LoJack SafetyNet and Project Lifesaver Help Rescue Clients Afflicted With Alzheimer's/Dementia Who Wandered

WESTWOOD, Mass., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- LoJack Corporation (Nasdaq: LOJN ) and Project Lifesaver International today announced that the LoJack SafetyNet System and Project Lifesaver Program has helped to rescue -- in less than 30 minutes each -- five people with Alzheimer's or dementia...

National Autism Association Provides Funds to Law Enforcement Agencies in Staunton, Virginia and Summit County, Utah for Project Lifesaver Equipment

RALEIGH-DURHAM, N.C., May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Autism Association (NAA) announced today it has awarded grants to two more law enforcement agencies for Project Lifesaver Equipment through the organization's FOUND Program. Staunton, Virginia Police Department and Summit Cou...

California Moms to Lawmakers: 'Health Care Coverage is a Lifesaver for California Families'

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California moms and kids visited the Capitol in Sacramento on Tuesday to urge lawmakers to expand health care coverage for children. The group delivered packages of Lifesaver candies and more than 800 personalized messages from moms, dads and...

Local Communities Get Serious About Saving Lives Through Project Lifesaver Tracking Equipment, Says NAA

NIXA, Mo., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the past 12 weeks, two communities have raised funds in their counties for Project Lifesaver, a nationwide tracking program established to quickly locate and rescue missing persons with cognitive impairments and developmental disabilities, such as...

Tampa is Latest Recipient of Project Lifesaver Grant Funds Through The National Autism Association

TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Autism Association announced today that Tampa is the latest grant recipient of Project Lifesaver funding through the organization's FOUND Program. FOUND was developed by NAA to counter the rise in wandering-related deaths among childre...

National Autism Association's 'FOUND' Provides Funds to Union County Sheriff's Office for Project Lifesaver Equipment

UNION COUNTY, Pa., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Autism Association announced today that Union County, Pennsylvania, is one of the first recipients of Project Lifesaver funding through the organization's FOUND Program. FOUND was developed to counter the rise in wandering-rel...

National Autism Association Receives Generous Donation to Fund More Counties With Project Lifesaver Equipment

NIXA, Mo., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Autism Association announced today that its recently launched FOUND program has received an anonymous $15,000 donation to fund additional counties with Project Lifesaver equipment. Project Lifesaver is a nationwide tracking program es...

Showing a Little Skin on Valentine's Day Could Be a Lifesaver

Dermatologists encourage couples to examine each other's skin for suspicious moles that could be skin cancer SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While candy, flowers and dinner at a romantic restaurant may seem like great Valentine's Day gifts, the American Academy of Dermatol...

Nevada company, ORNL develop potential lifesaver

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 20, 2007 -- A Las Vegas business and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are improving the odds for people medically at risk from dehydration or congestive heart failure. The task for ORNL researchers Chuck Britton, Nance Ericson and Gary Alley was to improve and miniaturize No...

Potential Lifesaver Drug Announced

Can what is done be undone? In a part answer to that adage researchers have announced the developing //of a miracle drug to treat genetic disease- those which one is born with and which usually is not correctable. Obviously the scientific world is too thrilled for silence. The drug named as PTC...

Lifesaver in Biological News

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2007

...llira@ornl.gov ] FORENSICS -- Better body bag . . . A novel body bag proposed by a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory could be a lifesaver for people who have to handle victims of natural disasters, wars or other events that claim multiple lives. While the basic body bag has changed very ...