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10 Million Workers Gain New Health and Behavior Change Tool - eMindful Courses Offered to Client of Leading Online Health Change Provider

Ten million employees around the United States will now have mindful health and diet changes at their finger tips as eMindful.com, a leading source of online health and wellness information and education, partners with Convergence Health ( www.convergencehealth.com ). V...

Allscripts e-prescribing Tool to Be Offered on New AMA Web Solution

CHICAGO, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX ) announced today that it is working with the American Medical Association (AMA) to offer to physicians nationwide an AMA-branded electronic prescribing tool based on Allscripts leading e-prescribing technology. I...

Holistic Skin Contouring Treatment Now Offered by Renowned Surgeon - 'The Results Are Simply Amazing'

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Andrew Ordon, co-host of the syndicated talk show The Doctors, is now offering the latest in thermage treatments, a non-invasive skin contouring procedure, at his state-of-the-art surgical facilities in Beverly Hills and Rancho Mirage. "The...

Look Great this Summer, Phoenix! BOTOX and Juvederm Offered at Beauty Open House with Dr. Heidi Regenass, June 25th

Dr. Heidi Regenass, Phoenix plastic surgeon ( http://www.drheidi.com ), offers men and women a more youthful look for summer with BOTOX Cosmetic and the facial filler, Juvederm and at a great price. Glendale, AZ (Vocus) June 22, 2009 -- Phoenix plastic surgeon , Dr. ...

Medical Device Sterilization Seminar Offered by STERIS Isomedix Services

MENTOR, Ohio, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Join STERIS Isomedix Services for a one day seminar offering industry expertise on topics critical to success in medical device sterilization . The event, being held in Boston, Massachusetts on September 23, will provide attendees the opportunity to l...

New Options Offered for Sleep Apnea

No 'magic bullet,' experts say, but alternatives may help some MONDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Two new treatments -- one surgical and the other an appliance that adjusts the jaw -- might help people with sleep apnea, which has proven tough to treat. In sleep apnea, the upper airw...

Education Series Offered For Parents Of Children Diagnosed With An Autism Spectrum Disorder

Enrollment under way for individual sessions or 14-week series starting May 14 PALO ALTO, Calif., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) at Packard Children's Hospital is offering a new 14-part educational series for parents of young children and adolescent...

Free Heat Illness Prevention Seminars Offered by State Fund and Cal/OSHA Consultation Service

SAN FRANCISCO, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its Employer Education Series, State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) has partnered with Cal/OSHA Consultation Service to offer a statewide series of more than 30 heat illness prevention seminars. This will be the fourth consecutive year S...

Living With Grief: Diversity and End-of-Life Care' National Teleconference Offered at Three Bay Area Locations

The public is invited to register for "Living with Grief®: Diversity and End-of-Life Care," the 16th annual Hospice Foundation of America national teleconference, available on April 29 in three Bay Area locations, hosted by Hospice By The Bay, a regional, non-profit, hospice and pal...

Free Seminars Offered to South Carolina Seniors with Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses

Care Improvement Plus to Provide Information on Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Tips for Healthy Living, Free Farmers Market COLUMBIA, S.C., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A series of free seminars designed to help South Carolina Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illness maintain a healthy...

Free Seminars Offered to Arkansas Seniors with Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses

Care Improvement Plus to Provide Information on Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Tips for Healthy Living, Free Farmers Market LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A series of free seminars designed to help Arkansas Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illness maintain a healthy li...

Free Seminars Offered to Texas Seniors with Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses

Care Improvement Plus to Provide Information on Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Tips for Healthy Living, Free Farmers Market SAN ANTONIO, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A series of free seminars designed to help Texas Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illness maintain a healthy lifestyle a...

Seminars Offered to Missouri Seniors With Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses

Care Improvement Plus to Provide Information on Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Tips for Healthy Living, Free Farmers Market ST. LOUIS, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A series of free seminars designed to help Missouri Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illness maintain a healthy lifestyle ...

Free Seminars Offered to Georgia Seniors with Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses

Care Improvement Plus to Provide Information on Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Tips for Healthy Living, Free Farmers Market ATLANTA, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A series of free seminars designed to help Georgia Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illness maintain a healthy lifestyle and...

Employee Weight Loss Programs Offered By Half of Employers Who Provide Wellness Programs

Recent Survey Examines Employer Offered Wellness Programs Brookfield, Wisconsin (PRWEB) February 6, 2009 -- Watching your weight? So is your employer. A recent survey conducted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans found that of those organization...

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) Unveils New Testing Features for 2009: PTCB Exam to be Offered Daily; Test Results Given to Candidates Immediately in 2009

The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) - the pioneer in the certification of pharmacy technicians - announced today that on April 1, 2009, the PTCB Examination will be available in continuous testing format at Pearson Professional Centers nationwide. PTCB also announced that exam can...

ACS to Provide HSA Product to Regence; ACS HSA Solution Now Offered by Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans in 28 States

DALLAS, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS ) today announced that it will provide Regence with Health Savings Account (HSA) administration services for its members in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and select counties of Washington. Regence members will be offer...

Complimentary Pamphlet on Avoiding Snow Blower Injuries Offered by Chicago Hospital

The Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago's Michael Vender, M.D., offers tips to prevent injuries from snow blowers. The pamphlet is available online as a downloadable pdf and also via mail with an attachable sticker. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) December 20, 2008 -- ...

Accurate Background Announces Selection from Right at Home Background Screening Services Offered to Right at Home's National Network of Offices

Accurate Background’s selection as a suggested vendor provides all of the Right at Home offices nationwide a comprehensive background screening program designed to protect the senior and disabled individuals they serve. A variety of product options are available at a group rate to meet the...

DCL Extends Structured Product Labeling (SPL) Services to Meet New FDA Requirements; Support Now Offered for CDER, CBER, CDRH, CVM and ONP Products

Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc. (DCL) ( www.dclab.com ), announced the availability of enhanced Structured Product Labeling (SPL) services to meet the recently announced FDA requirements for SPL submissions of CDER (Human Prescription Drugs), CBER (Biologics), CDRH (Medical Devices), CVM (Vete...

Medical Dictation and Transcription Platform is Offered for Free

Scribe announces a version of its already popular medical dictation, transcription and document archival technology for free Lake Forest, IL (PRWEB) September 23, 2008 -- Scribe Healthcare Technologies, Inc. (http://www.scribe.com), internationally recognized as one of ...

Complimentary Sports Injury Prevention Pamphlet for Women Offered by NOHC of Chicago

The Neurologic and Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago offers information on prevention and treatment of knee injuries. Available as a laminated card or downloadable pdf, the reference tool offers tips for reducing risks, including knee-specific strengthening exercises. Chi...

Proposed Medicare Regulations Threaten to End Millions of Free Meals Offered to Seniors During Education Seminars

'Talking and Eating is an American Tradition -- What's the Problem?' Seniors Ask WASHINGTON, July 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A common occurrence in thousands of American towns and cities is the sight of seniors attending a seminar about Medicare Advantage-Part...

First gene therapy for heart failure offered at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia

NEW YORK (June 18, 2008) -- Could injecting a gene into a patient with severe heart failure reverse their disabling and life-threatening condition? Physician-scientists are setting out to answer that question in a first-ever clinical trial of gene therapy to treat severe heart failure. NewYork...

MultiVu Video Feed: FREE NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (NRT) TO BE OFFERED TO REGISTERED PILOTS INTERESTED IN QUITTING RELIEF IN LIGHT OF RECENT FAA RULINGS

COMMIT LOZENGE CAN HELP REVERSE MENTAL ACUITY DEFICITS IN SMOKERS WHO ARE QUITTING PLUS: Medical Expert Available for Interview to Address FAA Ruling on Smoking Cessation Product In light of the recent announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that it has removed a prescripti...

New analysis shows DAYTRANA offered ADHD symptom control for 12 months

Washington, D.C. May 7, 2008 Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced findings from a new data analysis that was conducted to examine treatment differences with DAYTRANA (methylphenidate transdermal system) between boys and girls aged 6...

Expectant Moms Offered Free Prenatal Prescription Vitamins at D-FW Area Carnival, Minyard and Sack'n Save Stores

DALLAS, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Minyard Food Stores Inc. is offering any expectant mom free prenatal prescription vitamins as part of a community-based "Start Life Healthy(TM)" initiative, the company announced today. Just in time for Mother's Day, the "Start Life Healthy" program will offer f...

Health Care Corporate Compliance Certificate Program to Be Offered at Hamline University School of Law's Health Law Institute

ST. PAUL, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamline University School of Law's Health Law Institute has been accredited by the Compliance Certification Board (CCB) to offer a Health Care Corporate Compliance Certificate education program. Hamline's certificate program is the only one of its kind in the Up...

Free Asthma Screenings Offered in May

National program aims to educate patients on best ways to get condition under control THURSDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Have asthma or think you might? Then May is the month for you to get a handle on this common breathing disease. Free asthma screenings are scheduled to be held ...

'Supporting Healthy Marriage' Program Offered by Montefiore

Aim Is to Build a Solid Foundation for Marriage and Family NEW YORK, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Montefiore Medical Center is offering an innovative program, "Supporting Healthy Marriage" to members of the community interested in strengthening their marriages. The purpose of the pr...

A long-term survival offered by resection of solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas?

The article published in volume 14 issue 6 of World Journal of Gastroenterology reports on one patient who presented to Dr Cosimo Sperti of University of Padua, Padova, Italy, in 2001 after an exploratory laparotomy performed in another hospital for an unresectable pancreatic cystic mass that had ...

Revolabs xTag(TM) Wireless Microphone Now Offered as a Total Solution With Dragon(R) NaturallySpeaking(R) Medical Software from Nuance

Nuance's Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions Division becomes newest reseller of Revolabs' award-winning xTag wireless microphone MAYNARD, Mass., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Revolabs, the leading provider of wireless audio products for enhancing collaboration, today announced that the Dictapho...

Close Scrutiny Needed as First Stem Cell Grants Offered to For-Profit Companies, Consumers Say

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California's stem cell agency is inviting for-profit companies to apply for research grants for the first time, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) noted today and the non-partisan, non-profit consumer advocacy organiz...

$5 M Gift Boosts Childhood Oral Health Care Offered by UW, Children's Hospital

Washington Dental Service Building for Early Childhood Oral Health at Magnuson Park to provide 30,000 patient visits annually SEATTLE, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Washington (UW) School of Dentistry and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center today announced they ...

Brain Screenings Offered to Breast Cancer Patients During Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Neurologic and Orthopedic Institute of Chicago Offer Complimentary Brain Scans, Oct 26 & 27, as Part of Clinical Study. CHICAGO, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- What: Women diagnosed with HER-2 positive Stage III or Stage IV breast cancer are eligible to receive ...

Nursing Scholarships Offered by Western Governors University for Master's Degree Programs

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Western Governors University (http://www.wgu.edu ) is now offering its Future of Nursing Scholarships to prospective nurse leaders, nurse managers and nurse educators. These scholarships are designed to help working nurses earn a master's deg...

Free Access to Literature Data on Chagas' Disease Offered Online: Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. provides Neglected Disease researchers with 'archive mine and collaborate' access to small molecule bioactivity SAR data on parasitic disease

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. (CDD, Inc.) has captured extensive literature data from six years of recent publications focused on the fight against Chagas' disease. Now for the first time these data are available to researchers free of charge, via th...

Half a Million Dollars Offered for GPs With Expertise in Anesthetics and Obstetrics

Are you a doctor, with expertise in anesthetics and obstetrics? You wont mind chipping in as a general practitioner too? You can then make a beeline for Temora, a country town in New South Wales in Australia. Its mayor Peter Speirs is offering you half a million dollars. He fears ...

An Indigenous Treatment Plan Offered by the Labor on Child Welfare

Australia-According to Labors new plan to tackle child abuse in indigenous communities, violent or alcoholic parents would be referred to treatment before their welfare was taken away. Last week the Federal Government seized control of more than 60 Northern Territory communities and announc...

HIV Tests Offered to Los Angeles Hispanics Insufficient: Study

A new study has found that the primary care providers who treat Hispanics of Los Angeles County often fail to offer either HIV testing or safer sex advice to them//. Of late the number of HIV infected people among the Hispanics has risen considerably. The study, published in the March issue o...