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A Visit With Mother Theresa in Calcutta Thirty Years Ago Inspires Dr. Puff, Clinical Psychologist, to Give Away his Books Free of Charge

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- On a summer research trip to India while in graduate school, Dr. Robert Puff, a clinical psychologist who now practices in Newport Beach, was inspired to give back to the world after visiting Mother Theresa and witnessing her work with the dying. ...

Hero Police Dog Succumbs to Cancer - Morris Animal Foundation Honors 'Rocky' - Also Honored 'Rocky' Six Years Ago When He Was Shot

- Rocky Loses Cancer Battle on the Anniversary of His Heroism - Morris Animal Foundation Leading Campaign to Cure Canine Cancer - One in Four Dogs Dies of Cancer - Leading Cause of Death in Dogs over 2 DENVER, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer has claimed a hero police dog, and Morris Ani...

PulseLearning (Founded in Child's Bedroom in an Irish Suburban Semi Eight Years Ago and Initially Run on a Second-Hand Computer) Today Named Fastest Growing IT Company in Ireland

TRALEE, County Kerry, Ireland, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- PulseLearning (which was founded in 1999 with an investment of ten euro and was initially run on a second-hand computer set up in a child's bedroom in a Tralee, County Kerry suburban semi), has been named fastest growing IT company in Irel...

Found: First IVF Baby Born in East Bay 25 Years Ago

Private investigator locates California medical practice's oldest 'test-tube baby;' Three of America's IVF pioneer babies to meet at 25th anniversary reunion SAN RAMON, Calif., May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Elizabeth Castro Wilson, who on March 18, 1985, became the first "IVF baby" born in the East...

Human Ancestors Put Best Foot Forward 1.5M Years Ago

Fossils thought to be oldest evidence to date of an essentially modern foot THURSDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Anthropologists have uncovered a trail of ancient footprints in northern Kenya believed to represent the oldest evidence to date of an essentially modern, human-like foot. ...

'Wanted: Pioneer IVF Babies' Bay Area Fertility Doctors Launch National Search for First IVF Babies Born 25 Years Ago

California medical practice to celebrate 25th anniversary by re-uniting up to 280 of America's oldest 'test-tube babies' in June SAN RAMON, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate its 25th anniversary as of the one of the nation's first private IVF clinics, the Reproductive Science Cen...

Fossils Push Back Bipedalism to 6 Million Years Ago

First detailed look at Orrorin tugenensis bones proves earliest hominin walked upright, researchers say THURSDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Far from being a recent, revolutionary development, the ability to walk upright on two legs began at the dawn of human evolution more than s...

Global Warming 55 Million Years Ago Too, Thanks to Fossil Fuels

Global warming millions of years ago. Any takers? At least that is what the Discovery channel says happened 55 millions of years ago.// In a feature aired a few days ago, it was suggested that the rifting apart of the Earth’s crust to create the northeast Atlantic Ocean might have been trigge...

Dentistry Practiced 9,000 Years Ago In Western Pakistan

Neolithic skulls excavated recently in western Pakistan have been found to have holes drilled into their molars. This evidence for the first time highlights that// Dentistry may have been practiced in the region as early as 7,000 BC. According to the British journal Nature, at least nine peop...

Spicy Cuisine Originated in Mexico 1,500 Years Ago

The spicy Mexican cuisine, which is one of the world's tastiest and most popular, may be nearly 1,500 years old, say scientists at the Smithsonian Institution . Linda Perry of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History says that as early as 1,500 years ago, Pre-Columbian inhabita...

Ladakh was a Coastal Region Millions of Years Ago

Scientists have discovered that the frozen deserts of Ladakh once had a coastal environment millions of years ago with palm trees dotting// its landscape. Palaeobotanists scouring the icy heights of Jammu and Kashmir came across a set of plant fossils near Tsokar in the Eastern Ladakh region...

Angelman Syndrome Foundation Takes Major Step Toward Furthering Research Efforts

...Foundation: The Angelman Syndrome Foundation, the leading resource for AS information, support and AS research funding was founded more than 20 years ago with the mission of advancing the awareness and treatment of AS through education and information, research and support for individuals with AS, their...

Partnership for Prescription Assistance Prepared to Help New Jersey Workers Hurt by Recession

...ams that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free. With the state's unemployment rate now hitting 8.8 percent -- compared to 5.1% a year ago -- the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) bus tour is raising awareness of patient assistance programs among state residents who face layof...

AADE, Emory University and Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Institute Partner to Educate and Improve Access to Care for Atlanta-area Minorities with Diabetes

...Grady Health System have been serving Latinos with diabetes through the Emory Latino Diabetes Education Program. "The program started over three years ago and has reached more than 750 Latinos with diabetes and their families," said Amparo Gonzalez, RN, CDE, director of the program. "This grant offers th...

CareFirst Joins Partnership of Blues Plans as Owner of NASCO

...ibility, affordability, safety and quality of health care throughout its market areas. About NASCO NASCO got its start in Atlanta over 20 years ago when it partnered with several Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® Plans and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association to introduce an integrated me...

Landauer, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter Results

...arter due to increased cost of materials to support growth in InLight products sales. Gross margin declined to 66 percent from 68 percent in the year ago period due to the revenue mix. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the third fiscal quarter of 2009 increased 2 percent, or $141,000, dr...

Par Pharmaceutical Reports EPS of $0.71 for Second Quarter 2009

...09. Total net revenues for the three months ended June 27, 2009, were $404 million, up $291 million, or nearly 258%, from the year ago period, principally driven by the lack of competition in metoprolol succinate and meclizine, as well as the launches of sumatriptan injection and dron...

Consumer Reports Survey: HMOs Beat PPOs on Cost, Customer Support and Billing Services

...ld keep under most health-reform proposals now before Congress. Annual out-of-pocket costs for plan premiums were up 38 percent from two years ago for both those in HMOs and PPOs. Respondents to the survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center reported a median premiu...

Hamptons' Artists & Writers 61st Annual Charity Softball Game To Benefit Phoenix House - To be Held at Herrick Park, East Hampton, Saturday, August 15, 2009, 3 pm

...Phoenix Academy of Long Island will be selling hot dogs and other concession items. "I was proud to serve as umpire for this event more summers ago than I care to admit," said former President Bill Clinton , in a letter to the organizers. "I know firsthand how much fun it is, and how dedicated th...

The Caryl Ehrlich Program Discusses Food Addiction on HealthyPlace.com

... About The Founder Caryl Ehrlich has taught thousands of people to have their cake and eat it too, since she lost 50 pounds more than 30 years ago by teaching a method created for herself. She teaches The Caryl Ehrlich Program privately in her midtown office in Manhattan with one-on-one visits a...

STAAR Surgical Generates Cash From Operations During Second Quarter

... year second quarter. International Visian ICL units grew 42% from the year ago period and are up 35% year to date reflecting the increased underlying dema...nd quarter resulted in a $2.2 million dollar reduction or 16% from the year ago period. Sales and marketing expenses were reduced by $1.6 million during t...

Pelosi, Democratic Leaders Remarks Today at News Conference on Legislative Accomplishments

... "Good afternoon. It's a pretty exciting week for us. Forty-four years ago this week, Medicare was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. Here w...g Medicare which we're pleased to celebrate the anniversary just a few days ago of the passage of Medicare. You saw the same kind of tactics used. ...

Do the Swiss Have the Answer to America's Health Care Dilemma?

...n avenue which has apparently been successfully traveled elsewhere." FACT is a nonpartisan not-for-profit corporation, formed a quarter-century ago in the District of Columbia. The group furnishes information of interest and importance to the American consumer without any political bias or hidden ...

Angelman Syndrome Foundation Takes Major Step Toward Furthering Research Efforts

...oundation The Angelman Syndrome Foundation, the leading resource for AS information, support and AS research funding was founded more than 20 years ago with the mission of advancing the awareness and treatment of AS through education and information, research and support for individuals with AS, their...

Reexamination of T. rex verifies disputed biochemical remains

... A new analysis of the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) that roamed Earth 68 million years ago has confirmed traces of protein from blood and bone, tendons, or cartilage. The findings, scheduled for publication in the Sept. 4 issue of ACS' month...

FDA Calls for Stricter Controls on Mercury Fillings

...ation Consumers for Dental Choice. "I'm outraged. FDA broke its word," said Charles Brown, the group's national counsel. "They put a warning a year ago on the web site and promised to keep those warnings on the web site that warned of neurological damage to children and unborn children. Bowing to the ...

Hard to Treat Diseases (HTDS) To Re Release European TV Segment In N. America For Potential Treatment Of MS

...he TV feature was aired in Europe only, several years ago. Dr. Sanja Pekovic, Chief Project Scientist, Chief Strategy Officer explains: "A few years ago Serbian government TV did a feature about our work, and it took a great public attention. It was about Multiple sclerosis, current therapies, there we...

URI awarded $13 million grant to develop vaccines for emerging infectious diseases

...ion award to a pharmacy professor in May. De Groot, who joined the faculty of the URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences just six months ago and who directs the University's Institute for Immunology and Informatics, said the new Translational Immunology Research and Accelerated Vaccine Deve...

d'Gianni to Unveil Exquisite New Lingerie Collection Aboard New York City Cruise Ship

...the chance to match their own personalities to the lingerie with which they feel a connection. Both founders of d'Gianni united almost a decade ago with a goal to establish a lingerie brand name with one vision in mind: to enhance sensuality in the bedroom. d'Gianni continues to launch innovative...

Breast cancer research highlights from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Anaheim, July 26-30

...fessor at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, founded a company that built such sensitive detectors. Clinical trials in Europe a couple years ago concluded that the detectors could effectively lower radiation doses by half while still diagnosing cancers effectively. These detectors are now i...

Partnership for Prescription Assistance Prepared to Help Pennsylvania Workers Hurt by Recession

...ams that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free. With the state's unemployment rate now hitting 8.2 percent -- compared to 5.1% a year ago -- the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) bus tour is raising awareness of patient assistance programs among state residents who face layof...

Time to Get the Job Done Says Alliance President and CEO

... WASHINGTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "It was forty-four years ago this month that the first recipients enrolled in Medicare. Now is the time to get the rest of the job done to ensure quality health care for all," sa...

Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference Today on Health Care Reform and Medical Costs

... by a bus insurance policy," but I'm a filmmaker and what happened to me sometimes feels more like a movie than actually my life. Two years ago last month, I got hit by the "bus." I heard those words, the three most terrifying words that you can hear in America: "You have cancer." When you he...

NCPA: White House Has Ideas on How to Ration Health Care

... receive priority over 65-year-olds, everyone who is 65 years now was previously 25 years." In a different article written more than 10 years ago for the Hastings Center Report , Emanuel said health services should not be guaranteed to "individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or...

Red Cross Leader Describes First-Year Triumphs, Challenges

...pent," McGovern reported. She noted that through a strong collective effort, the Red Cross was able to drive down its deficit from $209 million a year ago to $50 million today -- a 75 percent cut and $86 million better than expected. Fundraising can be a particular challenge during tough econom...

First Anniversary of New War on Cancer Marks Many Advances

...ugh the daily demands of the Tour de France, the National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship that Armstrong helped launch one year ago continues to wage the new war on cancer. In July 2008, Armstrong and the four most recent U.S. Surgeons General joined collaborators from ac...

Cell division find prompts overhaul of immune response modeling

... been aware that cells never behave identically. This variation is usually dismissed as 'noise' or irrelevant biological variation. "About 10 years ago I was struck by the thought that by ignoring the immense amount of variation in cells we might be missing something important," Professor Hodgkin said...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Atrius Health Sign Alternative Quality Contract

...tern Massachusetts. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ( www.bluecrossma.com ) was founded 72 years ago by a group of community-minded business leaders. Today, headquartered in Boston, BCBSMA provides coverage to approximately 3 million members. BCBSMA b...

Full Transcript of House Democrats' Press Conference on Introduction of Health Care Legislation

... you tell us what the total CBO estimate is on the bill? And can you give us a couple of examples of where you've changed the bill, from the few weeks ago until now? Speaker Pelosi. Mr. Miller and Mr. Waxman can talk about the changes. Chairman Rangel. Well, one of the things tha...

Increase in Thyroid Cancer Puzzles Experts

...ased screening finding smaller tumors," she added. The findings surprised one expert. "I wrote a chapter about this for a textbook about a year ago and I came away thinking this [rise in cancers] is a reflection of enhanced diagnostics," said Dr. Bruce J. Davidson, professor and chairman of otolar...