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Finally, The Round Diet! A Diet Simple Enough that Even a Kindergartener Can Follow It

SARATOGA, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Whatever one's relationship with food, this book can help them choose healthy meals by the food's natural Round shape and help train the mind to be an ally in becoming stronger, sexier, leaner and more fit. The Round Diet will change one's view of fo...

Dr. Donnica Moore Advocates that Women Follow a Preventive Dental Health Routine that Includes Crest Pro-Health Enamel Shield

-- Crest Pro-Health Enamel Shield toothpaste creates a micro-thin shield against acid attack -- CINCINNATI, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading women's health expert, Donnica L. Moore, MD, wants women to know that their dental health is important to their overall wellness. She recommends Crest a...

ER physicians don't follow clinical guidelines for diagnosing possible pulmonary emboli

The number of MDCT examinations for suspected pulmonary emboli (PE) is rapidly increasing amongst ER patients, with a decrease in the number of positive studies. This may be due to a failure to adhere to established clinical guidelines for evaluating patients with suspected PE, according to a stud...

ScienceRoll.com On How to Follow Swine Flu Information Online

DEBRECEN, Hungary, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Bertalan Mesko, medical blogger and health 2.0 consultant, published a list of web tools and sites where medical professionals and patients can follow all the new cases and information on swine flu . Examples include live and interactive maps that show t...

Heart, Bone Problems May Follow Prostate Cancer Treatment

Men on hormone-lowering therapy may require close monitoring, researchers say,, MONDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) -- Though proven effective, treating prostate cancer with the testosterone-lowering treatment known as androgen deprivation therapy may raise men's risk for developing bone...

PDAs, more education help doctors follow cholesterol treatment guidelines

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that patients with high cholesterol receive better care when physicians use a variety of tools to learn and apply a clinical practice guideline for treating the condition. The study, published ...

Colon Screenings Don't Follow Guidelines, Study Suggests

VA study shows elderly ill men getting same screenings as healthy folks,,,, MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Despite clear guidelines recommending that older people undergo a colonoscopy only if they expect to live at least four more years, a new study reveals that seriously ill el...

In Elderly Women, Hip Fractures Often Follow Arm Breaks

Problem may stem from the way older people fall, expert says,, MONDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly women who suffer a broken upper arm are five times more likely than normal to break a hip within a year after the arm fracture, a finding from a new study that might help in effor...

Icagen Board Beginning to Follow Xmark Direction

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Xmark Opportunity Partners, LLC ("Xmark"), the sole member of the investment manager of Xmark Opportunity Fund, L.P. and Xmark Opportunity Fund, Ltd., has, in the past, sent letters to the Board of Directors of Icagen, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICGN ) setting forth ...

The King of Hearts Helps Others Follow a Healthy Road

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Today talk show host, Larry King, turns 75. In conjunction with his birthday -- the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, COPE Health Solutions and the LAC+USC Camino de Salud Network celebrated the second annual King of Hearts gala in Los Angeles. The Foundation, whi...

Millions Follow Erik Compton's Quest to Win a PGA TOUR Card and Build Awareness for Organ Donation

BROOKSVILLE, Fla., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- With a story that continues to captivate millions of Americans and offer hope to thousands of those awaiting lifesaving transplants, golfer and double heart transplant recipient Erik Compton will continue to champion the cause of organ donation as he ...

Severe Health Risks Follow Adults Who Were Diagnosed With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease as Children

Research to be presented Sunday, November 2, 2008 at this year's liver meeting in San Francisco, California, October 31 - November 4 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The goal of researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, led by Dr. Paul Angulo, was to determine the effects o...

Hospitals Participating in Get With The Guidelines(SM) Program Follow Heart Attack Treatment Guidelines Better Than Others

Tens of thousands of heart attack patients could benefit from similar improvements DALLAS, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An Archives of Internal Medicine article published today, "An organized approach to improvement in guideline adherence for acute myocardial infarction," presented the...

Exercise Testing for Cancer Fails to Follow Guidelines

Study urges national, international standards to ensure safety, reliable results TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise testing has become a common part of cancer care and research, but most tests aren't administered according to American Thoracic Society guidelines, say Duke Un...

Parents Follow Pediatrician Advice on MMR Vaccinations

PHILADELPHIA, April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- News stories about an allegedly harmful link between the mumps, measles and rubella vaccine and the onset of autism had little effect on whether U.S. parents immunized their children, according to a review of immunization records and news stori...

Parents follow pediatrician advice on administering MMR vaccinations

PHILADELPHIA, April 7, 2008 News stories about an allegedly harmful link between the mumps, measles and rubella vaccine and the onset of autism had little effect on whether U.S. parents immunized their children, according to a review of immunization records and news stories. Parents decisions wer...

High Performing Sales Forces Follow Same Path to Excellence

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Internet has changed the way organizations communicate with customers but industry leaders haven't lost sight of the value of an effective sales force. It takes face-to-face interactions to build a relationship and high performing sales groups --...

FTCR: Gov. Schwarzenegger Must Follow Through on Call to Ban Blue Cross From Using Doctors as Double-Agents to Dump Sick Patients

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) sent a letter to the state's HMO regulator calling for swift action to end Blue Cross' practice of conscripting doctors as "double agents," combing medical records for any excuse to d...

Researchers at BMC find disability does not necessarily follow disease in living to old age

Boston, MA--Researchers from Boston Medical Centers (BMC) New England Centenarian Study report that for a substantial proportion of their centenarian subjects, avoiding age-related diseases (i.e. stroke, cardiovascular disease, diabetes) may not be the key to their longevity; rather, the avoidance...

Most With High Blood Pressure Dont Follow Recommended Diet

Those who could benefit most have the poorest eating habits,, MONDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Few people with high blood pressure follow recommended dietary guidelines that help control the disease, a new study says. In fact, people with hypertension actually appear to be eatin...

'Determined to Quit Week' to Help Pennsylvanians Follow Through With Resolutions to Stop Using Tobacco

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To support Pennsylvanians who made a New Year's resolution to give up tobacco, the Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced that Governor Edward G. Rendell has proclaimed Jan. 28 through Feb. 1 as "Determined to Quit Week." "Dete...

AIDS Action Calls on Huckabee to Follow HIV/AIDS Science

Calls on Every Candidate from Every Party to Commit to Creating Evidence Based National HIV/AIDS Strategy WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AIDS Action released a statement today calling on Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee to rewrite his HIV/AIDS platform to ensure that th...

Global Med Technologies(R) Inc. to Announce Third Quarter Results On October 30th - Conference Call to Follow Release

DENVER, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLOB), an international e-Health, medical information technology company, today announced that it will report its third quarter results on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, before the market open. The Comp...

Facet Solution's AFRS(TM) Implant Demonstrates Positive Clinical Results After One Year Follow Up

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Facet Solutions, Inc. announced today that it has completed one year follow-up on the first cohort of patients to receive its Anatomic Facet Replacement System (AFRS(TM)). The clinical outcomes for these patients at one year include a significant decline in...

Care Net Announces New Leadership: Melinda Delahoyde to Follow Kurt Entsminger as President

LANSDOWNE, Va., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Care Net Board of Directors has announced that Melinda Delahoyde, a lifelong servant of the organization, will follow Kurt Entsminger as interim President of Care Net. The Board has begun its formal search for a new leader. Entsminger, who ...

Study finds primary care depression treatment often does not follow quality guidelines

Most patients with depression who are treated by primary care physicians do not receive care consistent with quality standards, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Physicians had high rates of adherence to just one third of the 20 measures of quality that researchers examined and had lo...

AUDIO from Medialink and Commit Lozenge: Wanna Quit Smoking With Therapeutic Nicotine? Just Follow the Directions

NEW YORK, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Smokers hoping to find success when quitting are urged to follow FDA-approved label recommendations when using therapeutic nicotine. A study in the journal, Addiction, confirms the link between using enough therapeutic nicotine and success. Listen to this rep...

MaxCyte Presents a Panel Discussion With Industry Experts on the Challenges in Developing Cell-Based Screening Assays for Drug Discovery - LIVE Q&A to Follow

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- MaxCyte, Inc., the pioneer in scalable, high performance cell loading systems, announces that, due to popular demand, it will be rebroadcasting its webinar with industry experts on the challenges in developing cell-based screening assays for drug discove...

RID Applauds Medicare's New Payment Rule, Urges New York and All States to Follow

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) commends Medicare, the government health plan for the elderly and people with disabilities, on its bold new policy. Starting today, Medicare will not pay the extra costs of treating certain preventable h...

Majority of Herb Users Don't Follow Evidence-based Indications, Researchers Find

Sales of herbal dietary supplements have skyrocketed by 100 percent in the United States during the last 10 years, but most people dont consider evidence-based indications before using them, according to a University of Iowa study published in this months Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Two-third...

Don’t Let Eggs Harm You- Follow Egg Safety Rule

A bacterium called Salmonella enteriditis (SE) is present in eggs sometimes, and when preparations //made from these eggs( without being properly cooked) are eaten, may cause illness. The FDA (The U. S. Food and Drug Administration) warns consumers to be aware of this bacteria and follow food safet...

Do not follow popular diets, stick to one that is best for you!

People these days are obsessed with the perfect weight and figure so they follow any and every diet that they come across. Taking this phenomenon in view a comparison of several // popular diets by ARS-funded researchers was done. It revealed that, in this study after one year, sticking with a diet...

Survival of colorectal cancer patients increases by intensive surveillance and follow up

Providing a more intensive and a closely monitored surveillance for patients with colon and rectal cancers are proved to reduce the occurrence of cancer recurrence // compared to less aggressive strategy which is now followed by most of the hospitals. Researchers have found that an intensified foll...

Breast Cancer Survivors Fail To Show Interest In Follow Up Mammogram

Women diagnosed with breast cancer no doubt receive best possible treatment for the deadly disease following the first one-year of treatment. It is recommended that such women receive a follow-up mammogram, to assess the treatment outcome. // This is to a large extent ignored by most early-stage br...

Want to be young at heart: follow a low calorie diet

Besides keeping you off the extra pounds a very low calories diet can help the heart age more slowly. The study that has revealed this is said to be the first ever human trial study. // The findings confirmed earlier studies on mice and rats that demonstrate the cardiac benefits of a restr...

United Cargo Launches Temp Control Service

... and in many countries around the world. News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com or follow United on Twitter @UnitedAirlines. *Based on United's forward-looking flight schedule for July 2009 to June 2010. ...

Desert Oasis Healthcare Featured in USA Today

...needs. The legislators were receptive and eager to learn more about the success of the Desert Oasis Healthcare model, assigning task force members to follow up on specific details. Senator Boxer told the group she was eager to know more about Desert Oasis and its patient centered, cost effective care; Con...

American Health Assistance Foundation & Asbury Methodist Village to Host Special Community Screening and Discussion of the HBO Series, The Alzheimer's Project

...le might play, to the tremendous and exciting progress in the effort to develop drugs to treat or even prevent the disease. A presentation will follow the screening featuring J. Kevin Foskett, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology and Chair of the Cell Biology and Physiology Program at the Un...

Many Texas Docs Not Pushing HPV Vaccine for Girls

...ent and 25 percent. "Two years after the FDA approved the vaccine, the study suggests that additional efforts are needed to encourage physicians to follow these national recommendations," Kahn said. More information The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more about the HPV vaccine . ...

President Clinton and Mylan Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury Announce New Agreement to Lower Price of Treatment for Patients with Drug-Resistant HIV in Developing Countries

...his regimen in national treatment guidelines in anticipation of improved product features and pricing, and the Clinton Foundation expects many more to follow suit to take advantage of the agreements announced today. If the new regimen is fully adopted, the new products and prices would enable cumulat...