Axium Healthcare Picks CPR+ as Its Specialty Pharmacy Management Software

ORLANDO, Fla. and COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, one of the nation's largest independent specialty pharmacy providers, and Definitive Homecare Solutions, the developers of CPR+ software, announced today Axium's selection of CPR+ as its specialty pharmacy manageme...

Brain Balance(TM) Centers Picks Adam Kluger Public Relations (AKPR) to Help Promote New Book and Atlanta Event to Raise Awareness About Revolutionary New Way to Treat Learning Disorders; Atlantic Recording Artist/Country Music Star Zac Brown and Dr. Rober

ATLANTA, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Adam Kluger Public Relations ( www.adamklugerpr.com ) announced Monday that AKPR has been hired by Brain Balance(TM) Centers ( www.brain b alancecenters . com ) , the creators of the Brain Balance Program(R), a revolutionary new approach to he...

Frost and Sullivan Picks Epinex for Diabetes Research Award

IRVINE, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan will present the 2009 Excellence in Research Award in the Global Diabetes Diagnostics Market to Epinex for developing the G1A(TM) Rapid Diabetes Monitoring Index Test . Frost & Sullivan is an internationally renowned market resea...

TECNIMED Picks Up Frost & Sullivan Award for its Innovative THERMOFOCUS

LONDON, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award in the East European Temperature Monitoring Devices Market is presented to TECNIMED srl for pioneering THERMOFOCUS, the first non-contact clinical thermometer in the world, which is now available with a new, ...

Gencor Pacific Group Picks Up Frost & Sullivan Global Appetite Suppressant and Satiety Ingredients Product Innovation of the Year Award

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 Frost & Sullivan Global Appetite Suppressant and Satiety Ingredients Product Innovation of the Year Award is presented to Gencor Pacific Group for successfully creating an effective appetite suppressant ingredient - Slimaluma - for the gl...

Government Picks Up Health Tab of Uninsured Workers

Employers need to cover more of the costs, reports find FRIDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) -- Working people and their families who don't have employer-based health insurance cost the American public $45 billion a year, a new study reveals. This includes $33 billion in the costs of Medi...

Water Picks Up Odor From Plastic Pipes

The smell fades with time, study shows THURSDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- New plastic water pipes in homes can affect drinking water's odor but not for long, a new study finds. Plastic piping is increasingly being used instead of copper piping, and scientists are trying to evaluate how it...

Tata Industries picks up stake in Indigene Pharmaceuticals

Tata Industries Ltd today said it has acquired a significant stake in Indigene Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of US-based indigene Pharma Inc// , for an undisclosed amount. Indigene, which is involved in biopharmaceuticals, has been in the business of both prescription and consumer healthcare p...

Play it Straight with Swine Flu, AA Travel Insurance Advises

... it natural that they may continue to travel in the hope that their discomfort is temporary. If an airline says they can't board or an airport scanner picks up that they have swine flu, holidaymakers would then need their diagnosis confirmed by a medical practitioner and the condition would be covered by...

Kaiser Permanente to Provide Calorie, Nutrition Information on Cafeteria Menus

...riculture through the purchase of 74 tons of produce from small and mid-sized family farms for patient meals. Implementation of national Healthy picks program offering healthier food selections in Kaiser Permanente cafeterias and vending machines. Offering rBGH-free milk in cafeterias, vending...

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Study Finds Personal and Web-Based Support Equal Weight Loss Success

... also helps promote obesity prevention in the community by supporting 30 farmers markets at Kaiser Permanente medical centers in six states, a Healthy picks Vending Machine Initiative and TV Turnoff Week, as well as a Healthy Eating Active Living program in 27 communities across the US that makes it easier...

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Pregnancy

..... Everything you need to know about labor and delivery. ... five safe and soothing beauty products for pregnancy . Save vs. Crave: Best Beauty picks for Pregnancy ... Magazine offers advice and guides to pregnant moms. Also features baby products, fitness, nutrition, and more. ...

Chloride

... The chloride ion is formed when the element chlorine picks up one electron to form an anion Cl−. The salts of hydrochloric acid HCl contain chloride ions and can also be called chlorides. Polyvinyl ch...

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Random picks better than complicated process in gene identification

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers at Purdue University have found a way to save time, money and a little frustration in searches for specific genes that shed light on the biological processes associated with all forms of life. Andrew DeWoody, a professor of genetics, and postdoctoral associate...

NASA picks ASU research team to guide study of search for life

TEMPE, Ariz. Humans have long pondered the possibility that life exists beyond Earth. The quest for habitable worlds has focused on searching for water, but "following the water" turns out to be too general a criterion. The list of planets and satellites that possess liquid water is growing faste...

USGS science picks -- leads, feeds and story seeds

In this edition of Science Picks, discover details about the recent major earthquake in China, including expectations for aftershocks, and find out about a hypothetical earthquake scenario unveiled for Southern California and new publications on how to trek along the Hayward fault line. Learn abou...

USGS Science Picks

You are invited to join our scientists and learn more about climate change, floods, volcanoes, ground water and more at the American Geophysical Conference in California! The holiday season is just around the corner how many of you know why mistletoe is not just for kissing or what minerals make ...

USGS news: August science picks

In this edition of Science Picks, discover new information on the Arctic's oil and gas resources, learn about a magnitude-5.4 earthquake that rattled Los Angeles, and find out about recent explosive eruptions of volcanoes in Alaska. Learn about carbon farming, a plague vaccine for endangered ferre...

USGS April 2008 science picks

In this edition of Science Picks, you can discover recent dramatic developments at Kilauea Volcano, who is groovin to the tunes of nature, and how the USGS helps forecast and notify emergency managers of potential floods, which is especially important since April showers are on their way. You can ...

Scientists announce top 10 new species, issue SOS

...lutionary Microbiology . Photos and other information on the top 10 and the SOS report are online at species.asu.edu . Among this year's top 10 picks is a tiny seahorse Hippocampus satomiae with a standard length of 0.54 inches (13.8 millimeters) and an approximate height of 0.45 inches (11.5 mill...

Healing wounds with lasers, vehicles that drive themselves, other cutting-edge optics

...d enjoy a good book or movie while their cars guide themselves through rush-hour traffic. But what happens if it starts to rain or if traffic suddenly picks up? If the technology is to work at all, it will have to be completely safe on all roads, under all speeds, and in all weather. Therein lies the chall...

Scientists announce top 10 new species; issue SOS

...lutionary Microbiology . Photos and other information on the top 10 and the SOS report are online at species.asu.edu . Among this year's top 10 picks is a tiny seahorse Hippocampus satomiae with a standard length of 0.54 inches (13.8 millimeters) and an approximate height of 0.45 inches (11.5 mill...

Brain protein central to both Parkinson's, drug addiction identified

...orts toxic MPP+ out of the astrocytes and into the space surrounding dopamine neurons. That's where another molecule known as the dopamine transporter picks it up and brings it into the neuron itself. When the team blocked or genetically removed oct3 in mice, the dopamine neurons in the brains did not d...

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Vega Picks Tennessee Firm to Assist with Construction of Biomass Plant in Georgia

LONDON, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VEGA PROMOTIONAL SYSTEMS, INC. (Pink Sheets: VGPR) today announced it has chosen Chattanooga, TN based consulting firm, Tennessee Power Company, Inc. to assist the Company in building a biomass production facility in Georgia. Vega recently announced...

UW-Madison picks scalable SGI computer to simulate weather

Rendered data from an experimental CIMSS satellite. Courtesy of UW-Madison. Madison, Wis. To model something as big as the weather, the University of Wisconsin's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies needed a bigger computer. The institute has begun testing its wea...

State picks long-time vendor for $189m Medicaid information system

Madison, Wis. EDS , a provider of health-care and business technology, announced a seven-year contract with the state of Wisconsin to install a new Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). The new system is expected to be live in 2007. The deal, first announced in November, contracts E...

Cooper Lighting picks RedPrairie solutions

RedPrairie Corp ., a Waukesha-based supply chain technology provider, reported Friday that its solutions are enabling Cooper Lighting , a George-based division of Cooper Industries, to optimize its distribution operations and workforce productivity. The lighting manufacturer is replacing its n...

Menards picks Teradata technology

Eau Claire, Wis -- Home improvement retailer Menards has selected a series of technology solutions from Teradata, a division of NCR Corp., the company said Wednesday. Menards deployed a Teradata Data Warehouse, Teradata Retail Decisions software and the Teradata Retail Logical Date Model. ...

DSC Logistics picks RedPrairie system

Waukesha, Wis. -- DSC Logistics has selected RedPrairie Corp.'s DLx Labor Workforce Performance Management system to improve productivity and customer service throughout its distribution network, RedPrairie announced on Thursday. DCS Logistics , with corporate offices in Des Plaines, Ill., pla...

Mazak picks Micro Estimating System package

New Berlin, Wis. - Machine tool builder Mazak Corp. of Florence, Ky. has purchased the engineering software of New Berlin-based Micro Estimating Systems Inc. for performing advanced process planning and time studies at its newly expanded National Technology Center. Mazak plans to use the s...

Wisconsin private college group picks Jenzabar for common IT platform

Madison, Wis. - A group of private colleges and universities in Wisconsin will work toward a common administrative information technology platform using systems of Jenzabar, Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. Jenzabar on Monday reported an agreement with the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colle...

Readers' picks 2005

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Malaria

...g rise to hemorrhagic complications of malaria. Some merozoites turn into male and female gametocytes . If a mosquito bites the infected person and picks up gametocytes with the blood, fertilization occurs in the mosquito's gut, new sporozoites develop and travel to the mosquito's salivary gland, comple...

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FISH

...om aquariums to aquarium stands, fish food to filters, heaters to aquarium ... Saltwater Aquariums Freshwater Aquariums Aquarium Kits Fish .com Top picks ... fish n. , pl. fish or fishes . Any of numerous cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates of the superclass Pisces, characteristically having fin...