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New Research on Possible Link between SeroVital and Pituitary Health Has Conference Goers Buzzing SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- It seems everyone's talking about human growth hormone (hGH) these days. CNN, Fox News, The Today Show, The Dr. Oz Show, Shape magazine... even Vanity Fair have all done features on hGH. And many of Hollywood's "elite" have been visiting some of the most expensive clinics in the world for controversial hGH therapy. Why? Because they believe...

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The public is invited to a free lecture called "Exotic Earths: Exploring Planets Around Other Stars" by NASA astrobiologist Avi Mandell at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The free lecture will be held on Wednesday, June 19, at 11:30 a.m. EDT in the Pickford Theater of the Library of Congress. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) During the past 15 years, hundreds of planets have been discovered...

Congressman calls for program integrity reforms over re-imposing a home health copayment WASHINGTON, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare today commended Representative Tom Price (R-GA) and his call for targeted Medicare reforms that achieve savings by putting an end to the occurrence of waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare program. In a letter sent to his colleagues in Congress on May 22, Congressman Price asked fellow lawmakers to...

MILAN, June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest studies in the field of allergy will be presented at the EAACI-WAO Congress 2013 in Milan, starting June 22 - Australian research shows environmental factors prior to birth influence later susceptibility to food allergies - Pre-birth environmental factors may induce changes in genetic material - Food allergies in first 12 months after birth "programmed"...

Leaders and technical experts in the Aerospace industry will have several opportunities to gather and collaborate at the Palais des congres de Montréal in the last full week of September, with options including the SAE 2013 AeroTech Congress & Exhibition, SAE 2013 Aerospace Government and Industry Meeting, and the SAE 2013 Counterfeit Parts Avoidance Symposium. Warrendale, PA (PRWEB) June 06, 2013 Leaders and technical experts in the Aerospace industry will have several...

Year-to-date sales remain narrowly ahead of last year's pace; WSTS forecast projects growth of 2.1 percent in 2013 and 5.1 percent in 2014 WASHINGTON, June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $23.62 billion for the month of April 2013, a 0.6 percent increase from the previous month when sales were $23.48...

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt: "With Congress back in session this week, we are once again bearing witness to a slow-motion fiscal train wreck on Capitol Hill. Both Democrats and Republicans are trying to find ways to renege on adhering to the reduced spending levels set up by the 'sequester' - the House has begun...

Topics for the two-day conference at New York’s Alice Tully Hall June 15 – 16, 2013 include: Human-Like Androids, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Bionic Prostheses, Engineering Memory, Consciousness through Spiritual Practice, Mind Theory and more. New York, NY (PRWEB) June 03, 2013 Dmitry Itskov, founder of the 2045 Initiative, today announced the preliminary program for the two-day Global Future 2045 congress (GF2045) event at New York’s Alice Tully Hall on June 15 – 16, 2013. Global...

RIGA, Latvia, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The first round of elections to the Latvian Non-Citizens' Congress, a body designed to give a voice to the 295,000 stateless people living in the Baltic state, have taken place. The body will have no formal power to decide Latvian government policy yet will provide a representative channel for those currently unable to participate in Latvian elections. Balloting will run until 11th June with a total of sixty candidates...

Congress Focused on Nerve Repair in the Hand; Presentation to Highlight Use of Avance® Nerve Graft in Hand Microsurgery. Alachua, FL (PRWEB) May 29, 2013 AxoGen, Inc. (OTCBB: AXGN), a leading regenerative medicine company focused on the commercialization of proprietary products and technologies for peripheral nerve reconstruction and regeneration, today announced that positive data based on clinical use of Avance® Nerve Graft will be presented in an oral presentation at the 18th...