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Excessive sweating disorder can negatively influence job prospects

If success is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then it might follow that the Hyperhidrosis sufferer should have no trouble gaining employment. Not so fast.

9 Jan 2010

Therma-Med develops plans to provide health and wellness products throughout North America

In an effort to move forward with plans to expand the scope of their business in the Health and Wellness industry, Therma-Med, Inc. has developed a plan to provide premium quality vitamins, supplements and natural wellness products throughout North America.

9 Jan 2010

Reform will save and create millions of more jobs, says Speaker Pelosi

Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on a new report released today by the Center for American Progress that shows that health insurance reform will create up to 4 million more jobs over the next decade than would be created without reform. The report finds that health care reform could increase the number of jobs in the United States by about 250,000 to 400,000 per year over the coming decade.

9 Jan 2010

NexMed updates corporate activities

NexMed, Inc., a specialty CRO and a developer of products based on the NexACT® technology, today provided an update on ongoing corporate activities and the status of the Company’s NASDAQ listing.

9 Jan 2010

Yale - New Haven Hospital earns SCPC accreditation

The Society of Chest Pain Centers (www.SCPCP.org), an international non-profit focused on improving care for cardiac patients, has announced that Yale - New Haven Hospital has earned the SCPC accreditation in recognition of its ability to quickly determine and intervene when a patient is experiencing cardiac symptoms.

9 Jan 2010

House Democrats tussling on taxes, exchanges in health bill negotiations

The Washington Post: "Worried House Democrats held a caucus-wide conference call Thursday to strategize about health-care reform before lawmakers return to Washington next week. ... With Senate Democrats barely able to muster the 60 votes necessary to pass their own bill and President Obama leaning toward the Senate's position on some key issues, House Democrats are increasingly concerned that they could be marginalized at the bargaining table."

9 Jan 2010

LFB completes conversion of all acquired preferred stock

GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc. announced that LFB Biotechnologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of LFB S.A. (Laboratoire Français du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies S.A., Les Ulis, France) and a strategic shareholder in GTC, has converted the convertible preferred stock it previously purchased in November 2009 under the terms described in the financing agreements approved by GTC shareholders in July 2009 into a total of 5.3 million shares of common stock.

9 Jan 2010

IHSS supporters vow to fight Governor's budget cut proposals

Representatives of more than 450,000 seniors and people with disabilities and those who care for them today urged the State Legislature to fight Gov. Schwarzenegger's mean-spirited and hypocritical proposal to destroy the In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program.

9 Jan 2010

Type A characteristic associated with reduced job stress

Most characteristics of the "Type A" personality are linked to increased work stress. But there's one important exception, according to a study in the January Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

9 Jan 2010

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center receives $500,000 grant from Verizon to improve hospital's efficiency

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center has embarked on a technology upgrade, funded by a $500,000 grant from Verizon, that will improve the hospital's efficiency, increase accuracy of patient records, and initiate health care outreach for uninsured Californians.

9 Jan 2010

HRH Princess Haya calls for more investment in medical research

HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein of Jordan yesterday called for more investment in medical research in a keynote speech at a medical conference hosted by the Aswan Heart Centre.

9 Jan 2010

Oxygen Biotherapeutics' common stock approved for listing on NASDAQ Capital Market

Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. announced today that its common stock has been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

9 Jan 2010

ACT receives FDA notification regarding its embryonic stem cell trials for SMD

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., a biotechnology company applying cellular technology in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that it has received notification from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the Agency is currently drafting a response to the Company relating to the Investigational New Drug (IND) Application it filed in November seeking clearance to initiate a Phase I/II multicenter study using embryonic stem cell derived retinal cells to treat patients with Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy (SMD).

9 Jan 2010

Forbes Medi-Tech receives Nasdaq Staff Deficiency Letter

Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. ("Forbes" or "Company") announced today that it has received a Nasdaq Staff Deficiency Letter indicating that it does not meet The Nasdaq Capital Market initial listing standard set forth in Listing Rule 5505 and unless the Company requests an appeal of the Staff's determination, the Company's common shares will be suspended at the opening of business on January 15, 2010, and a Form 25-NSE will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission which will remove the Company's common shares from listing and registration on The Nasdaq Stock Market.

9 Jan 2010

Mediture implements web-based EHR at Mercy LIFE's Adult Day Health Centers in Philadelphia

Mediture, a leading software developer for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, today announced that they have implemented a web-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) for more than 90 staff at Mercy LIFE's Adult Day Health Centers in Philadelphia.

9 Jan 2010

Biomarker may enable personalized GVHD treatment for bone marrow transplant patients

University of Michigan researchers have identified the first biomarker of graft-versus-host disease of the skin. The discovery makes possible a simple blood test that should solve a treatment dilemma facing doctors with patients who frequently develop rashes after bone marrow transplants.

9 Jan 2010

LinkMed’s portfolio company Likvor receives new order for Likvor CELDA

LinkMed’s portfolio company Likvor has received a new order for Likvor CELDA™ ,this time from Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg. With Likvor CELDA™ the clinical will be able to dynamic measure the most important parameters concerning the patients’ cerebrospinal fluid including pressure and flow in a controlled and safe process.

9 Jan 2010

Ochsner Health System to acquire NSRMC

The private, not-for-profit Ochsner Health System today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase NorthShore Regional Medical Center (NSRMC), the ambulatory surgery center and several pieces of property on which the facility is located in Slidell, Louisiana. The projected closing date is April 1, 2010: this purchase will expand Ochsner Health System to eight hospitals in Southeast Louisiana. The medical staff will remain "open," which is consistent with how the facility operates today.

9 Jan 2010

Gilbert Hospital optimistic about 2010

Gilbert Hospital expects patient volume at its hospital to increase slightly compared to 2009. Conservative planning and continued easing of the nationwide economic unrest have officials at the hospital optimistic about the 2010 calendar year for this community-based hospital.

9 Jan 2010

IntegraMed America plans to open new vein clinic in Columbia, Maryland

IntegraMed America, Inc., the nation’s leading manager of specialty outpatient healthcare facilities in the emerging, technology-focused medical niches of fertility and vein care, today announced plans to open a new vein clinic in Columbia, Maryland in mid 2010.

9 Jan 2010