Press Releases by Category Health & Medicine
Associated Press and medicalpicture: the whole (medical) world in pictures
The two agencies conclude utilisation agreement! The newly structured AP picture platform has got off to a flying start - distributing the German medical picture specialist straight away. In the USA as well as in the remaining Pacific region, the news agency Associated Press will be presenting medicalpicture with immediate effect on its picture platform apimages.com.
As such, the world’s biggest collection of historic and contemporary image material and Germany’s biggest…
Mountain Treker from USA Operated in India for Spinal Fusion Surgery
Last year alone, over 20,000 patients came to India for medical treatment from over 30 countries around the world-USA, Canada, UK, Russia, the Middle East, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Mauritius, the Central Asian Republics. India is known for its highly skilled doctors and other healthcare professionals who provide medical treatments at a fraction of the cost of treatment in a developed country. India is not only cheaper but…
Practical eyecare management information now available at Energie Myopia Prevent …
Energie Eyecare, Asia’s leading eyecare management group has opened its first myopia prevention centre in Singapore. The centre is right in the heart of Shenton way, Singapore’s prestigious Central Business District, one of the world’s most expensive office places in the world.
“Many of our customers mentioned that they are too busy in their own work. Hence, we thought it would be useful to house our Myopia Prevention Centre…
Healthbase Prescribes Medical Tourism Ensuring Good Healthcare for All Americans …
Michael Moore’s latest movie, SiCKO, makes clear the present healthcare scene in America. In such a situation, international healthcare providers help Americans by providing them the healthcare they need at affordable costs. Medical tourism, as the practice is called, benefits not only uninsured and underinsured Americans but insured Americans as well. Healthbase offers help to patients going overseas for surgery by saving them money and making accessible services not covered…
HR676 National Referendum Launches in Conjunction with 'Sicko' Movie Release
Honolulu, HI...July 1, 2007..In anticipation of the United States Independence Day celebration, and in conjunction with the release nationally of the controversial movie, \'Sicko\' by Michael Moore, HNMG is pleased to announce that a National Referendum on Health Care is available.
Your vote for Universal Single Payer Health Plans, as related to House Resolution(HR676 by John Conyers(D-MI) and Dennis Kucinich(D-OH)) through this online service, will be submitted, upon completion to the…
Natural Animal World Convention Announces Advance Registration Package
June 26, 2007—Animal Talk Naturally (ATN) in conjunction with the American Veterinary Naturopathic Association (AVNA) “pawses” in its work to bring you the latest in “creature chitchat”:
If you register for the Natural Animal World Convention by Friday, July 13, you will not only reap the benefits of the education at your fingertips, you’ll want your “ears up” for these great bonuses:
1. An additional CEU. That’s right – the AVNA has…
Natural Chelator’s Effect on Autism Expanded and Renewed
As the first ever clinical study examining a natural chelator’s effect on autism disorders moves into it’s second year, it’s expanded protocol was approved by its FDA approved Independent Review Board. To date, approximately sixty children have been identified or accepted into the study. Recruiting will continue until the needed eighty children have been accepted and an additional twelve alternatives have been identified.
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PET/CT Center of Richardson Brings Exclusive Enhanced Bone Scans to North Texas
Richardson, TX – June 25, 2007 – The PET/CT Center of Richardson, located at 399 Melrose in Richardson, TX, has become the only facility in North Texas to offer PET (Positron Emission Tomography) bone scanning as part of their imaging services. PET bone scans produce superior, more detailed images and offer patients shorter scan times than traditional bone scan procedures performed with a nuclear camera.
PET bone scans are generally…
wetties.com Finds Growing Success Since Launch
Pretoria, South Africa, 12 June 2007 - - Online relationship and social networking site wetties.com is becoming an increasingly popular destination for friendship and romance online, as membership numbers continue to increase exponentially from day to day. Combining people of all nationalities, newly launched www.wetties.com is expanding at a rapid speed to garner more and more members, as well as more and more success stories as it continues to…
Lohan and Spears recent rehab stints result in major increase of treatment admis …
Miami Beach, FL - The nations top drug treatment centers are experiencing a high increase in admissions over the past two months. The majority of the new patients credit their decision to seek help at a treatment center due to the high profile celebrity figures also admitting their addiction and seeking help. The new patients who have felt that they may have had a drinking or drug problem in the…
2006 National Survey of Nursing Home Workforce Satisfaction
How Satisfied Is The Nursing Home Workforce That Cares For This Nation’s Elderly?
WAUSAU, Wis., June 19, 2007— A majority of nursing home employees are satisfied with their jobs and rate their overall satisfaction as “excellent” or “good,” says a report released today by Wisconsin-based applied research company My InnerView Inc. The data come from the 2006 National Survey of Nursing Home Workforce Satisfaction, the country’s first national report of…
Merck & Co. Ordered to Pay Attorneys’ Fees, Costs Following VIOXX® Consumer Frau …
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – New Jersey Superior Court judge Carol E. Higbee has ordered pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. to pay fees and costs to a group of attorneys who proved in court that Merck committed fraud by deceiving doctors about the cardiovascular risks of the popular painkiller VIOXX® and deliberately hiding information about those risks from physicians.
Merck could have settled both consumer fraud claims for less than $5,000, but…
Federal Appeals Court Upholds $2.1 Million Award For LASIK Surgery Association
HOUSTON - A federal appeals court has affirmed a $2.1 million award to American Laser Vision P.A. stemming from a contract dispute with a Lake Worth, Fla.-based chain of laser vision correction centers. The appeals court ruled that there was no basis to second-guess the arbitrator’s initial ruling.
“We have felt all along that the arbitrator’s ruling on this case was correct,” says Randy McClanahan, a name partner at Houston’s McClanahan…
LuminUltra Teams up with a New Agent
LuminUltra Technologies Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has acquired a new United States agent. Manufacturing Automation Corporation, a company based in Princeton, NJ, has acquired the rights to represent LuminUltra’s products in the Eastern United States market as of June 2007 for FDA-regulated manufacturing industries, including Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Medical Device, Cosmetics, Neturaceuticals, and Foods.
Manufacturing Automation Corporation is excited to bring sales and support expertise for LuminUltra’s products to…
Local girl's cancer fight features in inspirational TV documentary
A Whitehill schoolgirl who is recovering from leukaemia after being part of a groundbreaking new treatment trial developed by Leukaemia Research, is to be featured in a new BBC documentary about children going through cancer treatment.
Charlotte Adams, 15, and a student at Eggers School, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) on 10 January 2006 and immediately began treatment. Charlotte had begun a promising acting career and had appeared in…
UK's first childhood leukaemia Cell Bank goes live
Leukaemia Research funded scientists have opened the UK’s first ever childhood leukaemia 'Cell Bank’ of genetic material, meaning scientists studying blood cancer in children can now select samples of DNA or cells for research online in a virtual lab.
The Bank, based on four sites in Bristol, Sheffield, Glasgow and London, stores leukaemia cells from children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) who are being treated in the current UK clinical…
Interesting Ways to tackle childhood obesity
Children’s physical fitness standards have dropped drastically in the past years. The main reason is that, all kids activities have been replaced by electronic games and media entertainment. Child obesity and overweight related illnesses have dominated every part of the world.
A child from the modern world may find it hard to understand the concept behind child fitness. Our kids have become victims of obesity, poor health which can be associated…
Dr. Howard Reappointed at Lesley University and Unveils New Website
Dr. Scott Howard of Howard Learning Assessment Services is pleased to announce that he has been reappointed as a Lecturer in the graduate Counseling and Psychology program at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Dr. Howard has also been appointed as a neuropsychological consultant at the Lighthouse School in N. Chelmsford, MA.
Dr. Howard continues to be available to provide supervision, inservice presentations, and consultation to schools, healthcare facilities and clinics…
Veeda Clinical Research Strengthens its Global Operations to Work as Single Glob …
Veeda Clinical Research represents a truly international early clinical development CRO.
Veeda Clinical Research, the dynamic Anglo-Indian CRO formed by amalgamation only 2 years ago, is set to offer its global presence with single brand offering high quality clinical trails and contract research services.
About Veeda Clinical Research
Veeda Clinical Research represents a truly international early clinical development CRO. The acquisitions of 3 companies in 2 years has resulted in a Company which…
Innov-X SMTA Exhibits to Focus on Lead Free & RoHS Compliance
Woburn, MA, Visitors to Innov-X’s Booth at the SMTA’s Upper Midwest Vendor Show (MN) † and SMTA Successful Lead-Free RoHS Strategies Conference (MA) †† will learn how using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) can screen components, parts and PCB’s for compliance with the European Union’s RoHS* Directives. Recent studies indicate that up to 50% of supplier Certifications stating products are RoHS compliant, yet fail to pass testing. Portable XRF…
Dieting Research Wins Funding Award
Anti-dieting campaigner Malcolm Evans has been awarded academic funding to research why the West\'s dieting obsession continues to grow whilst dieting itself is increasingly attacked as an effective means of lasting weight control.
The three year funding at Manchester Metropolitan University will consider dieting from a community psychology perspective, seeking to help develop the substantial societal mind shifts regarding food, eating and body image which Evans believes are necessary to break…
ICD-10, don't get lost in translation!
How simple life could be if everyone spoke the same language. Since the tower of Babel humanity attempted to, once again, communicate in one tongue and overcome the general difficulties associated with language barriers – with little success. The most recent attempt in this direction is the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) attempt to introduced a common International Classification of Diseases, the ICD-10 code. This classification system allows the definition and…
The University of Heidelberg invites to The Heidelberg PAT Conference 2007
Practical experience with Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR) as the preferred measurement tool in early stages of Process Analytical Technology (PAT) has raised some interesting and pertinent questions. As a direct result there is an increasing interest and growing demand for PAT tools and applications. Multivariate spectroscopic techniques such as NIR, IR, Raman and Terahertz are versatile options to address open issues.
The University of Heidelberg invites to The PAT Conference 2007…
DRE Veterinary Makes Finding Veterinary Medical Equipment Easier
Louisville, KY May 30, 2007 - DRE, Inc. announces the release of a new and upgraded website for its Veterinary Division located at dreveterinary.com Veterinary professionals can now download a full equipment catalog, request quotes on capital equipment, and purchase veterinary supplies and accessories with a credit card directly from the website. DRE carries a large variety of veterinary medical equipment, supplies, and accessories. Because of this,…
Medical Tourism - Avoid Years of Unnecessary Debt
Americans – uninsured, underinsured and even insured – are taking advantage of the low cost, high quality healthcare overseas and saving tons
A Hip Resurfacing Surgery for only $7,500! When Kathie Thornton’s medical tourism facilitator, Healthbase, informed her she could get her hip replaced for only $7,500 she wondered if it was too good to be true. The only catch was she would have to travel to India for her treatment…
Tonometer Diaton is presented at Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology Cancun, …
Tonometer Diaton is presented at PAAO Congress in Cancun, Mexico, from May 31 to June 4, 2007.
Tonometery through the Eyelid (el tonómetro Diaton, que toma la presión intraocular a través del párpado) will be introduced in a beautiful City of Cancun, México. BiCOM’s Diaton tonometer distributor Farbac, an ophthalmic devices distributor in Mexico will be featuring Diaton at Booths # 150 & 151. BiCOM plans to establish distributors…
EMR Experts acquires website design firm to offer EMR integrated patient portal …
San Diego, CA., May 25, 2007 -- EMR Experts, Inc. has announced the offering of new EMR integrated patient portal websites for doctors. This capability is brought to doctors through the recent acquisition of a high quality web design firm, now known as Medical Web Experts. Each website is custom built to suit the clients' exact needs, without using out-of-the-box templates which most of the competition uses. …
Latest GMP Requirements in Good Transportation Management
Globalisation, counterfeiting problems and the expectations regarding pharmaceutical transport activities and cold chain management are forcing the pharmaceutical industry to challenge their current practices. Companies have to increase their effort and validation activities as one prerequisite for safe and secure transportation of their medical products over boarders and through various climatic conditions. New technologies like RFID are evaluated and implemented.
Authorities like FDA, WHO, USP and PDA are already leading the…
Prostate Cancer: Clinical Study Demonstrates Superior Efficacy of Docetaxel Chem …
The chemotherapy drug docetaxel currently offers the best treatment for androgen-independent prostate cancer. That is the result of a now published clinical trial that compared the efficacy of the two most widely used chemotherapy drugs. When using docetaxel, the risk of disease progression was cut by more than 50% than when using the next-best chemotherapy drug.
The use of chemotherapy to treat prostate cancer has rapidly grown in importance over…
BITS Pilani Rajasthan tie-ups with Top Health Care Institutions in India
For millions of people around the world, receiving quality eye care is an enormous struggle. Lack of good educational programs in Optometry and poor practitioner-to-patient ratio adds to the woes of developing countries. With nearly 25 % of the global blindness data, India has just about 3,000 Optometrists which is highly inadequate.
For every 100,000 population in India, we have 1.50 Ophthalmologists to 0.60 Optometrists while Australia has 3.30 : 12.50,…
Beauty, those who look for it, find it, or create it
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, more often however, in the hands of a gifted surgeon. medicalpicture offers a selection of images depicting the possibilities, procedures and dangers of modern plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, aesthetic surgery, facial surgery etc.
The profession of aesthetic surgery covers numerous different medical fields. Ultimately, the goal is always an aesthetic improvement of the patient’s looks although the medical reasoning behind any procedure may…
10th APIC/CEFIC European Conference on Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
In a rapidly changing legislative environment API manufacturers as well as manufacturing authorisation holders are facing global challenges regarding GMP and regulatory compliance.
We have invited speakers from EU, FDA, EMEA, EDQM and national authorities who will present updates on their recent and upcoming activities.
A special feature of the joint day will be 8 highly interactive parallel sessions on specific GMP and Regulatory Affairs topics. Participants have the opportunity to choose…
GMR Krueger's New Medical Division Takes First Step to Diversify into Medical De …
BRIGHTION, MI- May 15th, 2007- GMR Krueger\'s new medical division, Automated Medical Systems (AMS), announced today that it has licensed world-wide, exclusive rights to a technology invented by Mr. Daryl Bell-Greenstreet of California. With the assistance of CJPS Enterprises, LLC (www.cjps-enterprises.com ), AMS is in the process of obtaining several other products of interest.
This innovative technology is for an automatic medication dispenser that is capable of distributing medication according to…
Fluoride Linked to Gum Disease
New York -- May 2007 -- Scientists report a link between dental fluorosis and periodontal disease in the June 2007 Indian Journal of Dental Research. (1)
Dental fluorosis - white spotted, yellow, brown stained and/or pitted teeth - is a visual manifestation of fluoride overdose during childhood. Dental fluorosis afflicts from 1/3 to 1/2 of U.S. schoolchildren, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. (2)
Inhabitants of the Davangere…
Cortiva Institute and Massage Magazine Announce New Scholarship Fund
Hoboken, NJ - May, 2007 – Cortiva Institute and MASSAGE Magazine announced today their partnership in a new Scholarship Fund. The program will provide a scholarship fund for Massage Therapy education at any of Cortiva Institute’s 9 schools nationwide. The scholarships will be awarded to promising massage therapy applicants and the selection process will include top leadership from both organizations.
Cortiva Institute and MASSAGE Magazine will award a total of…
Healthcare Republic launches My Online Learning
An interactive medical website featuring multimedia learning resources has been launched on healthcarerepublic.com, the home of primary care.
It is intended to help doctors enhance practice services and improve patient care by providing a richer level of primary care learning. The site was devised with Eduhealth Media, a partner of the University of Leicester and NHS provider of interactive training.
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/learning contains advanced multimedia learning modules for doctors to learn…
Connectathon: ICW Master Patient Index passes IHE Conformance Tests
Walldorf, May 2, 2007 – International eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW), with its ICW Master Patient Index (MPI), participated in a Connectathon hosted by the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative. The results show that the ICW MPI is now IHE-compliant.
IHE has been annually publishing extended frameworks since 1998, which describe how to implement international standards (HL7, DICOM, etc.) using real-case scenarios. Once a year, interested manufacturers can demonstrate the…
Fluoridation Doing More Harm Than Good, Studies Show
New York – May 2007 – Contrary to belief, fluoridation is damaging teeth with little cavity reduction, according to a review of recent studies reported in Clinical Oral Investigations.(1)
Pizzo and colleagues reviewed English-language fluoridation studies published from January 2001 to June 2006 and write, “Several epidemiological studies conducted in fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities suggest that [fluoridation] may be unnecessary for caries prevention…”
They also report that fluoride-damaged teeth spiked upwards to…
Mines & Associates applies for coveted Health Utilization Management Accreditati …
DENVER, CO - May 14, 2007 - MINES & Associates is pleased to announce that it is in the process of applying for the Health Utilization Management Accreditation from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry. MINES & Associates (http://www.minesandassociates.com) continues to be an industry leader in the delivery of health related services including managed care, disease management and award…
Cortiva Institute Launches Online Registration for CE Courses
Cortiva Institute now offers online registration for a variety of CE Courses at 12 locations nationwide.
Hoboken, NJ - May, 2007 – Continuing Education is an important tool for continuing success as a Massage Therapist and Cortiva Institute is now offering a variety of courses, with ease of online registration.
"There is a tremendous demand for continuing education. In some cases, massage therapists are required to take continuing education courses in…
Exotic Dance Classes for Everyday Women coming to South Beach
Miami Beach, FL-May 2007- With summer a few months away, the unique and innovative way to tone and learn exotic dance moves while boosting your body image and self confidence is “The Art of Exotic Dancing for Everyday Women®”. These classes promise to evoke infectious energy and will create a moving and memorable experience for all women of every age and every shape. The Art of Exotic Dancing for…
National Survey of Resident and Family Satisfaction In Nursing Facilities Shows …
WAUSAU, Wis., May 9, 2007—Satisfaction scores from this year’s National Survey of Resident and Family Satisfaction in Nursing Facilities show an increased level of satisfaction in seven quality of life items, says the report released today by Wausau, Wis. based applied research company My InnerView.
“The data used in the 2006 national report comprise the largest dataset ever assembled for the long-term care profession. The voices captured within…
Agfa HealthCare and ICW announce eHealth collaboration
Mortsel, Belgium / Walldorf, Germany – May 10, 2007 – 11:00 CET
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, and InterComponentWare AG (ICW), the eHealth specialist, announce today that they are intensifying their co-operation efforts. The non-exclusive agreement covers the development of seamless integration and interoperability between Agfa HealthCare’s Hospital Information System (HIS) ORBISTM and ICW’s eHealth Framework.
EHealth solutions are aimed at improving…
ISFR approaches Your Practice Online for Website Development
Your Practice Online is a website designing and promoting company specializing in medical web designing and patient education. By leveraging the vast potential of the Internet 'Your Practice Online' provides a further stepping stone in the delivery of best clinical practice through online presence of medical practice.
The International Society for Fracture Repair (I.S.F.R.) is embodied in an organisation of individuals from around the world who are dedicated to…
Ticks on the run
Ticks may generally be found in brushwood (brushes), weeds, ferns and tall grass up to approx. 1.5 m in height. Ticks are parasitic, spider-like arthropods. Approximately 650 tick species exist worldwide and they are often found to serve as disease vectors for such infections as Lyme disease. The medicalpicture Feature with new information und Images about ticks.
They generally do not exceed 4 mm in size, can however swell to up…
Why Carbon & Multi Media Water Filter Systems Outshine Reverse Osmosis Systems
Actual water treatment facilities are timeworn, municipal and city water sources contaminated. Which water filter treatment solution makes the most sense to ensure pure, clean and healthy water for the family? The examination of three common filtration & purification should throw light on this question.
In a reverse osmosis system (ROS) the water is passed through a 5 micron sediment filter to remove sediment, dirt and algae. In a next…
Drug discovery offshoring - all about finding the right partners
Global pharmaceutical companies are increasingly turning to Indian vendors offering drug discovery research using newer techniques at much lower costs. Major drug discovery companies are realizing that the question is no longer whether to outsource or not, but one of finding the right partners.
Drug discovery is the process by which molecules are identified for their therapeutic efficacy, and can take up several years. Companies are now finding that improving…
First Health Card Connector: ICW and Cisco Submit Healthcare Router for Licensin …
Walldorf/Berlin, April 30, 2007 – The operation company for the introduction of the electronic health card in Germany received the first connector for licensing pursuant to the current specification 1.0 today: eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW) and network equipper Cisco submitted their jointly developed health card connector \"Cisco Healthcare Router\" to gematik for provisional licensing.
With grant of the provisional license by gematik, the Cisco Healthcare Router can now be applied…
InfoPro Launches online training for CABG
New Jersey, US: InfoPro Learning, one of the world’s leading providers of learning solutions, has announced the launch of its first ever, online training course on Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG). The course, authored by Dr. A Sampath Kumar, the internationally renowned cardiovascular surgeon, is hosted on InfoPro’s Life Sciences website at http://lifescience.teachmeit.com.
CABG surgery is one of the most commonly performed major operations in the world, especially in the…
European Qualified Person Association counts more than 500 Members
The Qualified Person (QP) has a key function and responsibility in the pharmaceutical industry. According to European Parliament DIRECTIVE 2001/83/EC, he or she needs to be highly qualified and experienced. In addition, the Qualified Person also needs to be on top of current developments in GMP and regulatory affairs. For that reason the ECA\'s Advisory Board Members decided in their annual meeting on 7 July 2006 to establish a new…
