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Video for this article is not available as your browser either does not support JavaScript and/or Flash Player 9+ or they are currently disabled in your browser settings. Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the treatment of Labor backbencher Michelle Rowland makes a 'mockery' of Tony Abbott's commitment to working women. Ms Rowland had sought a 'pair' from the coalition in order to get back to Sydney on Thursday night to be with her ill child. However, when opposition whip Warren Entsch asked for more information it was not provided and the pairing was not granted. The rejection caused uproar in Labor ranks with one MP, Nick Champion, describing it as 'a pretty horrible little act of misogyny'. Ms Gillard didn't go that far when she spoke to reporters after visiting a school in Canberra. 'Can I say very clearly what has happened with this matter makes an absolute mockery of everything the leader of the opposition has ever said about working women,' she said. 'It just shows so clearly that he doesn't get it.' Manager of opposition business Christopher Pyne said Ms Rowland would be granted a pair and that could have happened on Monday morning if the coalition had … Continue reading →

Los Alamitos, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Center for Discovery, a national leader in eating disorder treatment, has announced that James Buck Runyan, MS, LMFT, LPCC, clinical consultant at Center for Discovery, will be a keynote presenter at the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists 49th Annual Conference, May 16-19, 2013. Mr. Runyan's keynote presentation is entitled: Hunger Games 2013-A Cultural Lottery: The Current State of Eating Disorders in Our Young. We are pleased to have Mr. Runyan's continued assistance in educating professionals and the public regarding eating disorders in adolescents and children, said Dr. Craig Brown, CEO of Center for Discovery. The keynote presentation will discuss the history of eating disorders and the history of eating disorder treatment. In addition, Mr. Runyan will discuss the vast and complicated makeup of eating disorders and the current literature that is trying to help save adolescents and children with eating disorders. The theme of the CAMFT Conference is Personal and Professional Alchemy: Creating Your Own Clinical Style and the purpose of this conference is to inform attendees of the important developments and trends in the field through presentations by expert speakers. The Conference this year focuses on the integration of new … Continue reading →

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alkermes plc (ALKS) today announced the election of Nancy J. Wysenski to the companys Board of Directors. Most recently serving as Chief Commercial Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Ms. Wysenski has more than 35 years of healthcare experience, nearly 30 years of which have been in leadership and commercial roles in the biopharmaceutical industry. We are very pleased to welcome Nancy to our Board. Nancy is an industry veteran with decades of experience in leading several of the most successful commercial operations in the business, said Richard Pops, Chief Executive Officer of Alkermes. Nancys exceptional grasp of the opportunities and challenges entailed in product launches, commercial development and operational growth will add significant strategic perspective as candidates from our pipeline portfolio, namely aripiprazole lauroxil and ALKS 5461, progress to the commercial stage. During her tenure at Vertex, Ms. Wysenski was responsible for expanding and directing the companys sales, marketing, market research and sales operations activities for the companys first two commercial products, INCIVEK and KALYDECO. Under her leadership, these two products generated more than $1.5 billion in combined sales within the first 12 months, and INCIVEK achieved net sales of $1 billion in less than a year, faster … Continue reading →

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany - Higher prices for its multiple sclerosis treatment helped German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA post a 54 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit. Merck also saw stronger sales of materials for liquid-crystal displays and raised its profit forecast, saying it would achieve its 2014 goals this year. Its optimism came after it reported net profit of 266 million euros ($345 million) in the first three months of the year, up from 172.7 euros a year earlier. Total revenues rose 4.4 per cent to 2.76 billion. The company said Tuesday that its multiple sclerosis treatment, Rebif, saw sales rise 6 per cent to 454 million euros due to price increases in the U.S. and higher sales in Europe. Merck, based in Darmstadt, Germany, is a different company from U.S.-based Merck & Co., Inc. See the original post here: Germany's Merck KGaA sees net profit rise 54 per cent in Q1 amid higher prices for MS drug … Continue reading →

Claire Zappa was shocked when she heard that her cousin Joanne Ruddick had been diagnosed with breast cancer in December. Not only is Ms Ruddick just 27, Ms Zappa said she was fit and healthy. Ms Zappa will be supporting her cousin's battle with the disease by taking part in the HBF Run For A Reason on May 26. DONATE HERE "I normally do the fun run but Jo's just a very proactive person and she's the kind of person who would go out of her way to help others in need, so this year we're doing it for her," she said. The school teacher has gathered about 17 friends to run as part of her Go For Jo team and all the money they raise will be donated to the Cancer Council. So far, they have raised $4335 of their $4500 target. "We were completely blown away by the generosity of people and raised $2000 in the first couple of days, so it's very overwhelming," Ms Zappa said. Ms Ruddick has had a lump removed from her breast and is halfway through chemotherapy treatment, which will be followed by six weeks of radiotherapy. More: Help races in to support … Continue reading →

Anna Whetstone, 23, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 17. She was a high school junior in Hershey, Pa., playing on her school's field hockey team when she got hit in the head with a ball. "I was feeling fine at the time," she said, but over the next few days she had trouble with balance and "wasn't feeling well overall." Computed tomography scans and an MRI discovered the telltale lesions that are signs of the degenerative disease. After the diagnosis, Whetstone switched from playing to coaching field hockey, but she continued dancing and she earned a neuroscience degree, with honors, at Moravian College in Pennsylvania. She moved to Baltimore to accept a job as a clinical research coordinator at the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Since her diagnosis, her mother and brother have also been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease that damages the protective material around nerve cells, blocking messages between the brain and the body. Symptoms can include feelings of weakness, balance problems, numbness and tingling, and difficulty with memory. Whetstone said the causes of MS remain mysterious. That's why research is so important, and why she supported the National Multiple Sclerosis Society … Continue reading →

Thousand Oaks, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 AskPatty.com Inc., a website, blog, and online resource that serves as a safe haven for women to get advice on car purchases, preventative maintenance and repairs, and other automotive related topics, is pleased to announce that they will be running a month-long campaign along with the National MS Society to raise funds and awareness for MS, an illness that has affected AskPatty.com CEO Jody DeVere's family personally. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. Symptoms may be mild, such as numbness in the limbs, or more severe, causing paralysis or loss of vision. The progress, severity, and specific symptoms ofMS are unpredictable and vary from one person to another. Today, new treatments and advances in research are giving new hope to people affected by the disease. Jody DeVere, CEO ofAskPatty.com, is a mom with two adult children fighting Multiple Sclerosis. Jody's son Joe, now 40, has been fighting MS since 2002 and has a spinal cord injury due to a car accident in 2005 related to hisMS. Joe is currently in theSecondary Progressivestage of … Continue reading →

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (OPXA), a leader in developing a patient specific T-cell immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), today announced that the company will report financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013, before the opening of trading on Tuesday, May 14th. The company will also conduct a conference call and webcast to discuss financial results and provide a corporate update at 8 A.M. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 14th. Conference Call and Webcast Details To listen to the conference call, dial in approximately ten minutes before the scheduled 8 AM time to (253) 237-1170 or toll free at (877) 372-0867. Please reference conference ID # 70924987 while dialing into the call. A live webcast of the call can also be accessed via the webcast link on our website (www.opexatherapeutics.com) or by going to the following URL: http://investor.shareholder.com/media/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=129946&CompanyID=OPXA&e=1&mediaKey=52AF10A2390CE08BC8D2847172A3B20C There will be a brief Question & Answer session following management commentary. Share holders and interested parties are highly encouraged to submit questions in advance by e-mail addressed to kradhakrishnan@opexatherapeutics.com. About Opexa Opexas mission is to lead the field of precision immunotherapy by aligning the interests of patients, employees and share holders. The Companys leading therapy candidate, … Continue reading →

Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 According to http://www.SclerosisTreatment.com researchers are looking at MS every conceivable way taught by medicine, and although the FDA has approved several drug-based treatments, there isnt a permanent cure for the condition. The Multiple Sclerosis Treatment by Dr. Gary M. Levin uses a step-by-step method that rehabilitates your immune system and boosts your supporting body systems to rid it of all symptoms. The keys are correct nutrition, healthy diet and potent herbs that empower the impacted immune system to act within normal parameters instead of wreaking havoc. No drug provides a cure for multiple sclerosis so it is important to have a variety of treatment options available for patients. Multiple sclerosis can impair movement, sensation, and thinking and have a profound impact on a persons quality of life, reads a statement by Russell Katz, M.D., director of the Division of Neurology Products in the FDAs Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. With that picture in mind, it is easy to understand why MS patients are appealed by natural treatments for MS, e-books that sell for a tiny fraction of a full-drug therapy that give the patient herbal therapies to manage their condition. Dr. Gary M. … Continue reading →

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