The News Review:
- Ken Pienta MD new associate dean clinical & translational research
- Valley residents turn to clinical research in down economy
- State bailout helps AIDS program recover
- Vitamin D Deficit in Pregnancy Tied to Caesarean Risk
- MNCs pep up hiring for clinical trials
- Fibromyalgia patients sought for 12-week clinical study
Ken Pienta MD new associate dean clinical & translational research
U-M Health System News MI
He is a two-time American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor Award recipient and he serves on the Boards of the Paget Foundation Bone and Cancer Foundation and Southwest ncology Group. Pienta came to the. He is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Valley residents turn to clinical research in down economy
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) AZ
These days people from all walks of life are volunteering for experimental drug studies to make ends meet in these tough economic times. "I’m in an obesity weight loss study" said Katrina Nelson 28 of Peoria. Nelson is one of a growing number of people supplementing their income in a down economy by volunteering for research studies. "It’s a great incentive" admitted Nelson.
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State bailout helps AIDS program recover
Honolulu Star-Bulletin HI
Cecilia Shikuma program director. "It’s been hard work but we’re very pleased" said the University of Hawaii professor of medicine. "I guess we’re still financially shaky but it’s allowing us to survive. " The Legislature appropriated $1.
Vitamin D Deficit in Pregnancy Tied to Caesarean Risk
Washington Post United States
"In our analysis pregnant women who were vitamin D-deficient at the time of delivery had almost four time the odds of Caesarean birth than women who were not deficient" study author Dr. Michael Holick director of the General Clinical Research Center a professor of medicine physiology and biophysics and an assistant professor of medicine said in a medical center news release. He noted that previous research has linked vitamin D deficiency with proximal muscle weakness and suboptimal muscle performance and strength which may help explain the findings. The study was published online in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. More informationThe Nemours Foundation has more about.
MNCs pep up hiring for clinical trials
Times of India India
5% of its global workforce aiming for annual savings of $1. But its arm here Novartis India is hiring and has justpicked out three students from a clinical research academy in Mumbai. Frenchdrug maker Sanofi Aventis too is trimming and realigning its sales force butits Indian operations has just recruited some students for data management(electronic data keeping in a prescribed format) and clinical research workthat determines the safety and effectiveness of medications. Longconsidered a hub for clinical trials by pharma multinationals because of thehigh quality cost-effective English-speaking workforce India is now reapingthe benefits. The recession which has hit the West really hard has forced manyMNCs to look to India to carry out their clinical trials. This is being borneout by student placements taking place here.
Fibromyalgia patients sought for 12-week clinical study
Indianapolis Star United States
Hilligoss LPN CCRC is project coordinator for the Fibromyalgia Clinical Research Center. Contact Hilligoss at (317) 274-1755.
