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Awards To Highlight Military Health Heroes, Wales
The Welsh Assembly Government is today encouraging people to nominate health professionals for a major UK-wide award aimed at highlighting their contribution to the care of armed services personnel.
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The National Re for Aplysia at the University of Miami"s Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science has had its res grant with the National Institute for Health (NIH) extended for an additional five years. The National Re for Aplysia is the only facility in the world that cultures and raises Aplysia californica, commonly known as sea hares or sea slugs. Over the course of the next five years, the facility will receive $2.7 million from the NIH to raise these animals, which are used to study the basic mechanisms of memory and learning while providing insight into diseases such as Alzheimer"s and Parkinson"s.
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Landmark Study For GSK's Cervical Cancer Vaccine Published In The Lancet
The final analysis of the largest efficacy trial of a cervical cancer vaccine is published today in The Lancet. The study, involving 18,644 women, confirmed GlaxoSmithKline"s Cervarix(R) is highly effective at protecting against the two most common cervical cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) types, 16 and 18. The study also showed that the vaccine provides cross-protection against HPV types 31, 33 and 45, the three most common cancer-causing virus types beyond 16 and 18.
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Nominations Sought For PSA Awards For Excellence

Nominations for the prestigious 2009 Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Awards for Excellence are being called for with winners to be announced at the Pharmacy Congress Australia in October. The PSA"s Pharmacist of the Year, Young Pharmacist of the Year and Lifetime Recognition Awards are regarded in the profession as pinnacles of achievement and are held in the highest esteem both within and outside the profession. The President of the PSA, Warwick Plunkett, said the Pharmacist of the Year and Young Pharmacist Awards recognised the special individual contributions to the professional advancement of pharmacy in 2009 while the Lifetime Achievement Award recognised an individual"s contribution over a longer period. "These awards symbolise the highest standards and principles of the pharmacy profession in Australia in 2009 and give recipients a status among the pharmacy profession and among other health professionals which is second to none," Mr Plunkett said. "They represent a standard that reflects the recipients" commitment and dedication to their profession in 2009 and beyond which is exemplary in a field that already boasts standards of a calibre that are the envy of many health professionals. "The PSA Excellence Awards are the pharmacy profession"s most prestigious awards, recognising individual achievement and the important contribution that the pharmacy profession makes to the whole of Australian society. "They acknowledge the achievers of the profession: those involved in innovative practice; those who are striving to raise practice standards; and pharmacists who, through their professionalism, provide a model of practice which others strive to emulate." Mr Plunkett said the awards were made possible through the generous sponsorship of Symbion Pharmacy Services whose retail brands include Chemmart and Terry White Chemists, and while a nominee must be a member of PSA, there is no restriction on who may lodge a nomination. "Nominations are sought for pharmacists from all sectors of practice - community, hospital, consultancy, industry, education, academia, defence, government, research and other areas," Mr Plunkett said. "This is an opportunity for fellow pharmacists to recognise their peers or for the public to nominate a pharmacist in any field who they believe displays a standard of excellence which makes them exceptional." Pharmaceutical Society of Australia


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