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Dey Pharma launches EpiPen Auto-Injector

Dey Pharma, L.P., a subsidiary of Mylan Inc., today launched a newly designed, patient-friendly EpiPen® Auto-Injector 0.3/0.15 mg. This next-generation EpiPen Auto-Injector maintains the simplicity, speed, safety and reliability of EpiPen Auto-Injector with several new, user-friendly features, including being the only auto-injector with needle-protection before and after use.

26 Oct 2009

Third-quarter financial results announced by Roper Industries

Roper Industries, Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

26 Oct 2009

Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals updates its cooperative research and development with MAST BioSurgery

Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Ceragenix" or the “Company”), a medical device company focused on infectious disease and dermatology, today provided an update to a previously announced exclusive cooperative research and development (the "Agreement”) with MAST BioSurgery Inc. (“MAST”) for the development of one or more new surgical products incorporating Ceragenix’s CeraShield™ antimicrobial technology.

26 Oct 2009

AlterG M300 anti-gravity treadmill for physical therapy clinics, fitness and training facilities

AlterG, Inc., makers of the Anti-Gravity Treadmill, a revolutionary technology for rehabilitation and athletic training, today launched the AlterG M300. The M300 delivers the same anti-gravity technology originally developed at NASA and found in AlterG's P200 series, only at a third of the price and with a sleek new design.

26 Oct 2009

SuperGen and GSK team up to discover and develop cancer therapeutics based on epigenetic targets

SuperGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUPG) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) have entered into a multi-year collaboration to discover and develop cancer therapeutics based on epigenetic targets.

26 Oct 2009

Santarus to present results from two investigator-initiated studies with ZEGERID at 2009 ACG meeting

Santarus, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that positive data from two investigator-initiated studies with ZEGERID® (omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate) will be presented in poster sessions at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting taking place in San Diego. These studies were supported by grants from Santarus.

26 Oct 2009

Peripheral artery disease can increase risk for stroke and heart disease

Edmonton researchers recommend that people over age 40 be screened for peripheral artery disease (PAD), which puts people at high risk for serious medical complications including heart disease, stroke, and possible lower limb amputation.

26 Oct 2009

Internet training can improve brain activity in older adults

You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web.

26 Oct 2009

Aerobic activity makes older adults' arteries more elastic

Just three months of physical activity reaps heart health benefits for older adults with type 2 diabetes by improving the elasticity in their arteries - reducing risk of heart disease and stroke, Dr. Kenneth Madden told the 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.

26 Oct 2009

Exercise and lifestyle changes are key to improve heart health

Exercise is a wonderful way of boosting heart health, but it's proving to be a tough sell in Ontario South Asian communities, Dr. Milan Gupta told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.

26 Oct 2009

Hypothalamic dysfunction can cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Dr. Oz's guest Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, best-selling author of From Fatigued to Fantastic! (Avery Penguin Group) and Pain Free 1-2-3 (McGraw-Hill), suffered from CFS when he was in medical school and had to drop out for a year to recover.

24 Oct 2009

Select Medical Holdings Corporation receives exercise of underwriters' over-allotment option notice

Select Medical Holdings Corporation, the parent of Select Medical Corporation, today announced that it had received notice of the exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,602,700 shares of Select's common stock at a price per share of $10.00, which is expected to close on October 28, 2009, subject to customary closing conditions.

24 Oct 2009

Free, public lecture on hyperactivity

Biologist Theodore Garland will give an hour-long lecture, titled "Born to Run: Evolution of Hyperactivity in Mice," at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, in the University Theatre on the UC Riverside campus. Doors open at 6 p.m. Seating is open.

24 Oct 2009

Smart for Life Cookie Diet program helps people to keep weight off

Brooke Webb Masten, featured in Smart for Life broadcast advertising, has maintained her 105-pound weight loss and reached her 3-year milestone. She continues her success by eating Smart for Life cookies, shakes, soups and muffins as well as an exercise routine.

24 Oct 2009

Washington Independent examines QDDR process, implications for State Dept., USAID

The Washington Independent examines the State Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, or QDDR, announced in June by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Anne-Marie Slaughter, the State Department's director of policy planning; James Michael, a senior USAID official; and Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew are "in charge of creating the document — a process of managing five working groups chaired by top-level agency heads to produce an interim report in January and a final document by next September."

24 Oct 2009

Cardio Infrared Technologies to reduce its amount of authorized shares

Cardio Infrared Technologies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CDOI) (www.cardio-cor.com) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a reduction of the authorized shares from 5,000,000,000 to 1,500,000,000.

24 Oct 2009

Zecotek Photonics increases and closes non-brokered private placement; sells units at $0.63 rate

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that it has increased and subsequently closed the non-brokered private placement previously announced on August 19, 2009.

24 Oct 2009

Learn to recognise stroke symptoms and take action: World Stroke Organization

The theme of this year's World Stroke Day on 29th October is "What can I do?". As the World Stroke Organization says, everyone can do something: learn to recognise symptoms and take action, learn to recognise the risk factors and take action.

24 Oct 2009

Inhibitex to raise $23 million through private placement

Inhibitex, Inc. today announced that it has entered into definitive purchase agreements with institutional investors for the sale of approximately $23 million of its common stock, and warrants to purchase common stock, in a private placement.

24 Oct 2009

Columbia Laboratories to raise funds through sale of its common stock and warrants

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. today announced that it has priced a transaction to raise up to approximately $11,772,000 through the sale of up to approximately 10,900,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 5,450,000 shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering. The common stock and warrants will be sold in units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.5 shares of common stock.

24 Oct 2009

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Latest Exercise News and Research

Dey Pharma launches EpiPen Auto-Injector

Third-quarter financial results announced by Roper Industries

Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals updates its cooperative research and development with MAST BioSurgery

AlterG M300 anti-gravity treadmill for physical therapy clinics, fitness and training facilities

SuperGen and GSK team up to discover and develop cancer therapeutics based on epigenetic targets

Santarus to present results from two investigator-initiated studies with ZEGERID at 2009 ACG meeting

Peripheral artery disease can increase risk for stroke and heart disease

Internet training can improve brain activity in older adults

Aerobic activity makes older adults' arteries more elastic

Exercise and lifestyle changes are key to improve heart health

Hypothalamic dysfunction can cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Select Medical Holdings Corporation receives exercise of underwriters' over-allotment option notice

Free, public lecture on hyperactivity

Smart for Life Cookie Diet program helps people to keep weight off

Washington Independent examines QDDR process, implications for State Dept., USAID

Cardio Infrared Technologies to reduce its amount of authorized shares

Zecotek Photonics increases and closes non-brokered private placement; sells units at $0.63 rate

Learn to recognise stroke symptoms and take action: World Stroke Organization

Inhibitex to raise $23 million through private placement

Columbia Laboratories to raise funds through sale of its common stock and warrants

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