The News Review:

- Ken Pienta MD new associate dean clinical & translational research
- Valley residents turn to clinical research in down economy
- Vitamin D Deficit in Pregnancy Tied to Caesarean Risk
- High Growth Reported for the World Contract Research utsourcing …

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.

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.
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High Growth Reported for the World Contract Research utsourcing …
MarketWatch 
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