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Knowing What to Look for Can Aid in Proper Diagnosis & Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006), approximately 1.5 million Americans sustain traumatic brain injuries every year, 75 percent of which are considered mild. There has been a recent surge in interest concerning mild...

Female Surgeons Like What They Do, Survey Finds

But most say they'd prefer more flex time and balance in life,, TUESDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- If they had to do it all again, most female surgeons would choose the same career path, a new survey has found. Yet the survey results, published in the July issue of Archives of Su...

Younger Teens Really Do Care What People Think

The opinion of others is key to their self-image, study finds WEDNESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- Although they might not want to admit it, what other people think about them is extremely important to young adolescents, a new study confirms. Previous research into teens' sensiti...

How to Avoid the Hidden Traps: What Some Insurance Companies Won't Tell You

Many Americans find themselves in stressful financial situations when unexpected challenges such as a serious accident, illness and disease occur. Most of these circumstances can be avoided if customers knew the right questions to ask and traps to avoid when choosing individual and/or family heal...

Doctors Talk Frankly About What Encourages and Impedes Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's

VIENNA, Austria, July 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A doctor's positive attitude to Alzheimer's diagnosis and their trusting, personal relationships with local dementia support service providers are powerful enablers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's, according to new research reported ...

Video: What Are Those Little Red Bumps?

MINNEAPOLIS, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- "Keratosis Pilaris," "Keratosis Pilaris." Hmm, sounds weird, doesn't it? Besides sounding weird, it's a common skin condition that according to the American Academy of Dermatology nags 40 percent of the world's population(1), yet there is no cure. The AmLactin(R...

Buyer Beware! Know What You're Getting When You Buy Online Genetic Tests

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- They may offer to predict your baby's height, eye color, or athletic ability, and they may even suggest they can predict your risk for cancer, diabetes, Parkinson disease or obesity. But many of those at-home genetic tests (also known as ...

If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next?

Other options, available and in the pipeline, could plug a Percocet-Vicodin gap, experts say,, THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Banning the popular painkillers Percocet and Vicodin, which a U.S. health advisory panel has urged, would not be as drastic as it sounds, some medical exp...

Med32.com: Medical Supply Marketplace - Just What the Doctor Ordered

Net32, Inc. (Net32), developer of leading online comparison-shopping marketplaces, today announced the debut of www.med32.com (Med32), a multiple-vendor marketplace for discount medical supplies. Cary, North Carolina (PRWEB) June 30, 2009 -- Net32 reported today that ...

ResponsibleShopper.org: What Do You Know About The Companies In Your Medicine Cabinet?

New "Big Pharma" Section Added to Green America's Web Site for Concerned Consumers; GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Rated Highest, While Novartis, Abbott, Pfizer and Sanofi Aventis Bring Up Rear. WASHINGTON, June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Are the corporations in your medicine cabinet good compa...

Convenient Safety Magnets Tell You What To Do In An Emergency

Company Makes it Easy to Remember CPR Instructions CHANDLER, Ariz., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Years ago, you took a class in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). At the time you knew what to do if someone was having a heart attack, but now, it's not so clear. Is CPR thirty compressions or sixty?...

Video: truth(R) Asks: 'Do You Have What it Takes?'

New Campaign Explores Decisions Made by the Tobacco Industry, Impact on Americans WASHINGTON, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Each and every day in America, 1,200 people die from tobacco-related diseases -- from heart disease and cancers, to emphysema and strokes. The latest advertising cam...

To what extent can environmental pollutants and alcohol affect GI health?

CHICAGO, IL (May 31, 2009) - New research quantifies the precise effects of environmental pollutants and alcohol intake on gastrointestinal (GI) health. Both studies being presented this week during Digestive Disease Week 2009 (DDW ) offer concrete evidence that the environment and alcohol inta...

Guess What Most Americans Don't Want to Talk About (Hint: It's Not Sex!)

- Four Million Americans Suffer in Silence ... From Constipation(1): From Connecticut to California, the United States is a Constipation Nation! - NEW YORK, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- While it might not be surprising to learn that most Americans are not comfortable talking about constipation, the...

Multiple Sclerosis - What Are People With MS and Their Health Care Providers Really Thinking?

- New national survey reveals insights on treatment of disease, psychosocial burden, and delays in starting treatment ROCKLAND, Mass. and NEW YORK, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, in collaboration with EMD Serono, today released findings from a nationwide ...

H1N1: What You Should Know

DALLAS, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Gonzalo Venegas, M.D., has issued the following press release: As a Dallas-based physician, there has been a recent flurry of panic about the H1N1 (swine influenza). School districts closed down. Intramural sports statewide were cancelled. Some even sug...

Ted Karkus Admits to Financial Relationship With Dr. Richard A. Rosenbloom; Demonstrates Pattern of Improper Influence, Unethical Behavior, Falsification and Distortion; Company Questions What Else Karkus May Be Hiding From Shareholders

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Quigley Corporation, (Nasdaq: QGLY ), www.quigleyco.com , today announced that it has uncovered additional facts with respect to the relationship between Ted Karkus and Dr. Richard Rosenbloom. The following are among the facts that we...

Executive Compensation Controversy Rages, SCCE to Determine What Role Compliance and Ethics Play

How Executives and Employees are evaluated and paid is the topic of a survey currently being conducted by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and the Health Care Compliance Association MINNEAPOLIS, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Companies say that they want their employees to do...

Veterinarian Talks Vaccines: What Every Cat Owner Needs to Know

Dr. Heidi Bassler, medical director at Veterinary Center of Greater Newburyport, will discuss feline vaccines on Tuesday, May 19, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Newburyport Public Library located in Newburyport, MA. She will share the questions cat owners should ask their veterinarians and the pros ...

Competing With Botox - What Is On the Horizon?

Emerging Trends Presented at American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery's Annual Meeting New York, NY (Vocus) May 3, 2009 -- New techniques and devices for surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic enhancement are being introduced at a rapid pace, but do these innovations ...

Now we know what blocks the effects of a newly developed anticancer therapy

A new approach being developed to treat individuals with cancer that is resistant to standard therapy is the use of adenovirus-based therapies. Although promising clinical results have been obtained in some settings, in many cases the therapies have had little impact. One reason for this lack of e...

Frost & Sullivan: The Pharmaceutical Customer Relationship Management Market - What are the Emerging Trends and Opportunities?

LONDON, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Healthcare Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2009 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the Pharmaceutical CRM Market to be held on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 4 p.m. GMT. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/2008111...

Do You Want to Feel Inner Peace and Joy No Matter What is Happening in Your Life?

"Answers for the Family" with Allen Cardoza Los Angeles, California, April 6th, 2009 at 11am PDT on LAtalkradio.com LOS ANGELES, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Our special guest this week is Dr. Shelly Zavala, a psychotherapist in a very successful private practice. Shelly has been a coach and pr...

Patients' Remote(ly) Monitored: Ask Frost & Sullivan, What Is Driving the European Market

LONDON, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Healthcare Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2009 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the European Remote Patient Monitoring Market to be held on Tuesday, 31st March 2009, at 2 p.m. GMT. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bi...

PSA Testing: What Should Men Do?

Fallout from 2 studies, pro and con, has experts in a quandry THURSDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- In the wake of yesterday's publication of two major studies on the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to detect prostate cancer -- one finding that it didn't save lives and another f...

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Do You Know What Your Screening Options Are?

Prevention through screening for colorectal cancer and removal of precancerous polyps among key factors in saving lives Oak Brook, Ill., March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Colorectal cancer, also referred to as colon cancer, is one of the most preventable cancers. Recent statistics show th...

Shopping for a Vacuum Cleaner? Know What You're Buying! Internet Site and Rating System Can Help

The Housekeeping Channel releases the first in a series of residential vacuum cleaner reviews conducted in collaboration with The Carpet and Rug Institute . Boise, Idaho (Vocus) March 3, 2009 -- Before spending hundreds of dollars on one of the many high performance ...

Video: Facing the Facts - What You Need to Know About Facial Plastic Surgery

NEW YORK, Feb 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Our faces are our calling cards. They identify who we are, show our emotions and are connected with three out of the five senses that deliver outside information to our brains. But what happens when what you see in the mirror does not reflect your true identity? ...

Cost-Saving Prescription Drug Tips: Just What the Doctor Ordered

Demonstrating its commitment to customer service, ApothecaryRx provides tips to help Minnesotans struggling financially afford their prescription drugs GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The economy is forcing many Minnesotans to make difficult choices to make ends meet, includin...

Joan River's New Plastic Surgery Promotion Book is Out of Sync With What Women Really Need to Hear About Going Under The Knife!

DR. JEFFREY KRONSON, M.D. CHALLENGES NOTION THAT CUTTING IS THE WAY TO BEAUTY! LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As Joan River's "Men Are Stupid And They Like Big Boobs" flies off the book shelves, another main stream media effort to coerce women into plastic surgery to be beautiful, a Sou...

University of Minnesota's Internationally Recognized Stem Cell Experts Available for Interviews on What Lifting the Federal Funding Restrictions Will Mean to Stem Cell Research and to Patients Who Stand to Benefit

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to support removing federal funding restrictions on human embryonic stem cells (hESC) research and is looking to Congress to introduce legislation to act on the issue. On Aug. 9, 2001, the Bush...

I quit, we quit -- what works better for smokers?

A study from the University of Bath has found that smokers are twice as likely to kick the habit if they use a support group rather than trying to give up alone. Researchers from the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies led by Dr Linda Bauld at Bath, along with colleagues from the University o...

Biomarkers: What can they tell us

SAN ANTONIO - As cancer researchers move away from the general use of chemotherapy and into more targeted approaches, scientists are working to discover effective ways to measure response and risk. Data presented at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium illustrate the cutting edge of b...

This Holiday Season EyeCare America Asks Seniors, 'Do you see what I see?'

National Non-profit Launches Age-related Macular Degeneration Campaign, that Provides Eye Exams at No Cost to Eligible Patients and Free Eye-Healthy Cookbooks San Francisco, CA (Vocus) December 2, 2008 -- "Do You See What I See?" For seniors who suffer with an...

Nothing Has Stopped This Woman--MS, Divorce, Abuse, Trauma--How to Live Adventurously and Fearlessly No Matter What Happens

Soar Unafraid: Learning to Trust No Matter What by Jo Franz Award-Winning Finalist National Best Book 2008 Awards. In 1977, strange symptoms assaulted Jo's body and the following year she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Jo had backpacked up 14,000-foot peaks in the Rockies, living life at...

Draeger Counters What It Believes Are Unsubstantiated Allegations of Patent Infringement by Sperian

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Draeger Safety, Inc., located in Pittsburgh PA, and a subsidiary of Draeger, a world leading safety products provider, is countering what it believes are unsubstantiated allegations from Sperian Respiratory Protection USA (formerly Bacou-Dalloz USA) of a patent ...

Here's What It Takes ... to Be Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: New Self-Help Book Sees Life as Pieces of a Puzzle, Offers Advice on Making Those Pieces Fit

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- "When trying to understand life, it helps to look at it like a puzzle with several big pieces that make a whole," writes Dr. Linda A. Smith in her new self-help book, Here's What It Takes ... to Be Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise (published by AuthorHouse - htt...

Employees Wrongly Think 'You Get What You Pay For' in Health Care

Findings of employee focus groups fly in the face of value-based benefits approach WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The premise of value-based benefit design programs for health care - higher quality care at a lower cost - is counterintuitive to employees' perception of the consumer marke...

New Study Reveals What Women Want When Considering Cosmetic Procedures

Gradual, Long-Lasting Results and Physician Expertise Most Important ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/- A new study conducted by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) and Dermik Laboratories, a business of sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC, reveals the influencers th...

Bloomingdale's Sings 'Oh What Fun' This Holiday Season

Tony Bennett Headlines the Celebration with Holiday CD Exclusive NEW YORK, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomingdale's pulls out all the stops for holiday 2008, a season that includes spectacular gifts, exciting partnerships, and high-end fashion. The Sony Music collaboration that began this fall ...