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School of Nursing Receives $1.4 Million Grant From U.S. Dept. of Labor For Expansion of One-of-a-Kind Nursing Education Program

Federal Job Initiative identifies nursing shortage as critical workforce situation; grant funds to bolster nation’s only foreign physician-to-nursing program ...More

April 15, 2004

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Cherokee Uniforms Seeks the `BEST OF THE BEST’ in Nursing for 2004 Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Cherokee Uniforms has announced the official start of the nomination period for its 2004 Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award. Until June 30, 2004, individuals are encouraged to nominate nurses in three categories who, through exceptional service, ...More

April 14, 2004

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Colon Cancer Expert: Comment on New Virtual Colonoscopy Study

Findings of a new multicenter study by Cotton et al. published in the Journal of the American Medical Association comparing standard colonoscopy with CT colonography for the detection of colorectal cancer reveal that this technology, in the form used most often in the ...More

April 14, 2004

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Borders Books & Music and Waldenbooks Stores Host Healthcare Worker Appreciation Weekend

All healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, speech pathologists, mental health professionals, veterinarians, pharmacists, alternative medicine practitioners, dentists, researchers, dieticians, sex educators, physician assistants, etc., will be given a 20 ...More

April 13, 2004

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NPS Pharmaceuticals Begins Pivotal Study With Teduglutide in Patients With Short Bowel Syndrome

SALT LAKE CITY -- NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that it has initiated a pivotal Phase III study with its proprietary investigational drug teduglutide in patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS). Teduglutide is an analog of glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2), a ...More

April 13, 2004

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Extended Lymph Node Dissection Among Gastric Cancer Patients

Extended lymph node dissection –- a treatment for gastric cancer involving the surgical removal of lymph nodes near the tumor, in distant areas of the stomach, and in some cases, in combination with the removal of the spleen and pancreas tail –- has shown no long-term ...More

April 13, 2004

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Crohn's & Colitis Foundation to Hold Annual Patient & Family IBD Education Conference

MANALAPAN, N.J. -- The New Jersey Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) will hold its annual Patient & Family IBD Education Conference on Sunday, May 2, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel at Newark Airport, Newark, NJ. The conference ...More

April 12, 2004

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Otsuka’s Adacolumn® Device to Enter Pivotal Study in Ulcerative Colitis

Pivotal Study Initiated to Investigate Adacolumn Device’s Safety and Effectiveness ...More

April 12, 2004

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Important Findings from New National Survey: Most People with Symptoms of IBS Go Undiagnosed

Survey Shows Lack of Awareness of IBS May Impact Medical Care ...More

April 12, 2004

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Encision’s Surgical Technology Highlighted at SAGES Presentation

BOULDER, Colo. -- The benefits of Encision’s AEM® surgical instrument technology were highlighted during the scientific session at the meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). At the 2004 SAGES meeting held in Denver, Colo., Dr. ...More

April 12, 2004

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