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Hartford's Camp Courant Gets a 'Brick' Up on Summer Thanks to $100,000 Grant From The LEGO(R) Children's Fund

HARTFORD, Conn., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The 1,200 Hartford area children who attend Camp Courant this summer have more opportunities for hands-on, minds-on exploration and fun thanks to a $100,000 grant received from the LEGO(R) Children's Fund. Issued earlier this year, the m...

Vermont Receives National Award for Physician e-Prescribing Thanks to Efforts by Local Healthcare Firm

Vermont named "Most Improved State" for electronic prescriptions due to efforts by Vermont based Healthcare Firm, MBA HealthGroup, the leading provider of electronic health record solutions to Vermont physicians. Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) June 22, 2009 -- The S...

American Lung Association in Iowa Thanks Senators Harkin and Grassley for Votes to Pass Legislation Granting FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association in Iowa is happy to report the U.S. Senate's 79 to 17 vote in favor of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (HR 1256) today. The American Lung in Association in Iowa applauds Senators Tom Har...

Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Thanks 'Pioneers' for Making Pennsylvania the National Leader on Chronic Care Management and Creating Patient-Centered Medical Homes

PHILADELPHIA, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today thanked a group of health care professionals and insurers for being the "pioneers" who helped launch his groundbreaking Prescription for Pennsylvania health care reform plan chronic care and patient-centered medic...

UN Foundation Chairman Ted Turner Thanks Ashton Kutcher, CNN and Others for Raising Awareness About Malaria on Twitter

Turner calls on Twitter followers to send a net and save a life Washington, D.C. (Vocus) April 17, 2009 -- "I salute both Ashton Kutcher and CNN for causing a buzz about malaria, a leading killer of children and refugees in Africa. "Now, I challenge t...

Families of Children Affected by Leukemia Get Boost of Support Thanks to Gift From Chrysler Jeep Superstores

Gift To Be Presented At Telethon Will Help Raise Funds, Awareness For Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan Donation Part Of Long History Of Support For CLFM CLARKSTON, Mich., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Families of children affected by leukemia will receive an extra boost of support t...

Ohio Patient Thanks India and WorldMed Assist For Heart Surgery Overseas; His Indian Surgeon Thanks U.S. for Superb Training

Henry Konczak logged on to www.WorldMedAssist.com to help him find the surgeon in India his U.S. cardiologist recommended. Just three weeks later, he was out of ICU with his mitral valve replacement overseas completed. He's now home and enjoying his new lease on life. ...

Electronic Health Records (EHR) 'Leap Forward' Thanks to American Reinvestment and Recovery Act

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Executives at Sage, an industry- leading provider of the Sage Intergy EHR integrated, interoperable electronic health records (EHR - http://tinyurl.com/ah9dgb ) system and practice management systems for ambulatory-care providers and federally qualified he...

Philanthropic Fundraising Activities in Stimulus Bill Preserved Thanks to the Efforts of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Little known language in the economic stimulus bill, which would have seriously damaged philanthropic fundraising efforts by nonprofit hospitals - resulting in fewer donated dollars from grateful patients and a loss of essential health care services p...

RadioShack Helps Raise $1.5 Million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R) Fifth-Annual Thanks and Giving(R) Campaign

RadioShack customers give generously during 2008 holiday shopping season FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RadioShack Corporation, through the generous support of its customers, raised nearly $1.5 million for the fifth-annual Thanks and Giving campaign, a national awarenes...

CVS/pharmacy Raising Funds for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R) Thanks and Giving(R) Campaign to Support Expanded Rehabilitation Services Center

WOONSOCKET, R.I., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS/pharmacy will be participating in the fifth year of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Thanks and Giving campaign, which will run nationwide in CVS/pharmacy locations through December 13. CVS/pharmacy store colleagues will encourage customers t...

Marlo Thomas and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R) Kick Off The 5th Anniversary of the Thanks and Giving(R) Campaign Asking America to Support St. Jude While Shopping this Holiday Season

Jennifer Aniston, Robin Williams, Antonio Banderas, Washington Redskins' Jason Taylor join Marlo Thomas in this year's TV Spots to support the campaign with country superstars Keith Urban and Brad Paisley taking to the airwaves with Thanks and Giving radio messages NEW YORK, Nov. 24 /PRNe...

Happiness Spreads Through African Villages Thanks to Growing Contributions from Long Term Care Insurance Professionals

KIRKLAND, Wash., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- AIDS-plagued Kenya isn't on the big-bailout list, but an efficient, grass-roots movement is afoot that could produce more results than mountains of poorly-managed money. The movement is powered by human spirit and enough cash to ignite self-sufficiency and ...

Revolutionary Procedure for the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Now Possible in San Francisco Thanks to Dr. Paul Cirangle

Millions of Americans who suffer every day from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can now be helped with the new incisionless procedure, EsophyX™. Dr. Paul Cirangle is the first and only physician in San Francicso to offer this non-invasive alternative to pills. ...

RadioShack Partners With St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R) on the 5th Anniversary of the Thanks and Giving(R) Campaign

RadioShack asks customers to support St. Jude while shopping this holiday season FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH ) announced today that it is partnering with St. Jude during the 2008 holiday shopping season ...

Schiff(R) Nutrition International Declares November 'Give Thanks for Grandparents Month'

Leader in Nutritional Supplements Offers Tips on Expressing Gratitude and Staying Active SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Schiff(R) Nutrition International, one of the most trusted and respected brands in the nutritional supplement industry for more than 70 years, has declared the mont...

There's Still Time to Ensure Your Turkey Neck Doesn't Make an Appearance at Thanksgiving Dinner Thanks to Innovative Tuliplift

Two-Hour Minimally Invasive Outpatient Procedure Takes 10 Years off Appearance with only a 10 Day Recovery Time - Results Last Up to 10 Years Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 7, 2008 -- Thanksgiving is less than a month away, but there is still time to make sure your tu...

The Melting Pot Joins St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R) for the Fifth Annual Thanks and Giving(R) Campaign

TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Melting Pot Restaurants join St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the fifth annual Thanks and Giving campaign from Nov. 1 - Dec. 31 to "give thanks for the healthy kids in your life, and give to those who are not." "From the beginning, our involve...

Diabetes Research and Awareness Receives Big Boost Thanks to Generous Gift from Thomas McInerney

First Annual Jimmy McInerney Memorial Golf Classic Raises More Than $100,000 to Combat Diabetes Thomas McInerney, Owner of McInerney's Woodhaven Chrysler Jeep, Gearing Up for Next Year's Event to "Take A Swing At Diabetes" WOODHAVEN, Mich., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire...

AARP NY Thanks Congress for Keeping Medicare Fair, Overriding White House Veto

Bipartisan Bill Improves Low-Income Help and Boosts Quality through National E-Prescribing, Helps Ensure Access to Doctors NEW YORK, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SUMMARY: Today the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate voted overwhelmingly to override a White House veto and ...

Kidney Community Thanks Congress for Passing Landmark End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Reform

Legislation Significantly Improves Kidney Care in America for Over 26 Million Americans Suffering from Kidney Disease; Community Commends Legislators for Their Support WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to today's passage of the Medicare bill (H.R. 6331), Kidney Care ...

AARP Thanks Congress for Keeping Medicare Fair, Overriding White House Veto

Bipartisan Bill Improves Low-Income Help and Boosts Quality through National E-Prescribing, Helps Ensure Access to Doctors AARP Illinois Key Vote News Alert CHICAGO, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ATTENTION NEWS DESKS: AARP is recording House and Senate roll cal...

Maine Community Pharmacy Owner Thanks Sen. Snowe for Supporting Inclusion of Common-Sense Reimbursement Provisions in Medicare Bill

CAMDEN, Maine, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), member of the Senate Finance Committee, has cosponsored a Medicare bill -- S.3101 -- that includes pharmacy-related provisions to provide prompt payment of Medicare Part D prescription drug claims and delay the imple...

Oregon Community Pharmacy Owner Thanks Sen. Smith for Supporting Inclusion of Common-Sense Reimbursement Provisions in Medicare Bill

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR), member of the Senate Finance Committee, has cosponsored a Medicare bill--S.3101--that includes pharmacy-related provisions to provide prompt payment of Medicare Part D prescription drug claims and delay the implemen...

Montana Community Pharmacy Owner Thanks Sen. Baucus for Including Common-Sense Reimbursement Provisions in Medicare Bill

MISSOULA, Mont., June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, has introduced a Medicare bill -- S.3101 -- that includes pharmacy-related provisions to provide prompt payment of Medicare Part D prescription drug claims and delay the implement...

Front Line Caregiver Coalition Thanks Sens. Conrad, Coleman and Reps. Pomeroy, Capito and Berkley for Leading Bipartisan Hill Effort to Stop Bush Administration's Damaging Medicare Cuts

Predicts Growing Opposition on Capitol Hill Once Negative Impact on Local Seniors Becomes More Widely Known JOPLIN, Mo., June 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In thanking U.S. Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND), Norm Coleman (R-MN) and Reps. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and Shelley Moore...

AGD Thanks Senators for Introducing Bill to Reauthorize the Dental Health Improvement Act

CHICAGO, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) expresses its appreciation to the Senators who recently introduced legislation to reauthorize the Dental Health Improvement Act (S 3067) for another five years -- Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Russell Feingold (D-W...

Children's Hospital Campus to be Renamed Thanks to Transformational Capital Gift

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- With the anticipated opening of a new facility in 2012 the Children's Hospital Campus will be renamed the Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children. The announcement was made today as part of the public launch of a major capital campaign in support of the ...

AARP Thanks California's Representatives for Supporting Bill to Protect People in Medicaid

Association urges Senators Boxer and Feinstein to quickly pass companion bill and send measure to President SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP thanked the supporters and cosponsors of the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, which passed today in the U....

AARP Thanks Pennsylvania Representatives for Supporting Bill to Protect People in Medicaid

Association urges Senators Casey and Specter to quickly pass companion bill and send measure to President HARRISBURG, Pa., April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP thanked the supporters and cosponsors of the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, which passed today in the U.S. Ho...

AARP Thanks Maryland's Representatives for Supporting Bill to Protect People in Medicaid

Association urges Senators Cardin and Mikulski to quickly pass companion bill and send measure to President BALTIMORE, April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP thanked the supporters and cosponsors of the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, which passed today in the U.S. House ...

AARP Thanks New York's Representatives for Supporting Bill to Protect People in Medicaid

Association urges Senators Clinton and Schumer to quickly pass companion bill and send measure to President ALBANY, N.Y., April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP thanked the supporters and cosponsors of the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, which passed today in the U.S. Hou...

More Americans are Sleeping Thanks to Science

ASTHMA & ALLERGY FRIENDLY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM CONTINUES TO EXPAND IN THE BEDROOM WASHINGTON, April 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More people than ever before are buying bedding products that meet established scientific standards -- especially people with asthma ...

Researchers Able to Continue their Work to Help Patients Thanks to McDevitt Excellence in Research Awards from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

Awards go to Henry Ford Health System, MSU, U-M, Wayne State researchers DETROIT, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Five Michigan researchers whose work has helped improve health care for Michigan residents are receiving additional research dollars totaling $50,000 through Blue Cross Blue Shield o...

Mitosis gets harder thanks to new gene discovery

A biological process taught to every pupil studying science at high school has just become a little more complicated thanks to a new discovery published today. Scientists from the University of Bath have found that a protein called RASSF7 is essential for mitosis, the process by which a cell di...

Radioactive progenies of thoron can be measured accurately, thanks to the PTB

This release is available in German . Approximately one fourth of our annual radiation exposure we absorb by breathing within our own four walls. A relevant radiation source here is thoron, an isotope of the noble gas radon, which so far has been very difficult to measure. Researchers of t...

Improved diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis thanks to new techniques

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a non-lethal disease but can have grave consequences for the patient. Such consequences can be prevented with a rapid and accurate diagnosis and treatment. The treatment is based on clinical criteria. Therefore, it is essential to establish the number of parasites p...

Former Sufferer of Rare Disease Called Musicogenic Epilepsy Thanks LIJ Medical Team That Ended Her Seizures and Gave Her Back the Gift of Music

Only Five Such Cases Known Worldwide NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thanks to innovative medical and surgical techniques of physicians at LIJ Medical Center, 25-year-old Stacey Gayle can now look forward to singing in her church choir and listening to the radio. At...

First in Nation: notMYkid Educational Center Is Now a Reality Thanks to a Partnership Between Chrysler, Barrett-Jackson and notMYkid

PHOENIX, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Without notMYkid, I wouldn't be here today," says James, a ClearChoices speaker. "I was addicted to meth, my parents didn't know, as long as I was at dinner each night... they thought everything was ok. notMYkid lets me share my story with kids toda...

America's Blood Centers Thanks Donors During Celebration of National Blood Donor Month

ABC urges Americans to make a different kind of New Year's resolution WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Throughout the month of January, America's Blood Centers and blood transfusion recipients across the country recognize and thank blood donors through the annual celebration ...