Dakim BrainFitness Now Used in 286 Senior Living Communities, Adding 136 Sites in 12 Months for Dementia-Fighting System

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Dakim Inc. announced today that the Dakim(R) BrainFitness(TM) System has now been adopted by 286 senior living communities in 34 states to help residents build their defenses against dementia and memory loss. Dakim has added 136 new ...

Miami Physician Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Role in $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Miami physician Roberto Rodriguez, 54, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion services, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attor...

CenTrak Announces 16 New Deployments This Year: Company Installs Over 6 Million Square Feet in Last Six Months

CenTrak , a leading provider of Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) for tracking equipment and people indoors, today announced that it has installed over 6 million square feet of its market-leading hybrid certainty-based Gen2IR™ and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system in hospitals a...

AIM Health Group Inc. reports largest quarterly profit since going public and announces filing of financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2009 on SEDAR

TORONTO, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - AIM Health Group Inc. ("AIM" or the "Company") (TSXV - AHG), a fully integrated health care company, announced today that its income for the three months ended March 31, 2009 (the "Quarter") increased to $271,835 from a loss of $32,194 in the same period in...

INTERMACS: Total Artificial Heart Bridge-to-Transplant Rate 2x Higher at 6 Months Than BiVADS and LVADs

Replacing Both Ventricles with the Total Artificial Heart Eliminates Complications Including Right Heart Failure Tucson, Ariz. (Vocus) May 12, 2009 -- According to INTERMACS data recently published in SynCardia’s 2008 Annual Report , the SynCardia temporary Card...

Misonix Reports Earnings for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31, 2009

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Misonix, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSON ), a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health conditions, today reported financial results for the ...

Children as young as 19 months understand different dialects

We are surrounded by a multitude of different accents every day. Even when a speaker of another English dialect pronounces words differently than we do, we are typically able to recognize their words. Psychologist Catherine Best from MARCS Laboratories, University of Western Sydney, along with col...

Survey: Average Wait for a Doctor Appointment Over Two Months in Some Cities

Waits Longest in Boston , Shortest in Atlanta IRVING, Texas, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Need to see a family physician, dermatologist or an ob/gyn? Get in line, because it could take months to schedule an appointment, according to a new survey. Conducted by Merritt Hawkins & Associ...

Swine Flu Vaccine Still Months Away

Search for correct formulation, egg-based production system are biggest challenges, experts say THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- In the face of a possible swine flu pandemic, U.S. health officials are already collecting information and ingredients with an eye to creating a swine ...

54-Year-Old Psychology Teacher Loses 155 Pounds In 10 Months By Applying His Own Teachings To Himself

ERIE, Pa., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Jordan Lapides, a 54-year-old teacher of Spirituality Psychology and founder of The Freedom Foundation For Weight Loss And Spiritual Development in Pennsylvania, was recently challenged by one of his students to apply his own Spiritual Teachings to his weight pr...

Calling Policies 'Unreasonable,' 123 Members of Congress Press for Changes in Medicare Home Oxygen Policies for Emergency Care, Supplies and Other Obligations After 36 Months of Service

House Letter Asks Lawmakers to 'Address Serious Shortcomings That Are Creating Hardships for Both Oxygen Patients and Providers' WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release was issued today by the Council for Quality Respiratory Care: In a recent letter, 123 bipa...

Babies Born in High Pollen Months at Wheezing Risk

Findings may clarify why fall and winter infants more likely to develop asthma THURSDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Infants exposed to high levels of pollen and mold in their first few months of life are more likely to develop wheezing -- a possible early symptom of asthma, say U.S. ...

Solos Endoscopy, Inc. Posts First Nine Months Financials for 2008 on Pinksheets.com

BOSTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solos Endoscopy, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SNDY) is pleased to announce that the Company has posted its financials through the first nine months of 2008 on Pinksheets.com for the period ending September 30, 2008. Revenues generated through the nine-months of 2008...

Misonix Reports Earnings and Increased Revenues for the Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2008

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Misonix, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSON ), a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health conditions, today reported financial results for the...

ResMed Inc Announces Record Financial Results for the Quarter and Six Months Ended December 31, 2008

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ResMed Inc. (NYSE: RMD ) today announced record revenue and income for the quarter ended December 31, 2008. Revenue for the December 2008 quarter was $223.0 million, a 10% increase (a 16% increase on a constant currency basis) over the quarter ended De...

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Reports Results for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of Fiscal 2009

DETROIT, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. (NYSE Alternext US: CPD) posted net sales for the third quarter ended December 31, 2008 and first nine months of Fiscal 2009 of $55.7 million and $286.2 million, respectively, as compared to $81.9 million and $...

Seventeen Months After Cord Blood Transplant - Child is Free of Signs of Cancer

National Cord Blood Program Provides Stem Cells NEW YORK, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A two year old child from Florida is free of signs of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), a very rare form of pediatric leukemia, seventeen months after receiving a transplant with cord blood ...

Mammogram most effective 12 months after radiation treatment

Breast cancer patients who receive breast-conserving therapy and radiation do not need a follow-up mammogram until 12 months after radiation, despite current American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines that recommend follow-up mammograms...

Amilpar Revenues Grow 28% in the First 9 Months of 2008 and 4.5% Over Previous Quarter

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amilpar (BOVESPA: AMIL3, Bloomberg: AMIL3 BZ and Reuters: AMIL3.SA), the largest managed care organization in Brazil, announced today its consolidated results for the third quarter of 2008. 3rd Quarter 2008 Highlights -- Total memb...

Miami Clinic Owner Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for $10.9 Million Medicare Fraud

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Miami clinic owner Nayda Freire, 61, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for defrauding the Medicare program in connection with a $10.9 million HIV infusion fraud scheme, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal D...

Lee's Pharmaceutical Kept Up the Rapid Pace of Growth; Profit Attributable to Shareholders Surged 176% in the Nine Months of 2008

HONG KONG, Nov. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Financial Review (For the 9 months ended 30 September) Unaudited Consolidated Figures 2008 2007 Change (HK$'000) (HK$'000)...

International Isotopes Inc. Announces Third Quarter and Nine Months 2008 Financial Results

Nine-Months Revenue Increases 23% Compared to 2007; Gross Profit Percentage Increases from 45% to 50% of Revenue IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Isotopes Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INIS) announces financial results for the third quarter and nin...

Mindray Announces 2008 Third Quarter and Nine Months Results

-- Net Revenue Increased 93.6% to US$146.5 million; Non-GAAP Gross Margins Improved to 57% SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE: MR ), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices w...

Miami Physician Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for $26.2 Million Medicare Fraud

Clinic Administrator Sentenced to 70 Months for $11 million Medicare Fraud WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Miami physician Ronald Harris, 58, was sentenced today to 84 months in prison and medical clinic administrator Mariela Rodriguez, 40, was sentenced today to 70 months in p...

Trubion Pharmaceuticals Provides Announcement Dates for Third-Quarter and Nine Months Earnings Conference Call

SEATTLE, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trubion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: TRBN ) today announced that it plans to issue earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2008, after the close of market on Nov. 10, 2008. The company's earnings conference call will ta...

Lincare Holdings Inc. Announces Third Quarter and First Nine Months 2008 Financial Results

CLEARWATER, Fla., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lincare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LNCR ), a leading provider of oxygen and other respiratory therapy services delivered to patients in the home, today announced financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008. For the...

FDA Adds Three Months to Review of Takeda's New Drug Application for TAK-390MR

Compound is a member of PPI class for treatment for GERD and Erosive Esophagitis OSAKA, Japan, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") today announced that Takeda Global Research and Development Center, Inc., a wholly owned United...

Retirement Community Move-in Special: 2 Months Rent-Free Independent Living

Centura helps seniors move into independent living apartments by giving 1st and 13th months rent free for leases signed before end of year. Denver, CO (PRWEB) October 15, 2008 -- To help Colorado seniors beat the winter blues, The Villas at Sunny Acres is ushering in th...

Solos Endoscopy, Inc. Posts First Six Months Financials of 2008 on Pinksheets.com

BOSTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solos Endoscopy, Inc. (OTCPK: SNDY) is pleased to announce that the Company has posted its six-month financials on Pinksheets.com for the period ending June 30, 2008. Revenues generated through the first six-months of 2008 amounted to $204,103, compared...

iGuard.org Reaches 500,000-Member Milestone 12 Months Early

More Than Half a Million Patients Using New Drug Safety Monitoring Service; 30,000 More Register Weekly RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- More than half a million Americans now have the safety of their medications automatically monitored by iGuard.org, a s...

Trubion Pharmaceuticals Provides Announcement Dates for Second Quarter and First Six Months Earnings Conference Call

SEATTLE, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trubion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: TRBN ) today announced that it plans to issue earnings results for second quarter and first six months ended June 30, 2008, after the close of market on Aug. 7, 2008. The company's earnings conference call will t...

FGX International Reports Strong Sales and Earnings Growth for the Second Quarter and First Six Months of 2008

SMITHFIELD, R.I., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FGX International (Nasdaq: FGXI ), a leading designer and marketer of non-prescription reading glasses, sunglasses and costume jewelry, today announced financial results for its second quarter and six months ended June 28, 2008. (Logo:...

HIV Infusion Clinic Administrator Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison For Health Care Fraud

WASHINGTON, July 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Miami resident Aisa Perera, 42, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for her role in an $11 million scheme to defraud the Medicare program, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Ale...

Owner of Medical Equipment Company Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud

WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Miami resident was sentenced to 130 months in prison for his role in schemes to defraud the Medicare program, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern Distr...

Young patient waited ten months before being diagnosed with cancer

London, UK: A specialist cancer nurse will tell Teenage Cancer Trust's Fifth International Conference on Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine today (Monday) how a young man waited for ten months before doctors correctly diagnosed him as suffering from Hodgkin lymphoma, after he was delayed by ...

Omega-3 intake during last months of pregnancy boosts an infant’s cognitive and motor development

Quebec City, April 9, 2008A study supervised by Universit Laval researchers Gina Muckle and ric Dewailly reveals that omega-3 intake during the last months of pregnancy boosts an infants sensory, cognitive, and motor development. The details of this finding are published in a recent edition of the...

FDA APPROVES ROTARIX(R) [Rotavirus Vaccine, live, oral], THE FIRST VACCINE LICENSED TO COMPLETE THE ROTAVIRUS IMMUNIZATION SERIES BY FOUR MONTHS OF AGE

Vaccine Offers Early Protection with Only Two Doses Against the Most Commonly Circulating Rotavirus Types in the U.S. PHILADELPHIA, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved R...

Trauma Patients Suffer Even 12 Months After Injury

Those with joint and extremity damage had chronic pain lasting years THURSDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- One year after suffering major trauma, many patients have moderately severe pain, a U.S. study finds. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle, who noted that ...

Mylan Revises Timing of Its Financial Results Conference Call for the Quarter and Nine Months Ended Dec. 31, 2007, to 5 p.m. ET

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (NYSE: MYL ) announced today that it has revised the time of its conference call and live webcast for the quarter and nine months ended Dec. 31, 2007, on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, to 5 p.m. ET from 10:30 a.m. as previously announced. ...

Hawkins, Inc. Reports Third Quarter, Nine Months Fiscal 2008 Results

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hawkins, Inc. (Nasdaq: HWKN) today announced third quarter and nine months results for fiscal 2008. For the quarter ended December 31, 2007, Hawkins reported sales increased 30.9% to $48.5 million versus $37.0 million for the same period a year ago...