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Free educational brochure on physical therapy

Physiotherapy Associates, the nation's foremost provider of outpatient rehabilitation services, today announced that a free educational brochure on the benefits of physical therapy is available to celebrate October as "National Physical Therapy Month," as designated by the American Physical Therapy Association.

7 Oct 2009

Advanced Diamond Technologies unveils UNCD Horizon vapor-deposited diamond

Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. (ADT), announces the introduction of UNCD Horizon, the world’s smoothest vapor-deposited diamond, to its family of award-winning diamond products.

7 Oct 2009

Priority Health to provide Medigap insurance plans in 2010

Priority Health announced today it will provide Medigap (Medicare Supplement insurance) plans in 2010. The new plans, which are available to all Michigan residents, are designed to fill the gaps in medical expenses that Original Medicare Part A and Part B don’t cover.

7 Oct 2009

Scientific community must fight misconceptions about experiments using animals: Researchers

In a recent commentary, We must face the threats, in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers Dario Ringach and David Jentsch spoke out against animal rights extremism. They urged the scientific community to stand together and fight misconceptions about experiments using animals. That their plea has been heard is clear from the unanimously positive response it received on the Faculty of 1000 Biology website.

7 Oct 2009

UnitedHealthcare launches new interactive website

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, opened Health Care LaneSM, a new interactive Web site where “townspeople” explain and teach health insurance topics.

7 Oct 2009

Unomedical announces the voluntary recall of certain units of the single-patient use MPR

Unomedical Inc., a manufacturer of medical devices, today announced that it is conducting a voluntary recall of certain units of the single-patient use Manual Pulmonary Resuscitator (MPR).

7 Oct 2009

Change in health care delivery system is certain, says Segal

As the health care reform debate drags on in Congress, change in our health care delivery system is certain, according to Mike Segal, who for the past two decades has worked with physicians to form large practice groups and currently heads the Health Law Practice Group of the Florida law firm Broad and Cassel.

7 Oct 2009

GlobeImmune to present an abstract of GI-5005 drug at AASLD's annual meeting

GlobeImmune Inc. today announced that a late breaking abstract related to GI-5005, its investigational hepatitis C virus (HCV) product candidate, has been accepted for presentation at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), which will take place Oct. 31 through Nov. 4, 2009, in Boston, Mass.

7 Oct 2009

PBS launches new website to support "This Emotional Life" documentary

PBS, Vulcan Productions and the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit launched a new website today to support the upcoming This Emotional Life documentary, which premieres on PBS in early 2010. The documentary series is hosted by Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness, and weaves the latest scientific research with compelling personal stories through deeply personal interviews with ordinary people, such as returning veterans and new parents, as well as celebrities.

7 Oct 2009

Parents should watch out for flu warning signs, says Minnesota physicians

Minnesota's physicians are urging parents to watch for the warning signs that their child is having a severe case of H1N1 and to seek out the H1N1 vaccine for their child when it becomes available.

7 Oct 2009

IDF announces new social networking online website for people with PIDD

People with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD) and their families will now be able to connect with one another and share their experiences through a new multidimensional social networking initiative, the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) announced today. Primary immunodeficiency diseases are a group of rare, chronic illnesses, caused by hereditary or genetic defects in the immune system.

7 Oct 2009

Magazine compiles rankings of U.S. nursing homes

U.S. News & World Report examines government data from more than 15,500 nursing homes to determine which are the nation's best: "At the core of the rankings is the data and ratings found on Nursing Home Compare, a federal website created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

7 Oct 2009

Catalyst Pharmaceutical raises $3.97 million from institutional investors

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. today announced that it has closed its previously announced registered direct offering of 3.97 million shares of its common stock to institutional investors at a price per share of $1.00, representing gross proceeds of $3.97 million.

7 Oct 2009

Prexion launches its new and improved website

PreXion, Inc. (www.PreXion.com), a leader in dental and industrial CT systems, is proud to announce the launch of its new and improved website.

7 Oct 2009

Healthcare workforce management staffing solution provider updates website

Stay Staffed Technologies announced today their newly updated website includes new client resources such as case studies, product reviews, and healthcare IT resource links and more. The suite of workforce management software heightens the efficiency and staff productivity of hospitals while reducing operational expenses associated with costly third-party vendors, health care staffing overtime, and burdensome manual systems.

6 Oct 2009

Vantia Therapeutics announces the start of Phase II proof-of-concept trials of its VA111913 drug

Vantia Therapeutics today announces that its novel oral small molecule drug for the treatment of dysmenorrhoea (painful menstruation) has entered Phase II proof-of-concept trials. In addition, Vantia announces results of the successful Phase I trial of VA111913, which showed the product candidate to be safe and well tolerated.

6 Oct 2009

Universal Detection signs deal with U.S. to become Featured U.S. Exporter of bioterrorism monitoring equipment in France

Universal Detection Technology, a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, announced today that the company has entered an agreement with U.S. Department of Commerce's Commercial Service to become a Featured U.S. Exporter (FUSE) of bioterrorism monitoring equipment in France.

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

New AQUAFREE website for ordering new waterless toothbrush online

United Treatment Centers Inc announced today that the company has launched its new AQUAFREE ™ Website at www.aquafreetoothbrush.com for ordering the new waterless toothbrush online direct from the company. The new site offers the innovative, waterless toothbrush to consumers at a twenty-five percent (25%) savings, including two free replacement dentifrice cartridges, on the first one million brushes sold through the site.

6 Oct 2009

Horizon Health International acquires Samson Industries

HORIZON HEALTH INTERNATIONAL CORP. (Formerly URANIUMCORE COMPANY), OTC-Pinksheet ‘UCCO’, (The Company) on September 30, 2009 concluded the acquisition of Samson Industries Ltd. (Samson) a Canadian Corporation, and approved the issuance of 15 million shares for the acquisition.

6 Oct 2009