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Affordable Care Act improves strength of Medicare, Social Security: Report

Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the report released today by the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees, http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/TRSUM/index.html. The report shows that the Affordable Care Act has improved the strength of both Medicare and Social Security.

7 Aug 2010

Opexa Therapeutics aims to complete planned experiments, develop clinical study protocols

Opexa Therapeutics, Inc., a company developing Tovaxin, a novel T-cell therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 and provided an update on its corporate developments.

7 Aug 2010

Oil Can Henry's customers raise $45,401 to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Oil Can Henry's customers rose to the challenge in July and helped the company raise $45,401 to support the Oregon and SW Washington Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to help save lives and end breast cancer. Over the week-long fundraising effort, Oil Can Henry's locations in Oregon and Southwest Washington performed oil changes on 15,746 vehicles. In addition, customers had the opportunity to donate directly to Komen at the time of service.

7 Aug 2010

Myths and realities of Medicare bidding program for durable medical equipment

Providers of home medical equipment and services across California are proposing a fiscally responsible alternative to the mislabeled "competitive" bidding scheme currently under way in Medicare that will actually discourage competition, reduce access to care for many of California's 4.6 million Medicare beneficiaries, and put thousands of California homecare providers out of business.

7 Aug 2010

mGive, disaster relief partners launch campaigns to aid flood-affected victims in Pakistan

In response to the damaging floods that struck Pakistan this week, mGive and several of its disaster relief partners quickly mobilized to launch text donation campaigns that will aid victims by distributing tents, relief supplies and humanitarian assistance. According to the UN, at least 1,400 people have died and more than three million people have been affected by the floods, which are the worst in Pakistan's history.

7 Aug 2010

Dr. Afar opens new dentistry office in North Hollywood, offers special promotion for new patients

Dr. Bijan Afar, a Dentist in Los Angeles who has been practicing for many years, is now opening a new office in the North Hollywood area and has a special promotional offer for all new patients. As a Dentist in North Hollywood, he is offering a dental examination complete with X-rays for the very reasonable price of only $49.00. This is an excellent opportunity for new patients to get acquainted with Dr. Afar and his staff of very talented professionals.

7 Aug 2010

Female Health Company third-quarter net revenues decrease 75% to $1.8 million

The Female Health Company, which manufactures and markets the FC2 Female Condom®, today reported its operating results for the third quarter and first nine months of FY2010.

7 Aug 2010

Health Net Federal Services to sponsor AMVETS Symposium

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, part of the Government Contracts segment of Health Net, Inc., is honored to sponsor the American Veterans 2010 Symposium for 21st Century Veterans in Louisville, Ky., August 9-11, 2010. The 2010 AMVETS Symposium will bring together more than 100 young Veterans to help develop a new comprehensive report on important issues such as reintegration, health care and benefits.

7 Aug 2010

MedQuist contributes to new industry standard measurement policy for transcription jobs

MedQuist Inc., a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, continues to support industry best practices for quality standards and metrics. Together with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI), the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) and other industry quality leaders, MedQuist contributed to the new Healthcare Documentation Quality Assessment and Management Best Practices just unveiled at the AHDI 32nd Annual Convention and Expo.

7 Aug 2010

Ardea Biosciences second-quarter total revenues decline to $3.5 million

Ardea Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases, reported recent accomplishments and financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2010.

7 Aug 2010

Researchers examine differences in eating habits of African Americans

Researchers looking for differences in eating habits of African Americans based on whether or not they had Type 2 diabetes uncovered an unexpected result: No matter what the blood sugar level was, the dietary intakes were pretty much the same.

7 Aug 2010

ADA commends U.S. Senate on reauthorization of child nutrition programs

The American Dietetic Association commends the U.S. Senate for its bipartisan action Thursday, August 5, to reauthorize the nation's crucial child nutrition programs. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 covers programs reaching millions of children that were scheduled expire September 30.

7 Aug 2010

Chicago's mold count increases to 49,789, says allergist

Chicago's mold count is 49,789 - just a few spores away from the 50,000 threshold that signals a dangerous air quality warning. Today's mold count is the highest of the season, and the highest in five years. "Headaches, sinus congestion, runny noses and fatigue will be common among Chicagoans," says Dr Joseph Leija, allergist at Loyola's Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

7 Aug 2010

First Salmonella lawsuit filed against Yum Brands

The first Salmonella lawsuit has been filed in the pair of Salmonella outbreaks that has sickened 155 people in 21 states. The lawsuit was filed against Yum! Brands (the parent company of Taco Bell) in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Franklin County Circuit Court. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Scott county resident by food safety law firm Marler Clark.

7 Aug 2010

Orexigen second-quarter net loss decreases to $11.9 million

Orexigen® Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2010. For the quarter ended June 30, 2010, Orexigen reported a net loss of $11.9 million, or $0.25 per share attributable to common stockholders, as compared to a net loss of $17.8 million, or $0.51 per share attributable to common stockholders, for the second quarter of 2009.

7 Aug 2010

Bacterin International closes private placement

Bacterin International Holdings, Inc., a developer of anti-infective coatings for medical applications and revolutionary bone graft material, today announced that it has closed its private placement offering raising total gross proceeds of $9.2 million from the sale to accredited investors, including certain of its directors and officers, of shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $1.60 per share, with detachable warrants to purchase one-quarter of one share its common stock (at an exercise price of $2.50 per share) for each share purchased.

7 Aug 2010

BioSpecifics Technologies second-quarter total revenues decrease to $0.9 million

BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., a biopharmaceutical company developing first in class collagenase-based products, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. The Company's partner, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. markets XIAFLEX (collagenase clostridium histolyticum), a novel, first-in-class, orphan-designated, biologic, for the treatment of adult Dupuytren's contracture patients with a palpable cord.

7 Aug 2010