Health News Archive - January 18, 2010

NAGOYA, Japan, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Menicon Co., Ltd. has announced the appointment of Graham Lockie as Global Sales Manager for Disposable Lens Products with immediate effect.

JERUSALEM, Israel, January 18 /PRNewswire/ -- - The International Study of StemEx, an Experimental Treatment for Leukemia, Lymphoma and MDS, is now Enrolling at Clinical Sites in Italy, Hungary, Spain, Israel and the U.S. The Gamida Cell-Teva Joint Venture (JV) announced today that the Paediatric Committee (PDCO) of the EMA has granted product specific waivers for StemEx for all subsets of the paediatric population (birth to 17 years of age) in all conditions.

LEEDS, England, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- MYA Cosmetic Surgery, one of the UK's leading cosmetic surgery providers, has reported a 15% increase in enquiries compared to the same period last year. MYA looked at figures from the 1st - 14th January 2010 and compared them to the previous year.

LAWRENCE, Mass., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- OBP Medical Inc. introduces the OfficeSPEC(TM), the first disposable side-opening vaginal speculum for office-based hysteroscopic procedures.

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Jan.

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- For humans, sunlight and vitamin D is critically important for the development, growth, and maintenance of a healthy body, from birth until death. "Humans make thousands of units of vitamin D within minutes of whole body exposure to sunlight.

Two studies report that scientists have uncovered new genes linked to type 2 diabetes.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan.

SHENZHEN, China, Jan.

Non-Profit assigned part of downtown Port-au-Prince, Southeast Province WASHINGTON, Jan.