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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Michigan Attorney General and Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation Near Agreement on Rate Increases on Under Age 65 Individual Products

DETROIT, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), the Michigan Attorney General and the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation are near an agreement that would conclude the Attorney General's and Office of Financial and Insurance Regu...

Errors in diagnosis of depression lead to over and under diagnosis in primary care

A meta-analysis of more than 50,000 patients has shown that general practitioners (GPs) have great difficulty separating those with and without depression, with substantial numbers of missed and misidentified. GPs looking for depression make more misidentifications (false positives of depressi...

New Five-Question Test Helps Assess Asthma Control In Children Under Five Years Of Age

Test for Respiratory and Asthma Control in Kids (TRACK™) is the first validated, parent-administered asthma-control test for preschool-aged children Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) July 17, 2009 -- Caregivers of children under five years of age can now answer five simple q...

Biopure Files Voluntary Petition for Relief Under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Biopure Corporation (Nasdaq: BPUR ) announced today that it has filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. Biopure...

New Five-Question Test Helps Assess Asthma Control in Children Under Five Years of Age

WILMINGTON, Del., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caregivers of children under five years of age can now answer five simple questions to determine if their child's breathing problems are not under control. AstraZeneca funded a research project to create the Test for Respiratory and Ast...

Hospital Trustees Earn Certification Under Minnesota Hospital Association Program

Five hospital board members honored at annual conference ST. PAUL, Minn., July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five Minnesota hospital trustees were honored Friday for completing a Minnesota Hospital Association board member certification program. The voluntary in...

Conning Research: Health Insurance Industry Premium Growth and Profitability Under Pressure Through 2011

HARTFORD, Conn., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The ongoing recession and associated job cuts is creating a decrease in enrollment in group health employee benefit plans, slowing health insurer growth and pressuring profitability, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting. "Conning ...

Breakfast Anyone? Lifestyle Foods Launches Two Energizing Snacks Containing Under 200 Calories

YORK, Pa., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- When the alarm clock is screaming and exhaustion kicks in, there is often little room for making sophisticated breakfast decisions. Leading a healthy lifestyle can be a struggle when you're already running late for work and a donut or muffin is beckoning you on th...

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Pays Accrued Interest Under Senior Secured Notes

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 7, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAZZ ) today announced that it has paid to the holders of its senior secured notes the interest payments that were due, but not paid, on December 31, 2008, March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009, f...

McGill University receives almost $63 million under CFI program to support 5 research projects

This release is available in French . Dr. Denis Thrien, Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) of McGill University today welcomed the Canada Foundation for Innovation's (CFI) investment of $32,649,184 supporting five projects led by Dr. David Plant, Dr. Paul Lasko, Dr. Davi...

Cox Movies Under the Moon(R) Offers Big-Screen Hits Under the Stars

Free family-friendly film festival benefits Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children HERNDON, Va., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In Northern Virginia, some things in life are still free thanks to Cox Communications. For five nights, from June 24 through June 28, at Van Dyck Park in Fairfax, the...

Isolagen, Inc. Announces Filing of Voluntary Petition Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code

Isolagen, Inc. Receives Delisting Notice from NYSE Amex EXTON, Pa., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isolagen(TM), Inc. (NYSE Amex: ILE ) today announced that on June 15, 2009, the Company and Isolagen Technologies, Inc., the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, each filed a voluntary petiti...

Cosmetic Surgery Pioneer Goes Under the Knife

January to May 2009 sees a 70% increase in male surgery compared to the same statistics from the previous year. (PRWEB) June 14, 2009 -- John Ryan, the chairman of MYA Cosmetic Surgery Ltd. and former owner of Transform Medical Group, is going under the knife this mon...

Colorectal Cancer Rates Rising for Under 50 Set

Upturn is especially strong among those in their 20s, study finds,, MONDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- Despite a steady decline in colorectal cancer rates in the United States in the past two decades, new research indicates that the disease is actually on the upswing among people young...

Boston Scientific Announces Two Directors Leave Board as Burns Named CEO of Xerox and Johnson Confirmed as Under Secretary of Energy

NATICK, Mass., May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced that Ursula Burns and Kristina Johnson have resigned from the Company's Board of Directors after accepting senior appointments in industry and government, respectively. Ms. Burns has...

Viral Genetics Has Option Under Issued Key Patent for Cancer Drug

SAN MARINO, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Biotechnology firm Viral Genetics, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VRAL), a company that discovers and develops drug compounds to treat cancer, Lyme Disease and HIV, has been issued a patent for novel cancer therapies. The patent protects cancer drugs that h...

Cancer Caregiver Distress Unrecognized and Under Reported

Study Commissioned by Non-Profit Identifies Unmet Needs of Caregivers WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national survey released today by The Wellness Community revealed many Americans who provide support to a loved one with cancer do not recognize themselves as a caregiver. In...

Isolagen Receives Bridge Financing to Allow it to Seek Debtor-in-Possession Financing in Connection With a Possible Filing Under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code

Isolagen Common Stock to be halted from trading on the NYSE Amex EXTON, Pa., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isolagen(TM), Inc. (NYSE Amex: ILE ) today announced that the Company has entered into secured promissory notes and security agreements (the "Notes") with eight lenders pursuant to w...

The Network Journal Announces its 2009 List of "40 Under Forty" Dynamic Achievers

The Network Journal ( www.tnj.com ), the New York tri-state premier monthly magazine for Black professionals, corporate executives and small business owners, will honor its 40 Under Forty achievement award of 2009 on Thursday, June 18. The 12th annual awards dinner, will be hosted by Shon Gables,...

Video: CREON(R) (Pancrelipase) Delayed-Release Capsules First and Only Pancreatic Enzyme Product to Receive FDA Approval Under New Guidelines

- Therapy is medically-necessary for thousands of patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency due to cystic fibrosis or other conditions - MARIETTA, Ga., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved CREON(R) ...

Gray matter under attack in multiple sclerosis

Autoimmune disease is a condition in which the immune system attacks the body's own material just as aggressively as it would attack a foreign pathogen. Multiple sclerosis, MS for short, is just one such autoimmune disease, and is one of the most common neurological diseases in the 20 to 30 years ...

Michael J. Kussman, VA Under Secretary for Health, to Retire

WASHINGTON, April 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Michael J. Kussman, the Under Secretary for Health for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), today announced his intention to retire from federal service by May 9, ending a 37-year government career. Dr. Kussman, who attained the rank of briga...

Statement of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on COBRA subsidy under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

WASHINGTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) and the premium reduction under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA): "America's workers a...

Most IVF Patients Under 35 Should Have Single Embryo Transfer, According to Latest SART Data

Delaware Fertility Doctors Urge Worldwide Acceptance Newark, DE (PRWEB) March 17, 2009 -- IVF physicians at Reproductive Associates of Delaware (RAD)( http://www.reproductiveassociates.org ) have demonstrated that single embryos cultured under proper conditions have mor...

TrinityCare Senior Living Trading Under New Symbol 'TCSR'

CEO TO BE FEATURED ON NATIONALLY BROADCAST 'LIFE PERSPECTIVES' RADIO PROGRAM FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TrinityCare Senior Living, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TCSR), a developer, manager and owner of faith-based senior living facilities, today announced that the Comp...

Print Media Under Siege - Are Readers Disappearing?

- Changing physician behaviors forecast print news decline and consumer shift to web news - LITTLE FALLS, N.J., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Background : The New York Times reports on the closing and downsizing of many U.S. newspapers just a day after 24/7 Wall St. issued its list...

Mylan's Matrix Receives Tentative FDA Approval Under PEPFAR for First Generic, Heat-Stable Version of HIV Protease Inhibitor

Provides first affordable protease inhibitor for patients in developing countries Complements recent WHO approval earned for the same product PITTSBURGH, March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ) today announced that Matrix Laboratories Limited, its India-based subsidiary...

Insmed Announces FDA Issues Statement Regarding Position on Allowing Patients With ALS Access to IPLEX(TM) Under an IND

RICHMOND, Va., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Insmed Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM ), a developer of follow-on biologics (FOB) and biopharmaceuticals, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a statement on its website in regards to the agency's position on allowing p...

Anesthesia for Children: Getting Informed Consent Under Duress

Anesthesiology residents categorize the difficulties they face Boston, Mass. (PRWEB) March 5, 2009 -- The practice of obtaining informed consent from patients and families enters difficult territory when it comes to administering anesthesia, finds a study from Children...

56-Year-Old Grandmother Heads to Antarctica to Run Her Seventh Worldwide Marathon in Under a Year

Compassionate Runner, Linda Quirk, Nationally Known for Her Quest to Raise One Million Dollars for Charity, Makes a Request for More Donations on www.Run7on7.com JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- At 56, Linda Quirk has undergone an amazing journey - seven marathons across seven co...

Joan River's New Plastic Surgery Promotion Book is Out of Sync With What Women Really Need to Hear About Going Under The Knife!

DR. JEFFREY KRONSON, M.D. CHALLENGES NOTION THAT CUTTING IS THE WAY TO BEAUTY! LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As Joan River's "Men Are Stupid And They Like Big Boobs" flies off the book shelves, another main stream media effort to coerce women into plastic surgery to be beautiful, a Sou...

Providence Service Corporation California Subsidiary Awarded $1.5 Million Contract Under State's Mental Health Services Act

TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Providence Service Corporation (Nasdaq: PRSC ) today announced that its California entity has been awarded a $1.5 million annual contract to operate a consumer-run adult mental health wellness center in Orange County, California. The contract...

Hospice By The Bay and Foundation Merge Under One Governing Board

Hospice By The Bay, a Bay Area regional provider of hospice and palliative care, and its Foundation have merged into one entity, Hospice By The Bay, under the guidance of a single Board of Directors. Larkspur, CA (PRWEB) February 12, 2009 -- As of January 1st, Hospice ...

Pulse Systems Receives Dual Certification Under ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008

CONCORD, Calif., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Pulse Systems announced today that the company has attained dual certification under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) quality systems standards, ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008. "Achievement of these highly-regarded qualit...

Driving under the influence (of stress): Regional effects of 9/11 attacks on driving

The September 11 terrorist attacks had a profound impact on this country's psyche. Eight years after the attacks, we are still learning how those terrible events affected us. A number of studies have shown that people who lived closest to the sites of the terrorist attacks experienced heightened l...

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. Begins Initial Share Buyback under its Repurchase Program

CHENGDU, China, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Tianyin Pharmaceutical, Co., Inc. (NYSE Alternext: TPI), a manufacturer and supplier of modernized traditional Chinese medicine ("TCM") based in Chengdu, China, today announced that the Company has begun the initial purchase of shares unde...

Nationally Recognized Medicaid Fraud Prosecutor Tim Terry Joins Successful Whistleblower Law Practice, Specializing in "Qui Tam" Citizen Suits Under False Claims Acts

L. Timothy Terry, formerly president of the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units and Director of Nevada's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, has joined the Whistleblower Action Network through his law firm, The Terry Law Firm, Ltd. of Carson City, Nevada. The Whistleblower Action Netwo...

Consumer Watchdog Says California Nursing Home Patients' Quality of Care in Jeopardy Under SEIU Takeover of United Health Care Worker Facilities

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog warned that the move by SEIU International to take over nursing home worker unions in California will lead to degradation of the quality of patient care, as the agreements negotiated by SEIU tend to put the interest of nurs...

Statement on Comparative Effectiveness Research Under Senate Appropriations Committee Stimulus Bill

Language a Step Forward for Patient-Provider Decision Making Further Action Needed to Ensure Research Reflects America WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The Senate today improved on a comparative effectiveness research (CER) package from the House by focusing the $1.1 bill...

More Than 200 Peanut Butter Products Now Under Recall

At least 38 companies across U.S. involved as salmonella outbreak action continues; Girl Scouts, Hershey and Kraft Foods say their products are safe FRIDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- More than 200 peanut butter and peanut paste products from at least 38 companies have been recalled s...