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Health reform proposals could help 13 million uninsured young adults gain coverage
New York, NY, August 6, 2009 Comprehensive health reform proposals now before Congress could help the more than 13 million uninsured young adults ages 19-29 gain coverage, and such reforms would also help ensure that those who now have coverage would not lose it, according to a new Commonwealth Fu...NEW YORK, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- EVO Merchant Services, a leader in the payment processing industry, announced that Ray Sidhom, CEO, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year ((R)) 2009 Award in Metro New York. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the award recognizes outs...
Cheerleading is Leading Cause of Catastrophic Injury in Young Women
Expert recommends parents and schools monitor activities, coaching and safety precautions more closely ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As a bright, young cheerleader trying out for the high school varsity squad, 14-year-old Laura Jackson had everything going ...The Eric Westacott Foundation announced today that it has teamed with Patrick Rummerfield, the first fully functional quadriplegic in history, and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to donate the proceeds of the upcoming Golf Classic Tournament to the rehabilitation of an 11-year old quadr...
Many Young Adults Uninformed About Vaccines
More awareness of benefits of shots for preventable diseases needed, study shows WEDNESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccines are not only for children, but many young adults in the United States are unaware of the need to keep up with their shots, a new survey shows. For example...CVS Caremark Charitable Trust Invests $300,000 in Easter Seals' Autism Services for Young Children
Grant expands evidence-based therapies for children with autism Chicago (Vocus) - The CVS Caremark Charitable Trust announced a $300,000 grant to Easter Seals to advance evidence-based autism services for young children nationwide. The grant, made possible through the...New Jersey Dietetic Association Names Ketchum's Jaime Schwartz Young Dietitian of the Year
NEW YORK, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Dietetic Association (NJDA) awarded Jaime Schwartz the Young Dietitian of the Year Award for her achievements since becoming a registered dietitian (RD) in 2002. Schwartz, an account supervisor in the Food & Well-Conn...Repair ACL Injuries in Young Athletes Quickly
Postponing surgery can lead to more problems, study finds TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- New research confirms what many orthopedists have long suspected -- it's better to operate quickly on a young athlete's ACL injury than it is to wait a few years for the child to grow some mo...BLUE SPRINGS, Mo., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As the discussion regarding health care reform moves through Congress and is debated in the public forum, a new policy statement from the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) urges all parties to include adolescent and young adult health issues in t...
Risks of Delaying ACL Reconstruction in Young Athletes May Be Too High, Study Shows
A new study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 's (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Keystone, Colorado, (July 9-12) details the benefits and risks of repairing a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in young athletes under the age of 14. Keyston...Study Pinpoints Risk Factors for Death in Young Stroke Victims
Many can be modified, treated to improve odds, experts say,, THURSDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- Younger adults who suffer a stroke are more likely to die if they are heavy drinkers, have heart failure, cancer, type 1 diabetes or an infection before their stroke, Finnish researchers r...First Annual Congressional Women's Softball Game to Benefit the Young Survival Coalition
WASHINGTON , July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Women lawmakers will participate in the first Congressional Women's Softball Game, a bi-partisan and bi-cameral event, to be held on Tuesday, July 14 at Guy Mason Field. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:35 pm. Proceeds from the game will h...DARTMOUTH, NS, July 6 /PRNewswire/ - (Ocean Nutrition Canada) - Swedish researchers have found a clear link between fish consumption and higher cognitive scores among teenage males. According to a new study published in Acta Paediatrica, a monthly international, peer-reviewed pediatric research jo...
Reverse Ages - Staying Young Naturally
ReverseAges.com launches new content to include information about high blood pressure, adrenal fatigue, and how to best deal with these health issues. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 3, 2009 -- ReverseAges.com has recently launched a new series of pages. These pages explain ...Aton Pharma CEO Mike Wells Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2009 Award Winner;
Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Aton Pharma, Inc. announced today that its Chief Executive Officer, Michael G. Wells, has received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year (R) 2009 Award in the emerging companies category in New ...Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $2.7M to 7 top young clinical investigators
New York, NY -- The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named 4 new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators at its April 2009 Clinical Investigator Award Committee review. The recipients of this prestigious, three-year award are outstanding early career physician-scientists conducting patient-orie...SearchAmerica(R) President, Daniel Johnson, Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R)
Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence and Community Improvement MINNEAPOLIS, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Search America (R) , a part of Experian and a leader in financial clearing services for health care, today announced that its president, Daniel Johnson, received the Ernst & Young E...MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (June 24, 2009) University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Iris Borowsky, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues found that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely that they will die before age 35, and this belief predicted that the adolescents' would engage i...
Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence in Services Category NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCM ), a leading national hospitalist physician group practice company, today announced that CEO, Adam Singer, M.D., receiv...
Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence in Health Sciences Category THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- eCardio Diagnostics ( www.ecardio.com ) today announced that Larry Lawson, President and Chief Executive Officer, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year (R)...
Fenwal to Host Webinar on the Safety of 2-Unit Red Cell Collections From Young Donors
Published study shows young donors experience a lower rate of adverse reactions on automated 2-unit red cell collection systems LAKE ZURICH, Ill., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Fenwal Inc. announced today it is hosting a live, online lecture by Richard J. Benjamin, M.D., Ph.D., chief medical offi...Obesity While Young Boosts Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Study points to yet another reason to maintain a healthy weight,,,,,, TUESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Being overweight or obese as a young adult increases the risk for pancreatic cancer, and obesity in middle age is linked with poorer survival from the disease, a new study finds. ...Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence in Health Care Services and Products Category PHILADELPHIA, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- HTH Worldwide, a global health and safety services company, today announced that Angelo Masciantonio, CEO and Co-Founder received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur ...
How to confirm the causes of iron deficiency anemia in young women
Iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) is commonly seen in women aged A research team led by Bruno Annibale from Italy prospectively evaluate the usefulness of a pre-endoscopic serological screening for H. pylori infection and celiac disease with the use of two tests (human recombinant tissue transgl...Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence in Real Estate and Construction Category CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cogdell Spencer Inc. (NYSE: CSA ) announced today that its chief executive officer, Frank C. Spencer received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Y...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards prestigious fellowships to 17 top young scientists
New York, NY-- The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting exceptional early career researchers and innovative cancer research, named 17 new Damon Runyon Fellows at its May 2009 Fellowship Award Committee review. The recipients of this prestigious, ...Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence in Life Sciences PHILADELPHIA, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kensey Nash Corporation (Nasdaq: KNSY ), today announced that Joe Kaufmann, CEO and President, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year (R) 2009 Award in the Life Sci...
Teens, Young Adults Need More Calcium
Consumption of bone-building dairy products declines in late teens, research shows THURSDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Young people tend to cut down on bone-strengthening dairy products as they enter their 20s -- just when their body needs it most, new research finds. In a study b...Teens, Young Adults Need More Milk
Consumption of bone-building dairy products declines in late teens, research shows THURSDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Young people tend to cut down on bone-strengthening dairy products as they enter their 20s -- just when their body needs it most, new research finds. In a study b...Aerobically unfit young adults on road to diabetes in middle age
CHICAGO --- Most healthy 25 year olds don't stay up at night worrying whether they are going to develop diabetes in middle age. The disease is not on their radar, and middle age is a lifetime away. As it turns out, many should be concerned. Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg Scho...Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence in Health and Life Sciences Category SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Euan Thomson, Ph.D., the company's president and...
HATBORO, Pa., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InfoLogix, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFLG ), a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, today announced that David Gulian , president and CEO of InfoLogix, is a finalist for the Ernst ...
When young men are scarce, they're more likely to play the field than to propose
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---In places where young women outnumber young men, research shows the hemlines rise but the marriage rates don't because the young men feel less pressure to settle down as more women compete for their affections. But when those men reach their 30s, the reverse is true and prop...LSUHSC researchers first to document early signs for diabetes in kids as young as 7
Research conducted under the direction of Melinda Sothern, PhD, Professor and Director of Health Promotion at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, showing early signs of diabetes in healthy children as young as seven years old will be presented at the American Diabet...Video: Bon Secours Finds Young Families are In Line With National Economic Trend
New 'Safe and Sound' program eases the financial impact on new families RICHMOND, Va., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond's young families are worried about the economy and their concern is impacting their utilization of health care. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://ww...Religious devotion does not impact abortion decisions of young unwed women
WASHINGTON, DC Unwed pregnant teens and twenty-somethings who attend or have graduated from private religious schools are more likely to obtain abortions than their peers from public schools, according to sociological research published in the June issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behav...Liu Young Investigator Award presented to Kevin Bruhn, Ph.D.
LOS ANGELES (May 27, 2009) Kevin Bruhn, PhD, is the winner of the third annual Liu Young Investigator Award, a $10,000 honor aimed at nurturing excellence and providing support for a young scientist on the LA BioMed campus. Dr. Bruhn came to LA BioMed in 2005 after receiving his PhD in microb...Daniel Johnson recognized by business leaders for vision, determination and drive to address today's health care challenges MINNEAPOLIS, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Search America , a part of Experian and a leader in financial clearing services for health care, today announced that its president...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- eCardio Diagnostics ( www.ecardio.com ) today announced that Chief Executive Officer Larry Lawson is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year (R) 2009 Award in the Houston & Gulf Coast Area Program. According to Ernst ...
For Young Ballplayers, Support and Caution Are Key
Preventing injury takes practice, on and off the field, experts say,, SATURDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) --Play ball! Just do it safely, says the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. In 2007, more than 203,000 U.S. children aged 5 to 14 were treated for baseball-related injuries...Other TagsIntegratedIntegratedAlreadyVictoriaMountMountMountMountMountAdministrationIntelIntelIntelCareerCareerDifferentlyDifferentlyOther Contentspodiatrypoliomyelitisnodosapolyarteritistendernesstendernessovariesovariesovariesovariesivy
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