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ULURU Inc. Announces Conference Call to Discuss Financial Results for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2009 and to Provide a Business Update

Addison, TEXAS, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U L URU Inc. (NYSE Alternext: ULU) today announced that it has scheduled a conference call to discuss the second quarter ended June 30, 2009 financial results and provide a general business update on Monday, August 17, 200...

1957-58 Flu Pandemic Can Provide Clues to Planning for h1n1

Similarities Between 2 Pandemics Can Aid in Preparedness and Response BALTIMORE, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the U.S. prepares for a resurgence of H1N1 influenza this fall, much can be learned from looking at a previous pandemic that had similar patterns. In an articl...

BD and Direct Relief International Team Up to Provide Free Diabetes Insulin Injection Products to Americans Impacted by the Economic Downturn

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and Direct Relief International announced today the launch of a new nationwide program to help people with insulin-dependent diagnosed diabetes who have been affected by the current ...

CMC Limited and FileVision LLC Announce Partnership to Provide Business Productivity Solutions to a Global Market

ATLANTA, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- CMC Limited and FileVision LLC announced today their partnership to facilitate the delivery of enterprise content management (ECM) and business process automation (BPA) solutions to the global enterprise market. The direct relationship between FileVision's prod...

CVS Caremark and Inverness Medical Innovations Launch Strategic Alliance to Provide Enhanced Health Management Services to Clients

WOONSOCKET, R.I., and WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS ) and Inverness Medical Innovations (NYSE: IMA ), through its Alere health management business, today announced a strategic alliance which will enhance the companies' ability to deliver more...

Validation & Compliance Institute, LLC, to Provide Medical Device Regulatory Training for the University of Michigan's Medical Innovation Center

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Validation & Compliance Institute (VCI) is developing a series of training videos for the University of Michigan Medical Innovation Center (MIC). The videos will introduce University of Michigan researchers to the regulations that are required by ...

Madzone Marketing LLC Taps TransMedia Group to Provide Publicity Lift to Knife and Forklift(TM)

BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- MadZone Marketing LLC, "the shopping asylum for wacky products," has retained the international PR firm, TransMedia Group, to publicize its wackiest of all offerings, the Knife and Forklift(TM), designed to enable dieters to exercise while eating ( ...

Does the Crowded TNF Market Really Need Two New Agents? Rheumatologists Provide Insight in the Wave One Report of LaunchTrends(TM): SIMPONI and CIMZIA

EXTON, Pa., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends Research Group, Inc. announces the release of the wave one LaunchTrends (TM): SIMPONI and CIMZIA report. The survey was completed by U.S. Rheumatologists in late June 2009. While awareness of both new TNF antagonists is relatively h...

Raytheon to Provide California First Responders and Healthcare Personnel Electronic Patient Tracking System

LONG BEACH, Calif., July 31, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN ) will provide an electronic patient tracking system to a public health-led team of first responders and hospital personnel in Long Beach, Calif., that will improve the availability of patient information. ...

'Artificial Golgi' may provide new insight into key cell structure

Scientists in New York and North Carolina are reporting assembly of the first functioning prototype of an artificial Golgi organelle. That key structure inside cells helps process and package hormones, enzymes, and other substances that allow the body to function normally. The lab-on-a-chip device...

Indiana Drug Card to Provide Free Drug Cards to Residents

INDIANAPOLIS, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A new statewide prescription assistance program, called Indiana Drug Card, is being launched today. The program, which will provide free drug cards to all Indiana residents, will provide pharmacy discounts on prescription drugs. This program has...

Kaiser Permanente to Provide Calorie, Nutrition Information on Cafeteria Menus

OAKLAND, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente, a leader in promoting healthy eating, will become the first large health care provider in the country to offer calorie and nutrition information on its hospital cafeteria menus after a recent study showed that patron...

Economic Stimulus Package to Provide COBRA Subsidies to Laid-Off Workers, Says MedicareSupplementPlans.com

Some laid-off workers can expect help from the federal government as President Obama’s new economic stimulus package provides health care assistance via COBRA subsidies, says MedicareSupplementPlans.com . Los Angeles, CA (Vocus) July 23, 2009 -- Many laid-off wor...

Natural Healers Discusses How Alternative Medicine Careers Provide a Little 'Wellness' in a Tough Economy

Natural Healers discusses naturopathy and alternative medicine in mainstream health care, and the many holistic health career opportunities available in the wellness industry today. Seattle, Washington (Vocus) July 23, 2009 -- The many diverse disciplines that constitut...

HIV Drugs Provide Breast-Fed Babies With Some Protection

Treating infected mothers, giving meds to infant both beneficial in African study WEDNESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Antiretroviral drugs appear safe and effective in helping prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child through breast milk, a new international study has fou...

Allscripts and Medfusion Partner to Provide Patient Portal to Physician Practices Nationwide

CHICAGO and CARY, N.C., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX ), the leader in software, services, information, and connectivity solutions for physicians and hospitals, and Medfusion, the leader in patient-to-provider online communication solutions, today anno...

Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) Implements PNA FISH(R) Tests to Help Provide Better Care for Patients with Bloodstream Infections

WOBURN, Mass. and DURHAM, N.C., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- AdvanDx and bioMerieux, Inc. today announced Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC), which is part of Orlando Health, has implemented the PNA FISH(R) tests from AdvanDx to identify bloodstream pathogens 1 to 2 days earlier to help t...

Department of Veterans Affairs Selects Anakam to Provide Trusted Authentication as Part of Its Overall Identity Management Strategy

SAN DIEGO, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected Anakam.TFA(R) Two-Factor Authentication as the enterprise authentication tool for remote access to VA systems, a key enabling technology to help the VA provide more veteran-centric benefit and healthc...

One Healthcare Solution and MedBeyond Partner to Provide Optimum Solution for EMR and Medical Billing

New alliance to drive adoption of MedBeyond 's hosting and distribution services together with One Healthcare Solution's EMR system in medical practices Georgetown, TX (PRWEB) July 17, 2009 -- One Healthcare Solution, Inc., a principal developer of electronic medical re...

Proposed Water Trust Fund Bill Would Provide Solid Foundation for Improvement

American Society of Civil Engineers Commends Rep. Blumenauer for Commitment to Protecting Nation ' s Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Systems WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Americans, we owe our health and much of our quality of life to the impro...

CSC Announces Agreement to Provide Billing Service to Littleton Internal Medicine Associates

DENVER, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinic Service Corporation (CSC), the leader in Colorado Practice Management Solutions, announced today the firm has secured an agreement to be the exclusive provider of medical billing services to Littleton Internal Medicine Associates. "This is ...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech Partners With Cell Culture Media Specialist SAFC Biosciences(R) to Provide World-Class Fluid Management and Liquid/Powder System Solutions

Global agreement strengthens customized manufacturing solutions for upstream and downstream processing and moves the 'disposable factory' closer to reality GOETTINGEN, Germany and ST. LOUIS, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Euronext: DIM), and SAFC B...

CareTech to Provide Web Services to Novant Health's Ten Hospitals, 1,100 Physician Medical Group and Regional Outpatient Centers

TROY, Mich., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- CareTech Solutions, Inc.( www.CareTechSolutions.com ), an information technology (IT) and Web products and services provider for hospitals and health systems nationwide, announced today it has signed an agreement to provide Web Servi...

Secure eHealth and DRM Security Partner to Provide Most Secure Healthcare Network Available

LEXINGTON, Ky., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VirtualHealth Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VHGI) announced today that its subsidiary Secure eHealth, LLC has entered into a preliminary agreement with DRM Security of Fort Worth, TX to license CIFRA, a secure messaging and data...

Portola Pharmaceuticals to Host Conference Call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time Tomorrow to Discuss Betrixaban Partnership and Provide Corporate Update

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it will hold a teleconference at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time tomorrow, Thursday, July 9, to discuss its second major global partnership deal in the past six months, this time for betrixaban, the co...

Gene's novel role may provide key to treating liver and neurodegenerative diseases

Scientists at Singapore's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) have made a novel discovery about how the gene, "Fas-apoptosis inhibitory molecule" (FAIM), protects both immune and liver cells from apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Their research is published in the current journal Cell...

Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Seeks to Provide Mind, Body and Spirit Healing for Combat Stress

PARK CITY, Utah, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- From July 13-17, 16 female wounded warriors from around the country will take part in outdoor activities like ropes courses, rock climbing, horseback riding and water sports as part of Wounded Warrior Project's Project Odyssey. Project Odyssey brings togethe...

ERT Relocates Customer Care Team to Provide Stronger Client Support

PHILADELPHIA, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ERT (Nasdaq: ERES ), a leading provider of centralized ECG, ePRO, eClinical technology, and other services to the biopharmaceutical, medical device, and related industries, is to move its dedicated customer care team to its new state-of-the-art hea...

Midbrook Partners with Supply Core Middle East to Provide Water Bottling and Medical Decontamination Equipment to the Middle East and North Africa

Midbrook, Inc. and its Medical and CapSnap Equipment divisions have signed an authorized representative agreement with SupplyCore Middle East (SCME). The agreement allows SCME to be the exclusive sales and service representative for CapSnap Water Bottling Equipment and Midbrook Medical decontamin...

EcoloBlue Atmospheric Water Generators(AWG) Will Provide Pure Drinking Water Following a Natural Disaster.

Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and other emergencies can cut off your water supply. EcoloBlue 28 Atmospheric Water Generators provide pure drinking water from the humidity in the air. This season families now have a new source of water. Miami, Fla. (PRWEB) June 29, 2009 ...

Ohio Congressional Members Urge U.S. to Provide GM Retirees Medical Benefits

USW, CWA, IUOE unions seek equity for former GM and Delphi workers in restructuring WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A letter transmitted by 13 Ohio congressional members and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy F. Geithner was made public today, ...

Camp Promise Rallies To Provide Massachusetts Children With Alternative To MDA Canceled Summer Camp

Camp Promise to Provide Second Chance at Summer Recreation for Children with Muscular Dystrophy Boston, MA (PRWEB) June 25, 2009 -- In immediate response to the Muscular Dystrophy Association's decision to cancel the remainder of its annual summer camp program due to th...

Validation & Compliance Institute, LLC, to Provide Dietary Supplement GMP Training for NSF International

ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Validation and Compliance Institute (VCI), which provides a full range of compliance services for FDA regulated industries, will offer a series of Dietary Supplement Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) trainings for DBA Analytical (DBA), a division of NSF ...

MarketArt to Provide APCO With Rapid Response at World's Largest Public-Safety Communications Event

You Are Here™ Solution Helps Attendees and Exhibitors Connect at APCO Conference. Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) June 24, 2009 -- MarketArt announced today that it has signed a multi-year event marketing agreement with The Association of Public-Safety Communications Offic...

Give an Hour(TM)'s Volunteer Mental Health Professionals Provide More Than $1.4 Million in Services to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Families, and Communities

WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Give an Hour(TM), a national nonprofit organization providing free mental health services to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and their loved ones, announces results of its May 2009 survey. Give an Hour(TM) periodically surveys its volunte...

First Coast Medicare to Provide Case by Case Reimbursement for the Renessa(R) Treatment for Incontinence in Women

NEWARK, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Novasys Medical, Inc., a developer of innovative therapies in women's health, announced today that as of July 1, 2009, First Coast Service Options, Inc. ("First Coast"), a large regional Medicare carrier serving over 3 million beneficiaries in Florida, Puert...

DiaGenic to Provide MCI Biomarkers for Merz Pharmaceuticals

OSLO, June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DiaGenic ASA (OSL: DIAG) today announced that it has signed an option agreement with Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH, an innovative developer of drugs for treatment of illnesses in neurology and psychiatry, to gain access to biomarkers for Mild Cognitive Impai...

Davis Vision, United Concordia Dental and The Pittsburgh Pirates Team Up to Provide Free Dental and Vision Screenings

June 29 Event at PNC Park Targets Pittsburgh Children PITTSBURGH, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A partnership between Davis Vision, United Concordia Dental and the Pittsburgh Pirates organization began several years ago, but this year it will have an even greater impact on the communit...

New Compounding Pharmacy Videos Provide Product Information, Teach Safety

A new resource in the compounding pharmacy industry had just been released by Esco. The videos can be viewed at: http://us.escoglobal.com/resources/hospital-pharmacy-products/videos.php . Hatboro, PA (PRWEB) June 22, 2009 -- Esco proudly announces the release of its ne...

House Bill to Provide Cancer Patients With Solution for Quality Cancer Care Within an Equitable Medicare Model

Members of Congress Seek Oncology Best Practices as First Step in Cancer Care Reform WASHINGTON, June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Representatives Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL), Steve Israel (D-NY) and Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH) have introduced H.R. 2872, the Medicare Quality Cancer Care Demonstr...