CombinatoRx, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CRXX) announced that John Randle PhD, Senior Vice President, Commercial Development is scheduled to present at the upcoming Canaccord Adams Diabetes & Obesity Conference at The Nikko Hotel in San Francisco. Mr. Randle is scheduled to present on Friday, June 6, 2008 at 10:20 am PST. Interested parties may access a live webcast of the presentation by visiting the CombinatoRx website at

Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) announced that its technology powers the Ipsogen MapQuant Dx” Genomic Grade, the first genomic test designed to provide a more precise measurement of tumor grade than previous techniques. Ipsogen, a leading French molecular diagnostic company, launched the test, which resulted from the Powered by Affymetrix” agreement signed in August 2007.

Binge eating and purging can occur in boys and girls at a variety ofages, but the risk factors for these behaviors largely vary by agegroup and gender, according to an article released on June 02, 2008 inthe Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine,one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

In children who drink 100% fruit juice regularly there is noincreased risk of being overweight in comparison to their peers who donot, according to a report released on June 2, 2008 in the Archivesof Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of theJAMA/Archives journals. The obesity levels in the United States, not just in adults but also inchildren, have reached record highs, and this phenomenon is oftenreferred to as an “obesity epidemic.

Life saving antiretroviral therapy for HIV is now reaching nearly 3 million people in low and middle income countries, according to a new report issued today by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNAIDS and UNICEF. A key finding of the report is that more women are able to get antiretrovirals to stop the virus being passed onto their children during pregnancy.

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt in a May 22 letter wrote that President Bush’s senior advisers would recommend he veto any legislation that “would result in the loss of access to additional benefits or choices in the Medicare Advantage program,” the

Three-quarters of primary care nurses have admitted to lacking even basic training in treating allergies, and more than half say they feel “uncomfortable” seeing patients with allergy-related conditions. This is despite the fact that in the UK the incidence of common allergic diseases has trebled in the last 20 years, to become one of the highest in the world - one in three of the UK population will be affected by allergic disease at some time in their life.

Sen. Charles Grassley’s (R-Iowa) request that the Government Accountability Office “launch an inquiry into whether FDA behaved appropriately in granting” accelerated approval of

The World Health Organization (WHO) wants a ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, in a bid to protect the world’s 1.8 billion young people. The organization said it is urging all governments to to clamp down on the tobacco industry’s efforts to attract young people through “sophisticated marketing”.

About 400 children from eight Indian states gathered Wednesday at a workshop to discuss their experiences as peer educators in a joint UNICEF-National AIDS Control Organization pilot project that aims to increase HIV awareness among children and youth, the