Southern in Medical News

Leukemia/Lymphoma Society Pleased to Announce Partnership in Southern Ohio with Eisen Marketing Group

CINCINNATI, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Southern Ohio Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society announced recently that Eisen Marketing Group and owner Rodger Roeser will partner with them to help garner awareness of patient services and support available locally, as well as fundraising ...

Barry Arbuckle, Ph.D., President & CEO of MemorialCare Medical Centers to Chair Southern California March for Babies 2009, March of Dimes Largest Fundraising Events

Raising Funds for the Fight for Healthy Babies LONG BEACH and FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., April 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Barry Arbuckle, Ph.D., President and CEO of MemorialCare Medical Centers and one of the nation's most prominent and well respected health care executives, was named...

Midwestern and Southern States Receive Least Federal Funding for Disease Prevention

New Report Finds Public Health Programs At Risk During Economic Downturn WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today released a new report that found Midwestern and Southern states received less funding ...

Specialists On Call Earns the Hospital Association of Southern California's Endorsement

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Specialists On Call, Inc. (SOC), the nation's fastest growing private telemedicine company, announced today that they have partnered with the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) to increase awareness of SOC's services to member hospi...

According to A Better Tomorrow Wells Fargo's Credit Card Processing Division is Withholding Tens of Thousands of Dollars Owed to a Southern California-Based Behavioral Healthcare Treatment Center

MURRIETA, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- If you're looking for an example of how banks are abusing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, consider Wells Fargo Bank, which has received $25 billion in federal aid. Since last week, the San Francisco-based bank has inexplicably withheld...

Henry Mayo CEO Elected Chairman of Hospital Association of Southern California

VALENCIA, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Roger Seaver, president and CEO of Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, has been named chairman of the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) for 2009. Seaver's distinguished appointment includes significant responsibilities, such as lead...

Forterus Healthcare Continues Its Southern California Expansion, Completing Its Second Acquisition in Six Months

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Forterus Healthcare, a division of Forterus Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FTER), today announced the completion of its acquisition of Solutions 4 Recovery Inc., a Dana Point, Calif.-based drug and alcohol treatment center, effective Feb. 2nd....

CVS/pharmacy Announces Plans for New Distribution Center in Southern New York

CVS facility expected to open in 2011 and bring 600 new jobs to the region WOONSOCKET, R.I., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS/pharmacy, America's largest retail pharmacy, announced today that it is finalizing plans to build a 750,000 square foot distribution center in Chemung County, New York. ...

Availity Enables Real-Time Electronic TRICARE Transactions with Humana Military Healthcare Services in Three Southern States

Availity(R) Health Information Network offers providers access to Beneficiary Eligibility and Benefits as well as Claim Status Inquiry JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Availity, LLC, a leading health information network, today announced its partnership with Humana Military Healthc...

Stuart M. Goldstein, Southern New Jersey Patent and Intellectual Property Attorney, secures a New Revolutionary Eco-Friendly Patent

Stuart M. Goldstein, partner and founding shareholder of the law firm of Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson & Goldstein PC, and patent, trademark, and intellectual property expert, has been successful in securing approval from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a new revolutionary patent...

Physicians Practice and Tucson Medical Center Partner to Improve Patient Care in Southern Arizona

BALTIMORE, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians Practice and Tucson Medical Center have joined forces to help provide area physicians and their staff more time to devote to patient care. This new partnership is a unique program designed to help doctors in the southern Arizona area better handle the ...

UJC and Jewish Federations of North America Commit $10 Million for Needs in Southern Israel

Response to Terrorist Missile Strikes NEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Jewish Communities (UJC) and the Jewish Federations of North America today committed to raise $10 million to address humanitarian and social needs in southern Israel, part of a major initiative to suppor...

Pharmaceutical Water Markets, the Economic Crunch Creates New Opportunities in Southern and Eastern Europe

LONDON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- High Purity Water is a critical ingredient in the manufacturing process of life saving drugs. The continuing demand for high quality water (HQW) is the single biggest driver for the growth of the water treatment systems market segment in the pharmaceutical sector. Fr...

LA BioMed researchers among Southern California Super Doctors

TORRANCE (Dec. 4, 2008) In a statewide survey of medical professionals, 38 physician-scientists from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) are honored for being among Southern California Super Doctors, according to the December issue of Los Angel...

Credit Relief Extended to State Fund Policyholders Impacted by Southern California Fires

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- State Compensation Insurance Fund today announced it will extend credit to policyholders who have suffered financial loss or business disruption caused by the fires in Montecito, Orange County and Sylmar. To date, more than 900 residences and structur...

Hospital visits for respiratory illnesses spiked during Southern California wildfires

Irvine, Calif., Nov. 18, 2008 Raging wildfires that engulfed Southern California earlier this decade not only destroyed neighborhoods laying in their path, they also caused significant health problems for many who lived outside the fires' reach. An analysis of hospital and emergency departmen...

Evolution Physical Therapy First Clinic in Southern California to Introduce NASA-Designed Anti-Gravity Treadmill for Public Use

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolution Physical Therapy, one of Los Angeles' most innovative, technologically-advanced providers of outpatient physical therapy and rehabilitation services, is the first and only physical therapy facility in Southern California to offer Alter-G's unique ...

ACS Facilitates Emergency Prescription Assistance Program Now Activated in Southern Louisiana

DALLAS, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS ) today announced that it is facilitating the Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP), now activated for residents in southern Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. The EPAP program, estab...

Fidelity Southern Corporation Names Brolly Interim CFO

ATLANTA, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity Southern Corporation (Nasdaq: LION ) announced that B. Rodrick Marlow has taken medical leave as CFO of the Company and Fidelity Bank and that Stephen H. Brolly, presently Treasurer, has been elected Interim CFO of both entities. "We think o...

Vibra Healthcare Acquires two Hospitals in Southern California

MECHANICSBURG, Pa., July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Vibra Healthcare, LLC ("Vibra") announced today that it has completed the acquisition of two specialty hospitals in Southern California. The acquisition included the Continental Rehabilitation Hospital of San Diego (a 110-bed freestanding Long Term Ac...

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: A Vast Majority of Southern California Indian Gaming Casino Customers Express Desire for a Smoke-Free Environment

Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino Ranks Highest in Satisfaction With the Casino Experience in Inaugural Study WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A large majority -- 85 percent -- of gaming customers at Indian casinos in Southern California report that they woul...

Lupus more severe in patients with Southern European ancestry

Paris, France, Wednesday 11 June 2008: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with a higher percentage of ancestry from southern Europe have more severe disease manifestations, according to new research presented today at EULAR 2008, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumat...

Charles D. McCrary Joins Southern Research Institute Board of Directors

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Officials at Southern Research Institute, a not-for-profit organization that conducts basic and applied research in the areas of preclinical drug discovery, drug and vaccine development, advanced engineering, environmental and energy producti...

Reported Health Benefits of Tart Cherry Boosts Juice Distribution in Southern U.S.

Nearly 1,000 Stores Add Product Last Month Just as Study Lends Scientific Backing To Claim That Cherries Ease Arthritis Pain SPARTA, Mich., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers who are interested in the disease-fighting functional benefits of tart cherry juice, yet hesitate to pay the pre...

Arent Fox Los Angeles Continues Rapid Growth in Southern California

Partners From Orange County Litigation Boutique Hansen & Phillips and Howrey Partner Michael Turrill Join Arent Fox's Los Angeles Litigation Group LOS ANGELES, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Arent Fox LLP today announced a major expansion of its Los Angeles office wi...

ELLE Eco-Salon & Spa Rolls Thru Southern California Offering Styling, Mini- Makeovers and Beauty Treatments

NEW YORK, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of ELLE's 3rd annual May green issue, on sale Tuesday, April 15, a biodiesel-fueled eco-salon and spa bus that's green inside and out will be traveling around Southern California from Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Sunday, May 4, 2008 making on...

Ambulatory Services of America, Inc. Announces Joint Venture with Southern Ocean County Radiation Oncology, LLC

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambulatory Services of America, Inc. announced that it has completed the formation of ROSA of Southern New Jersey, LLC, a joint venture between Southern Ocean County Radiation Oncology, LLC and ASA's subsidiary, Radiation Oncology Services of America,...

eWorld Companies, Inc. Establishes Strategic Alliance With Hemophilia Foundation of Southern California

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eWorld Companies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EWRL) announced today that its operating subsidiary eWorld Entertainment, Inc. has entered into a long-term strategic alliance with the Hemophilia Foundation of Southern California ("HFSC"). Under the terms of ...

Latest Salvo Fired in Frozen Yogurt Wars as Southern California's Fastest-Growing Franchise - Cefiore - Launches New Chocolate Flavor

$22 Billion Industry and 12% Growth of Frozen Desserts Nationwide Fuels Cefiore's Surge CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Cefiore, Southern California-based and one of the nation's fastest-growing frozen yogurt destinations, introduced today its new c...

Bald Women Get Their Heads Together in Southern California

SCARBOROUGH, N.Y., Dec. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Having no hair in a world obsessed with hair is a challenge that Bald Girls Do Lunch, Inc. tackles head on. Bald Girls Do Lunch, a not-for-profit organization, is bringing women with alopecia areata together for the first time in Los Angeles and San D...

Gerresheimer Expands its Pharmaceutical Plastic Operations Into Southern Europe and South America

Consistent Continuation of Globalisation Path and Extension of Product Offerings DUSSELDORF, Germany, December 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gerresheimer AG is consistently continuing its strategy of globalisation and extension of product offerings in the pharma a...

OneBeacon Appoints Southern Marine & Aviation Inc.

Managing General Agent will handle marine cargo business for International Marine Underwriters CANTON, Mass., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OneBeacon Insurance Group announced today that it has signed an agreement with Southern Marine & Aviation Inc., to represent i...

Edwards Lifesciences to Present at the Southern California Investor Conference

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW ), a world leader in products and technologies to treat advanced cardiovascular disease, is scheduled to participate in the Southern California Investor Conference at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach,...

Halloween Events in Southern California Bring Young and Old Together for a Ghoulish Good Time

150+ Nursing Homes in California will simultaneously open their doors Wednesday to Trick or Treaters and the media are invited to cover the festivities INLAND EMPIRE, Calif., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's not every day pirates and gypsies visit a nursing home. Nurse administrators...

DaVita Emergency Response Efforts Ensure Vital Treatment for More than 700 Kidney Failure Patients in Need of Life-Saving Dialysis Treatments in Areas Affected by Southern California Wildfires

Caregivers - even those evacuated from homes - make rounds to assist those in need EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- More than 700 dialysis patients requiring vital services benefited from the emergency response efforts enacted by DaVita Inc. (...

American Red Cross Blood Services Supports Blood Needs of Southern California

DETROIT, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross Blood Services national system continues to ship blood products from across the United States into southern California to help stabilize the blood supply in the region affected by the wildfires. The American Red Cross has pro...

American Red Cross Blood Services Supports the Blood Needs of Southern California

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross Blood Services national system continues to aid southern California with shipments of blood products into the area from across the United States to help stabilize the local blood supply. Blood drives in southern California h...

Blue Cross of California Reaches Out to Members Impacted by Southern California Fires

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In addition to a $50,000 donation made earlier this week from the Blue Cross of California Foundation to the American Red Cross to aid in the disaster relief in Southern California, Blue Cross announced today several additional actions they are t...

United Animal Nations Offers Financial Assistance Grants of up to $500 to Help Southern California Fire Victims Obtain Vet Care, Temporary Boarding for Pets

Animal Evacuation Experts from the Pioneer in Animal Disaster Assistance Offer Advice for Evacuees, Others, in Disaster-Prone Areas SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Animal Nations (UAN), the organization that pioneered disaster relief for animals 20 years ago and...

CNA/NNOC Nurse Volunteers Deployed to Southern California Firestorm

RNs available for interviews OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee has sent volunteer registered nurses through its Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) to Southern California to assist in respo...