Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
For less than $100 and a day's work, a single family in an undeveloped country can construct a solid waste disposal system that not only processes the waste, but requires no electricity or additional energy while destroying harmful pathogens. So argues a Duke University environmental engineer who envisions a simple ...
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Saturday, September 17th, 2011
The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) is proud to announce support for three new research projects which fulfill NPF's mission of improving the quality of care in Parkinson's disease (PD). "These three research projects will focus on key areas in the Parkinson's field: advancing the concept of preventing Parkinson's, using technology ...
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Saturday, July 16th, 2011
The Hospice Foundation of America has developed "Addressing Cultural Diversity in Hospice Care," a free online webinar that looks at how, and why, different cultures may, or may not, utilize hospice. This tutorial aims to prepare and equip hospice organizations, and its providers and volunteers, with strategies and information to ...
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Thursday, May 5th, 2011
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust that, despite improvements since the last review and inspection on 16th June 2010, it must do more to comply fully with three essential standards of quality and safety. CQC reviewed information it held about the trust for ...
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Saturday, April 30th, 2011
João Gonçalves, from Faculdade de Farmácia e Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal, to win a Grand Challenges Exploration Award Portuguese researcher João Gonçalves is to receive a Grand Challenges Exploration Grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. João Gonçalves is Professor at Faculdade de Farmácia de Lisboa and ...
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