Press Releases by Category Health & Medicine
Yoritex Inc. have for the first time demonstrated the measuring possibilities of …
Toronto, Ontario. – December 29, 2011. - Yoritex Inc., developer of the USB medical diagnostics accessories for BlackBerry® smartphones, have demonstrated its Medical Network HUB® (YoriMed®).
Presentation shows functionality of YoriMed medical interface with Medical EСG Module by Freescale Semiconductor, connected to the BlackBerry Bold 9780 via micro USB. The presentation is available on YouTube from 27th of December 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0raQ0rmL2I).
YoriMed® - is an evolutionary mHealth solution for Blackberry and…
Combat excessive sweating effectively
Summers are largely characterized by sweltering heat and presence of sweat on our body. Most often due to high temperatures and the problem of excessive sweating, many of us are forced to stay indoors with the air conditioners switched on. This excessive sweating is so acute that many do not even venture out in the hot sun. The sweat causes a certain odor to emanate from the body which is…
Approaches Toward An HIV Cure: HIV Persistence, Reservoirs & Cure Workshop Takes …
There are several approaches to finding an HIV cure currently being explored, and all of them have had varying degrees of success. The goal in the HIV research community at this point is to find a "functional cure" for HIV—that is, reducing the viral load in the body to a point where the body's own immune system can keep it in check, without the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Toulon,…
CPR Vital to Surviving Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Get Your CPR Certification at Amer …
When Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Being Prepared is Critical. Everyone needs to be familiar with the latest American Heart Association latest CPR guidelines and be prepared for the situation
Woodbridge, NJ, December 29, 2011 - Every year 300,000 people in the United States alone experience out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. Unfortunately, the experience will claim the lives of 92% of these victims. A victim's best chance is usually revival through bystander Cardiopulmonary…
FASTMED RELEASES TOP TEN LIST FOR A HEALTHIER 2012
Phoenix, AZ (Dec. 28, 2011) – As Americans throughout the country turn their attention to 2012 and how to achieve great health and happiness, FastMed Urgent Care is offering “The FastMed Top 10 List for a Healthier 2012” for neighbors throughout the communities served by FastMed.
“In Arizona, we’re just starting our busy time of year. Whether you live here part-time, full-time, or vacationing with us, there are some simple…
West Chester Hospital Recognized as an Emergency Center of Excellence
West Chester Hospital (part of UC Health) in West Chester, OH, has been verified as an Emergency Center of ExcellenceTM by Emergency Excellence, an organization specializing in emergency department benchmarking. Emergency Excellence developed the award in response to the 2006 Institute of Medicine’s call for emergency department improvement and to motivate emergency care providers to achieve a higher standard of quality.
Eligibility for the Emergency Center of Excellence designation is based…
Evidence Grows Against Value of Multivitamins
A slew of recent studies question the health benefits to be derived from daily multivitamin and mineral supplements. For example, 182,000 older men and women taking multivitamins lived no longer and were no less likely to be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease or cancer than those who didn’t take them, according to a report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Meanwhile, out of 161,000 postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative…
Exotic Naturals to work with Shanghai SINCH Pharmaceuticals Tech. Co., Ltd
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Mumbai, India, December 27, 2011:
Exotic Naturals, suppliers of a wide range of quality Phytochemicals & Herbal extracts announced today that it has entered into a business agreement with M/S Shanghai Sinch Pharmaceuticals Tech. Co. Ltd., a Shanghai based quality API distributing company to market Ipecacuanha extract 0.2%, 2% and 8% in China and surrounding regions. Ipecacuanha is used as an expectorant. At higher doses it is a…
Alcohol Drug Class™ Releases New Updates for 2012 to their Drug and Alcohol Awar …
Alcohol Drug Class™ online programs, which include alcohol awareness classes as well as drug classes, ranging from 8 hours to 24 hours (levels 1-3), will include several new updates for 2012. These updates include new statistics and research as well as integrating the previous years customer feedback. Further enhancements will be more robust videos, real time feedback on quiz answers, and instant online course verification from courts, probation or other…
Pharmacy OneSource Announces Free Webinar on Launching Clinical Pharmacy Program …
Bellevue, Washington -- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Pharmacy OneSource is hosting a complimentary webinar with Misty Boachie, PharmD, on "Establishing and Advancing Clinical Pharmacy Services in Community Hospitals."
Boachie, Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator at Henry Medical Center, will discuss strategies for establishing clinical pharmacy programs and ensuring their continued success. At a time when all hospitals are experiencing a…
Carolina Foot & Ankle Associates, PLLC implements advanced electronic prescripti …
Hickory, NC – Dec. 27, 2011 – Carolina Foot & Ankle Associates, PLLC, a growing podiatry practice with three locations in the Piedmont area, recently selected to implement advanced electronic prescribing software to continue their move toward a truly paperless environment. The eDoc eRx Advanced solution is offered in conjunction with eDoc Health, the practice's hybrid document management solution from Biz Technology Solutions, Inc.
After struggling for years to find an…
Belmont® Rapid Infuser Used in First Liver Transplantation in Iraq
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Dr. Assad Hassoun, liver transplant surgeon, and Dr. Barry Rose, liver transplant anesthesiologist, both of California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, CA, have just returned…
Pickerel Lake Recovery offer Burks Falls Residents Community Help
Pickerel Lake Recovery Center offers the community of Burks Falls the opportunity to help families in need. The private recovery center has set aside a fund to help local resident families get the help they need for a loved one that they otherwise couldn't afford. The fund is designed to help pay for treatment from addiction for families in need where they are in the midst and throws of deep…
Market Research companies now have an all-round language specialist partner for …
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London, UK, December 25, 2011 — EAP English and Portuguese launches new specialist services for market research companies conducting research in Brazil - desk research support and content analysis.
In addition to translating briefs, questionnaires and other documents, as well as transcribing interviews and materials into English or Brazilian Portuguese, market research companies can also count on EAP now for specialist desk…
Harmonised GCP Training Courses Launched by Helix Research Center
Inspired by the initiative of Sponsors of ICH ( International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for the Registration of Pharmaceuticals of Human Use) Viz,European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products ( EMEA),Japanese Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare (JMHLW) and the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) , the Co Sponsors;Viz ,the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries' Associations (EFPIA),the Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA),the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of…
Increased Broken Bones Among Boomers Is Precursor Of Future Long-Term Care Needs
A new study suggests that the number of baby boomers visiting hospital emergency rooms for broken arms could rise by nearly a third by 2030. That is when the youngest baby boomers will have just turned 65.
The scientists reported that 370,000 cases of fractures in the humerus bone of the upper arm occur each year in both the United States. While younger individuals between the ages of five…
Building Entrepreneurial Skills in At-Risk Girls
The Academy at Sisters, the Northwest premier boarding school for at-risk girls, is proud to announce our academic focus this year: building entrepreneurial skills.
As part of the Learning Center, the students meet with local business owners to discuss the secrets to their success. Business leaders who are meeting with the students range from executives and managers from successful companies such as Nike, Google,…
Pharmacy OneSource Announces Free Webinar on Best Practices for Infection Preven …
Bellevue, Washington -- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, is hosting a complimentary webinar with Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, on "Best Practices in Applying Standardized Definitions for National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Reporting."
Hebden will review efforts to define the best practices for surveillance through state validation studies, qualitative research and educational initiatives to assist Infection Preventionists (IPs) with the application of…
Confused.com medical insurance comparison now powered by ActiveQuote
Private medical insurance comparison website ActiveQuote is pleased to announce the launch of its latest partnership with Confused.com.
Launched in 2002, Confused.com was the first website in the UK to compare car insurance online. Now, Confused.com is one of the biggest and most popular price comparison services in the UK and generates over one million quotes per month for a wide range of insurance products.
Confused.com recognises that consumers want the best…
Fertility Nutraceuticals, LLC Launches FERTINATAL Micronized DHEA Supplement for …
Fertility Nutraceuticals, LLC – a company specializing in nutritional supplements for women and female fertility enhancement – is announcing the launch of FERTINATAL™ micronized dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) supplement. The high-quality DHEA supplement is designed to augment female fertility.
Intrigued by anecdotal evidence received from one of their patients, physicians at New York’s Center for Human Reproduction (CHR) – a leading fertility and research center – initiated research on the relationship between…
Documentation and Communication the Best Defense Against Medical Malpractice Law …
While many lawmakers and politicians are emphasizing the need for medical malpractice reform and placing caps on malpractice lawsuits, the solution to preventing lawsuits in the first place could be in the hands of doctors and physicians says Nexus Insurance Services.
Poor communication from doctors to patients has been continuously cited in a variety of studies as one of the main reasons why there are lawsuits. A study…
Beta Carotene by Vitamin Power Now Available in Fewer Sizes from the Vitamin Min …
Vitamin Power has reduced the number of sizes that Beta Carotene (25,000 iu potency) is available in, that reduced offering is reflected at the Vitamin Mineral Shop.
Clinton Township, Michigan -- Established in 1975, Vitamin Power is an exclusive line of nutritional healthcare products. The discontinuance of one size of this product and continuance of the one remaining size shows Vitamin Power's commitment to having a broad variety of products…
New Data for the CerviLenz® Device Presented at the 10th World Congress of Mater …
Cleveland, Ohio and Rome, Italy – December 20, 2011
Two new studies demonstrating the clinical utility of the CerviLenz® device were presented today at the 10th World Congress of Maternal and Neonatal Health in Rome, Italy. The CerviLenz device is simple to use and disposable, allowing cervical length measurement in any health care setting and providing an immediate quantitative result.
The Congress sponsors include the World Health Organization, the European Association of…
Astoria Medical, Dental & LASIK Center Partners with Long Island City YMCA
ASTORIA, NY (December 21, 2011) — Astoria Medical, Dental & LASIK Center (AMDLC) has announced that, on January 1, 2012, it will begin a partnership with the Long Island City YMCA. As a result of this partnership, both AMDLC patients and YMCA members will learn about the importance of maintaining their physical health and their emotional and spiritual well-being.
The idea for the partnership came when Ebony R. Conely-Young, Executive Director,…
Boom expected on medical equipment market in Poland in 2013
In 2010 the overall Polish medical equipment market grew by 5% year on year. The increase primarily reflected imports, which grew by 6%, to PLN 3.9bn (€1.0bn). According to the most recent PMR report “Medical devices market in Poland 2012. Development forecast for 2012-2014”, the market experienced a greater rate of growth in 2011. There was a 30% increase in imports during the first half of the year. It is…
Ginseng berry extract shows promise for diabetes & obesity
“An extract from the ginseng berry shows real promise in treating diabetes and obesity, reports a research team from the University of Chicago's Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research. In the June issue of the journal Diabetes, they show that the extract completely normalized blood glucose levels, improved sensitivity to insulin, lowered cholesterol levels, and decreased weight by reducing appetite and increasing activity levels in mice bred to develop diabetes.…
Ottawa Teeth Bleaching Office Welcomes New Hygienist
OTTAWA, ONTARIO - Lena Jensen, a Canadian Dental Association accredited dental hygienist, has joined the staff of Dr. Pamela Li, an Ottawa teeth bleaching (http://www.drpamelali.com/) expert.
Since graduating from the Canadian National Institute of Health with honors, Jensen has applied her knowledge as a dental hygienist for the past three years.
At the CNIH, Jensen was a model student, winning the Dean's Award of Excellence, as well as the…
Users can now find the AIDS Support Group and HIV Forum of their Choice more con …
It is now easier to find the AIDS support group and HIV forum of your choice on HIVAidsTribe, the leading website for HIV/AIDS related help and info. The website has conveniently sorted these according to different criteria, so members can browse the large numbers of support groups and forums more efficiently and quickly.
Carlsbad, CA, 21 December 2011: Leading HIV/Aids online support website, HIVAidsTribe has announced that it is now…
New York Infertility Treatment Center Receives Second DHEA Patent Regarding Use …
New York’s Center for Human Reproduction (CHR) is pleased to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has approved a patent application for infertility treatment, serial number 8,067,400, titled “Androgen Treatments in Females.”
The claims of this allowed application - the second received based on CHR’s research of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in women with infertility - are directed to methods of decreasing aneuploidy rates (chromosomal abnormalities) in human embryos,…
AKW Announce partnership with Paralympic athlete Jon-Allan Butterworth
AKW, the market leader in daily living and showering solutions for independent living, has announced an exciting sponsorship of Paracycling athlete Jon-Allan Butterworth during his Paralympic campaign. Over the next 12 months the talented athlete will be working with AKW to spread its message of inclusive living, in addition to endorsing the importance of independence through new products and solutions.
As part of the sponsorship, AKW will launch a local CSR…
SANOFI LICENSES WORLDWIDE RIGHTS ON REGENERATIVE TREATMENT FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS AN …
Martinsried, Germany, December 20, 2011 – Scil Technology GmbH, a privately held biopharmaceutical company with core expertise in protein drug development, formulation and analytics, today announced that Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) has exclusively licensed Scil Technology’s program for the regenerative treatment of osteoarthritis and cartilage disorders.
Under the agreement, SCIL Technology will receive an upfront payment and potential milestone payments totaling up to EUR 180 million. Moreover, the…
Leading website for Depression Help, DepressionTribe, offers Different Categorie …
DepressionTribe, well known online platform for depression help, offers various categories of depression groups to users. This lets people find the depression group of their choice according to their interests and preferences. There are about 400 groups on the website; these have been sorted into 24 different categories to help users browse through them easily.
Carlsbad, CA, 20 December 2011: DepressionTribe, a leading web based platform for…
Lakeville Orthodontist Tells Parents When to Start Kids on an Oral Hygiene Regim …
LAKEVILLE AND SAVAGE, MINNESOTA - Lots of new parents wonder at what age their children should be started on an oral care routine.
The answer is simple- it begins at birth. After all, getting started on the right foot can pave the way for a lifetime of healthy teeth, said Cosmopolitan Orthodontics specialist Dr. Trudy Bonvino (http://www.cosmoortho.com/), who specializes in children and adult braces.
"Good oral care actually starts even before a…
Alenco Introduces Walk-In Therapy Tubs
12/16/11, Kansas City, Mo –Alenco Inc announces the introduction of a new bath system in the Kansas City metro area that is built to give homeowners a luxurious and healthy bathing experience. The product is manufactured by American Standard and features the latest advancements in walk-in bath technology. Alenco helps encourage independent living by offering a easily accessible bathtub.
Unlike typical bath tubs, American Standard walk-in tubs offer peace of…
Jaundice is not a disease but rather a mark that can occur in many different dis …
Jaundice is not a disease but rather a mark that can occur in many different diseases. Jaundice is the yellowish spotting of the skin and sclerae (the whites of the eyes) that is caused by high levels in blood of the chemical bilirubin. Skin color and sclerae vary depending on the level of bilirubin. When the bilirubin level is mildly elevated, these are yellowish. When the bilirubin stage is high,…
Quadratek Connect Enhance Internet Marketing Services Portfolio For Life Science …
Quadratek Connect Ltd. have enhanced their portfolio of internet marketing services in order to better meet the requirements of customers in the areas of Life Sciences, Finance and Information Technology. The company is part of the Quadratek Group, an organisation of technical solutions providers operating in various businesses, such as IT consulting, IT resourcing, defence and clinical research. Therefore, Quadratek Connect benefit from a considerable range of expertise and are…
AnxietyTribe lets Users Create and Join Anxiety Groups of their Choice Easily
Popular online platform for anxiety help, AnxietyTribe, announced that users can easily create and join anxiety groups of their choice on the website. There are around 170 support groups on the website that have been categorized according to different criteria, to make it easier for the website’s members to find support groups of their choice more easily.
Carlsbad, CA, 19 December 2011: Well known web platform for anxiety…
Thailand Medical Tourism Guidebook Released by TAT & MasterCard®
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), in collaboration with MasterCard, is launching a travel guidebook called “Healing Harmony, A Guide to Health & Wellness Holidays in Thailand", for foreign tourists from around the world who are interested in health and wellness tourism at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit on Wednesday, September 28, 2011.
Ms. Pensuda Priaram, TAT’s Deputy Governor for Tourism Products and Business, stated that “Thailand has more than 200 Hospitals…
Thai doctors find Etawanlisepriyong beneficial for treating pain
The Department of Medical Science has found that a Thai wooden nest, Thaowan Prieng, known in English as Etawanlisepriyong, is a good treatment for pain. As the Etawanlisepriyong extract acts similarly to pain relievers Diclofenac and naposane, but without any side effects, The Thai Pharmaceutical Organization is now proceeding with its manufacture.
Dr. Jackrapan Thummasak, the general director of Department of Medical Science, Ministry of Health said that the Department…
Ministry of Science announces successful development of first dengue vaccine
Ministry of Science announces successful development of first dengue vaccine
Biotech NSTDA, Chiang Mai University and Mahidol University together announced the successful development of a dengue vaccine, the first of this kind in the world. Following the achievement, they signed an authorization for Bionedd-Asia to develop a dengue vaccine in the near future.
On February 21st 2011, Dr. Weerachai Weerametheekul, the minister of Science and Technology, with Dr. Thaweesak Koanathakul, of…
AddictionTribe offers Users an Addiction Support Group of their choice with Mult …
AddictionTribe, a leading online platform for addiction self help, has announced that users can easily find an addiction support group of their choice on the website. This innovative website offers many different categories of addiction support groups. It also has a number of other useful features like addiction chat rooms, therapists’ blogs and health info.
Carlsbad, CA, 19 December 2011: It is now easy to find an online addiction support group…
A New Solution to Optimize Continuous Chemistry
The desire to develop new and improved chemical processes that optimize resource usage has resulted in intensive work towards the development of continuous flow reactors. Fast optimization of these systems can be a difficult, repetitive and time-consuming process due to the time taken to analyze off-line samples. ReactIR coupled to a DS Micro Flow Cell is the ideal way to dramatically reduce the time taken to optimize these systems.
Benefits of…
Food Productivity Guide to Enhance Productivity and Increase Profits
Expert measuring, weighing and inspection advice in a 100 page guide
METTLER TOLEDO has published a comprehensive Food Productivity Guide for all food and beverage manufacturers. Developed as a food process and equipment selection reference tool, each section of the Guide provides valuable insights and best practice with the potential to significantly improve a company’s bottom line.
Topics covered include filling, batching, checkweighing, and inspection techniques such as x-ray, metal detection…
New Medical Billing and Coding Careers Guide for Women Launches
A new website dedicated to medical billing and coaching careers has
launched at http://www.medicalbillingandcodingcareersguide.com to help job
seekers determine whether medical coding and billing is a career path they
should pursue and that they can excel at. The site is particularly geared
toward women's needs because it is often women who gravitate toward
medical reimbursement positions due to their reliability and flexibility.
"I have been recommending medical billing and coding careers to many of my
clients over…
Dr. Richard Roberts, World President of WONCA (the World Organization of Family …
* In the age of ‘specialist doctors’, the conference aims to create awareness of the fact that only Family Doctors can Provide Accessible, Cost Beneficial And Equitable Healthcare. * Held from December 16th to 18, 2011 at MUMBAI the Conference highlights the indispensability of Family Doctors and creates awareness on the yeoman service provided by Family Doctors.
Mumbai, India, Saturday - December 17, 2011 -- Dr. Richard Roberts, President of WONCA…
FASTMED URGENT CARE PARTNERS WITH A CHILD’S PLACE
December 16, 2011 – FastMed Urgent Care will be partnering with A Child's Place (ACP) and hosting a donations drive Saturday, December 17. All day FastMed will be accepting new school supplies, new clothes and shared donations to aide homeless children of Charlotte.
ACP’s mission is to erase the impact of homelessness on children and their education. Because of the unstable living conditions homeless children face, they are hungry twice as…
iPhone App "Noise Hunter" enables useful noise measurements with a smartphone
Munich - December 2011. Noise causes illness! This cannot be disputed. Nevertheless, this is usually reduced to the immediate hearing damage caused by extremely loud noise - e.g. a departing aircraft. It is less widely known that at a certain time sound exposure even to moderate noise levels already may affect health, e.g. may cause cardiovascular deseases. For the first time, iPhone users can get a precise picture of any…
Medical Officer Awaiting Deployment to Afghanistan is Local ED Physician Assista …
When Justin Stafford joined the Army Reserve, he not only saw it as a way of giving back to his country. Stafford saw it as an opportunity that would help him grow both personally and professionally.
Stafford is currently a PA-C (Certified Physician Assistant) in the Emergency Department at Parma Community General Hospital in Parma, OH. With an undergraduate degree in exercise physiology from Baldwin Wallace College in Ohio, Stafford…
A Study for Hemorrhoid Treatments ranks HemTab
Hemorrhoids are one of those medical topics that cause people to involuntarily cringe when mentioned. There’s no way around it: the condition is irritating, often painful, embarrassing and sometimes it can even be dangerous. Pharmaceutical companies spend millions of dollars every year in promoting their name brand remedies, but with in excess of one hundred different ointments and creams being sold every day in drugstores, which in this crowded market…
RFID Hardware from Cadi Scientific to Integrate with Intelligent InSites’ Enterp …
Intelligent InSites, the leading provider of enterprise real-time location systems (RTLS) software helping hospitals improve patient satisfaction and operational performance while supporting multiple RFID and RTLS technologies, has announced a partnership with Cadi Scientific (Cadi) – a Singapore-based RTLS hardware and software provider – to integrate Cadi’s radio frequency identification technology with the Intelligent InSites solution.
Fargo, ND, December 16, 2011 -- Intelligent InSites, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise real-time…
