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Looking Older Than You Are May Have Little to Do With Wrinkles

What's the biggest aging factor and how is it addressed? International Sculptra trainer Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald, known among her medical colleagues as the "Sculptra guru" here in the U.S., presented her findings on Facial Volume Restoration to an internationally represented group of phys...

Don't Believe What You Hear on Countdown: Keith Olbermann's Factual Errors

NEW YORK, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is from Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., the author of the recent Bloomberg.com article, "Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan." I am requesting that MSNBC and Keith Olbermann apologize and issue a correction. Mr. Olbermann char...

"Put Down the BBQ Ribs, We've Found You a Donor Heart," Nurse Tells Patient : Ohio Father near Death Gets Second Chance at Life with CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart

After a six-year battle with heart disease that included numerous medications, trips to the emergency room and surgery to implant a pacemaker, 40-year-old Jim Fijalkovich found himself in the Intensive Care Unit at an Ohio hospital. Both sides of his heart were dying and he was in desperate need ...

Kendle Invites You to Attend its Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

CINCINNATI, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CALL DATE: Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008 TIME: 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time HOST: Dr. Candace Kendle, Chairman and CEO Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL ) will conduct a telephone conference call and simultaneous webcast on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 9:30 a....

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Invites You to Participate in its Second Quarter 2008 Results Conference Call and Web Cast

CHESHIRE, Conn., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXN ), today announced that the Company will conduct a conference call and audio web cast on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), in conjunction with the release of its financial res...

Kendle Invites You to Attend its First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

CINCINNATI, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CALL DATE: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 TIME: 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time HOST: Dr. Candace Kendle, Chairman and CEO Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL ) will conduct a telephone conference call and simultaneous webcast on Wednesday, May...

DURECT Corporation Invites You to Join Its Fourth Quarter 2007 Earnings Conference Call

CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with DURECT Corporation's (Nasdaq: DRRX ) fourth quarter 2007 financial results press release, you are invited to listen to the conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 9...

QIAGEN N.V. (Nasdaq: QGEN) Invites You to Join Its Fourth Quarter and Year End 2007 Earnings and 2008 Guidance Conference Call on the Web

VENLO, The Netherlands, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with QIAGEN's Fourth Quarter and Year End 2007 Earnings release, you are invited to listen to its conference call which will be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. ET, with Peer M. ...

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Invites You to Participate in its Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results Conference Call and Web Cast

CHESHIRE, Conn., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXN ), today announced that the Company will conduct a conference call and audio web cast on Thursday, February 14, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), in conjunction with the release of its financia...

Lev Pharmaceuticals Invites You to Participate in its Q3'07 Earnings Results Conference Call and Webcast

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lev Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LEVP.OB) today announced that it will conduct a conference call and audio web cast on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), in conjunction with the release of its financial results f...

Kendle Invites You to Attend Its Third Quarter 2007 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

CALL DATE: Oct. 31, 2007 TIME: 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time HOST: Dr. Candace Kendle, Chairman and CEO CINCINNATI, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL ) will conduct a telephone conference call and simultaneous webcast Oct. 31 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to d...

Covance Inc. Invites You to Join the Webcast of Its Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results Conference Call

PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with its third quarter 2007 earnings release (expected to be issued after market close on October 24), Covance Inc. (NYSE: CVD ) is pleased to invite you to listen to its quarterly investor conference call that will be broadcast...

AAAAI: Call for Entries: Have You Written a Story on Allergic Disease? Win $1000

2007 Annual Samter Journalism Awards Entry Deadline: October 31, 2007 MILWAUKEE, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), the largest professional medical specialty organization in the United States representing...

Are You Prepared To Lose Your Identity?

MILWAUKEE -- Attacks on computers, phone systems, and other such technologies are coming from anywhere in the world at any time. Attacks are launched from within the enterprise as well out. The frequency, variety and severity, of these computer attacks are increasing at an alarming rate, a panel of...

Wireless Are you at Risk and Liable?

Recently, I was at a security conference and stayed at a hotel, which promoted wireless Internet service for $9.95 per day. They claimed that they had implemented it so only those on the first floor could get wireless Internet access. I do not purchase wireless Internet service when Im at semin...

Are You Ready for Identity Theft?

How to solve both sides of the equation Identity theft has seen the largest increase in any one specific crime over the last three years. The United States is faced with an ever-changing and creative criminal. We must improve computer security on both sides of the equation, organizational and...

Are You Your Business Card?

CHICAGO When I meet a businessperson, one of the first rituals after shaking hands is to take my other hand and reach out for his or her card. In the business world, it is a reflex reaction. In Japan, the practice is even more ritualistic. When I visited Japan a few years ago, I had to underst...

Did You Get My E-Mail?

The only thing shorter than a New York minute is an email one. Does this conversation sound familiar? Did you get my email? What email? The one I sent you today. I didnt get the email. When did you send it? 15 minutes ago. So it goes. A recent survey by TargetX, an email marketing firm...

How do you level the playing field with China?

Many economists in the Unites States are concerned with the increasing trade imbalance with China. They would like to slow things down and begin the process of leveling the playing field. Perhaps Chinas economists can do the work for them! As developing nations rush to play catch-up with more d...

Three mainstream technologies you should not ignore

I am a technophile. I like big ideas and small microchips. In dictionary terms, it means I have an insatiable enthusiasm for technology, especially computers and high technology. In real-life terms, it means that I obsess over a wide array of unnecessary, overpriced gadgets that end up in my ba...

Are you ready to play the new talent management game?

Two new comprehensive studies of trends shaping the future workforce have recently been issued by the Hudson Institute and The Rand Corporation both respected think tanks on economic, political and social issues. Both reports strongly suggest that the challenges of managing talent are about to cha...

Six signs you may be taking yourself too seriously at work

CHICAGO I recently saw a funny thing: a police officer at Midway Airport riding a Segway . As he glided along, the officer kept the most gruff and serious expression on his face (all the better to counteract how goofy he looked on that thing). Nothing against the officer but anyone looks id...

Have you rebooted?

Source: Fisher Paykel This past weekend, I had to reboot my washing machine. Not just turning it off and on, mind you, but a hard reboot. I pulled the power plug from the wall, waited a few moments, then plugged this so-called state-of-the-art clothes-cleaning machine back into the outlet. Flas...

Imagine the possibilites if you had very high-speed broadband

Silly me, getting all excited about the DSL line that delivers data at 1.5M bit/sec (and up to 3M bit/sec on a good day) downstream. Foolish of me to be thrilled to get great performance from the fixed broadband wireless that reaches my coastal home. Until I heard from Samsung's GS Choi, president ...

Innovate, Automate, or Improve? You Don't Have to Choose.

Theres an old saw around business computing that you should improve processes before you automate them. It is seductive to think that if the business side could just get its act together and tell us clearly what it wants, everything would be fine. And if your only objective is to automate what your...

Why are you buying technology?

Nobody will ever admit to buying technology for technologys sake. And yet a visiting space alien that is watching most companies acquire and deploy technology could be forgiven for believing thats what most of us are doing. We put almost all our energy into specifying, acquiring and implementing th...

You are how you manage

Recently I read a provocative editorial in the New York Times by Giuliano Hazan, a cooking instructor and author, entitled, "You Are How You Eat". In it, he draws an intriguing contrast between how Italians view food and the eating rituals they follow versus Americans. I was born and raised in the ...

Text ads deliver what you pay for - and more

Search engine text ads outperform most banner ads, even when users aren't clicking, according to a recent IAB study. The study, sponsored by Ask Jeeves, Google, ING, Lycos Search and Overture, shows that sponsored text advertising in the search environment works on two levels: paid click-thr...

DataPod becomes BeInSync so you can, too

Sharing files (Source: BeInSync) DEMO 2004 presenting company DataPod spent last week in Silicon Valley to roll out its new identity and its long-awaited software. The Israeli company has taken on the moniker BeInSync, a name that aptly describes the services delivered by the 1.0 release of its ...

Why you should never name your company after a fruit

A very serious fight between Apple Computers and Apple Records (of Beatles fame) is now headed for the ninth round. On this side of the ring is Sir Paul McCartney, with the title of a legendary musical artist and boyish looks with a cute smile. On the other side, yet another youthful boy wonde...

Are you gathering information or intelligence about competitors?

Finding online information about your competitors is easy. The difficult part is finding meaning. When researching the competition, you can avoid pitfalls by seeking intelligence instead of information. The differences between information and intelligence are purpose and process. Having a purp...

Want to squeeze U.S. pharmaceutical companies? Be careful what you ask for

If you miss getting a flu shot this season and you want to fix blame when you're on your sickbed, take a look in the mirror. If the face you see belongs to someone who buys into the bashing of U.S. drug companies, you're a part of the problem. The looming shortage of flu vaccine comes down to ...

Twenty ways you can tell this campaign has finally pushed you over the edge

It's been a long campaign season, and you've been poked and prodded by television ads, pollsters and even the occasional national press corps member. John Kerry drank a beer at your neighborhood bar and George W. Bush read a book at your local kindergarten. Dick Cheney was spotted more in Wiscons...

What to do when your tech employer doesnt know what you do

Its a common situation in Midwest technology employers and even to some of us doing very esoteric technical work: the person whos supervising you has exactly zero understanding of how you spend your time. There are a handful of reasons why you might be managed by someone whose functional or te...

Can you keep ahead of progress? An exclusive interview with Rick Smith of iNoc

Rick Smith, the VP of engineering and services at iNoc , doesnt have to worry about getting invited into the boardroom. As one of the companys founders, his participation in setting company direction is a given. While that might not be a strategy for every CIO or IT leader, Ricks situation represe...

Why and how you should befriend a tech recruiter

Two weeks ago, we wrote about networking and why Midwest corporate technology types should get out on the networking circuit more often. We got mail: Thanks for piercing the bubble [in which] some corporate people live! Everyone has to network, we argued, or at least everyone can benefit from ...

Hone your pre-interview skills or you may lose that tech job

We interviewed a sharp young man at our office just recently and we didn't hire him. It was a shame. Though we liked him a lot, he failed a big test when he came to the interview: "Tell us what you know about our organization," we said. He said: "Though I don't know too much just now, I am exc...

Ten signs tell you to look for a new tech job

It could be that you like your job (or maybe you're not wild about it) but you haven't yet been able to break through the inertia that keeps you glued to your desk. It could also be that you think you'll start your job hunt when the weather's warmer or after the Cubs opener or some other miles...

Does your work add to the bottom line - and how do you know?

I was talking to Rick Landman the other day. He spotted a quote of mine in a Chicago Tribune story, tracked me down in New York and I asked him about the state of the search business. Landman is a well-known Midwest networker and search professional. He said: "Things are excellent. The job mar...

Off-the-grid networking can help you cut past chit-chat

How the notion of networking has changed over the years is a funny thing. When Midwest tech people talked about networking a decade ago, they were mostly talking about reaching out to their friends and colleagues for job opportunities and business development leads. In other words, to most Mid...