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Alegent Health Turns to ThinIdentity(TM) to Improve Caregiver Productivity

DENVER, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinIdentity Corporation, a leader in improving caregiver workflow in healthcare environments, today announced that Alegent Health is moving forward with plans to implement the ThinIdentity solution throughout its healthcare system. The first installation ...

AdCare Health Systems, Inc. Turns Profitable; Reports 2009 First Quarter Earnings Results

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AdCare Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE Amex: ADK ), an Ohio-based long-term care, home health care and management company, today reported financial results for its first quarter of 2009. Revenues for the quarter ended March 31st, 2009 were $6...

Liposuction Turns 20

The evolution of liposuction will be discussed by leading experts at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), being held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Convention Center May 2-7, 2009. Las Vegas, NV (Vocus) May 3, 2009 -- The ev...

Stanford researcher's discovery of ion channel turns ear on its head

STANFORD, Calif. Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine, it looks like parts of the model are wrong. Anthony Ricci, PhD, as...

Zone Diet Creator Dr. Barry Sears to Talk About Latest Book Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad

PHILADELPHIA, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacqueline Foreman is pleased to be interviewing Dr. Barry Sears live on her highly rated talk show Your Mental Health Talk Radio on Blogtalkradio at www.blogtalkradio.com/yourmentalhealth on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 8 PM EDT/5 PM PDT. Listeners are encou...

University of Ottawa Heart Institute Scientists Unlock Mechanism That Turns on Weight-Loss Gene

OTTAWA , Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ - A University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) research team has unlocked the mechanism that turns on a weight-loss gene in muscle. A new UOHI study shows that the mechanism - a DNA sequence variant identified as rs2419621 - increases the activity levels of ACSL5,...

Philippine Farmers Bank Turns to Misys to Underpin its Consumer Lending Business

LONDON, January 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announces that Philippine Farmers Bank has chosen Misys to strengthen its lending business and increase its ability to respond to and service its customers throughout t...

November: National Epilepsy Awareness Month Actress Hunter Tylo Turns Tragic Loss Into Hope

One year since Mickey's accidental death (October 18th) Hunter has been changing the face of Epilepsy. She joins American Epilepsy Outreach Foundation as National Spokesperson. CHICAGO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month. The American Epilepsy ...

Tummy Hurts From Eating Too Much or From Too Many Turns in the Road? Clear Motion & Digestive Aid(TM) Comes to the Rescue

Scientifically Formulated Homeopathic/Herbal Supplement Relieves Motion Sickness, Acid Reflux, Abdominal Distress and General Nausea - Quickly, Naturally and Safely SAN DIEGO, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The season of travel and tempting meals is almost here and though we...

Towson Student Wins Courage Award, Turns Facial Differences Into Positive Tool

Honored at American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting CHICAGO, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Erin Hope Williams, a Baltimore native born with a rare congenital deformity who turned her differences into a positive teaching tool, will be the proud recipient of the 2008 Patients o...

Sex Bomb - What Really Turns Us On in the Naughty 'Noughties'?

LONDON, September 17 /PRNewswire/ -- - Review the Site at: http://www.mariestopes.org.uk/sexbomb Marie Stopes International (MSI), the UK's leading sexual health agency, today launches its Sex Bomb campaign to discover what sex and relationships mean to Britons in this first decade of th...

North Carolina's Largest Health Insurer Turns 75

• Gov. Easley proclaims Aug. 7 'Blue Cross and Blue Shield' day in North Carolina • BCBSNC started in 1933 as Hospital Care Association, now serves more than 3.7 million customers • Interactive timeline captured for North Carolinians at www.nchealthandhealing.com ...

Turned-off cannabinoid receptor turns on colorectal tumor growth

HOUSTON - New preclinical research shows that cannabinoid cell surface receptor CB1 plays a tumor-suppressing role in human colorectal cancer, scientists report in the Aug. 1 edition of the journal Cancer Research . CB1 is well-established for relieving pain and nausea, elevating mood and stim...

A Clearer View of High Definition: Siemens Turns the Spotlight on Pioneers of HD-PET With In-Booth Exhibit at SNM 2008

NEW ORLEANS, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Healthcare (http://www.siemens.com/healthcare ) honors the early adapters of its innovative high-definition positron emission tomography (HD-PET) technology at the 2008 Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Scientific Sessions in New Orleans,...

U.S. Turns Spotlight on Medicine's Most Puzzling Cases

Undiagnosed Diseases Program seeks to advance knowledge of mysterious conditions MONDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new research program designed to help patients with mysterious health conditions that can't be diagnosed was announced Monday by the U.S. National Institutes of Health....

Physical Fitness 'Godfather' Jack LaLanne Turns to Brain Fitness, Becoming Ambassador for Dakim's [m]Power System

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Dakim, Inc., announced today that 93-year-young Jack LaLanne, the world's most iconic figure in health and fitness, has signed on as a "brain fitness motivational coach" on behalf of the company's [m]Power Cognitive Fitness System, joining the compan...

Hats Off to the Red Hat Society, Which Turns 10 Today

Global powerhouse has helped to redefine traditional notions of aging through friendship and fun FULLERTON, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Women from coast-to-coast and around the globe once equated getting older with invisibility. Thanks to the Red Hat Society (RHS), ...

Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Turns Awareness Into Action as it Declares First-Of-Its-Kind National DVT Screening Day

In tandem with its Fifth-Annual DVT Awareness Month, the Coalition names March 25, 2008 as a day to focus on patient risk assessment CLEVELAND, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis, with the support of Premier Healthcare Alliance declares Mar...

Under the Canopy(R) Turns a New Leaf With 2008 Spring Season

Eco-Fashion Pioneer Launches New Home Collection Donates Proceeds to Rainforest Foundation and Promotes Natural Cancer Prevention BOCA RATON, Fla., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Under the Canopy(R), the premier organic lifestyle brand, launches its cuttin...

Inverted DNA turns quiet developmental gene into a potent driver of t-cell lymphoma

A gene crucial for embryonic development can quickly become a potent cancer promoter in adult mice after a genetic misalignment, according to researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center, causing white blood cells to become cancerous spontaneously. In the March 1 issue of the journal Cancer Researc...

The Search for Healthier Drinks Turns Up Yerba Mate

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- There's a revolution taking place, and it's changing the face of cold-beverage shelves across the nation. People are searching for a drink that's more sophisticated than traditional sodas. Many are looking for something refreshing to drink that provides health...

Gilbert Hospital Turns the Tables on the Flu

GILBERT, Ariz., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Gilbert Hospital: 12-hour emergency care wait times? Ambulance diversion? Crowded emergency departments? Reports and articles over this past weekend point out that patients should expect longer emergency...

Small Business Turns Out on Super Tuesday

Owners and employees agree that the rising cost of healthcare is a defining issue WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Post-primary polling shows small-business owners and their employees are a significant voting segment equal to, and larger than, well-established voting blocs lik...

Gilbert Hospital Turns Two

GILBERT, Ariz., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gilbert Hospital is celebrating its second anniversary. Gilbert's first hospital opened on February 2, 2006 and has since treated more than 93,000 patients and has a staff exceeding 350. Pledging a strong commitment to the community by guarante...

San Francisco City Hall Turns Pink, Draws Attention to Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening, Treatment

San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Participates in Nationwide Campaign Challenging U.S. to Close the Gaps in Breast Cancer Care, Survival SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- On Jan. 11, elected officials will join advocates from the San...

Brain Turns to Positive Thoughts When Faced With Death

Unconscious response points to 'psychological immune system,' study suggests FRIDAY, Dec. 28 (HealthDay News) -- When thoughts of death intrude, the human mind isn't paralyzed with negativity or fear. Instead, the brain instinctively moves toward happier notions and images, a new stud...

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Turns Off the Tap With Green Earth Waterless Carwash

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Earth Waterless Carwash, the only Los Angeles based provider of green, non-toxic, totally waterless car washing products and auto detailing services, today announced an agreement with Childrens Hospital Los Angeles to wash 60 cars per month as part of...

World's Miracle Baby Turns One

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amillia Taylor, born at 21 weeks and six days turns one tomorrow (Oct. 24, 2007). Weighing a little over 9 ounces and measuring 9 1/2 inches long (the size of a pen), Amillia Taylor is the first baby known to survive after a gestation peri...

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Turns to InterviewDirect to Qualify Job Candidates

One of Philadelphia Area's Leading Employers Adopts InterviewDirect to Recruit Medical, Management, and Customer Support Positions CHERRY HILL, N.J., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Integration, LLC, the foremost provider of telephone-based job candidate screening solutions, today announce...

New Jersey Entrepreneur Turns a Page for Four National Charities

New Book, Mommy, Where Do Customers Come From?, Enables Public To Give And Receive HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Mommy, Where Do Customers Come From?, the new Internet marketing book by successful New Jersey entrepreneur Larry Bailin, is poised to make a ...

Health and Pension Benefits Provider Turns to Xiotech's TimeScale Replication Services to Protect Critical Data

Hosted Service Provides Cost-Effective, Highly Available and Secure Data Replication for United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Xiotech Corporation today announced that the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Health and Retir...

Investigators uncover intriguing clues to why persistent acid reflux sometimes turns into cancer

DALLAS Aug. 10, 2007 New research from scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center underscores the importance of preventing recurring acid reflux while also uncovering tantalizing clues on how typical acid reflux can turn potentially cancerous. ...

'Old and Haggard' Moss Turns to Her Mentor Sarah to Revitalize Career

Kate Moss has reportedly turned to her original mentor Sarah Doukas, Storm Model Management boss, for help to get her shaky career back on track . The 33-year-old has apparently has apparently started feeling old and haggard and has asked the woman who first made her famous to revitalize her...

Nemcova Turns Veggie to Save Fish

Supermodel Petra Nemcova turned vegetarian to help save the lives of fish. The 28-year-old gave up meat and dairy products in February after reading an article about the extinction of fishes. "I read that if we fish the way we fish, in 2048 there will be no more fish left, which is...

Delhi Sees the Sun but Turns Cloudy Again

Heat and discomfort made a short comeback Tuesday morning as the sun shone bright over Delhi after a four-day wet spell. But with cool breeze and thick clouds making an appearance by noon, it looked like rain again. The temperature recorded at 10.30 a.m. was a cool 33 degrees Celsius accom...

Chinese City Turns Off the Air-con

A Chinese city has banned its government buildings from turning on air conditioning until the temperature hits 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit), state media reported. Nanjing, capital of eastern Jiangsu province, is the latest city to set a limit on air conditioning use as pressure from t...

Biology, Not Only Parents, Turns Sweet Kids into Delinquents

Not all parents are at fault if their kids take up a life of crime, for a new study has found linked delinquency in children to biology . Rutgers University psychologist, Daniel Hart, and colleagues Nancy Eisenberg and Carlos Valiente of Arizona State University have found that in kids, a h...

Maverick Gay Ex-governor Turns a New Leaf - Accepted at the Episcopalian Seminary

New Jersey The nations publicized gay governor, James E. McGreevy appears to be knocking on a different door. This time he has managed to be in the news for the right reasons. He has been welcomed into the seminary and has become an Episcopalian. Former Gov. James E. McGreevy, who was broug...

'Cocaine' Turns 'Censored' and Remains 'energy Drink'

A legal cocaine? That is what US-based Redux Beverages said it would be marketing. Well, only it was not going to be the banned drug, but merely an energy drink. In September last year it announced the launch of Cocaine, describing it as a "legal alternative" to the illegal drug. Jame...

Paris Hilton Turns to the Virgin Mary to Save Her from the Slammer

After Buddhism and the Bible, Paris Hilton has adopted yet another spiritual ploy to keep her out of jail. The jail bound socialite, who has to report to Los Angeles' Century Regional Detention Center by June 5, was spotted wearing a T-shirt featuring a picture of the Virgin Mary. ...