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Atlantic Plastic Surgery Center Selects Artefill to Meet Growing Patient Demand for a Longer Lasting Dermal Filler

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Lawrence N. Gray, M.D., a board-certified plastic surgeon, and Mark Ballentyne, M.D. at Atlantic Plastic Surgery Center have selected Artefill, the first and only FDA-approved microsphere-enhanced collagen filler for the correction o...

Clinical Trial by Licensee Does Not Meet Primary Endpoint

PASADENA, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AutoImmune Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AIMM) today announced its licensee, BioMS Medical Corp., and Eli Lilly and Company reported that dirucotide did not meet the primary endpoint of delaying disease progression, as measured by the Expan...

Dr. Kim-Chi Vu in Portland Selects Artefill to Meet Growing Patient Demand for a Longer Lasting Dermal Filler

PORTLAND, Ore., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Kim-Chi Vu, M.D., P.C. has selected Artefill, the first and only FDA-approved microsphere-enhanced collagen filler for the correction of smile lines. Dr. Vu has been an avid Artefill user the past several years due to its proven success an...

Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Frank Fechner Selects Artefill to Meet Growing Patient Demand for a Longer Lasting Dermal Filler

WORCESTER, Mass., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Board-certified facial plastic surgeon Frank P. Fechner, M.D. has selected Artefill, the first and only FDA-approved microsphere-enhanced collagen filler for the correction of smile lines, to treat patients who are looking for a longer lasting de...

Vein & Cosmetic Center of Tampa Bay Selects Artefill to Meet Growing Patient Demand for a Longer Lasting Dermal Filler

TAMPA, Fla., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeffrey A. Hunt, D.O., R.V.S. and Medical Director at the Vein & Cosmetic Center of Tampa Bay has selected Artefill, the first and only FDA-approved microsphere-enhanced collagen filler for the correction of smile lines, to treat patients who are ...

Integrative Dermatology of Boca Raton Selects Artefill to Meet Growing Patient Demand for a Longer Lasting Dermal Filler

BOCA RATON, Fla., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Laura E. Skellchock, M.D. at Integrative Dermatology has selected Artefill, the first and only FDA-approved microsphere-enhanced collagen filler for the correction of smile lines, to treat patients who are looking for a longer lasting dermal fil...

Dr. Benjamin Raab of Naperville, IL Selects Artefill to Meet Growing Patient Demand for a Longer Lasting Dermal Filler

NAPERVILLE, Ill., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Benjamin J. Raab, M.D., head of Dermatology & Cosmetic Skin Surgery, has selected Artefill, the first and only FDA-approved microsphere-enhanced collagen filler for the correction of smile lines, to treat patients who are looking for a longer lasting d...

Patient Advocates From All 50 States Gather in Nation's Capitol to Meet With Lawmakers and Urge Passage of Comprehensive Health Care Reform

PAF Hosts Representatives in Effort to Promote Healthcare Access for All WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients and representatives from the Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) -- a national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation as...

Attention New Jersey Physicians Still Needing to Meet Cultural Competency Requirement by June 30

BOSTON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan Cross Cultural Group is now offering at a discounted price, the Quality Interactions(R) 6-hour CME cultural competency training course for physicians in New Jersey still needing to complete this requirement for licensure by June 30, 2009. New Jers...

BioFit Intensive Plus™ Chairs Meet Federal Standard for Continuous Intensive Use

BioFit Engineered Products, an Ohio-based manufacturer and long-standing leader in the development of ergonomic seating solutions, announced today that its Intensive Plus line of 500-lb. capacity, continuous use chairs recently were rated compliant with the U.S. General Services Administration (G...

After House Committee Chairs Meet on Health Reform, Long Term Care Leaders Say Rescinding Bush-Era Medicare Regulation Critical to Protecting Jobs, Preserving Quality Eldercare

Administration's FY 2010 Budget Must be Aligned With Nation's Broader Economic, Health Policy Goals WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY), Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Education and Labor Committee Chair...

Abbott's TRILIPIX(R) (Fenofibric Acid) in Combination With Rosuvastatin Calcium Helps Patients With Mixed Dyslipidemia and Type 2 Diabetes Meet American Diabetes Association Lipid Targets

Post-hoc analysis of two large clinical trials showed combination therapy helped more patients reach combined targets for HDL, triglycerides and LDL than the pre-determined therapy alone NEW ORLEANS, June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott's (NYSE: ABT ) TRILIPIX (R) (fenofibric acid) delay...

IntelliSoft Group Helping to Meet the Challenges of OPPE/FPPE in Medical Credentialing

Medical credentialing software by IntelliSoft Group, contains sophisticated functionality in automated credentialing, to help you meet the Joint Commission's regulations for OPPE and FPPE compliance. (Vocus) June 3, 2009 -- The Joint Commission recently introduced revis...

Streamwood Hospital Opens New Children's Center to Meet Vital Community Need

42 beds added to serve the most clinically complex children STREAMWOOD, Ill., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Streamwood Behavioral Health Systems today announced that its new 30,000-square-foot Children's Center addition has opened and begun admitting patients. The addition will increase the current...

Eva's Village, a Comprehensive New Jersey Anti-Poverty charity, Seeks Additional Funding to Meet the Increasing Need Along with a Decline in Donations

Eva's Village ( http://www.EvasVillage.org ), a comprehensive New Jersey anti-poverty charity, is experiencing an increase in need in 2009, and a decline in foundation grants and individual gifts -- Eva's Village, Paterson, New Jersey, seeks additional funding to meet the increasing need. ...

AIDS Treatment Activists Push UNAIDS and WHO to Meet Commitments to Reduce HIV in Women and Newborns

UNAIDS Executive Director Calls for Action to Improve Delivery of PMTCT GENEVA, May 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a dramatic meeting today at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, members of the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) and AIDS-Free World met with the leaders and...

NYSE Amex Accepts Interleukin Genetics' Plan to Meet Continued Listing Standards

WALTHAM, Mass., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (NYSE Amex: ILI ) announced today that the Corporate Compliance Staff of the NYSE Amex LLC (the "Exchange") has accepted the company's plan to meet the Exchange's continued listing standards, and has granted the comp...

Attention New Jersey Physicians Still Needing to Meet Cultural Competency Requirement by June 30

BOSTON, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan Cross Cultural Group is now offering at a discounted price, the Quality Interactions(R) 6-hour CME cultural competency training course for physicians in New Jersey still needing to complete this requirement for licensure by June 30, 2009. New Jersey physi...

VGI Announces Expansion to Meet Surgeon Demand for the VerteLoc™ Spine Stabilization System

'Average monthly VerteLoc™ surgical procedures nearly triple vs. 2008...sales up 266%' Winston-Salem, NC (PRWEB) April 30, 2009: VG Innovations, Inc (VGI), announced today that it is expanding its corporate and satellite offices to meet surgeon demand for its revo...

Chinese Pharma Market Continues to Grow at a 5-7% Rate in 2009; AMDL Remains on Track to Meet FY09 Financial Targets

AMDL Inc. Executive Chairman & CEO Douglas MacLellan offers expert insight during exclusive interview with The Wall Street Transcript TUSTIN, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMDL Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: ADL), a US-based pharmaceutical company with major operations in China...

Millstone Medical Outsourcing Celebrates New Fall River Facility, Designed to Meet Demand for Advanced Inspection, Clean Room Services

FALL RIVER, Mass., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Millstone Medical Outsourcing announced today the official opening of the company's new facility in Fall River, MA. Millstone will hold an Open House on Friday, April 24 , for customers, vendors, state and local dignitaries, and friends of ...

Leapfrog Group Hospital Survey Finds Majority of Hospitals Fail to Meet Important Quality Standards

Few Hospitals Meet Standards for First National Measures of Hospital Efficiency for Heart Attack Care, Bypass Surgery, Heart Angioplasty, and Pneumonia Detailed Hospital by Hospital Results Available at www.leapfroggroup.org/cp WASHINGTON, April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Though it ...

CitiusTech Launches Vantage 2012 Program to Enable Healthcare ISVs to Meet CCHIT Requirements & Capture HITECH Act Related Growth Opportunities

SARASOTA, Florida, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- CitiusTech, a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions and services, today announced the launch of Vantage 2012 - a comprehensive program to enable healthcare ISVs to meet CCHIT requirements and scale their professional services capabilitie...

DaVita's Customized Lifestyle Management Programs Assist Employees to Meet Their Lifestyle Goals

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA ), one of the nation's leading providers of kidney care for those with chronic kidney disease, recently partnered with CIGNA to launch Lifestyle Management Programs for teammates (employees) interested in tobacco c...

Leading Autism Care Provider Invites MPs to Meet Residents and Staff for World Autism Awareness Day

LONDON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Brookdale Care, the independent provider of residential care services for people living with Autism and other Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), is inviting MPs and care commissioners to spend a day with residents and staff at four of its residential locations ...

Public transit users 3 times more likely to meet fitness guidelines: UBC research

A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia suggests taking public transit may help you keep fit. The study, published in the Journal of Public Health Policy , finds that people who take public transit are three times more likely than those who don't to meet the Heart and ...

South Dakota Becomes 24th State to Meet American Lung Association Smokefree Air Challenge by Passing Legislation Protecting All Workers from Secondhand Smoke

CHICAGO, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, South Dakota residents have reason to celebrate. South Dakota is now officially the 24th state in the nation, and the first in 2009 to pass a comprehensive smokefree workplace law protecting virtually everyone from secondhand smoke, in bo...

No-Side-Effect Drugs Meet Today's Health Challenges

New Health Trend MORAGA, Calif., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 700,000 Americans visit emergency rooms each year due to adverse drug reactions from mainstream pharmaceutical drugs (JAMA). Adding insult to injury, many of these drugs are proving to be ineffective. The most common mainst...

America's Peanut Farmers to Travel to New York City to Meet Consumers, Work to Rebuild Trust in All Things Peanut

Grand Central Terminal Will Host Growers, Peanut Field, Product Sampling March 4 and 5 NEW YORK, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the National Peanut Board will set up shop in Vanderbilt Hall in New York City's Grand Central Terminal March 4 and 5 to meet consumers, answer questions and giv...

Cultural Competency Training to Meet State Requirements for New Jersey Physicians

BOSTON, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan Cross Cultural Group, founded by Drs. Joseph Betancourt, Alex Green and J. Emilio Carrillo - three physician thought-leaders in the field of cross-cultural care - have created an on-line CME-accredited cultural competency training course called Quality In...

American Red Cross: Meet Our Oscar!

Red Cross rolls out red carpet for one of its own WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the world prepares for the most watched awards show on television, the American Red Cross proudly presents our "Oscar". (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090108/RedCrossLOGO ) ...

Mental Health Leaders Meet with Transition Team

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The need for full integration of mental health and substance use disorder treatment into the health care system was the top priority of eight mental health leaders, including American Psychiatric Association Medical Director James H. Scully Jr.,...

Certified ER Docs in Short Supply to Meet Future Needs

Even in best-case scenario, study says more than a decade needed to achieve goals FRIDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The number of board-certified emergency doctors in the United States will likely fall short of hospital emergency department staffing needs in the future, say Massachuse...

Europe Unlikely to Meet Measles Goals: Report

Suboptimum vaccination rates cast doubt on ability to eliminate disease by 2010 WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Hope is fading for the elimination of measles in Europe by 2010, as a new report reveals lower-than-optimal vaccination rates in five countries where outbreaks have oc...

King's Daughters Medical Center Leverages Unique Bedside Interactive Technology to Meet Requirements of Patient Safety Goal 16

GetWellNetwork Enables Hospitals to Meet Joint Commission Compliance through Patient Engagement BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to improve patient safety and standards compliance, GetWellNetwork, Inc. , the leading provider of Interactive Patient Care (IPC) solutions...

Supply of board-certified emergency physicians unlikely to meet projected needs

The number of physicians with board certification in emergency medicine is unlikely to meet the staffing needs of U.S. emergency departments in the foreseeable future, if ever; according to a study from a research team based at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). In the December issue of Acade...

Leading pharmacologists to meet in Brighton

The latest developments in drug discovery including solutions to tackle obesity, the latest on the Northwick Park drug-trial disaster and issues surrounding drugs used in sport and the Olympics will be highlighted at a conference in Brighton next week. The British Pharmacological Society (BPS...

Almost Two-Thirds of Americans Meet Exercise Guidelines

150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity a week THURSDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 65 percent of people in the United States last year met the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. And 49 percent of those people met the Hea...

OneMedPlace announces panels for "OneMedForum 2009: Disrupters and Drivers in Eight Areas of Medical Technology" -- CEOs and investors to meet in unique format of focused sessions

OneMedPlace announced today the panels and format for its “OneMedForum 2009” finance conference, to be held January 13-14, 2009, in San Francisco at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Panels will address the “drivers and disrupters” affecting each of the following medtech sector...

UniCare, Walmart Organize Circle of Hope To Help Mountain Mission Meet Increased Demand for Assistance

CHARLESTON, W.Va., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- UniCare Health Plan of West Virginia, Inc. and the Nitro Walmart Marketplace are working with West Virginia Radio Corporation to help Mountain Mission meet a significant increase for unexpected emergency needs assistance. Through the "Circle of Hop...