Looking to Shape Up for Summer? The Solution May Be the Steps You're Already Taking
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OWINGS MILLS, Md., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Take Shape For Life, the personal coaching division of Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED ), is expecting a record number of independent Health Coaches at its annual National Convention. The Take Shape For Life National Convention 2009 will be held at ...Pediatric patient body shape may play a key role in decreasing radiation dose during CT scans
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DEBRECEN, Hungary, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Bertalan Mesko, medical blogger and health 2.0 consultant published a slideshow that he presented in Nijmegen, The Netherlands at a Health 2.0 event where he focused on describing how e-patients would shape the future of medicine. E-patients are patie...Autism Genes Discovered; Help Shape Connections Among Brain Cells
-Findings Suggest Biological Reasons for Altered Early Neural Development- PHILADELPHIA, April 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A research team has connected more of the intricate pieces of the autism puzzle, with two studies that identify genes with important contributions to the disorder. One ...Osteotech Completes Enrollment for DuraTech(TM) BioRegeneration Matrix Clinical Trial
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