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Arthritis / Rheumatology News
Once-Daily Anticoagulant Xarelto Approved By FDA For DVT Prevention Blood thinner (anticoagulant) Xarelto (rivaroxaban tablets) has been approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for the prevention of DVT (deep vein thrombosis) in patients who had knee or hip replacement surgery.	02 July 2011

Autism News
HP's "Hacking Autism" Initiative To Develop New Technology Tools For People With Autism Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, and the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism have joined HP's "Hacking Autism" initiative, which seeks new ideas for touch technology applications beneficial to people with autism.	02 July 2011

Dentistry News
American Dental Association Offers New Dental Billing Code Check App The American Dental Association (ADA) is making it easier and faster for dentists to find dental billing codes by introducing the new CDT Code Check app for the iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android-powered mobile devices (phones and tablets).	02 July 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Mobile Phone Cancer Link Looking Less And Less Likely Evidence from a growing number of studies does not support the theory that cellphones raise the risk of brain cancer, an independent international panel of experts has found after carrying out a thorough analysis of all published research.	02 July 2011
11.7% Medication Error Rate In E-Prescribing The chances of mistakes occurring in prescriptions sent electronically are no lower than in those written out by hand, a researcher from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston wrote in the Journal of American Medical Information Association.	02 July 2011
HP's "Hacking Autism" Initiative To Develop New Technology Tools For People With Autism Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, and the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism have joined HP's "Hacking Autism" initiative, which seeks new ideas for touch technology applications beneficial to people with autism.	02 July 2011

Seniors / Aging News

Premature Aging Drug, Rapamycin, Shows Promise For Progeria Patients As Well As Extending Human Life Nicknamed the "forever young drug", Rapamycin, which was created from a substance found in the soil of Easter Island, has been found to have potential for reversing the effects of premature aging, and could even help extend our lifespans by ten years, researchers reported in Science Translational Medicine.

02 July 2011

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