," is scheduled for Wednesday...