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• Neurologists On Capitol Hill To Push For Health Care Reform (Medical News Today)
  What: More than 100 neurologists from 40 states will be in Washington, DC, March 8-9, 2010, for "Neurology on the Hill," an event hosted by the American Academy of Neurology to educate lawmakers about the need for health care reform changes that consider neurologists and the patients they treat, including people with Alzheimer's disease, stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, migraine, concussion ...
• Researchers Identify Previously Unrecognized Genetic Disorder (Medical News Today)
  Researchers from four laboratories that perform diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained physical and developmental disabilities recently identified a previously unrecognized genetic disorder...
• Zinc in denture adhesives unlikely to damage nervous system, doctors say (St. Petersburg Times)
  Neurological issues can have many causes, doctors say.
• Opening statements given in trial concerning 19-month-old's death (Daily Breeze)
  Jurors on Wednesday heard the frantic 911 call from a Hawthorne-area mother who came home to find her nearly lifeless son lying on the couch next to her husband. RELATED LINKS: » BLOG: Keep up to date with South Bay crime and court news » BLOG: Track South Bay court cases » South Bay crime stats
• Years of smoking associated with lower Parkinson's risk, not number of cigarettes per day (EurekAlert!)
  ( American Academy of Neurology ) Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson's disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. A new study published in the March 10, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, shows that smoking for a greater number of years ...
• XCyton scouts for funding support for marketing its novel DNA macro chips (PharmaBiz)
  India's start-up immunodiagnostic and molecular diagnostic major XCyton Diagnostic Pvt Limited is now on the look out for its next round of funds to market its novel DNA macro chips to detect virus, bacteria, fungal and parasite infections which are considered to be life threatening.
• Years of Smoking Associated with Lower Parkinson's Risk, Not Number of Cigarettes Per Day (Newswise)
  Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson's disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. A new study published in the March 10, 2010, online issue of Neurology(r), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, shows that smoking for a greater number of years may reduce the risk of the ...
• Young Madison manâs death prompts diagnosis conferences (Madison Eagle)
  MADISON - R. Remmey Bumsted IV of Madison was an active and seemingly healthy 23-year-old when he suffered from Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) due to unsuspected congenital heart disease in February 2008.
• PPD Donates $25,000 to UNC Pediatric MS Data Coordination and Analysis Center (dBusinessNews.com)
  RALEIGH – The Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is pleased to announce PPD, Inc., a leading global contract research organization based in Wilmington, N.C., has presented a $25,000 donation to the Pediatric MS Data Coordination and Analysis Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• OMC Entrance closed (Sequim Gazette)
  Things will be looking up literally at Olympic Medical Center's Sequim campus in about seven weeks after new exterior signs are installed.

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