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ConvaTec Launches Versiva(R) XC(R) Campaign and Best Practice Statement

SKILLMAN, N.J., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvaTec, a world-leading provider of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, today announced the launch of a new campaign and best practice statement supporting Versiva ((R)) XC ((R)) gelling foam dressing. B...

United Cargo Launches Temp Control Service

CHICAGO, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Cargo today announced the launch of Temp Control (SM), a service designed for convenient shipping of healthcare and pharmaceutical products that require strict temperature controls and monitoring during transport. Because medic...

Chindex International, Inc. Launches World-Class Cancer Treatment Center

BEIJING and BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Chindex International, Inc. ("Chindex") (Nasdaq: CHDX ), a leading independent American provider of Western healthcare products and services in the People's Republic of China, today announced that the Company's Western-style hosp...

White House Launches 'Fishy' Expedition

'Is the White House looking to intimidate and silence opponents?' asks FRC's Tony Perkins WASHINGTON,Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a web video released today, Family Research Council ( FRC ) President Tony Perkins denounced the White House's appeal for individuals t...

Gold Standard/Elsevier Launches MedCounselor Consumer Drug Information Modules

TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Gold Standard/Elsevier , publisher of medication management solutions, announced today the launch of three MedCounselor consumer drug information modules for pharmacies and health information Web sites. MedCounselor educates consumers on how to tak...

Lipo-Flavonoid Launches New Video Testimonial

Tinnitus Sufferer Shares Personal Experience with Tinnitus at www.stopearringing.com Edison, NJ, (PRWEB) August 6, 2009-- Imagine jumping out of a deep-sleep to a high pitch ringing sound in your ear, or constantly hearing the rushing sound of water or birds chirping...

Urgent Care Association of America Launches Program to Educate Congress on Urgent Care

WARRENVILLE, Ill., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Urgent Care Association of America ( www.ucaoa.org ) is reaching out to key members of Congress to offer assistance in the ongoing health care reform initiatives. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090804/UCAO...

NMPI Launches Fifth Portable Cardiology Unit

Nuclear Medicine Professionals, Inc. has added a fifth mobile nuclear cardiology unit to its fleet to keep pace with explosive growth in demand and market expansion. Gainesville, FL (PRWEB) August 5, 2009 -- Nuclear Medicine Professionals, Inc. (NMPI) announces the acqu...

MedHunters Launches Redesigned Web Platform

Web site features enhanced recruitment, career and networking resources Englewood, CO (Vocus) August 5, 2009 -- MedHunters is making it easier for qualified healthcare professionals to meet top employers. The leading Web site has been redesigned to include: ...

The Cooper Institute Launches Nationwide Testing With Pearson VUE for Certified Personal Trainer (CI-CPT) Exam

DALLAS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Cooper Institute, the Dallas-based nonprofit research and education facility, now offers the Certified Personal Trainer (CI-CPT) certification exam nationwide through Pearson VUE professional testing centers. Previously only offered at The Co...

Tennessee's New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery Launches Comprehensive Website Reaching out to Sufferers of Morbid Obesity

The New Life Center, a Knoxville, Tennessee bariatric surgery facility, is announcing the launch of a state-of-the-art new website designed to mirror the comprehensive approach it takes to help people fight morbid obesity. Using video, step-by-step guides to the weight loss surgery process, and...

Innovator's Studio launches new forum for Chief Strategy Officers October 26-27, 2009

The Strategy Group announces the October kickoff of a new forum for chief strategy officers as part of The Innovator's Studio, a collaborative incubator for market-leading health systems seeking to create competitive advantage through value innovation. Norfolk, Virginia...

Consumer Reports Launches Online Hospital Ratings for More Than 3,400 U.S. Hospitals

Ratings Allow Consumers to Compare Quality of Care at Local Hospitals YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time, Consumer Reports will provide patient satisfaction Ratings for more than 3,400 hospitals across the U.S. Subscribers to www.ConsumerRe...

Lung Cancer Alliance Launches Online 'Early Interventions Resource Center'

A Comprehensive Web Guide on Lung Cancer at its Earliest, Most Treatable Stages WASHINGTON, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA), the only national organization dedicated exclusively to patient support and advocacy for those living with or at ri...

Natural Healers Launches "Wellness Community Bulletin"

Leading alternative medicine education resource introduces a natural health career industry news section featuring the latest news and trends from the "wellness" world. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) July 31, 2009 -- With obesity, stress and chronic illness being the nor...

The San Francisco SPCA Launches Online Guide for Summer Pet Health & Safety

SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Francisco SPCA ( www.sfspca.org ), the city's leading privately supported, non-profit animal welfare organization, has launched its online guide for summer health and safety. Whether traveling out of town or staying ...

Wolters Kluwer Health Launches Interactive Platform for Pharmacology Journal Content

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry, today launched an enhanced ...

Call to the Youth of America: Palms for Life Fund Launches Film Competition to Document Hunger in the United States

A new national short film contest, Faces of Hunger in America, will award prizes to young filmmakers, 25 years of age and under, who document in their own communities the increasingly widespread problem of hunger in America. The top three winners will receive cash prizes of $5,000, $3,500 and $1,...

Tabyat Partners, LLC. Launches iluvmydoc.com™, to Better Connect Patients with Doctors

New health care Web community offers doctors and individuals the ability to interact, manage and share Skokie, Ill. (Vocus) July 29, 2009 -- Tabyat Partners, LLC. ( www.tabyat.com ), a health care technology company, is proud to announce the Beta launch, in Illinois, of...

MedicExchange Launches Customer Review Platform for Healthcare IT and Radiology Products

NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- MedicExchange has launched a comprehensive customer review platform for the healthcare IT and radiology products available through its website, www.medicexchange.com . The easy to use review platform allows MedicExchange registered members to...

Career Step Launches New Exam Prep Course for Medical Transcription Industry Credential

Career Step has released a new online training program designed to help medical transcriptionists prepare to take the Registered Medical Transcriptionist exam and earn their RMT credential. Provo, Utah (PRWEB) July 29, 2009 -- Career Step, a leading online healthcare ed...

FRC Action Launches TV Ad Campaign On Government Health Care Takeover

WASHINGTON, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tonight, during a live webcast joined by more than 49,000 viewers, Family Research Council Action President Tony Perkins unveiled a new TV ad which will initially run in five key states including Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Alaska, Louisi...

Resvera Health Rx Launches All-Natural Resveratrol-Based Supplement with Anti-Aging and Disease-Fighting Properties

WINDSOR, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Popping a pill to prevent age-associated disease may sound too good to be true, but as documented in various media, including a January 25, 2009 edition of 60 Minutes, studies by independent researchers and Harvard Medical School believe they may have ...

URAC Launches New eLearning Courses for Health Care Management Accreditation

New educational tools make training easy and affordable for managed care organizations WASHINGTON, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Accredited companies possess a distinct advantage in their ability to show employers and purchasers that their on-going business practices incl...

OrthoDynamix LLC Launches ArthroSteer(TM): Reaching New Limits in Arthroscopy

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- OrthoDynamix LLC today announced the US introduction of its new enabling technology that will address joint pain issues from sports injuries, genetic damage and pre-arthritis. ArthroSteer significantly improves access in hip and other arthroscopic ...

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...

Look Good...Feel Better Launches Salon Awareness Campaign During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Beauty Professionals Encouraged to Share Educational Materials in Their Salons in October WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Look Good. . .Feel Better , a national public service program created to help women cope with the appearance-related changes of...

Rising Medical Solutions, Inc. Launches Unified Healthcare Portal for Payers, Patients and Providers

CHICAGO, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Rising Medical Solutions, Inc. (Rising), a leading medical-financial organization, announces the release of Rising VISION(TM) 2.0 today - the Company's proprietary, web-based portal for the management of healthcare claims. Designed to be an integrat...

eMindful.com Launches Live, Interactive Online Yoga Classes

Online health and wellness leader eMindful is launching live, interactive yoga classes. As a special promotion eMindful is offering unlimited classes for the month of August for seventy-five dollars. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone who has a yoga practice, or has wanted to explore the...

IHPA Launches Consumer Awareness Campaign for Hurricane Protection

LANTANA, Fla., July 22 /PRNewswire/ --- Tom Johnston, President of the International Hurricane Protection Association (IHPA), announced today the launching of the ' Get the Number' consumer awareness campaign. "The ' Get the Number ' campaign is an educational tool to let consu...

Claricode Launches Medical Software Scholarship Program with a Notable Judging Panel of Industry Experts

Sparks college students' interest in healthcare software. Waltham, MA (PRWEB) July 22, 2009 -- To inspire a new generation of students to think about the benefits of healthcare software, Claricode is starting the Claricode Medical Software Essay Scholarship program wh...

Conference Hound Launches Dedicated Conference and Trade Show Search Engine

Start-up B2B business focused on attendee search launches with 11,000 listings San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 22, 2009 -- Conference Hound, Inc., a privately-held start-up company based in San Francisco, CA and Austin, TX, launched a new web platform today that will fun...

ConvaTec Launches Hydrofiber(R) Technology Web Site

SKILLMAN, N.J., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvaTec, a world-leading provider of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, today announced the launch of a new web site, www.Hydrofiber.com , demonstrating how the company's proprietary Hydrofiber(R) Technology i...

Baxa Launches Enhanced Online Product Content

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Baxa Corporation announces the launch of updated, interactive functionality to the product pages on its corporate Web site. The enhanced Web site content features a unique interface that grants users a more in-depth view of the en...

GirlMogulMagazine.com Launches Healthy Living Series

LEBANON, N.J., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- GirlMogulMagazine.com , a blog for tween girls (ages 8-12), announces its new healthy living series. Featuring posts ranging from the basics of yoga to nutrition facts you need to know, the site will be hosting a healthy living series d...

WebMD Launches Free Mobile Application For Physicians

NEW YORK, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq: WBMD ), the leading source of health information, today announced the launch of Medscape Mobile, a free medical application for physicians. Medscape Mobile provides physicians with Medscape's industry-leading medic...

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Launches 24-Hour Remote Monitoring Center

RARITAN, N.J., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Ortho Clinical Diagnostics today announced the launch of its Remote Monitoring Center, the first 24-7 central command center in the in vitro diagnostic industry that continuously tracks the condition of laboratory instrument performance....

Abbott Launches New Instrument to Complete Family of ARCHITECT Immunochemistry Analyzers

CHICAGO, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry's Clinical Lab Expo in Chicago, Abbott (NYSE: ABT ) announced the launch of a new diagnostic instrument -- the ARCHITECT(R) c4000(R) clinical chemistry analyzer which performs diagn...

The Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education Launches Integrated Rebranding Operation

MINEOLA, N.Y., July 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education launched an integrated rebranding operation to better represent the organization while educating about the importance of individual roles in early detection of breast cancer. The ...

CancerCare Launches New Program to Help Multiple Myeloma Patients Cover Transportation Costs

NEW YORK, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer Care announced today the launch of the "Door to Door" program for patients with multiple myeloma. Cancer Care 's program will provide individual grants of up to $600 annually to multiple myeloma patients for covering transportation cost...