Innovations In Health Care Experience And Delivery: Collaborative Symposium Sponsored By Mayo Clinic Center For Innovation
The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation will host Transform 2010-Thinking Differently about Health Care, its third collaborative symposium aimed at changing the way health care is experienced and delivered, on Sept. 12-14 in Rochester, Minn...

Symposium To Explore Broadening Partnerships To Spur Medical Advances For War Injuries
The USU-HJF Military Medicine Symposium will gather prominent civilian and military researchers and clinicians from across the United States to discuss current research and identify opportunities to collaborate and share information that could speed treatments to wounded warriors...

NEI/FDA To Hold One-Day Glaucoma Endpoints Meeting
The National Eye Institute (NEI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sponsoring a Glaucoma Endpoints conference on September 24, 2010, to develop definitions and standards for describing structural changes in the glaucomatous optic nerve and functional changes in vision, as criteria for approval of new glaucoma therapeutics in clinical trials...

Conference On Positive Psychology: UC Berkeley Psychologists Bring Science Of Happiness To China
The ranks of China's millionaires continue to grow, but the increased wealth has done little to boost the country's gross domestic happiness, according to psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley. They say the pursuit of prosperity in the nation is fast outpacing mental health and well-being, and are seeking to correct that imbalance by spreading the science of happiness in China...

Improving Communications To Fight Wildfires
Wildfires can be deadly, as well as causing millions of dollars worth of damage to homes, businesses and natural resources. Efforts to control wildfires often include a staggering array of federal, state and local government agencies...

The Production Of Radioisotopes For Research, Medicine And Engineering
The short-lived radioactive isotopes used in hospitals and in research in Denmark, are something that the scientists here at Riso DTU know a great deal about. From 25-28 July Riso is hosting the 13th workshop on "Targetry and Target Chemistry." The workshop has been held since 1985 at leading research institutions in Europe and North America with two-year intervals...

Leading Researchers To Share New Treatments At Fragile X International Conference
Accelerated research findings leading to potentially significant new treatments for fragile X syndrome (FXS) will be presented to nearly 1,000 family members and professionals at the 12th International Fragile X Conference in Dearborn July 21-25...

Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare LLC Presents Positive Data On Investigational Once-Daily Integrase Inhibitor At International AIDS Conference
Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare LLC reported data from two Phase IIb studies showing that its once-daily, unboosted investigational integrase inhibitor, S/GSK1349572 ('572), exhibited potent antiviral activity in treatment-naive HIV subjects as well as in treatment-experienced subjects resistant to raltegravir (RAL)...

Symposium On Proposed Endovascular Treatment Of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency
The Departments of Radiology and Neurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center will hold a symposium on CCSVI (chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency) on Monday, July 26 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, in the Alumni Auditorium, 395 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, New York 11203. CCSVI is a syndrome in which blood flow from the brain is compromised...

E-Health Forum, September 8-10, 2010, Shanghai, China
What will Expo 2010 Shanghai China deliver to the world? A better city, a better life! Health is fundamental for a better life. The ecosystem of the healthcare system has required a whole world of collaboration. Join us to promote and explore the best practice in healthcare industry on September 8-10, Shanghai...

American Society For Nanomedicine (ASNM) To Hold International Conference
There is enormous excitement and expectation surrounding the multidisciplinary field of nanomedicine the science and technology of diagnosing, treating and preventing disease using nanotechnology. Nanomedicine is already influencing the pharmaceutical industry, especially in the design, formulation and delivery of therapeutics...

Early Bird Registration Ending For Focused Ultrasound Symposium
The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation issued a reminder that early bird registration discounts will end on Saturday, July 31 for the upcoming 2nd International Symposium on MR-guided Focused Ultrasound. Prior to the deadline, standard registration will cost $350 and registration for residents, students and trainees will be $250...

National Workshop To Showcase Technology For Safeguarding First Responders Inside Buildings
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), a leader in the development of technology for precisely locating, tracking, and monitoring first responders inside buildings, will host the fifth annual Workshop on Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking Technology for Emergency Responders in the WPI Campus Center Aug. 2-3, 2010...

Personalized And Translational Medicine Summit 2010, Boston, Massachusetts, 20-21st September
Personalized medicine is about to get a much-needed kick start: The FDA has agreed to produce draft guidance documents that clarify and revise the standards by which companion diagnostics and biomarker qualifications are tested and approved...

The Neurosciences And Music -- IV Learning And Memory
The Mariani Foundation for Paediatric Neurology announces "The Neurosciences and Music - IV: Learning and Memory", to be held in Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) from 9th to 12th June 2011...