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Gannett launches breast cancer awareness campaign for NBCF

Gannett announced today the launch of a major company-wide, cross-divisional campaign for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc., a charitable non-profit organization based in Frisco, Texas, launched the campaign on the first day of National Breast Cancer Awareness month in an effort to promote its Early Detection Program. NBCF’s mission is to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer through education and by providing mammograms for those in need.

6 Oct 2009

Verenium declares public offering of common stock

Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market, regulatory and other conditions, shares of its common stock, and potentially warrants, in an underwritten public offering.

6 Oct 2009

Allos Therapeutics to raise funds for preclinical research and clinical development of FOLOTYN

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it is offering to sell, subject to market and other conditions, 11,000,000 primary shares of its common stock pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement in an underwritten public offering.

6 Oct 2009

News outlets examines health impact of disasters in Indonesia, Samoa, Philippines

In Indonesia, "[r]escue workers called off the search Monday for life under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, focusing instead on bringing aid to survivors," the Agence France-Presse reports. "The United Nations has said at least 1,100 people were killed in the disaster, but estimates of the final toll range up to 5,000. The official toll stood at 650 dead and 672 missing, according to the health ministry," the news service writes (Belford, 10/5).

6 Oct 2009

avVaa World Health Care Products launches Neuroskin Psoriasis Relief DRTV media test campaign

avVaa World Health Care Products Inc. a global biotechnology company, manufacturer and distributor of nationally branded therapeutic, natural skin and health care products, announced the launch of its two week Neuroskin(R) Psoriasis Relief DRTV media test campaign.

5 Oct 2009

GeckoSystems happy about Forbes.com's recent press coverage

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that they are very pleased with the recent press coverage they have received from Forbes.com and other notable online authors.

5 Oct 2009

Seniors fret cuts to private Medicare plans

Seniors' number one reform concern is Medicare, which stands to face up to $500 billion in cuts over the next decade, NPR reports. About 25 percent of the savings will come from Medicare Advantage, a program of privately-operated managed care plans that provide seniors' benefits.

3 Oct 2009

Research study suggests possibility of safely expanding donor kidney pool by 10 to 15 percent

Kidneys recovered from deceased donors with acute renal failure (ARF) - once deemed unusable for transplant - appear to work just as well as kidneys transplanted from deceased donors who do not develop kidney problems prior to organ donation, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

3 Oct 2009

New health care ads hit the airwaves

The onslaught of health care advertising continues, with new ads from MoveOn.org, Organizing for America, the medical industry and Americans United for Change.

3 Oct 2009

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals raises $115.7 million for general corporate purposes

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has closed its previously announced public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $34.50 per share.

3 Oct 2009

CCF to continue its million dollar ad campaign against NYC's PSA campaign

Today, the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is running a full-page ad in the New York Times, continuing its million dollar ad campaign against the New York City Department of Health's hyperbolic "Don't drink yourself fat" PSA campaign. The Center will also continue to run ads in the New York Daily News and New York Post that ask New Yorkers, "What's Next?" and "Big Apple or Big Brother?"

1 Oct 2009

Incyte declares closure of public offering shares

Incyte Corporation today announced the closing of its public offering of 20,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $6.75 per share, which includes 2,700,000 shares sold upon exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares.

1 Oct 2009

The American Legion urges Congress to pass VA budget without delay

The leader of The American Legion expressed disappointment today at the failure of Congress to okay an appropriations bill to fund the Department of Veterans Affairs during this new fiscal year, though a Continuing Resolution (CR) to provide additional funding for VA medical accounts was approved.

1 Oct 2009

Jindal to GOP: Time to say "here's what we're for"

In interviews Tuesday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Republicans need to lay out their own plans for health reform, rather than just rejecting Democratic proposals..

1 Oct 2009

PSA test vital for assessing prostate cancer

When it comes to the prostate cancer, the disease known as the "silent killer" because it often exhibits no symptoms, to be forewarned is to be forearmed. It is the second leading cancer killer in men, just behind lung cancer. Every year, more than 218,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States, claiming about 28,000 lives.

1 Oct 2009

Portsys UK’s remote access appliance chosen to fight against pandemic threats

PortSys UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Portcullis Systems, Inc. a US-based company and a Microsoft™ and HP™ partner offering solutions for secure remote access, announced today that Fareham College, a Further Education College offering a wide range of full and part time vocational and academic courses in South Hampshire, has chosen Portsys UK’s Secure Application Access Gateway appliance to bring remote access options to the college.

30 Sep 2009

Estrogen withdrawal may play a significant role in joint pain during breast cancer treatment

Aromatase inhibitors, the same drugs that have buoyed long-term survival rates among breast cancer patients, also carry side effects including joint pain so severe that many patients discontinue these lifesaving medicines. New University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research, however, has uncovered patterns that may help clinicians identify and help women at risk of these symptoms sooner in order to increase their chances of sticking with their treatment regimen.

29 Sep 2009

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals declares pricing of common stock shares

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced the pricing of a public offering of 3 million shares of its common stock.

26 Sep 2009

Tenet Healthcare announces the completion of its registered public offering of convertible preferred stock

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced today that it has completed its previously announced registered public offering of 7.0% mandatory convertible preferred stock by selling 345,000 shares, including 45,000 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of $1,000 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $345 million.

25 Sep 2009

Living Proof Project showcases U.S. government's efforts to improve health around the world

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched the Living Proof Project: U.S. Investments in Global Health are Working, a multi-year awareness campaign to highlight the extraordinary success of the U.S. government's efforts to improve health around the world.

24 Sep 2009

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Gannett launches breast cancer awareness campaign for NBCF

Verenium declares public offering of common stock

Allos Therapeutics to raise funds for preclinical research and clinical development of FOLOTYN

News outlets examines health impact of disasters in Indonesia, Samoa, Philippines

avVaa World Health Care Products launches Neuroskin Psoriasis Relief DRTV media test campaign

GeckoSystems happy about Forbes.com's recent press coverage

Seniors fret cuts to private Medicare plans

Research study suggests possibility of safely expanding donor kidney pool by 10 to 15 percent

New health care ads hit the airwaves

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals raises $115.7 million for general corporate purposes

CCF to continue its million dollar ad campaign against NYC's PSA campaign

Incyte declares closure of public offering shares

The American Legion urges Congress to pass VA budget without delay

Jindal to GOP: Time to say "here's what we're for"

PSA test vital for assessing prostate cancer

Portsys UK’s remote access appliance chosen to fight against pandemic threats

Estrogen withdrawal may play a significant role in joint pain during breast cancer treatment

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals declares pricing of common stock shares

Tenet Healthcare announces the completion of its registered public offering of convertible preferred stock

Living Proof Project showcases U.S. government's efforts to improve health around the world

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