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US lawmakers reject Canada drug purchases

October 21, 2011
The US Senate Thursday rejected a measure that would have enabled Americans to buy prescription drugs in Canada in a bid to reduce the costs of their health care.

Purchases That Make Your Mouth Water

September 16, 2011
In certain situations, people actually salivate when they desire material things, like money and sports cars, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. "In multiple languages, the terms hunger and salivation are used metaphorically to describe desire for non-food items," writes author David Gal (Northwestern University). ...

Lowering Cost Doesn’t Increase Hearing Aid Purchases

May 10, 2011
Lowering the cost of hearing aids isn't enough to motivate adults with mild hearing loss to purchase a device at a younger age or before their hearing worsens, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. A new study shows that simply lowering the cost of hearing aids - even ...

Study: Lowering cost doesn’t increase hearing aid purchases

May 10, 2011
Lowering the cost of hearing aids isn't enough to motivate adults with mild hearing loss to purchase a device at a younger age or before their hearing worsens, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Study: Lowering cost doesn’t increase hearing aid purchases

May 10, 2011
DETROIT Lowering the cost of hearing aids isn't enough to motivate adults with mild hearing loss to purchase a device at a younger age or before their hearing worsens, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. A new study shows that simply lowering the cost ...

AltheRx purchases all assets related to Solabegron from GlaxoSmithKline

March 25, 2011
AltheRx Inc., a privately-held clinical development company, announced today that it has purchased all assets related to Solabegron from GlaxoSmithKline. Solabegron is a highly selective and potent beta3-adrenoceptor agonist that has demonstrated positive results in Phase II clinical programs for the treatment of Overactive Bladder in women and Irritable Bowel ...

U-M purchases Fluxion’s IonFlux system to study nanoscale membrane disruption

March 16, 2011
Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced today that the University of Michigan Department of Chemistry has purchased the IonFlux 16 automated patch clamp instrument.

IMGM Labs purchases Fluidigm Access Array system to use in re-sequencing applications

February 16, 2011
IMGM Laboratories GmbH has purchased a Fluidigm Access Array System to use in its development and validation of targeted re-sequencing applications services.

Calorie labeling has no effect on teenagers’ or parents’ food purchases

February 15, 2011
A new study led by an NYU School of Medicine investigator and published in the February 15, 2011, Advance Online Publication, International Journal of Obesity, challenges the idea that calorie labeling has an effect on the purchasing behavior of teenagers or what parents purchase for their children. Teens appear to ...

Calorie labeling has no effect on teenagers’ or parents’ food purchases

February 15, 2011
(New York, NY) February 15, 2011 A new study led by an NYU School of Medicine investigator and published in the February 15, 2011, Advance Online Publication, International Journal of Obesity , challenges the idea that calorie labeling has an effect on the purchasing behavior of teenagers or ...

Calorie labeling has no effect on teenagers’ or parents’ food purchases

February 15, 2011
(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) A new study led by an NYU School of Medicine investigator and published in the Feb. 15, 2011, advance online publication of the International Journal of Obesity, challenges the idea that calorie labeling has an effect on the purchasing ...

Cord Blood America purchases minority interest in Stem Cells VIDAPLUS

February 14, 2011
Cord Blood America, Inc., the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells to families nationwide and internationally, announced today that it has purchased a minority interest in Stem Cells VIDAPLUS, a Spanish-owned company which preserves umbilical cord stem cells at ...