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Walgreens discloses record first-quarter fiscal 2010 results

Walgreens today announced record earnings and sales for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010.

21 Dec 2009

USANA Health Sciences announces partnership with EVE as the event’s Rail Jam sponsor

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. is proud to announce its partnership with EVE as the event’s Rail Jam sponsor. EVE is Salt Lake City’s premier New Year celebration and will take place in the heart of downtown on December 29, 30 and 31.

19 Dec 2009

Tips for healthy living for the year ahead

Whether you are a vegetarian, vegan, carnivore or pescetarian, vegetables should be a central part of your diet. Often referred to as a "protective food," dark green foods provide essential vitamins and nutrients to your body that protect you from many of life's worst diseases.

17 Dec 2009

Santa Claus: A public health pariah?

Santa should share Rudolf's snack of carrots and celery sticks rather than brandy and mince pies and swap his reindeer for a bike or walk, says a public health expert in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com today.

17 Dec 2009

Meijer wins awards for employee health and wellness programs

As it nears the end of its 75th anniversary year, supercenter chain Meijer is celebrating once again after winning three awards this year for its emphasis on employee wellness.

17 Dec 2009

HSF announces $1 million contribution by The Cowan Foundation to AED program

The Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) today announced a $1 million contribution by The Cowan Foundation to its national Heart&Stroke Restart a Heart, Restart a Life(TM) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) program.

14 Dec 2009

Gamma Labs sponsors the Charles Evans PCF Pro/Am Tour

On December 1, 2009 at the annual Prostate Cancer Foundation Annual Dinner, the organization acknowledged its sponsors and provided insight of the year’s events and milestones. Gamma Labs, a leading nutritional supplement company, was recognized as one of the organization’s sponsors. Gamma Labs is pleased to announce today plans to continue support of this organization. Gamma Labs serves as a sponsor for the Charles Evans PCF Pro/Am Tour, an annual event that benefits the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

5 Dec 2009

Exercise remains one of the most effective interventions for peripheral artery disease

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 5 million individuals in the U.S. and is the leading cause of limb amputations. Doctors have long considered exercise to be the single best therapy for PAD, and now a new study helps explain why. Led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and published in this week's Online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the findings demonstrate that a protein called PGC-1alpha plays a key role in the process.

3 Dec 2009

PanGenex capitalize on the immune-boosting properties of Spirulina

PanGenex Corporation, a global nutraceutical and dietary supplement manufacturer and marketer, announced today that the Company is actively identifying new product development opportunities that will initially focus on the immune-boosting properties of Spirulina.

3 Dec 2009

Walgreens re-launches its website with expanded shopping tools and services

Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain and a leading destination for health and wellness services, today announced the re-launch of Walgreens.com (www.walgreens.com), offering users a variety of new healthy living and product resources, along with expanded yet simplified shopping tools and services.

23 Nov 2009

AMCP awards Health Net Federal Services for its education and communication materials

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc., today announced it recently received multiple MarCom Awards for its education and communication materials from the Association of Marketing & Communication Professionals (AMCP). AMCP is an international organization of thousands of creative professionals, recognizing the best materials and resources in the business through its MarCom Awards.

23 Nov 2009

Inaugural recipient of the Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair chosen

Renowned B.C. kinesiologist and heart disease researcher Dr. Scott Lear is the inaugural recipient of the Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Research at St. Paul's Hospital, established in partnership with Simon Fraser University (SFU).

21 Nov 2009

Tips to survive holiday season

Mallika Chopra, healthy living expert and founder and CEO of Intent.com, and Rescue Remedy, the #1 natural stress relief products in the US, are teaming up to help Americans survive the holidays the natural way.

21 Nov 2009

Majority of Canadians' diets have high salt content

Canadians know that too much salt isn't good for their diets, but half still continue to shake it on, according to a new study by University of Alberta researchers.

18 Nov 2009

IBC and WebMD launch new, enhanced website to address health care needs

Imagine having your health care information at your fingertips, in one convenient place. No more surfing the Internet to find reliable, personalized, information. Independence Blue Cross (IBC) announces the launch of an enhanced member website at www.ibxpress.com, which offers one convenient source for members' health care needs.

13 Nov 2009

Mental Health America and Prescription Audio team up to provide free sound therapy

Mental Health America today announced it is partnering with Prescription Audio, a Philadelphia-area based firm (Voorhees, N.J.), to make the company's scientifically based sound therapy available without charge as a download to veterans, active duty servicemen and women, their family members and health care providers.

12 Nov 2009

Tips to cut calories before Christmas time

It's official, everyone is getting ready for the Christmas Party Season. Research published this week from British Lion Eggs stated that 6 out of 10 women will be slimming down to fit into those LBDs from now until December in order to look their very shimmering best!

11 Nov 2009

Journal of Public Health Management presents new ideas for building better public health workforce

A recent special supplement to the Journal of Public Health Management calls attention to the country's pressing need for a larger and fully capable public health workforce. The supplement, written by the leading academic voices in public health and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), also sheds light on the challenges the U.S. faces in adequately meeting public health needs.

6 Nov 2009

School Grants program promotes better food choices and healthier lifestyles for school kids

A recent survey from the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) indicates that fewer middle school and high school students have access to fatty, salty snacks and sugary soft drinks at school.

5 Nov 2009

Abortion not the only sticky issue in health care debate - news outlets examine others

News coverage focuses on some of the sticky issues in health reform, including immigrants' coverage, long term care for the disabled, CHIP and insurance discounts for healthy habits.

4 Nov 2009

Healthy Living News and Research

Walgreens discloses record first-quarter fiscal 2010 results

USANA Health Sciences announces partnership with EVE as the event’s Rail Jam sponsor

Tips for healthy living for the year ahead

Santa Claus: A public health pariah?

Meijer wins awards for employee health and wellness programs

HSF announces $1 million contribution by The Cowan Foundation to AED program

Gamma Labs sponsors the Charles Evans PCF Pro/Am Tour

Exercise remains one of the most effective interventions for peripheral artery disease

PanGenex capitalize on the immune-boosting properties of Spirulina

Walgreens re-launches its website with expanded shopping tools and services

AMCP awards Health Net Federal Services for its education and communication materials

Inaugural recipient of the Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair chosen

Tips to survive holiday season

Majority of Canadians' diets have high salt content

IBC and WebMD launch new, enhanced website to address health care needs

Mental Health America and Prescription Audio team up to provide free sound therapy

Tips to cut calories before Christmas time

Journal of Public Health Management presents new ideas for building better public health workforce

School Grants program promotes better food choices and healthier lifestyles for school kids

Abortion not the only sticky issue in health care debate - news outlets examine others

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