Press Releases by Category Health & Medicine
Morgellons Video "Star" First Shared Her Story of Triumph, Now Counsels Other Su …
Thousands have watched Connie's video, telling about her story of triumph against Morgellons on YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, MorgellonsHope.com (EwwTube), and several other video sites.
She was very excited about the response to her video, stating "I have been symptom-free for six months from a disease known as Morgellons. My experience and my story met with success and my return to a healthy, normal lifestyle after more than a…
Alkaline Nutrition - Ways to Achieve pH Balance and Restore Health
Due to fast paced daily lifestyles, eating on the run, people have to face a constantly growing endangerment: the over-acidification of the body cells, which will interrupt cellular activities and functions. It is a major root of sickness and disease, and it is also what causes overweight: to protect itself from potentially serious damage, the body creates new fat cells to store the acids and and carry them away from…
South Iceland Hotel on course for a New Luxury Spa
4 Star Hotel Selfoss is nearing completion of a new “Northern Light Spa” planned to open late Summer 2007.
As Summer approaches, tourists and business people alike can look forward to the completion of a new luxury spa at one of Iceland’s best hotels.
The new Northern Light Spa ( http://www.selfosshotel.is/English/Northen_light_spa/ )will have a sauna, thermal pool, relaxation room, lounge, bar, rainwater showers and beauty salon services. Cooperating with German sauna…
Unique Eyelid Tonometer is Presented by BiCOM at American Society of Cataract an …
BiCOM is pleased to introduce its unique Transpalpebral tonometer Diaton to the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery on April 27th – May 3rd, hosted by the city of San Diego. Diaton tonometer is the Only device on the market that can be used shortly after LASIK or PRK surgeries. Three speakers with presentations on the advantages of through the Eyelid tonometery will present at the ASCRS Symposium…
Morgellons Alert: MD Discovers "Effective Therapy" for Morgellons Syndrome
In an open letter to the Morgellons Community, Dr. Matthews states that he has preliminary data that indicates that a special suspension of Ionized, Colloidal Silver in distilled water, (also known as \"clustered silver\"), \"is an effective therapy for some of the symptoms in some of the patients suffering with Morgellons Syndrome, and endorse trials of its use for this mysterious condition.\"
After being exposed to his first Morgellons victim about…
GINA fights asthma – World Asthma Day, May 1st, 2007
Although children may be thinking of Pinocchio’s pet duck, asthma patients know better. GINA is the acronym used by an organization called Global INitiative for Asthma. Their goal is the improvement of living-conditions for asthma patients world-wide and an important tool in raising awareness towards this issue is the world-asthma-day. Created by GINA in 1998, much attention will again be focused on relevant issues and concerns associated with asthma on…
BCBSNC Agency Blog Offers Healthy Life Reporting for Real People
Raleigh, NC -- April 24, 2007-- North Carolina’s own IBD Insurance Services (ibdinsurance.com), a BCBSNC agency, announces the launch of its new blog created to provide healthy living tools and information for people in today’s busy society.
The blog offers light-spirited articles that showcase current trends, products, and publications designed for healthy, stress-free living in a fast-paced world. Current topics include ‘A Tried and True Method for De-Stressing’…
Intersectoral Information System: ICW Networks Heidelberg University Hospital wi …
Walldorf/Berlin, April 24, 2007 – Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, and its partner hospitals of the Health Centers Rhein-Neckar GmbH will be able to jointly access their patient’s medical data. Using the Professional Suite of the international eHealth specialist, InterComponentWare AG (ICW), this cooperation will enable those involved in a patient’s treatment to access medical data via an interfacility medical record.
As one of the largest medical centers in Germany, Heidelberg University…
BiCOM Reports Better-Than-Expected Results Due To Unique Tonometer Diaton - Tono …
BiCOM Inc. at a recent conference call, reported better than expected results due to a successful launch and unexpected increase in sales of its recently introduced transpalpebral (through the eyelid) tonometer Diaton, a device used for Glaucoma detection. The company has increased its outlook for 2007.
BiCOM presents Diaton transpalpebral tonometry
BiCOM Inc. has obtained the FDA approval for Diaton tonometer back in April of 2006. This unique hand-held tonometer allows to…
Death From Cosmetic Surgery Is Never Acceptable
( EMAILWIRE.COM, April 18, 2007 ) Corona del Mar, CA -- Olivia Goldsmith, author of ‘The First Wives’ Club,’ died having cosmetic surgery. This, as well as virtually every, reported death from cosmetic surgery was avoidable.
With a 446% increase in cosmetic procedures since 1997, Friedberg’s Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery from Cambridge University Press is a timely arrival.
Primarily designed as a textbook for the profession, the public…
MINES & Associates broadens its EAP services in the state of Nevada by opening a …
DENVER, CO - April 17, 2007 - MINES and Associates (minesandassociates.com), a national business psychology firm and provider of EAP, is proud to announce the recent opening of a company run mental health clinic in Las Vegas. Located at 1201 N Decatur Blvd in the city limits of Las Vegas, this clinic allows MINES to better serve its Nevada-based member organizations. The clinic provides psychiatry, psychotherapy and intensive outpatient programs…
Zyto Corp. Announces Additional Presenter at Biotechnology Conference for Health …
Orem, Utah – Dr. Jeff Wheelwright, DC, will deliver a presentation to hundreds of healthcare professionals at a free conference offered by Zyto Corp., a biotechnology company (OTC - ZYTC.pk)..
Wheelwright’s presentation, “Understanding the Basics of Five Element Theory - the Systemic Approach,” will be a support to the other presentations from other authorities, according to Dr. Vaughn Cook, event organizer and president of Zyto Corp.
“The Five Element Theory of health…
ZYTO Corp. Announces Bio-technology Conference to Include Anti-aging Presentatio …
Orem, Utah – The annual ZYTO (tm) bio-technology conference for healthcare practitioners will include a presentation by Dr. Paul Ling Tai, DPM, FACFS, ABPS, entitled “The Powerful Secrets of Natural Bio-Phyto Hormones for the Ultimate Anti-Aging Program.”
The presentation is just one of many that will be given at a three-day conference for doctors and healthcare practitioners of all types. The conference will take place in Park City, according to Dr.…
Dallas Jury Awards Doctor $6.3 Million in Lawsuit Against Physicians’ Group
DALLAS – A Dallas County jury has ordered a physicians’ group serving Presbyterian Hospital to pay a local doctor $6.3 million in a defamation and breach of contract case.
Dr. Neal Fisher was a shareholder in Dallas-based Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants, P.A., which provides obstetric anesthesiology services to Presbyterian Hospital. Although Pinnacle would advertise as being “in-network” for all major health care plans, it had in fact adopted a business plan…
WHO's Birthday celebrated at BITS Pilani
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity says WHO (World Health Organization) established on 7 April 1948”
World Health Day marks the founding of the WHO and is an occasion to raise awareness of key global health issues. This year's theme is international health security. The aim of the Day is to urge governments, organizations and businessmen to…
Zyto Corp. Announces Annual Conference for Healthcare Practitioners
Orem, Utah – Zyto Corp. (OTC - ZYTC.pk) has announced plans for the company’s annual conference, to be held in Park City, Utah.
There is no charge to attend the conference, which will feature presentations from noted medical, healthcare, and medical practice marketing experts. Details of the conference can be found online at http://www.Zyto.com
“It is rare to find a medical conference of this quality offered at no cost, and located in…
Personnel News: Jeremy P. Coote Named CEO of ICW’s US Subsidiary
San Mateo, April 2, 2007 – As of April, Jeremy P. Coote has been named CEO of the eHealth specialist InterComponentWare Inc. In this role, the 47-year old will oversee all of the company’s operations in the North American market. Previously, Peter Reuschel, CEO of the Germany-based parent company InterComponentWare AG (ICW), had temporarily headed the US business.
ICW is a leading eHealth specialist, focusing on the development of healthcare information…
Improved Access to Patient Data for Hospital Physicians
ICW Hospital Networking Solution Optimizes Access to Patient Data
Walldorf, April 4, 2007 – The hospital networking solution of eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW) provides hospital physicians with faster and specific access to their patients’ medical data due to the optimization of access rights to its Virtual Medical Record. The new features allow doctors to access patient data at the proper time according to their involvement in the treatment process.
Only the…
GiS found enormous interest at the ALTENPFLEGE + PROPFLEGE 2007 Exhibition in Nü …
\"Ask me about RFID - Frag mich über RFID\"
was the slogan that was clearly to be seen on the T-shirts of the GiS stand personnel. This offer was taken up almost immediately by the visitors. The interest that was generated by the exhibited products exceeded all expectations.
The main focus of the show was as expected, tex.ident®, a modular laundry identification system. Through that, the visitors were also able…
LITMUS and FDA Collaboration Leads to Global Food Safety Breakthrough
LITMUS, LLC, a leading global technology innovations company, announces today a breakthrough which will dramatically improve current testing methods to detect food borne pathogens such as Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter, and E.coli. This advancement in bacterial pathogen-testing technology provides growers, producers and processors quicker and more accurate results, thereby reducing the risk of contaminated foods reaching consumers. The new procedures are the result of a two-year collaboration between LITMUS…
Ultimate EMR Launches
April 2, 2007, Miami Florida: Empower Med, Inc. announces the immediate release of Ultimate EMR on Sourceforge.net and Plone.org under the GNU General Public License. Ultimate EMR is the first Plone(tm) based, full-featured, web-enabled Electronic Medical Record software.
According to company President Eddy Augsten: "A major gap has been filled. This release ends the lack of good Electronic Medical Record software in the Python/Zope/Plone universe. Ultimate EMR is based on…
MERCIAN LABELS LAUNCHES ANTI MICROBIAL LABELS TO LIMIT MSRA SPREAD IN HOSPITALS
Mercian Labels has launched a new range of anti microbial self adhesive labels to combat the spread of hospital acquired infections such as MRSA.
The new labelling range uses TenzaGuardÔ to inhibit the growth and spread of bacteria on labels, allowing optimal hygiene conditions to be preserved. Labels are currently used in many different hospital and pharmaceutical labelling applications where bacteria can easily contaminate and spread from surface to…
Zyto Corp. Marketing Goals On Track According to Board of Directors
Orem, Utah – Zyto Corp. (ZYTC) announced the launching of a new marketing effort in January, which is progressing as planned, according to members of the board of directors.
The marketing plan involves a strategic alliance with key nutriceutical companies, referred to by Zyto as SAM's (Strategic Alliance Members). Zyto offers to the healthcare professionals who are customers of the SAMs the opportunity to receive, be trained on, and evaluate the…
Announcing an international conference Occupational Lung Disease: Up Close
May 10th, 2007 at Cambrian College’s eDome in Sudbury, Ontario
The Sudbury Occupational Health Clinic is pleased to announce an International Conference on Occupational Lung Disease: Up Close, and we hope that you will join us. This conference will provide a forum and discussion of Occupational Lung Diseases in order to address scientific understanding and draw public attention to these health issues.
We have been most fortunate in being able to attract…
Retired Elementary School Teacher Locked Up in the Nut House For Having Morgello …
After 20 Years of Symptoms and a Court Ordered 4 Week Stay in a Psychiatric Ward, This Morgellons Sufferer is Now Nearly Symptom-Free, and Wants to Share Her Story
Marlene Gregor is a gentle, kind woman who has suffered from a disease called Morgellons, tells here story of how her family felt it best for her to have onsite psychiatric care because she was complaining of “bugs biting and scratching me”.…
direct/ CGC: New product information website concerning allergy therapy
Allergy information for Patients in six different languages at azelastine.info
MEDA Pharma, headquartered in Solna, Sweden, has established a new informational website for patients concerning allergy therapy with the active ingredient Azelastin (i.e. in Allergodil® akut).
Patients can acquire useful information about allergies -the symptoms, the different options of treatment and helpful information about Azelastin - a wide variety of interesting and helpful information is offered at www.azelastine.info.
Currently the…
Optimal Vision Corporation Wins Fish & Richardson IP Powerhouse Award
HOUSTON – March 28, 2007 – A team of graduate students from the University of Illinois at Chicago believes it has the answer for the 78 million Americans suffering near vision loss as a result of presbyopia, the naturally occurring gradual loss of the eye’s ability to focus on nearby objects.
Optimal Vision Corporation (OVC) hopes to introduce Infrared Keratectomy, a procedure that reshapes the cornea with an infrared laser. The…
Mark Houston Addiction Recovery Center Launches 3 New Educational Resources
Texas-based Mark Houston Recovery Center, renowned for its holistic approach to drug and alcohol recovery, has launched three new series of educational resources that highlight the harsh realities of addiction as well as an action plan for becoming sober.
Working in conjunction with police departments around the country, the Mark Houston Recovery Center developed the unique ‘Wake Up!’ Series (http://www.markhoustonrecovery.com/law-enforcement.php) targeted at individuals who have experienced legal ramifications as…
MedImage, Inc. Completes CE Marking Self Certification for DELTAmanager®
The CE Marking is an indication that a company has met essential health, safety and environmental protection requirements detailed in the relevant European product Directives. The CE Marking allows products, including medical devices, to gain access to the EU market (27 EU Countries) assuring physicians and patients of the safety of the product.
This regulatory milestone clears the way for MedImage to market the DELTAmanager software throughout the world, especially…
Imperato on the Road to Recovery after Surgery
West Palm Beach, FL – March 26, 2007 – Today members of Daniel Imperato\'s 2008 presidential campaign announced that Daniel Imperato is successfully recovering from major eye surgery.
Last Thursday Imperato underwent lidtosis surgery to remove the excess scar tissue from his left eye.
Several years ago, Imperato was violently mugged and attacked in London. The incident left him partially blind in his left eye along…
New Hope for Addicts: Addiction Directions Offers Fresh Solutions to Age Old Pr …
Addiction to drugs and alcohol is nothing new, but John Fitzgerald’s approach to addiction recovery and his company’s new website are. John Fitzgerald, President of Addiction Directions, (addictiondirections.com) offers anything but average approach to addiction recovery. In addition to serving as the Chief Financial Officer for the highly renowned Mark Houston Recovery Center, Fitzgerald launched Addition Directions in 2006 to provide the services he felt were lacking in…
Surge of NC College Graduates Face Insurance Coverage Dilemma
With spring graduation just around the corner, a swell of college graduates, and particularly the parent’s of graduating seniors, have expressed concerns about health care coverage.
“Every year we receive a large number of calls from parents and students looking for solutions. Because students have not often found employment yet, they need individual coverage but many times have had no experience evaluating health care coverage outside of an…
Improvements to Healthcare Provision in South-East Asia
Jakarta/Hanoi/Berlin. On 01.01.2007, the Berlin based firm ETLog Health EnviroTech & Logistics GmbH together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH have started a project to improve healthcare provision in hospitals in South-East Asia. The focus is on hospitals in Indonesia and Vietnam. The rates of infection in hospitals are enormous in both countries. The project is financed by the BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and development).
According…
West Hartford CT stress reduction and exercise program, Oasis for Wellness, welc …
Mr. Siegel, is a specialized strength and conditioning coach and physical therapy manager experienced at working with doctor referred patients. He is dedicated to helping people improve their health and wellbeing and continues his service to Hartford CT area doctors and patients by joining Oasis for Wellness as Chief Clinical Consultant
Mr. Siegel, is a specialized strength and conditioning coach who is experienced at working with patients struggling with a variety…
Load Test with 100 Million Data Sets: ICW Master Patient Index Locates Patient D …
Walldorf, Germany, March 22, 2007 – 100 million patient data sets in one database, combined with queries made by up to 1,000 concurrent users result in response times of less than a second. This is in summary the result of a weeklong test of the ICW Master Patient Index (ICW MPI) at the Hewlett-Packard European Performance and Benchmark Center in Böblingen, Germany.
A customer project required the ICW MPI to prove…
NEW RETAIL STORE PROVIDING EVERYTHING NEW MOMS NEED
Vista, CA (March 20, 2007) Babies in Bloom, a family-owned business dedicated to the education and support of growing families, has announced the opening of their new retail store. Located in Vista, California, across the street from TriCity Medical Center, they offer support for women and their families, including prepared childbirth classes, lactation education and consultation, postpartum support and labor doula services. Upcoming classes include Breastfeeding, Baby wearing and…
Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, Celebrity Rehabilitation and Employer Based EAP
DENVER, CO -- March 19, 2007 -- Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan and other high profile celebrities have brought to the forefront the growing need for better drug/alcohol treatment and mental health treatment. The positive side of celebrities going public about their rehabilitation is that it helps to destigmatize and make more acceptable the use of this type of treatment by the general public. Even though the recent troubles of Britney…
Unique Tonometer Diaton to be Presented at International Vision Expo in New York …
Diaton tonometer will be presented at the International Vision Expo and Conference on March 22-25th. Diaton will be showcased by BiCOM Inc. and Optimetrics Inc. - an ophthalmic equipments and instruments distributor for ophthalmologists, optometrists and optical laboratories in the United States and Latin America. The demo and training will be provided at Booth MS1252. BiCOM CEO comments on the growth of the eye care industry.
The International Vision Expo…
NESTA launches £20m initiative to stimulate innovation
12 March 2007, London, UK ---- The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) (nesta.org.uk) is today launching a new £20 million initiative designed to encourage innovative solutions to some of the UK’s most pressing social issues including chronic disease, mental health and climate change.
NESTA’s ‘Innovation Challenges’ (http://www.nesta.org.uk/challenges) will focus on several key themes, starting with Health Innovation and followed by the Environment. Each theme will last…
Second Generation Vascular Lesion Models
Animal Replacement Technologies announced today the launch of their second-generation arterial lesions. These lesions are more sophisticated that the original chronic total occlusion models, and are designed to integrate with the company\'s current peripheral, coronary, and cerebral vascular products. these may be mounted in straight or branched sections as small as 1mm in diameter, may be softcap or hardcap, chronic total occlusions or characterized by a particular TIMI flow, and…
MorgellonsHope.com Founder Makes Live Radio Appearance on the “The Richard Syret …
Founder of MorgellonsHope.com, an On-Line Community dedicated to the support of Morgellons Sufferers, Jeff Sohler, will appear on the live radio broadcast of "The Richard Syrett Show - MYSTERIOUS MORGELLONS DISEASE" on Thursday March 8th, at 11pm EST, on Newstalk 1010 CFRB Toronto. The show will also be simulcast to the world on the Internet, with links from either http://www.CFRB.com or http://www.MorgellonsHope.com .
Toronto, Canada - March 8th, 2007
Richard Syrett has…
Special Treatments - A hit with Medical Tourists
His friends and relatives thought he had gone dotty when 63-year-old American national William Darling, announced plans to go to India for medical treatment.
An increasing number of foreign patients are coming to India for high-end treatment like cardiac procedures, oncology and neuro - surgeries. This represents a major turning point, since until now; overseas patients came to India for simple or low-risk procedures, such as dental surgeries, discouraged at home…
AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals and Lantibio Announce Positive Phase II Study with No …
VIENNA, Austria and CHAPEL HILL, N.C., US, March 7 -- AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals AG ("AOP Orphan") and Lantibio, Inc. ("Lantibio") today announced positive final results from their placebo controlled, double-blinded Phase II clinical study of Moli1901, an experimental compound to treat cystic fibrosis ("CF"). Moli1901 is being developed by AOP Orphan in Europe under a licensing and commercialization agreement with Lantibio. The study, performed at multiple centers in Europe,…
US DEVELOPMENT FOR ULTRACONTOUR
JANUARY 2007, Medixsysteme, FRANCE, NIMES, Innovative Medical Aesthetic SMES, who already operates in the field of precise electronic injection, comforts its leading position on the Medical Aesthetic market with its Dual Aesthetic therapeutic ultrasound for surgery clinics to propose novel combined focalised therapeutic ultrasounds for patients in lipotherapy or body contouring.
ULTRACONTOUR© is unique and patented at INPI (French Industrial property office), it is first device in the world to offers…
SEB Företagsinvest joins TeknoSeed and CapMan as QuickCool Secures EUR 2.2 milli …
QuickCool AB, a medical device company developing a method for rapid and selective cooling of the brain, today announced that SEB Företagsinvest and TeknoSeed have joined CapMan in a second closing of a round totaling EUR 2.2 (SEK 19.5 million).
The new investment by CapMan, SEB Företagsinvest and TeknoSeed will enable QuickCool to continue its long-term development work and to launch clinical studies. The majority of the existing shares are held…
The Blood Pressure Reduction Guide
London, UK, February 13, 2007 – In response to the success of the “Blood Pressure Reduction Guide” by Paul Johnson, as well as his blood pressure blog, Johnson announced today that he is releasing a free weekly Blood Pressure Newsletter to support and educate high blood pressure suffers.
This free Blood Pressure Newsletter will allow sufferers to make informed and practical decisions regarding their treatments, and keep them on top of…
Covance to Expand Presence in China with New Shanghai Central Laboratory and Rel …
Princeton, NJ – January 24, 2007 – Covance (NYSE: CVD) today announced that it will open a dedicated central laboratory in Shanghai, China, to further strengthen the company’s global network of full-service central laboratories and meet the growing demand for clinical trials conducted in China. In addition, to accommodate the growth of its clinical trial management services in China, Covance has announced that in February it will relocate its…
Project India: Hope for South Asians in need of a live saving donor
New York (02/23/07) – Matchpia.org, the largest corporate social responsibility initiative undertaken in India, with its primary focus to promote the importance of educating and recruiting individuals to becoming “lifesaving” bone marrow and stem cell donors, has recently taken its efforts to creating the first operational and robust “unrelated” donor registry in India.
Named “Project India”, this initiative launched into high gear in India this January, in creating…
'Hit the slope for hope' and help bring cancer care closer to Barrie
Lucid Communications and Horseshoe Resort host the first ever ‘Hit the slope for hope’ fundraiser to benefit the Royal Victoria Hospital’s Simcoe-Muskoka Regional Cancer Care Centre
Barrie, ON – February 19, 2007 – Break out your skis and be among the first to ‘Hit the slope for hope’ at Horseshoe Resort to help raise funds for the Royal Victoria Hospital’s (RVH) Simcoe-Muskoka Regional Cancer Care Centre (SMRCC). This amazing evening…
First "traditional registration" of an oral herbal medicine in the United Kingdo …
London, Oldenburg, 19 February 2007 – The traditional herbal medicinal product devil´s claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) has been registered by Dr. Kolkmann & Partner GmbH (www.diapharmgruppe.de) and MH Pharma UK Ltd. in Great Britain. It was for the first time that the British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has registered an oral herbal medicinal product on the basis of its \"traditional use\". The holder of the registration is MH Pharma…
