Medical & Health News
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The Detox Box Rife Frequency Machine Sales are Strong
Tower Electronics is reporting very strong recent sales for The Detox Box, which is a high quality “Rife frequency machine” that is gaining popularity in the alternative health care industry. This fifth-generation instrument is expected to greatly increase the number of home users of Rife machines, many of which are now being sold through chiropractors, acupuncture clinics, and other alternative healthcare professionals. - May 26, 2008 - Tower Electronics
Digital Signage Advertising Network Launched in Support of Medical Research Community
Commonwealth Biomedical Research, LLC., a respected leader in the clinical trial research industry announces the launch of a new division devoted to clinical trial subject recruitment content and information distribution via its digital signage network. Digi-AdServices Network (DSN) was developed to fill an ever growing void in the methods of patient recruitment and research information distribution in the clinical research community. - May 26, 2008 - Digi-AdServices LLC
Health Support Systems’ Online Health Portal Now Accessible By Mobile Phone
San Francisco based Health Support Systems, Inc (HSS) today announced the release of a substantial upgrade to its “Health Monitor” online wellness and disease management portal. Users can now access Health Monitor from a mobile phone and receive alerts by SMS text messages. For... - May 25, 2008 - Health Support Systems, Inc
AnaMaria Herrera Introduces the “got EFT? System” - a Step by Step Home Study Program to Learn Emotional Freedom Technique
AnaMaria Herrera, an EFT Practitioner specializing in creating informational products and tele-classes using Emotional Freedom Technique has launched the flagship product: the “Got EFT? System™." - May 24, 2008 - AnaMaria Herrera
Just Cause Awarded Catholic Campaign for Human Development Grant to Assist Refugees with Job Advancement
Just Cause, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization Founded by Lorrie King. - May 23, 2008 - Just Cause, Inc.
NuU Medspa Kicks Off Their Premiere Wrinkle-Free Friday, Celebrating Grand Opening in Oak Brook, IL, May 30, 2008
Gina Virgilio, PR Director and Tanya Ilic, Manager of NuU Medspa, Oak Brook, IL, has announced the company will host a Wrinkle-Free Friday on Friday, May 30, 2008 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at its Oak Brook location off of Harger Rd. NuU is offering multiple savings on Medspa services for This Night Only. - May 23, 2008 - NuU Unlimited
Health Plan of San Mateo Selects HEALTHsuite® from RAM Technologies to Replace Legacy Software
The Health Plan of San Mateo has selected the advanced healthcare administrative solution HEALTHsuite to replace their legacy claims processing software. - May 23, 2008 - RAM Technologies, Inc.
Satisfied Workforce Enhances Nursing Home Consumer Satisfaction
National Study Contradicts Common Belief of Low Consumer Satisfaction in Nursing Homes. - May 23, 2008 - My InnerView
ConceiveAbilities Announces Seminar on Egg Donation in Chicago
The "Connecting with Hope" egg donation seminar will be held on June 19th, 2008 at DePaul University Student Center. Topics discussed at this egg donation seminar will include: what egg donors are like, how to select an egg donor, and group coaching for intended parents. - May 23, 2008 - ConceiveAbilities
Fatigue Rated Pancake Load Cell: Can Now be Provided in 2 mV/V Output
Futek Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc. (www.futek.com) can now provide its fatigue rated version of Pancake Load Cells LCF700 in 2.0 mV/V output: LCF701 Fatigue Rated Pancake Load Cell. Futek can also provide this model with a tension base. These load cells are primarily used in inline applications... - May 22, 2008 - FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc.
DecisionHealth Educates the Nation’s Hospitals on How to Get Reimbursed Under New Medicare CMS Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services (CMS) recently announced plans to add nine more conditions to its “do-not-pay” list, bringing to 17 the number of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) for which hospitals will not receive Medicare reimbursement if they occur during the inpatient stay. DecisionHealth gathers hundreds of healthcare professionals to learn the best practices that some of the nation’s top performing hospitals have developed to reduce or even eliminate HACs. - May 22, 2008 - DecisionHealth
Farm Bureau Insurance Safety Alert: Hurricane Preparedness
Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 25 through May 31, 2008. Use these tips to help keep yourself and your property safe. - May 21, 2008 - Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance
DecisionHealth and Perimeter eSecurity Team Up to Educate the Healthcare Industry on IT Security and Compliance Issues Via a Free White Paper and Webinar
DecisionHealth partners with Perimeter eSecurity to educate the healthcare industry on IT security and compliance issues via a series of initiatives including a free white paper and webinars. - May 21, 2008 - DecisionHealth
NuU Medspa Help Celebrate Life with Discovery Ball
NuU Medspa support Discovery Ball, an American Cancer Society event dedicated to educate, research and service cancer victims. Discovery Ball was held in the Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place West on May 17, 2008. The Discovery Ball’s mission is to eliminate cancer as a major health... - May 20, 2008 - NuU Unlimited
Successful Strategies for Genetic and Molecular Diagnostic Testing
Two-Day Strategic Event focusing on how hospitals and health systems can build and update genetic and molecular diagnostics testing programs to improve patient outcomes, capture market value, and reduce liability. - May 20, 2008 - Active Communications International
Which P A C S Vendors Best Address Provider Need
KLAS’ PACS report for large hospitals found a significant range in healthcare provider scoring of their PACS solution. With more than 70 PACS solutions available in the marketplace today, data presented in this report represents the experiences of more than 600 healthcare professionals currently utilizing a PACS vendor. - May 19, 2008 - KLAS
Successful Clinical Implementation Team Building
Healthcare providers share insights with KLAS into how to fill implementation team gaps and build successful teams. They share what worked for them and offer advice on how to improve the process. - May 19, 2008 - KLAS
KLAS Investigates Revenue Cycle Management Solutions
KLAS drills down into hospital revenue cycle management and the ability of software solutions to keep up with healthcare provider needs. The report addresses perceptions in the marketplace rather than actual performance scores and contains opinions from more than 170 healthcare participants. - May 18, 2008 - KLAS
Healthcare Scouts Honored as 2008 Best Place to Work Finalist
Healthcare Scouts was honored as a finalist for the Orlando Business Journals 2008 Best Places to Work Award. This year, Orlando Business Journal’s Best Places to Work competition received 211 nominations, up from 149 last year. And 7,373 of those companies’ employees participated in an... - May 18, 2008 - Healthcare Scouts
Texas Association of Health Underwriters Acknowledges Local Chapters’ Successes
TAHU Awards Local Chapters’ Efforts of Record-Setting Membership Retention and Achievement. - May 18, 2008 - Texas Association of Health Underwriters
NuU Medspa Join the Battle to Fight Autism and Raise Awareness
NuU Lend Their Voice to Autism Speaks at Walk Now for Autism – Chicago, Sunday, May 18 - May 17, 2008 - NuU Unlimited
EmpoweredZone.com Makes Its Debut on TV
What is the EmpoweredZone.com and why did it make it to TV? - May 17, 2008 - Empowered Zone
National Celiac Awareness Measure Garners Unprecedented Support Industry, Consumers and Policy Makers Back Legislation
The American Celiac Disease Alliance (ACDA) announces unprecedented support for bill by Rep. Nita Lowey recognizing May as National Celiac Disease Awareness Month. The measure also emphasizes the important role dietitians play in helping celiac patients, and urges more funding for celiac research. Major medical groups, pharmaceutical companies, food manufacturers and patient support groups have endorsed the bill. - May 17, 2008 - American Celiac Disease Alliance
SpecialtyAutomated Recognized as SFBJ 08 Technology Award Finalist
SpecialtyAutomated receives accolades for its online vision tests, online cognitive tests, online brain fitness tests, and other online tests. - May 17, 2008 - SpecialtyAutomated
Queens Gap Forms Alliance with LaValle Metabolic Institute
Queens Gap, a North Carolina real estate development located just a short drive from Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is proud to announce a partnership with the LaValle Metabolic Institute (LMI). This long-term health alliance with LMI ensures that Queens Gap is well on its way to being the... - May 16, 2008 - Queens Gap
American Nurse Today Wins Prestigious ASHPE Editorial Award
American Nurse Today, the official journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA), has received the 2008 Silver Award for Best How-To Article in a healthcare publication from the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE). The award was for the continuing education (CE) article in... - May 16, 2008 - HealthCom Media
How Much Will a Doctor Visit or Prescription Drug Cost? Compare Costs Online and Know Before You Go.
New employee benefit plan helps consumers navigate basic healthcare costs. The healthcare consumerism movement has spurred individuals to want more information – specifically cost and quality information that is relevant, meaningful, and available before services are received. There are a... - May 15, 2008 - Ternian Insurance Group LLC.
Baxa PadLock® Product Launch Wins Colorado BMA Best Strategy Distinction & Gold Key Campaign Award
Baxa Corporation has won two Colorado Business Marketing Association Awards for its integrated direct mail campaign featuring the PadLock® Set-Saver product – Best Strategy and Gold Key for Best B2B campaign (less than $50,000.) The campaign focused on the product’s features and benefits while providing a variety of different components for raising customer interest and awareness and promoting Baxa to this new market – IV nurses. - May 15, 2008 - Baxa Corporation
Leading Facilities Services Provider Chooses Planet FM Software
Leading facilities services provider Interserve Plc have chosen Planet FM Enterprise as their facilities management software solution. - May 15, 2008 - Qube Global Software
Medical Tourism Conference Announces Special Keynote Speaker
The Keynote Speaker for the Medical Tourism Association’s annual conference in San Francisco, September 9 through 12th has been announced. The speaker will be Alex Piper, a former buyer of healthcare for Chrysler (formerly DaimlerChrysler). Mr. Piper is very passionate about Medical Tourism and promotes it is a potential solution for the US healthcare crisis. - May 14, 2008 - Medical Tourism Association™
Tick Borne Disease Warning for North Carolina
Tick borne diseases are on the rise in North Carolina, with many incidences of infection unreported to state health authorities, making it difficult to measure the severity of cases, according to a report by Anthony Vecchione in the May 2008 issue of Raleigh Metro Magazine. “What is known by... - May 14, 2008 - Metro Magazine
"Cohesive Life Coaching" Helps Working Adults Excel in their Careers and Personal Lives
Moms and Dads struggling to excel as professionals and parents make tremendous gains by partnering with a with a life coach. Powerful Mind Coaching uses research in Psychology and Mind/Body health to support working parents in their careers and improve quality of life for families. Dr. Mary Coussons-Read, Founding Principal of Powerful Mind Coaching, discusses this process of Cohesive Life Coaching and her results. - May 13, 2008 - Powerful Mind Consulting and Coaching, LLC
Climbers to Attempt to Summit Highest Peaks in 50 States En Masse to Raise Funds for Children With AIDS
Summer Summit Challenge to be Held June 27 to July 6 to Benefit American Foundation for Children with AIDS. - May 13, 2008 - American Foundation for Children with AIDS
Former NFL Player Miles McPherson Concludes Successful Jamaica Visit
Photographs available at end of release. Keep Sex for Marriage, says American Evangelist. Audio Clip of Pastor Miles McPherson's message in Jamaica available here: http://www.mediaexchange.info/portals/2/milesaheadmessagesat.mp3 Audio Clip of former Jamaica national soccer player Paul... - May 09, 2008 - Miles Ahead
LaserTight Launches Non-Surgical Blepharoplasty Procedure at ASAPS Meeting
EyeTight Procedure Offers a Superior Outcome Requiring No Incision and a Rapid, Scarless Recovery. - May 09, 2008 - LaserTight, LLC
Caring Today Publishes Powerful Lineup Online
The magazine and website—a comprehensive resource for family caregivers—delivers another issue packed with compelling, actionable content. - May 09, 2008 - Caring Today, LLC
South Shore Skin Center to Hold Seminar on Fraxel Laser Technologies on May 21st at Linden Ponds in Hingham
On Wednesday, May 21, 2008, South Shore Skin Center, a leading cosmetic dermatology office treating a vast clientele south of Boston, will hold a Fraxel Laser Seminar from 6 to 9 p.m. at Linden Ponds, 300 Linden Ponds Way in Hingham, MA. - May 09, 2008 - South Shore Skin Center
Pioneering Area Physician is First in the Lehigh Valley to Offer the Benefits of Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Hot flashes, loss of libido, restless nights. Are all women destined to experience these symptoms associated with menopause? And what about men, do they experience a change of life as well? The truth is, the human body was originally designed to reproduce offspring, but then die shortly thereafter. - May 08, 2008 - Azani Medical Spa
Singaporean Market as Big Potential for Hovid
With the launch of Hovid’s new online store, hovid.sg, the premium products Hovid was recognized for will be made even more popular. The Singaporean market is seen as having big potential in terms of online users purchasing through the web, especially those engaged in the pharmaceutical industry. - May 08, 2008 - Hovid
NHBSA Receives AED Donation from NewHouse Medical
NHBSA (Natrona Heights Baseball and Softball Association) received a donation of one complete AED (automated external defibrillator) package from NewHouse Medical on Saturday. This device makes the sports complex located on California Avenue in Natrona Heights a "HeartSafe" environment and helps protect players, coaches and fans from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. - May 08, 2008 - NewHouse Medical
Sports Science Lecture Series Starts at Coastal Sports and Wellness Medical Center
Coastal Sports & Wellness Medical Center announces free monthly Sports Science Lecture Series focusing on sports physiology, injury treatment, prevention and commentary on the latest research for endurance athletes such as triathletes, cyclists, and runners. - May 08, 2008 - Coastal Sports and Wellness Medical Center
Section 255, New Communications Technologies Accessibility Legislation
On May 1, 2008, the United States Congress heard testimony on draft legislation, the "Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act." The legislation was requested by a coalition of organizations from the disability community to ensure that new information and communications technologies are accessible. The hearing took place before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. - May 07, 2008 - Magnifics Inc
Sharon Alt to Speak at Continuing Education Event Presented by Heart of Texas Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management
Alt Benefit Consultants President to Participate in Annual HR & Employment Law Conference. - May 07, 2008 - Alt Benefits Consultants
Dental Practice Management Exhausts Dentists
The majority of dentists have felt burnt out and exhausted with dentistry at some point in their dental careers, according to a recent Wealthy Dentist survey. - May 05, 2008 - The Wealthy Dentist
1800MedJobs Announces Talent Pipelining Solution to Health Care Employee Shortage
SourceNet, created by 1800MedJobs, creates a just-in-time talent pool of qualified health care professionals for more effective medical staffing. - May 05, 2008 - 1800MedJobs
DecisionHealth Helps Nation's Hospitals Avoid Conditions Not Covered by CMS Oct. 1 "Do-Not-Pay" Program
Hospitals will collectively lose billions of dollars in Medicare reimbursement once CMS implements its “do-not-pay” program Oct. 1. Health organizations such as DecisionHealth, are helping the nation's hospitals avoid these conditions. - May 05, 2008 - DecisionHealth
Is Digital X-Ray Worth the Effort?
Digital Radiography adoption continues to grow, despite CT and MR technology advances, due to its relatively low cost and frequency of use. KLAS investigates which vendors hit the mark for healthcare providers in this digital x-ray report. - May 05, 2008 - KLAS
Healthcare Providers Demand Feedback About Computed Radiography
Due to provider requests, KLAS investigates single-cassette computed radiography (CR) in this groundbreaking study to uncover the strengths and weaknesses of the marketplace. - May 05, 2008 - KLAS
Positive Air, Inc. (SleepRestfully.com) to Carry Resmed Series II CPAP with Easy-Breathe Technology and Improved EPR (expiratory pressure relief)
SleepRestfully.com by Positive Air, Inc. of Houston, Texas, a leader in the Sleep Apnea equipment and portable oxygen concentrator industry since 1971, announced they will distribute the recently released Resmed Elite II CPAP, AutoSet II Auto CPAP and the VPAP Auto all with Easy-Breathe Technology and improved EPR (expiratory pressure relief.) - May 04, 2008 - Sleep Restfully, Inc.
Baxa Announces Colorado BioScience Association Sponsorship
Baxa Corporation recognizes the work of the Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) on behalf of the Colorado medical device industry through a corporate sponsorship for 2008. Through the years, Baxa has provided support for CBSA events and activities without a formal sponsorship grant. The company’s investment underlines its support of CBSA initiatives for industry growth, networking and professional education. - May 03, 2008 - Baxa Corporation