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We believe the sharp appreciation of the yen is eroding Canon's (CAJ) revenue and profits. The company expects to improve profitability through product launches and cost-cutting efforts, and Canon has maintained its revenue and earnings forecast even though the third

We maintain our Underperform rating on shares of The Corporate Executive Board (EXBD). While Q3 EPS beat expectations, the company continues to experience deterioration in key operating metrics, including contract value.Given the current operating pressures, along with ongoing concerns regarding

Genzyme (GENZ) reported third quarter earnings of 31 cents per share, in-line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate but well below the year-ago earnings of 53 cents per share. Moreover, revenues declined 9% to $1.06 billion.The company has been under significant

Efforts to require flu shots for health workers in order to protect vulnerable patients are being abandoned by some major health systems because of legal challenges and vaccine shortages.Requiring flu shots is an exception in the health care industry, where

A new national biobanking initiative is to be established after the Dutch government awarded €22.5m funding for the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Infrastructure Netherlands (BBMRI-NL), a network including several academic and other research bodies. The initiative is intended to integrate

Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups. (The Associated Press)

Q: Does end-of-life care prolong life or does it prolong suffering? Should it be a part of health-care reform? (Washington Post)

The two men were accused of mediating between people willing to sell organs and those awaiting transplants, and of arranging to have the operations done abroad, police superintendent Gilad Bahat told public radio. (Khaleej Times Online)

Traditionally, treatment for severe second-degree burns consists of adding insult to injury: cutting a swath of skin from another site on the same patient in order to graft it over the burn. The process works, but causes more pain for

A telemedicine system based on a modified version of the Bluetooth wireless protocol can transfer patient data, such as medical images from patient to the healthcare provider's mobile device for patient assessment almost four times as fast as conventional Bluetooth

Nearly a third of Americans who die are in the hospital at the time and their last treatments cost the U.S. economy $20 billion, according to a report released on Wednesday. (Reuters)

The same genes that are chemically altered during normal cell differentiation, as well as when normal cells become cancer cells, are also changed in stem cells that scientists derive from adult cells, according to new research from Johns Hopkins and

Several gene-synthesis companies yesterday finalized a code of conduct that outlines how to screen orders for synthetic DNA that could be used for terrorist activities. (Nature News)