Sprint today has made it easier for individuals with speech disabilities to initiate calls using a wireless phone.

Dr James Treadwell from the Department of Criminology at the University of Leicester presented his research before his peers at a research seminar, announcing his findings on why ex-armed forces personnel end up in prison The seminar will draw on 29 interviews with serving male prisoners, who were previously employed ...

Ministers must urgently rethink their damaging plans to make changes to the NHS Pension Scheme following the publication of a new Bill in the Queen’s Speech, the BMA warned today (Wednesday, 9 May 2012).

(Penn State) The Center for Sport Concussion Research and Service, a new Penn State Center, will advance research on sport-related concussions and provide services to local collegiate and child athletes in the form of baseline assessments that can aid in diagnosing concussions and tracking recovery.

Fluidigm Corporation has begun direct service to customers in China. Through the establishment of a wholly-owned Fluidigm subsidiary in China in late January 2012, officially known as Fluidigm (Shanghai) Instrument Technology Co., Ltd..

At Bayshore Community Hospital, making patients and guests feel at home while they're away from home for a hospital stay is top of mind. While clinical care remains the Hospital's top priority, it is now enhancing the total hospital experience of patients with a new service called Concierge Care. Concierge ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) sounds like an adult disease, but the life-threatening lung condition strikes children too. Ten-year-old Lucas Van Wormer is one of them.

ProImmune Ltd., a leader in services for understanding immune responses, has launched a new Special Assay Service, providing unique, bespoke immunological assays, based on ProImmune's broad ranging proprietary platform technologies, to meet customers' assay needs.

Affymetrix, Inc. and Lineagen, Inc., an innovative molecular diagnostics company focused on complex, genetically linked disorders, today announced the companies have signed an agreement to incorporate Affymetrix' GeneChip technology into Lineagen's next-generation FirstStepDx, a genetic evaluation service for individuals with developmental delay (DD), intellectual disability (ID), and autism spectrum disorders ...

(University of Nottingham) A new NHS community pharmacy scheme to help patients understand and get the best out of a new medicine is to be tested and evaluated by a team led by the University of Nottingham in collaboration with University College London and Warwick Business School.

(International & American Associations for Dental Research) The American Association for Dental Research has announced Isabel Garcia, deputy director, National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, as the recipient of the 2012 AADR Jack Hein Public Service Award. This award will be presented to Garcia at the AADR Annual Meeting ...

The Peace Corps, PEPFAR and the Global Health Service Corps on Tuesday will announce a public-private partnership program to place U.S. health workers overseas to help address medical professional shortages, CQ HealthBeat reports (Bristol, 3/12).