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Raghuram Rajan accurately warned central bankers in 2005 of a potential financial crisis if banks lost confidence in each other. Now the International Monetary Fund’s former chief economist says the Federal Reserve should consider raising rates, even as almost 10 percent of the U.S. workforce remains unemployed.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-08-23/bernanke-must-raise-benchmark-2-points-in-latest-rajan-warning.html

German business confidence unexpectedly rose to a two-year high in June as the euro’s depreciation and a global economic recovery brightened the outlook for exports.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-22/german-business-confidence-unexpectedly-increases-update2-.html

The current mobile industry business model can’t survive, writes consultancy PRTM in a fascinating new report on the state of the market released in the lead-up to the Mobile World Congress trade show, running from Feb. 15 to 18 in Barcelona.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/europeinsight/archives/2010/02/mobile_operator.html

To help patients work with their physicians to better understand medical imaging, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has launched myimagingexam.com, an educational resource Web site for patients receiving diagnostic imaging exams. The new site provides educational tools for patients to download and use with their physician before undergoing a medical imaging exam to better understand the imaging process and manage their own health. In addition to tools, the site also includes educational information about women’s imaging, pediatric imaging, patient comfort and CT radiation dose…

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Resverlogix Corp. (“Resverlogix” or the “Company”) (TSX:RVX) announced that it has begun dosing patients in its US Phase 2 clinical trial lead by Cleveland Clinic. This trial will examine RVX-208, Resverlogix’s oral small molecule therapy for the treatment of atherosclerosis, in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). This study is chaired by Dr. Steven Nissen, MD, Chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and the principal investigator is Dr. Stephen Nicholls, Medical Director of Intravascular Ultrasound at Cleveland Clinic…

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An overwhelming majority of people who have periodontal (gum) disease are also at high risk for diabetes and should be screened for diabetes, a New York University nursing-dental research team has found. The researchers also determined that half of those at risk had seen a dentist in the previous year, concluded that dentists should consider offering diabetes screenings in their offices, and described practical approaches to conducting diabetes screenings in dental offices. The study, led by Dr…

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A retrospective analysis of 1,234 Americans indicated a substantial underdiagnosis of obesity when Body Mass Index (BMI) was used compared to the Dual Engergy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. This analysis will be released on Friday, April 23, 2010 at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 19th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress in Boston. To date, no large-scale comparison has been made between BMI and DEXA, a direct measure of percentage body fat…

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Although the ongoing Senate debate over health reform may seem at times to be unrelated to everyday life in New Hampshire, the bill’s passage or failure will have a profound impact on the health and well-being of many New Hampshire residents. A report from Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers, found that 91,000 people in New Hampshire will gain coverage by 2019 under the Senate health reform bill…

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An article published Online First and in the December edition of The Lancet Oncology reports that addition of capecitabine to a standard chemotherapy regimen for breast cancer improves recurrence-free survival. On the other hand, treatment with capecitabine is frequently discontinued because of increased adverse events.

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State Street Corp., the third-largest U.S. custody bank, reported a second-quarter profit after a loss a year earlier and said it removed redemption restrictions on clients at its securities lending business.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-07/state-street-removes-redemption-limits-as-earnings-rise.html