Spiritual Outlook Can Affect Mental Health in Breast Cancer
Negative feelings about faith linked to patients' poor emotional status, study suggests FRIDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Among breast cancer patients, a positive religious attitude is not linked to measures of well-being, but a negative religious or spiritual outlook can lead to wor...Abbott Reports Strong Second Quarter Results; Confirms Double-Digit Earnings Growth Outlook for 2009
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT ) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Diluted earnings per share, excluding specified items, were $0.89, at the high end of Abbott's secon...BullMarket.com Updates Outlook on Healthcare IT Stocks
PRINCETON, N.J., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BullMarket.com ( http://www.bullmarket.com ), an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, has provided subscribers with detailed coverage of Healthcare IT stocks, including Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN ), at...Preparing the Americas: The Outlook for 2009's Emergency Threats
Panel to Discuss America's Preparedness Efforts for the Upcoming Hurricane and Flu Seasons WASHINGTON, June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over the next six months, communities in the United States and the Caribbean may be hit by both hurricanes and a severe flu season simultaneously. National...Fitch Raises Boston Scientific's Rating Outlook to Positive
NATICK, Mass., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced that Fitch Ratings has raised the Company's rating outlook to positive from stable, while affirming the Company's corporate credit rating at BB+. Fitch said the revised rating outlook ...BullMarket.com Updates Outlook on Medical Device and Equipment Stocks
PRINCETON, N.J., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- BullMarket.com ( http://www.bullmarket.com ), an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, has provided subscribers with coverage of medical device and equipment stocks, including Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq:...Gerresheimer Achieves Solid Growth in Core Markets - Outlook Confirmed
DUSSELDORF, Germany, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In the first quarter of 2009 (December 2008 to February 2009) Gerresheimer AG maintained its total sales figure of EUR237.3m (Q1 2008: EUR239.1m) almost at the prior year level despite the difficult overall situation in the world economy. ...Standard and Poor's Raises Boston Scientific's Rating Outlook to Positive
NATICK, Mass., March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced that Standard and Poor's Ratings Services has raised the Company's rating outlook to positive from negative, while affirming the Company's corporate credit rating at BB+. The Standar...Isis Reports Strong Financial Results and Highlights for Second Quarter of 2009
...ww.isispharm.com . This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding Isis Pharmaceuticals' business, the financial position and outlook for Isis as well as Regulus, its majority-owned subsidiary, and the therapeutic and commercial potential of the Company's technologies and products in...GeoVax Labs, Inc. Announces Results of 2009 Annual Shareholders Meeting
...hief executive officer, provided an overview of the company's progress, highlighting GeoVax's performance for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the outlook for the year ahead. Dr. McNally noted, "Last year was a highly rewarding year for GeoVax. We announced that we would conduct a critically important ...Cordex Signs European Development Partnership for ATPotent(TM) Sperm Motility Drug
..."estimates," or variations of such words are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. All statements in this release regarding the future outlook related to Cordex are forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the statements regarding the timing and expected results of the ATPot...Entremed Presents Results of ENMD-2076 Phase 1 Study in Advanced Cancer Patients
... Statements This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act with respect to the outlook for expectations for future financial or business performance (including the timing of royalty revenues and future R&D expenditures), strategies, ...New Weight Loss Hope for People with Diabetes
...ments that are made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements regarding NutriSystem's outlook and guidance for the first quarter and full year 2009, its expectations regarding free cash flow generation, its expectations regarding the effect of ...Pharmos Issues Business Update on Dextofisopam Trial and Financing
...own as PRS-639,058 and certain follow-on molecules. Safe Harbor Statement Statements made in this press release related to the business outlook and future financial performance of Pharmos, to the prospective market penetration of its drug products, to the development and commercialization of i...HealthMatics EMR Electronic Medical Record
Description:...ers, procedures, prescriptions, lab results and other data that traditionally rely on many people for collation into the patient chart. With Microsoft outlook integration, HealthMatics EMR Electronic Medical Record also allows secure two-way sharing of patient chart information. Items in the chart can be sen...Beckman Coulter Updates 2008 Outlook
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC ), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing, reaffirms 2008 outlook and provides preliminary 2009 financial outlook. ...Expanding forests darken the outlook for butterflies, study shows
Changing environmental conditions in the Canadian Rockies are stifling the mating choices of butterflies in the region, say University of Alberta researchers. Smaller and less abundant alpine meadows--largely the result of human activities--are diminishing the alpine butterfly gene pool, creating...New Report Just Published: World Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers Market Report
...orth America III-1 A.Market Analysis III-1 outlook III-1 Industrial Lasers Lose Sheen in the US I...ia-Pacific III-32 A.Market Analysis III-32 outlook III-32 China III-32 Strategic Corporate De...t of World III-37 A.Market Analysis III-37 outlook III-37 Strategic Corporate Development III-37 ...Time series identify population responses to climate change
...l, the authors note, refinements in statistical techniques are starting to allow more imperfect data to be analyzed, and data are accumulating, so the outlook for time-series analysis is promising. ...Lohafex provides new insights on plankton ecology
...rations were in decline. By now the patch will have merged with its surroundings leaving behind no trace other than a swarm of well-fed amphipods. outlook These preliminary findings will be supported by additional measurements that will be accomplished in the home labs. The data will be refined and in...BIO-key(R) Reports Profitability for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008
...pital Resources Consolidated cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2008 was $1.7 million compared to $1.0 million at December 31, 2007. outlook After the close of the fourth quarter, BIO-key reduced its cost structure by $2 million on an annualized basis, primarily as a result of headcount...LocatePLUS Announces Election of Independent Board
...bsite at http://www.locateplus.com . Safe Harbor Statement from LocatePLUS: Statements in this press release concerning the Company's business outlook or future economic performance, anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses or other financial items, and network or service offering growth, togeth...Dirty snow causes early runoff in Cascades, Rockies
... would affect the snow's brightness throughout the year. Finally, they translated the brightness into snow accumulation and melting over time. Gray outlook "Earlier studies didn't talk about snowpack changes due to soot for two reasons," said atmospheric scientist and co-author William Gustafson. "Soot...Preventing a broken heart: Research aims to reduce scarring from heart attacks
...eartening news for the millions who have heart attacks each year and suffer from the resulting poor heart function. The study raises the hope that the outlook for people with this major disability might be markedly improved. The scientists studied a protein, sFRP2, which they unexpectedly found to be invo...The MedZilla Report: June 2009 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health
The hallmark of layoff announcements in health care has always been a statement on the order of "layoffs will not affect patient care", but the question remains: how many more people can be laid off before that is unavoidable? MedZilla.com's monthly employment report examines that trend...The MedZilla Report: May 2009 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health
Health care employment rebounded in May, with 24,000 new jobs created even amid widespread announcements of layoffs. Pharmaceutical companies, though, laid off fewer employees in May than in any previous month of 2009. Seattle, WA (Vocus) June 24, 2009 -- Health care em...The MedZilla Report: April 2009 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health
Despite announcements of layoffs in the healthcare field, job growth rose slightly, with 17,000 more jobs created in April. Though there was an increase of more than 20 percent from March, job growth overall is off by about 40 percent compared to 2008. Seattle, WA (Vocu...The MedZilla Report: March 2009 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health
Companies fighting to stay on budget as the first quarter of 2009 came to a close were forced to announce layoffs, and the U.S. economic crisis impacted a field once thought immune to the troubles of the rest of the country as job creation for March contracted by 50 percent. ...The MedZilla Report: Febraury 2009 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health
After the flood of layoffs in health care in January, the industry seems to have taken a deep breath and a step back, getting back on track and creating 27,000 new jobs. Health care job cuts that were announced were mostly due to the overall economic difficulty facing the United States. ...Moody's Raises Boston Scientific's Rating Outlook to Stable
NATICK, Mass., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced that Moody's Investors Service has raised the Company's rating outlook to stable from negative. In addition, Moody's upgraded the Company's U.S. public bond rating to Ba1 from Ba2 and it...