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Collaborative Medicine Soon a Reality for Providers in Southeastern Idaho

CLEVELAND, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Noteworthy Medical Systems, Inc., announced a partnership today between Portneuf Medical Center, Medical Resources of Idaho (MRI) and the Idaho Association of Physicians (IDAP) to form a community-wide health information exchange for providers in southeastern...

Independence Blue Cross Celebrates 70 Years Of Service In Southeastern Pennsylvania

Building the health of its customers and community for decades PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- This month, Independence Blue Cross (IBC), southeastern Pennsylvania's leading health insurer, turns 70 years old. While health insurance has changed dramatically since the organization's ...

Cancer Patients in Southeastern Florida Now Benefiting From RapidArc(TM) Radiotherapy Treatments

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sabin Robbins, a 75-year old prostate cancer patient is among the first people in Southeastern Florida to benefit from treatment with new RapidArc(TM) radiotherapy technology now in use at Bethesda Memorial Hospital's Comprehensive Cancer Cen...

American Red Cross of Southeastern Michigan Celebrates National CPR/AED Awareness Week

DETROIT, June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Learning CPR and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) can mean the difference between life and death for someone suffering from Sudden Cardiac Arrest or other medical emergency. During this first National CPR/AED Awareness Week, the So...

Vibra Healthcare Acquires the Kindred Long Term Acute Care Hospital in Southeastern Michigan

MECHANICSBURG, Pa., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Vibra Healthcare, LLC announced today that it has acquired a Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) in southeastern Michigan. The 83 bed hospital will continue to operate as the largest free-standing LTACH in Michigan. It will be known as Vibra of Sout...

American Red Cross of Southeastern Michigan Celebrates Outstanding Volunteers for Years of Service

DETROIT, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross - Southeastern Michigan Chapter took time out this week to honor the hundreds of dedicated volunteers that have selflessly given of their time to help the Chapter provide crucial support to residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties. T...

Veteran Behavioral Health Services Executive to Lead Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bill Dinwiddie, Vice President of Behavioral Health Services of Horizon House, Inc., has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHASP). He will assume leadership of MHASP on ...

Generous Donors Allow Red Cross to Respond Swiftly and Effectively to Southeastern Virginia Tornadoes

Costs of Response Essentially Met but Donations Still Needed to Prepare for Future Disasters Especially on the Eve of Hurricane Season WASHINGTON, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross today announced that it has met the expected costs of the Southeastern Virginia tornado...

Laura Loughridge Wargo Named Chief Development Officer for American Red Cross - Southeastern Michigan Chapter

Solid experience and fresh perspective expected to revitalize fundraising DETROIT, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross - Southeastern Michigan Chapter is pleased to announce Laura Loughridge Wargo as the new Chief Development Officer. Wargo brings a strong development background as ...

Generic Prescription Drugs Show Increasingly Greater Use in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Independence Blue Cross Study Indicates No Pay Copay Inspired Members to More Strongly Embrace Generics PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Generic prescription drug use is on the rise and more and more people are learning about the effectiveness, safety and cost saving b...

Southeastern in Medical Technology

DEP to Complete Aerial Mosquito Treatments to Stem West Nile Virus in Southeastern Counties

Spraying Set for Tonight in Parts of Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia Counties NORRISTOWN, Pa., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After encouraging results following the first night of aerial treatments, the Department of Environmental Protection will continue its efforts this eveni...

Positive Mosquito Count for West Nile Virus Lead DEP, Southeastern PA Counties to Ramp up Treatment Activities

NORRISTOWN, Pa., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Due to an exceptionally high number of West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes in southeastern Pennsylvania, the Department of Environmental Protection and its county partners will be stepping up efforts this week to combat the mosquito populatio...

Alfacell Provides ONCONASE(R) NDA Submission Update

...p;H Co. Ltd. for Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, USP Pharma Spolka Z.O.O., an affiliate of US Pharmacia, for Eastern Europe, and GENESIS Pharma, S.A. for southeastern Europe. ONCONASE has been granted fast track status and orphan-drug designation for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma by the FDA. Add...

Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) Makes Unprecedented Research and Local Program Grants

...Komen for the Cure has been so important to low income women in Detroit and southeastern Michigan for breast cancer prevention and care, as well as providing resear...outreach and screening program in the low-income Arab American community of southeastern Michigan. Zubeck's project benefits the Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive Bre...

Major State Grant Accelerates Research and Development of Novel Cancer Therapy

...Today, the University serves more than 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses strategically located along 150 miles of Florida's southeastern coastline. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts ten colleges: College of Architecture, Urban...

First FLEXUS(TM) Interspinous Spacer Surgeries for IDE Clinical Trial

...FLEXUS(TM) not only a more efficient procedure but also one that is less traumatic to the patient," said Dr. Donald Johnson II, a spine surgeon of the southeastern Spine Institute in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. "I am pleased with the PEEK design as it will enable better radiographic follow-up and allow me to monitor both ...

Nobel Laureate Dr. Gunter Blobel to Speak at Florida Atlantic University

...Today, the University serves more than 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses strategically located along 150 miles of Florida's southeastern coastline. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts ten colleges: College of Architecture, Urban...

PROCRIT(R) (Epoetin Alfa) Data to be Presented at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

...ic medical record data from a large oncology/hematology practice in the southeastern United States, was conducted to gain a better understanding of the ...ic medical record data from a large oncology/hematology practice in the southeastern United States was conducted to gain a better understanding of real- ...

FAU Receives Patent for Invention Which Induces and Restores Cardiac Muscle Function

...Today, the University serves more than 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses strategically located along 150 miles of Florida's southeastern coastline. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts nine colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt Colleg...

Southeastern in Medical Dictionary

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Sleeping Sickness

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Rett syndrome

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Hospital

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Hospice

...eet about organizations that provide hospice care; it also discusses insurance coverage. National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet 8.6 Only Hospice southeastern Connecticut has a network of support prepared to meet the needs of area patients - from experienced nurses, physicians, home health aides, ... A...

Family Planning

...ofit organization provides financial support to organizations offering family planning , reproductive health programs, and preventive services in southeastern ... family planning n. A program to regulate the number and spacing of children in a family through the practice of contraception or other...

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Breast care

...facility. ... Oakwood Healthcare System is a regional health care network and is one of the most comprehensive health care delivery systems in southeastern Michigan, serving ... Breast Care . Your breasts shouldn't be a source of anxiety. ... Here is a list of questions about breast care that...

Southeastern in Biological News

Brookhaven scientists take off for southeastern Pacific climate study

UPTON, NY - During October and November 2008, some 150 scientists from 40 institutions in eight nations - including scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory - will take part in an international field experiment designed to make observations of critical c...

The hepatitis healing power of blueberry leaves

...l products for potential compounds that suppress HCV replication and uncovered a strong candidate in the leaves of rabbit-eye blueberry (native to the southeastern US). They purified the compound and identified it as proanthocyandin (a polyphenol similar to the beneficial chemicals found in grapes and wine). W...

University of Miami receives stimulus funds for study of hurricane impacts on structures, ecosystems

...ichthyology and UM chair of Marine Biology and Fisheries; Hans Graber, UM professor and chair of Applied Marine Physics and director of the Center for southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS); and Professor Antonio Nanni of UM's College of Engineering. ...

Troubled waters: Low Apalachicola River flow may hurt gulf fisheries

... plankton, like fish larvae." The study sheds some light on potential effects of climate change scenarios altering precipitation patterns over the southeastern United States, Morey said, but further study is needed to determine if the proposed man-made flow reductions at the center of the water wars will have...

Isolated forest patches lose species, diversity

...native plants in southern Wisconsin forests. The findings highlight the effects of increasing urban development and road density, especially in the southeastern part of the state. Land use changes have a pronounced impact on the islands of forest that remain, even when these are protected as parks or natural a...

Midge keeps invasive mosquito in check, aiding native mosquitoes

...ation. In a drama played out across the southeastern U.S. in containers as small as a coffee cup, native and invasive mosquito larvae compete for resources and try to avoid getting eaten. One of the inva...

Entomological Society of America's Linnaean Games teams selected

... A. Reed (coach) Runner-up: Washington State UniversityJeremy Buckman, Ashfaq A. Sial, Matthew D. Smart, and Nik G. Wiman; Richard S. Zack (coach) southeastern Branch Winner: North Carolina State UniversityKeith M. Bayless, Ana R. Cabrera, Joseph P. Doskocil, Nick Kemps, Sandra Paa, and Virna L. Saenz; Hanna...

Poison: It's what's for dinner

... woodrats ate juniper throughout what is now the Great Basin of Utah and Nevada and the Mojave Desert of southwestern Utah, southern Nevada and inland southeastern California. But things were changing as the last Ice Age waned. "As the glaciers were receding, creosote bush was invading," says Dearing. "The So...

Desert woodrats switch one dietary poison for another

... woodrats ate juniper throughout what is now the Great Basin of Utah and Nevada and the Mojave Desert of southwestern Utah, southern Nevada and inland southeastern California. But things changed as the last Ice Age waned. As the glaciers receded, creosote bush invaded. The Southwestern deserts formed as the...

Desert woodrats switch one dietary poison for another

... woodrats ate juniper throughout what is now the Great Basin of Utah and Nevada and the Mojave Desert of southwestern Utah, southern Nevada and inland southeastern California. But things changed as the last Ice Age waned. As the glaciers receded, creosote bush invaded. The Southwestern deserts formed as the...

Southeastern in Biological Technology

Global Med Technologies(R) Licenses 90th Site in the Southeastern U.S.

Laurens County Automates Its Blood Bank DENVER, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. ("Global Med" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: GLOB), an international healthcare information technology company, today announced that its Wyndgate Technolog...

DermAvance Pharmaceuticals Announces Investment by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania

BERYWN, Pa., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- DermAvance Pharmaceuticals, a privately held pharmaceutical company specializing in advanced technology applications for skin health and cosmetic dermatology, today announced it had received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern ...

High-Tech Economic Development in Southeastern Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE - The challenges and opportunities that Wisconsin technology companies face was the subject of a series of in-depth economic development presentations at the eForum conference held last week and produced by eInnovate , a local technology networking association. Conference speakers fo...

Patent Attorney John Rizvi Speaks at FIME International Medical Expo

...infringement opinions, licensing, transactional support, and all aspects of intellectual property litigation. John is an Adjunct Professor at the Nova southeastern University Shepard Board Law Center where he teaches courses in intellectual property law. ### Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/relea...

RSCI Announces World-Leading Stem Cell Science Advisory Board

...chairs and walk. Zannos G. Grekos, M.D., F.A.A.C. Director of Cardiology & Vascular Disease, Regenocyte and Clinical Assistant Professor, Nova southeastern University, is an RSC innovator. Dr. Grekos is the first to inject stem cells into the muscle of the heart via catheterization. This procedure produc...

Gundersen Lutheran Health System is Recognized for Safe Lifting Leadership

..., the health system has received eleven top 100 designations in as many years. It serves patients throughout western Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and southeastern Minnesota, providing care in 19 counties. In 2003, Gundersen Lutheran Health System initiated a patient and staff injury prevention program. Key ...

Alfacell Provides ONCONASE(R) NDA Submission Update

...p;H Co. Ltd. for Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, USP Pharma Spolka Z.O.O., an affiliate of US Pharmacia, for Eastern Europe, and GENESIS Pharma, S.A. for southeastern Europe. ONCONASE has been granted fast track status and orphan-drug designation for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma by the FDA. Additio...

Alfacell's ONCONASE(R) and R-Amphinase Show Anti-Tumor Activity in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Cells

...p;H Co. Ltd. for Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, USP Pharma Spolka Z.O.O., an affiliate of US Pharmacia, for Eastern Europe, and GENESIS Pharma, S.A. for southeastern Europe. ONCONASE has been granted fast track status and orphan-drug designation for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma by the FDA. Add...

New Initiative Focuses on Water Quality Improvement in the Mississippi River Basin and Gulf of Mexico

...Nature Conservancy will conduct a three-year conservation pilot in four watersheds in the Upper Mississippi River basin that include the Root River in southeastern Minnesota, the Pecatonica River in southern Wisconsin, the Boone River in northern Iowa and the Mackinaw River in central Illinois. The Conservancy wi...

Alfacell Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results

...L&H Co. Ltd. for Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, USP Pharma Spolka Z.O.O., an affiliate of US Pharmacia, for Eastern Europe, and GENESIS Pharma, S.A. for southeastern Europe. ONCONASE has been granted fast track status and orphan-drug designation for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma by the FDA. Additionally...