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New website launched to raise awareness of palliative care

An organization of doctors specializing in hospice and palliative medicine has launched a new Web site to raise awareness of this type of medical care and how it can help patients with serious illnesses, and their families.

24 Aug 2009

Advisory labels to help combat swine flu

Out With Allergies LLC has announced the introduction of FluNotes(TM), "Wash Hands Fight Flu"(TM) advisory labels as a potent new weapon for combating swine flu. Available through their website, www.FluNotes.com, these stick-on notes are intended to make people more aware that they must wash their hands frequently to avoid catching and spreading the flu.

24 Aug 2009

PLoS Medicine's editors to eventually stamp ghostwriting

Today, PLoS Medicine places in the public domain all documents - around 1500 - released after the journal and The New York Times intervention in the Prempro case. The documents, are available on the PLoS Medicine website, and are uploaded in the form that PLoS received them from the court.

24 Aug 2009

American Correctional Solutions' CEO to appear on radio show

The entrepreneur leading American Correctional Solutions, the firm ranked # 92 on Inc. Magazines 2009 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list, will appear on CRITICAL MASS: The Radio Show. ACS's President, Barry Goldstein, will be interviewed on LATalkRadio.com's most successful business show on Monday, August 24th from 4:05-4:30pm (on channel 1).

24 Aug 2009

The California Chronic Care Coalition launches new website to share information on chronic conditions

The California Chronic Care Coalition (CCCC) continues to advance its work toward meaningful and responsible health care reform with the launching of its consumer website: www.chroniccareca.org. Designed to help build a healthier California, the website is aimed at the more than 16 million Californians with chronic conditions such as Asthma, Diabetes, Alzheimer’s Heart disease, Epilepsy and Multiple Sclerosis.

24 Aug 2009

CIGNA Health Awareness Tour team to help raise money and awareness for cancer prevention

Nearly 100 members of the CIGNA Health Awareness Tour team will walk, bike and run into Blue Bell Sunday to help raise money and awareness for cancer prevention.

24 Aug 2009

Vendor-neutral sales performance management community launched by SPM leader Callidus Software

Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), today launched OpenCommissions, the industry's only vendor-neutral sales performance management community. OpenCommissions includes discussion groups on best practices, sales and compensation that allow members to exchange experiences, share opinions and give advice.

21 Aug 2009

Astro-Med declares profit in their second-quarter results

Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOT) reports net income of $585,000, equal to 8 cents per diluted share, on sales of $16,416,000 for the Second Quarter ended August 1, 2009.

21 Aug 2009

DTC Perspectives announces second annual class of inductees into the DTC Hall of Fame

DTC Perspectives Inc., the leading training, publishing, and analytics company for direct-to-consumer marketing, is proud to announce its second annual class of inductees into the DTC Hall of Fame.

21 Aug 2009

CEL-SCI to raise $4.4 million by selling 9.7 million units to institutional investors

CEL-SCI Corporation. (NYSE Amex: CVM), a biotechnology company entering a late stage oncology trial and focused on infectious disease, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with several institutional investors to sell 9.7 million units, with each unit consisting of one of the Company's common shares and 0.50 warrants to purchase one share of common stock, for gross proceeds of approximately $4.4 million, before deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses, in a "registered direct" offering.

21 Aug 2009

New website launched to determine sleep disorder

Nearly 20 million Americans suffer from sleep apnea, a serious health condition that has been linked to increased risks for obesity and weight gain, heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, asthma and depression. Sleep apnea has also been cited by experts as the number one cause of car accidents. Ninety-five percent of sleep apnea cases go undiagnosed, putting the health of millions of Americans at risk.

21 Aug 2009

U.S District Court grants preliminary approval for the settlement of Sampson v. Robinson case

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced today that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted preliminary approval of settlement of Sampson v. Robinson, et al., Case No. 1:07-CV-06890 (on appeal: Case No. 08-5475), a shareholder action pursued derivatively on behalf of Bristol-Myers Squibb. The action concerned allegations relating to the efforts to settle the Plavix patent litigation in 2006. The proposed settlement is subject to final Court approval. The Court has set a final approval hearing for December 8, 2009 at 2 p.m. in the courtroom of the Honorable Paul A. Crotty, United States District Judge.

21 Aug 2009

Adena Health System implements Medseek's eHealth ecoSystem to improve health care workflow for physicians

MEDSEEK, the leading provider of healthcare enterprise portal connectivity solutions, announced today that Adena Health System is expanding the capabilities of its existing MEDSEEK-powered eHealth ecoSystem to include additional services that will allow it to remain competitive in a rapidly changing healthcare market. The additional eHealth functionality will meet the increasing demands of today’s consumers, further enhance patient satisfaction and solve complex patient referral problems for its community physicians, ultimately improving the delivery and reducing the cost of care.

21 Aug 2009

Federal guidelines for seasonal and swine flu vaccines questioned

With the seasonal flu season approaching and uncertainty over whether swine flu will become more severe, new research published by Yale School of Public Health has found that more people are likely to avoid illness if vaccines are given out first to those most likely to transmit viruses, rather than to those at highest risk for complications.

20 Aug 2009

Heated town halls fire up Republicans

Town hall protestors are "part of a phenomenon enabling national conservative groups to galvanize grassroots anger about big government and reshape the debate over President Obama's health care plan. Suddenly, it's the conservatives' turn to be fired up," USA Today reports.

20 Aug 2009

IBISS research group's project aims to examine Ribavirin role in promoting the survival of transplanted stem cells

Hard to Treat Diseases (HTDS.PK) Dr. Sanja Pekovic, Chief Project Scientist, Chief Strategy Officer Slavica BioChem reported that IBISS research group from Serbia has begun preliminary experiments within a project aimed at Promoting stem cell graft survival in the model of traumatic brain injury in rats.

20 Aug 2009

Zila starts proxy vote on proposed merger with TOLMAR Holding

Zila, Inc. announced that Proxy Statements and Proxies have been mailed to its stockholders in order to allow them to vote on the proposed merger with a subsidiary of TOLMAR Holding, Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement, if approved by the stockholders, each Zila stockholder would be entitled to receive $0.45 per share in cash. Tolmar is a privately held, pharmaceutical research, development, manufacturing and commercial operations company.

20 Aug 2009

Nutrisystem's 28-Day program maintains an affordable per-meal cost

Nutrisystem, Inc., a leading provider of weight management products and services that are delivered directly to the customers' doors, announced today that its popular 28-Day Nutrisystem Select program now includes an additional week of delicious fresh-frozen entrees - all for the same low monthly cost.

20 Aug 2009

Managing Myeloma educational website launches forum to encourage oncology nurses to discuss myeloma challenges

Managing Myeloma (www.ManagingMyeloma.com), an accredited educational website for multidisciplinary professionals, has launched a forum designed specifically for oncology nurses. The goal of the nursing forum is to share insight about day-to-day practice challenges in caring for patients with multiple myeloma, provide updates on clinical advances, and connect with peers.

20 Aug 2009

Unaudited financial results of China Medical Technologies to be announced on September 1, 2009

China Medical Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CMED), a leading China-based medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced in-vitro diagnostic products, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter ("4Q FY2008") and fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 ("FY2008") and the first fiscal quarter ("1Q FY2009") ended June 30, 2009 before the U.S. market opens on September 1, 2009. The Company's 2009 fiscal year ends on March 31, 2010.

20 Aug 2009

Website News and Research

New website launched to raise awareness of palliative care

Advisory labels to help combat swine flu

PLoS Medicine's editors to eventually stamp ghostwriting

American Correctional Solutions' CEO to appear on radio show

The California Chronic Care Coalition launches new website to share information on chronic conditions

CIGNA Health Awareness Tour team to help raise money and awareness for cancer prevention

Vendor-neutral sales performance management community launched by SPM leader Callidus Software

Astro-Med declares profit in their second-quarter results

DTC Perspectives announces second annual class of inductees into the DTC Hall of Fame

CEL-SCI to raise $4.4 million by selling 9.7 million units to institutional investors

New website launched to determine sleep disorder

U.S District Court grants preliminary approval for the settlement of Sampson v. Robinson case

Adena Health System implements Medseek's eHealth ecoSystem to improve health care workflow for physicians

Federal guidelines for seasonal and swine flu vaccines questioned

Heated town halls fire up Republicans

IBISS research group's project aims to examine Ribavirin role in promoting the survival of transplanted stem cells

Zila starts proxy vote on proposed merger with TOLMAR Holding

Nutrisystem's 28-Day program maintains an affordable per-meal cost

Managing Myeloma educational website launches forum to encourage oncology nurses to discuss myeloma challenges

Unaudited financial results of China Medical Technologies to be announced on September 1, 2009

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