Retired CEO works hard at giving back - U-T San Diego

Retired CEO works hard at giving back
U-T San Diego
But he is equally committed to the diagnostic breakthroughs that Gen-Probe nurtured to save lives through better detection of infectious diseases in the world's blood supply. It developed tests for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV and the West Nile virus, ...

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BD and Heart to Heart International Collaborate on Second Volunteer Service ... - Justmeans

BD and Heart to Heart International Collaborate on Second Volunteer Service ...
Justmeans
BD is focused on improving drug delivery, enhancing the quality and speed of diagnosing infectious diseases and cancers, and advancing research, discovery and production of new drugs and vaccines. BDs capabilities are instrumental in combating many of ...

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Gupta's Davos-Worthy Friends Praise 'Other Rajat' on Website - San Francisco Chronicle

Gupta's Davos-Worthy Friends Praise 'Other Rajat' on Website
San Francisco Chronicle
... in fields that are close to my heart -- particularly in promoting global health through the eradication of infectious diseases," said Chopra, the best- selling author of "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" who is also on Gupta's witness list.

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Most patients in Spore say 'no' to HIV test: Study - Jakarta Post

Most patients in Spore say 'no' to HIV test: Study
Jakarta Post
While not surprising, this reluctance signalled an obvious stigma of the disease, said Arlene Chua, an infectious diseases specialist at TTSH who led the study published in scientific journal PLoS ONE last month. The study polled all inpatients aged 21 ...

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Prostate cancer and the PSA test: It's hard to understand risk - Los Angeles Times

Prostate cancer and the PSA test: It's hard to understand risk
Los Angeles Times
Julie Downs, director of Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Risk Perception and Communication, said that patients often think of cancer the same way they think of infectious disease — as a toxin in the body that needs to be expunged, ...

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Do you have allergies? - The Central Jersey Sun (blog)

Do you have allergies?
The Central Jersey Sun (blog)
For more information and a comprehensive list of allergy and asthma resources, visit the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health website at www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/allergyr.htm.

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Pet Points: A pet's diet demands attention - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pet Points: A pet's diet demands attention
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Lawrence Gerson VMD and Linda Mathias VMD Other than an infectious disease scare, nothing brings a flurry of panicked calls to our office like a pet food (or treat) recall. It seems almost weekly there is a problem in the human or animal food supply ...

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