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Price Chopper Supermarkets Deploy Micromedex Solutions From Thomson Reuters as Key Component of Its Patient-Centered Care Initiatives

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Price Chopper Supermarkets has implemented Micromedex (R) evidence-based solutions for drug and disease reference, patient education, and consumer health information as part of its patient-centered care initiatives for pharmacy customers. ...

Largest Survey of Its Kind Finds That People With Psoriasis Are at Risk for Other Medical Conditions

National Psoriasis Foundation data show more than half of those with psoriasis have other health issues PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Emerging research reveals that people with psoriasis are at risk for developing other serious medical conditions in...

Covidien receives FDA clearance for its Puritan Bennett 840 ventilator system

Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global healthcare products company and recognized innovator in mechanical ventilation and respiratory care devices, announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Leak Compensation software feature for the P...

EANS-News: Alapis Announces its Share Capital Increase to Raise c. EUR 451.1 million

ATHENS, Greece, August 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - Not for Release, Publication or Distribution Directly or Indirectly in or Into the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa or Japan or any Other Jurisdiction in Which Such Publication or Distribution Would be Unlawful ...

Select Medical Corporation Amends its Senior Secured Credit Facility

MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Select Medical Corporation ("Select") and Select's parent corporation, Select Medical Holdings Corporation ("Holdings"), on August 5, 2009 entered into Amendment No. 3 (the "Amendment") to Select's senior secured credit facility, dated as of February...

Misonix Announces the Sale of Its Labcaire Business for up to $5.6 Million

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Misonix, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSON ), a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health conditions, today announced the sale of its...

Arcadia Resources Announces Webcast of Its Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Conference Call

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arcadia Resources, Inc. (NYSE Amex: KAD ), which provides innovative consumer health care services under the trade name Arcadia HealthCare(SM), will issue its fiscal first quarter financial results prior to the opening of the U.S. financia...

Courage Center Names Dianne Miron Its Director of Physician Services

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Courage Center, the Minnesota-based nonprofit rehabilitation and resource center, is pleased to announce that Dianne Miron is their new Director of Physician Services effective today. In her role she will direct Courage Center's physician practice, R...

PDL BioPharma Elects Barry Selick to Its Board of Directors

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) (Nasdaq: PDLI ) today announced the appointment of Harold E. ("Barry") Selick, Ph.D., to the Company's Board of Directors. "Barry's experience as a seasoned biotechnology executive and his extensiv...

Cardinal Health Welcomes Record Number of Attendees at its Annual Independent Pharmacy Trade Show

WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --To kick off its annual retail pharmacy trade show, Cardinal Health today launched new tools and services designed to help independent retail pharmacies improve local access to quality, cost-effective health care in their communities....

CVS/pharmacy Enhancing Accessibility for the Visually Impaired To Its Web Site and Store Point of Sales Devices

WOONSOCKET, R.I., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS/pharmacy, the nation's largest retail pharmacy, announced today that it is implementing functional improvements to benefit its customers with visual impairments and other disabilities. The Company has installed tactile keypads in all CVS sto...

Are imaging features of hepatic angiomyolipoma related to its clinical setting?

This study consisted of 10 patients (three male and seven female) with hepatic angiomyolipoma, with a mean age of 55.1 years (age range, 19-78 years). Of these patients, dynamic contrast CT showed hepatic angiomyolipoma as a hypervascular mass with intratumoral fatty density, absence of a capsule,...

American Community Introduces Its Own PPO Network in Ohio to Save Policyholders Money

LIVONIA, Mich., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a leading provider of Group and Individual health insurance, announced today that it has introduced its own proprietary medical provider network in Ohio. The American Community Provider Network will save...

Top-Five Global Pharmaceutical Company Names NewCardio as its Provider of Automated Thorough QT Solution

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NewCardio, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: NWCI) a cardiac diagnostic and services company, today announced that a top-five pharmaceutical company has named NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software suite, NewCardio's first commercial product,...

Kensey Nash Corporation Announces its Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End 2009 Earnings Release Date and Teleconference

EXTON, Pa., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kensey Nash Corporation (Nasdaq: KNSY ) today announced that it will release its earnings results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 at 7:30 A.M. Eastern Time on Thursday, August 20, 2009. Joe Kaufmann, President...

Boston Scientific Announces Election of Katharine Bartlett and Bruce Byrnes to Its Board of Directors

NATICK, Mass., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has elected Katharine T. Bartlett and Bruce L. Byrnes as Directors. Bartlett, 62, is the A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law at the Duke Un...

Alexza to Announce 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results and Update Its Clinical Pipeline Status on Wednesday, August 5, 2009

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXA ) announced today that it will release results for its second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009, on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, following the close of the U.S. financial market...

DURECT Corporation Invites You to Join Its Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call

CUPERTINO, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with DURECT Corporation's (Nasdaq: DRRX ) second quarter 2009 financial results press release, you are invited to listen to the conference call that will be broadcast live over the internet on Monday, August 3, 2009 a...

Mylan Reiterates and Stands Behind Its 48-Year Commitment and Track Record of Quality

PITTSBURGH, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ) released the following response to a news article published earlier today: "An article published today about an issue related to a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was based on improperly obtained documen...

West Los Angeles Dental Practice Adds ezlase Laser Treatment to its Services

Dr. Sheba Mahmoodian strives to provide her patients with the utmost comfort in soft tissue dental procedures with the latest in technical advances, ezlase laser treatment, the newest addition to Woodside Dental practice's comprehensive list of dental procedures. West L...

Rigel to Host Conference Call to Discuss Results of Its Phase 2b TASKi3 Clinical Trial of R788 in Rheumatoid Arthritis

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIGL ) today announced that the Company plans to host a conference call on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 7:00 pm EDT (4:00 pm PDT). Members of Rigel's senior management team and the p...

Los Angeles County Launches Its Most Comprehensive Campaign Ever to Encourage HIV Testing

LOS ANGELES, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- This week the Los Angeles County, Department of Public Health's Office of AIDS Programs and Policy is launching its most comprehensive community outreach campaign ever to encourage HIV testing. In Los Angeles County, one in four of those who have...

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. Invites You to Join Its Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter Earnings Webcast

BATESVILLE, Ind., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.'s, (NYSE: HRC ) fiscal 2009 third quarter earnings release will be issued Thursday, August 6, 2009. You are invited to participate in a webcast the following morning on August 7, 2009, at 8 a.m. EDT. Earn...

TELEHOUSE America Offers Integralis' Data Loss Prevention Consulting Services as Part of its Manage-E Solution

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. and EAST HARTFORD, Conn., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- TELEHOUSE America ( www.telehouse.com ) the United States' leading provider of dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges, and managed IT services, today announced it is offering Integralis ...

Glenmark Brings to the Notice of the Authorities Irregularities of the Clinical Investigator at its Jamnagar Site in Gujarat

MUMBAI, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - A Police Complaint has Been Lodged by Hospital Authorities Citing Fraudulent Activity by the Clinical Investigator Dr. A Bhattacharya Working at the GG Hospital and the MP Shah Medical College - Glenmark Not Only Acts as the Whistle-Blo...

NeoGenomics Schedules Its Q2 2009 Earnings Release for July 28, 2009

FT. MYERS, Fla., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeoGenomics, Inc. (NASD OTC Bulletin Board: NGNM) announced today that it plans to release its second quarter 2009 financial results on Tuesday, July 28, 2009. The Company has scheduled a webcast and conference call to disc...

Service Corporation International Announces Schedule For Its Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Conference Call

HOUSTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI ) announced it expects to issue a press release with financial results for the second quarter 2009 on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, after the market closes. A conference call will be hosted by SCI Man...

EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Assigns all Its Assets to Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. for the Benefit of Its Creditors

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. ("Finn"), announced today that assets of EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("EPIX") have been assigned to him for the benefit of EPIX's creditors. EPIX's products and services focus on the discovery and development ...

Kansas City Patients Rate Their Doctors in Most Reliable Survey of Its Kind

New Report Is Available to Everyone Online and Represents a Significant Step to Improve Health Care and Lower Costs KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients in Kansas City give their primary-care doctors high marks for communicating effectively and...

International Isotopes Inc. Announces Results of the Annual Meeting and Provides an Update on its Depleted Uranium Processing and Fluorine Extraction Process Plant

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Isotopes Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INIS) is pleased to announce the results of its annual shareholder meeting and provide an update on the progress the Company is making in advancing its plans for the construction o...

Norwell VNA and Hospice Selects Cardiocom Telehealth as Its New Technology Vendor

MINNEAPOLIS, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Norwell VNA and Hospice, a 2008 HomeCare Elite top agency, announced that it has entered into a business relationship with Cardiocom ((R)) to provide advanced home telehealth and disease management technology to patients with chronic illness. Cardio...

AlphaRx Unveils its China Strategy

AlphaRx plans to open an R&D facility and manufacturing plant in China with local partners, to introduce innovative drug products to the fastest growing pharmaceutical market in the world. MARKHAM, ON, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - AlphaRx (OTC BB:ALRX - News), an emergin...

Department of Veterans Affairs Selects Anakam to Provide Trusted Authentication as Part of Its Overall Identity Management Strategy

SAN DIEGO, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected Anakam.TFA(R) Two-Factor Authentication as the enterprise authentication tool for remote access to VA systems, a key enabling technology to help the VA provide more veteran-centric benefit and healthc...

Owensboro Medical Health System Announces Results of Its 'Modified Dutch Auction' Tender Offer

OWENSBORO, Ky., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Owensboro Medical Health System, Inc. today announced the results of its "Modified Dutch Auction" tender offer for a portion of the 2001 Series B and Series C Health System Variable Rate Revenue Bonds (Owensboro Mercy Health System, Inc.) issued by the ...

Covanta Mendota Recognized for Its Exemplary Health and Safety Practices

MENDOTA, Calif., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Covanta Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE: CVA ) and a world leader in the development and operation of large scale Energy-from-Waste and other renewable energy projects, today announced its Covanta Mendota b...

Male Sex Chromosome on Its Way Out: Study

But researchers believe a replacement will take over FRIDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Rapid evolution of the male sex chromosome could result in its disappearance within a few million years. But that won't mean the end of males, say U.S. scientists. Penn State researchers found t...

Bradmer to repurchase up to 8.3 million of its common shares pursuant to a substantial issuer bid

TSX: BMR TORONTO, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Bradmer Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX: BMR) ("Bradmer" or the "Corporation") announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the Corporation to proceed with a substantial issuer bid (the "Offer"), pursuant to which the Corporation will...

JAG Media Holdings, Inc. Announces a Further Update of the Status of Its Acquisition of CardioGenics Inc.

BOCA RATON, Fla., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- JAG Media Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: JAGH) announced today a further update of the status of its acquisition of CardioGenics Inc. by its Ontario, Canada subsidiary, CardioGenics ExchangeCo. Inc. The closing date for the acquisition, currently...

Garnet Health -- A Leader in the Healthcare Industry Expands its Operations

Garnet Health and Insurance Services, a leading provider of information-based technology services to the health care industry, has recently expanded it operations to now include physicians in Louisiana and Texas in addition to its services that are provided to physicians throughout much of the No...

Stopping harmful oral bacteria in its path is goal for Case Western Reserve researcher

CLEVELANDThe best way to keep bacteria from doing any damage is to stop them in their tracks before they can start down their pathological road to destruction. Yiping Han, associate professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, aims to understand how to build roadbl...