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AGD Web portal offers handy tips on oral health care

This is the time of year when we all make the same old New Year's resolutions. Exercise more. Eat better. Lose weight. What about committing to better dental health?

31 Dec 2009

Rite Aid offers H1N1 flu shots through certified immunizing pharmacists

Rite Aid now is offering the H1N1 (swine) flu shots by its certified immunizing pharmacists at 1,257 Rite Aid stores in 30 states and the District of Columbia. Customers can go to www.riteaid.com/H1N1 to find the most convenient Rite Aid store offering the H1N1 flu shots.

31 Dec 2009

Medicine At Work introduces telemedicine workplace clinic program in Atlanta

Medicine At Work from NuPhysicia LLC, the nation’s first telemedicine workplace clinic program, has expanded services into Atlanta. This cost-effective workplace clinic option for employers is now gaining new customers in both Texas and Georgia.

31 Dec 2009

Solos Endoscopy looks forward to strengthen its business in 2010

Solos Endoscopy, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company looks forward to a prosperous 2010, following a solid year in 2009, due in great part to its MammoView(TM) instrument line.

31 Dec 2009

Study says short-term school closures during flu pandemic may increase infection rates

Closing schools for less than two weeks during a flu pandemic may increase infection rates and prolong an epidemic, say University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published ahead-of-print and online in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.

31 Dec 2009

St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital renews campus-wide contract for Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology

Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital has renewed its campus-wide contract for Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology.

31 Dec 2009

FDA approves distribution of ZOLL E Series Monitor/Defibrillator

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new model of the ZOLL E Series® Monitor/Defibrillator with carbon monoxide (CO) measurement. The product is immediately available for shipment.

31 Dec 2009

Presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae could predict risk of severe disease in H1N1 pandemic influenza

The presence of the Streptococcus pneumoniae in samples that can be easily obtained in clinics and emergency rooms may predict risk of severe disease in H1N1 pandemic influenza.

31 Dec 2009

U.S. Congress designates January as ‘Cervical Health Awareness Month’

Nearly 4,000 women in America will die this year from cervical cancer. These cancers are, largely, preventable, and raising public awareness can save lives. It's why the U.S. Congress has designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month.

31 Dec 2009

Pfizer provides update on Prevnar 13

Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet completed its review of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Prevnar 13™, (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine [Diphtheria CRM197 Protein]), the Company’s candidate 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

31 Dec 2009

Vitro Diagnostics completes private placement of common stock and warrants to raise cash infusion

Vitro Diagnostics, Inc., dba Vitro Biopharma, announced the completion of a private placement of its common stock and warrants representing an initial investment of $87,500, with an additional $87,500 should the warrants be exercised, by a group of private investors who previously purchased the Company’s stock at a 36% lower price, through a prior private placement. Please see the associated Form 8-K for additional details regarding this transaction.

31 Dec 2009

Clear One Health Plans and PacificSource Health Plans sign definitive merger agreement

Clear One Health Plans, Inc. and PacificSource Health Plans announced today they have signed a definitive merger agreement under which PacificSource will acquire Clear One.

31 Dec 2009

Research suggests high-dose Vitamin E supplements may do more harm than good

Vitamin-fortified foods and dietary health supplements can ease health worries. But what kinds of vitamins are right for you? And how much of them should you take, and how often?

31 Dec 2009

Idaho Department of Insurance to review denied health insurance claims

Idaho consumers whose health insurance companies refuse to pay the bill for necessary health and medical services will have a new tool on their side in their coming year.

31 Dec 2009

Food addiction remains largely ignored but can be easily overcome, says psychologist

As holiday parties give way to New Year's resolutions, rehabs across the country become inundated, making early January one of the industry's busiest times of the year.

31 Dec 2009

Maple Grove Hospital opened on schedule

Officials at Maple Grove Hospital are pleased to announce that doctors, nurses and staff began seeing patients on Dec. 30, marking the opening of the first new hospital in the Twin Cities in a decade.

31 Dec 2009

JumpStart announces two JumpStart Ventures investments

JumpStart Inc., the Northeast Ohio venture development organization that accelerates the progress of high growth early-stage businesses, announces two JumpStart Ventures investments.

31 Dec 2009

Dr. Ken Hopper of LifeSynch offers simple tips toward achieving New Year's weight loss resolution

It's that time of year. Gyms will be flooded with people ready to step on a treadmill. Grocery carts will be filled with fruits and vegetables instead of frozen pizza and chips. People will enter the New Year resolved to lose weight. But surveys show that most people don't keep this resolution.

31 Dec 2009

HHS Secretary to unveil new H1N1 flu vaccination advertisement

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will hold a press conference call at 12 p.m. EST, Thursday, December 31st, to announce a new H1N1 flu vaccination advertisement that will air during four College Football Bowl Games held over the New Year's holidays.

31 Dec 2009

Music stars join hands to show how young people can help build a world without cancer

Some of the nation's rising music stars have joined the nation's first cancer center in an effort to show young people that they can help build a world without cancer. Roswell Park Cancer Institute created a new hip hop song and video called "How Big Is Your Heart." The MTV-like commercial features cancer patients and nurses dancing alongside professional dancers through the halls and lobby of the cancer hospital.

31 Dec 2009

Medical News

AGD Web portal offers handy tips on oral health care

Rite Aid offers H1N1 flu shots through certified immunizing pharmacists

Medicine At Work introduces telemedicine workplace clinic program in Atlanta

Solos Endoscopy looks forward to strengthen its business in 2010

Study says short-term school closures during flu pandemic may increase infection rates

St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital renews campus-wide contract for Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology

FDA approves distribution of ZOLL E Series Monitor/Defibrillator

Presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae could predict risk of severe disease in H1N1 pandemic influenza

U.S. Congress designates January as ‘Cervical Health Awareness Month’

Pfizer provides update on Prevnar 13

Vitro Diagnostics completes private placement of common stock and warrants to raise cash infusion

Clear One Health Plans and PacificSource Health Plans sign definitive merger agreement

Research suggests high-dose Vitamin E supplements may do more harm than good

Idaho Department of Insurance to review denied health insurance claims

Food addiction remains largely ignored but can be easily overcome, says psychologist

Maple Grove Hospital opened on schedule

JumpStart announces two JumpStart Ventures investments

Dr. Ken Hopper of LifeSynch offers simple tips toward achieving New Year's weight loss resolution

HHS Secretary to unveil new H1N1 flu vaccination advertisement

Music stars join hands to show how young people can help build a world without cancer

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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