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GrowLife announces successful completion of 60 day marketing campaign using television ads

GrowLife, Inc. (OTCBB: PHOT), a provider of highly effective indoor growing technologies and unique lifestyle brands, is pleased to announce that the company has successfully completed a 60 day marketing campaign using strategically placed two minute television ads for its Phototron home growing unit.

31 Aug 2013

State highlights: Texas bans youth from tanning salons; Texas, Fla., have most uninsured; Medicare change threatens rural hospital funding in S.D.

Soon, Texas will join a number of states that bar minors from tanning indoors, which experts say greatly increases the risk of melanoma in those under 18. Senate Bill 329, written by State Senators Joan Huffman, Republican of Southside Place, and Sylvia R. Garcia, Democrat of Houston, automatically became law in June without the governor's signature and will take effect on Sunday (Serrano, 8/29).

31 Aug 2013

Lignol announces financial results for 2013

Lignol Energy Corporation, a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sector, today announced its financial results for the year ended April 30, 2013 (all figures in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise noted).

31 Aug 2013

Research roundup: Assessing new hospital observation rule; doctors' view of DNR orders for kids

Hospitalized patients in the United States are increasingly placed on "observation status." The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) state that observation should rarely exceed 48 hours.

31 Aug 2013

California releases ads for insurance marketplace; Aetna pulls out of N.Y. exchange

Many of the California advertisements will be in Spanish to persuade consumers unfamiliar with the law to sign up, the Los Angeles Times reports. Meanwhile, Aetna did not give many details about its decision to not compete in New York's exchange.

31 Aug 2013

Those in gay marriages set to receive new federal benefits

The federal government on Thursday issued rules on the federal benefits that gay Americans and their same-sex spouses can expect to receive. HHS said Medicare will allow all beneficiaries access to care in a nursing home where their spouse lives.

31 Aug 2013

White House, GOP Senators throw in the towel on budget talks

Over past weeks, the Republicans had moved away from the kind of "grand bargain" sought by the president, which would have combined higher tax revenues with cuts to programs like Medicare. Republicans said the talks had yielded "no common ground."

31 Aug 2013

State insurance exchanges: Separating fact from fiction

Georgia Health News asks a state insurance expert to analyze premiums in the new online marketplace -- they dispute predictions of exploding premiums by Georgia's insurance commissioner.

31 Aug 2013

'Quest to Cure MSA in Honor of Rex Griswold' drives in-depth genomic investigation of rare nerve disorder

Rex Griswold, Vice President of Sales for Nestl- Waters North America, was a driving force at the company for more than two decades until Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) suddenly struck him.

31 Aug 2013

Mayo Clinic tests feasibility of telemedicine robot to assess athletes during football games

There will be a new face at Northern Arizona University football games this fall - only this face will be on a robot on wheels.

31 Aug 2013

Small chemical changes to dietary flavonoids cause large effects on human immune system

Scientists at the University of York have discovered that very small chemical changes to dietary flavonoids cause very large effects when the plant natural products are tested for their impact on the human immune system.

31 Aug 2013

Researchers identify potential drug target to recover from jet lag, disruptions in circadian system

University of Notre Dame researchers, as part of a collaborative effort, have identified a protein that potentially could be a target for drugs that would help people recover faster from jet lag and better adjust their circadian rhythms during rotational shift work.

31 Aug 2013

Health law subsidies present calculation challenges

The Wall Street Journal reports on the challenges of calculating future income and health insurance subsidies -- both of which will have an impact on the health law's new insurance marketplaces. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports on how executive-branch and legislative-branch employees will have different experiences with the overhaul.

31 Aug 2013

Danish Cancer Society researcher studies connections between faith and cancer

"My results show that people's individual Christian faith becomes present during times of personal crisis. Faith and hope manifest themselves very intensely, but it is rare that they show in the classical forms we normally associate with Christianity.

31 Aug 2013

New delivery system for combination of 2 FDA approved drugs to fight HIV

A University of Minnesota research team featuring researchers from the Institute for Molecular Virology, School of Dentistry and Center for Drug Design has developed a new delivery system for a combination of two FDA approved drugs that may serve as an effective treatment for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

31 Aug 2013

Study describes lack of positive effects in drugs, long-term data and robust direct comparisons in RA

The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examined 9 biotechnologically produced drugs for the treatment of adults with rheumatoid arthritis in whom prior pharmacological treatment had failed.

31 Aug 2013

Study shows functional MRI differences in working memory in people with primary insomnia

A new brain imaging study may help explain why people with insomnia often complain that they struggle to concentrate during the day even when objective evidence of a cognitive problem is lacking.

31 Aug 2013

Health exchange rate shock not so likely, study finds

A study by Rand Corp. researchers concludes that predictions of sharp jumps in insurance premiums for coverage purchased through the new online insurance marketplaces may be overstated.

31 Aug 2013

Researchers develop model that completes bridge between cellular and human studies of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is one of the most devastating neurological conditions, with only 30 percent of sufferers ever experiencing full recovery. While current medications can control most psychotic symptoms, their side effects can leave individuals so severely impaired that the disease ranks among the top ten causes of disability in developed countries.

31 Aug 2013

Nutritional supplements provided to inpatients linked with reductions in length of stay, hospitalization cost

A recent health economics and outcomes study, conducted by leading health economists and supported by Abbott, found that oral nutritional supplements provided to patients during hospitalization were associated with significant reductions in length of stay and hospitalization cost.

31 Aug 2013

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GrowLife announces successful completion of 60 day marketing campaign using television ads

State highlights: Texas bans youth from tanning salons; Texas, Fla., have most uninsured; Medicare change threatens rural hospital funding in S.D.

Lignol announces financial results for 2013

Research roundup: Assessing new hospital observation rule; doctors' view of DNR orders for kids

California releases ads for insurance marketplace; Aetna pulls out of N.Y. exchange

Those in gay marriages set to receive new federal benefits

White House, GOP Senators throw in the towel on budget talks

State insurance exchanges: Separating fact from fiction

'Quest to Cure MSA in Honor of Rex Griswold' drives in-depth genomic investigation of rare nerve disorder

Mayo Clinic tests feasibility of telemedicine robot to assess athletes during football games

Small chemical changes to dietary flavonoids cause large effects on human immune system

Researchers identify potential drug target to recover from jet lag, disruptions in circadian system

Health law subsidies present calculation challenges

Danish Cancer Society researcher studies connections between faith and cancer

New delivery system for combination of 2 FDA approved drugs to fight HIV

Study describes lack of positive effects in drugs, long-term data and robust direct comparisons in RA

Study shows functional MRI differences in working memory in people with primary insomnia

Health exchange rate shock not so likely, study finds

Researchers develop model that completes bridge between cellular and human studies of schizophrenia

Nutritional supplements provided to inpatients linked with reductions in length of stay, hospitalization cost

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