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Sale of Enzymatic Therapy, Inc. To Nature’s Way Holding Company Finalized
Nature’s Way Holding Company names Randy J. Rose President/CEO and Rory Mahony Chief Operating Officer of new natural medicine powerhouse. - November 13, 2008 - Enzymatic Therapy, Inc.
One Company Continues to Hypnotize Customers
As an increasing number of small businesses are feeling the worse effects of the credit crunch but one company continues to thrive. - November 13, 2008 - HypnoBusters
Birmingham Radiological Group, P.C. Selects IMAGINEradiology™
IMAGINE Software, a leading provider of medical billing technology, announces that Birmingham Radiological Group, P.C./Specialty Physician Billing, Inc. (BRG-SPB) of Birmingham, AL, has selected the IMAGINEradiology™ practice management system. - November 13, 2008 - Technology Partners Inc. dba IMAGINE Software
1-800-DENTIST Sponsors ADA CE Online’s Safety Course
1-800-DENTIST®, the nation’s leading dental marketing company that provides practices with new dental patients, will be sponsoring ADA CE Online’s latest course, “Operational Safety Protocols,” outlining the critical procedures that prohibit direct or indirect transmission of a bloodborne pathogen or infectious microorganisms. - November 12, 2008 - 1-800-DENTIST
Larry King to Celebrate His 75th Birthday and 20th Anniversary of the Larry King Cardiac Foundation by Helping Uninsured Receive Access to Life-Saving Cardiac Care
The Larry King Cardiac Foundation, in partnership with COPE Health Solutions, and LAC + USC Medical Center, is pleased to announce that the King of Hearts Gala will take place on Saturday, November 15th at Hollywood and Highland to celebrate both Larry King’s 75th birthday and the 20th... - November 12, 2008 - Larry King Cardiac Foundation
Hunt Memorial Hospital District Selects PMMC Estimator PRO to Provide Point-of-Service Patient Portion Due
Preferred Medical Marketing Corporation is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the Hunt Memorial Hospital District (HMHD) to implement PMMC Estimator PRO. A champion to its motto, “Close to home. Far from ordinary.”, Hunt Memorial Hospital District has undergone major... - November 12, 2008 - PMMC
Medical Device Package Testing Firm DDL Earns a Spot on Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal’s Fast 50
Twin Cities based company jumps 15 spots over last year’s rankings. - November 12, 2008 - DDL Inc.
MUMC’s Patricia Lavely Named CIO of the Year
The Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA) has named Memorial University Medical Center’s (MUMC) Patricia Lavely CIO of the Year. Lavely, senior vice president and chief information officer, was honored in the nonprofit category. Since 1998, the Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA)... - November 12, 2008 - Memorial Health
Kelly & Associates Insurance Group Releases “Beyond Benefits” - - Third Edition of Wellness Trend Report is Now Available
Kelly & Associates Insurance Group (KELLY) has published Beyond Benefits – Wellness Trend Report, the third edition of its analysis of health care trends and spending in America, as well as the unseen potential for workplace wellness programs to promote employee health, morale and... - November 12, 2008 - Kelly & Associates Insurance Group
Integrated Clinical Trial Services Wins Triangle Business Journal’s Fast 50 Award
Tom Sturgis, president of Integrated Clinical Trial Services (ICTS) (www.integratedtrials.com), a full-service patient enrollment firm that utilizes more than 300 contract employees internationally to provide clinical trial patient recruitment, enrollment, retention and adherence, has announced... - November 12, 2008 - Integrated Clinical Trial Services
Skip the Red - Just Go Green This Holiday Season
Get in the holiday “spirit” with Spirit Beauty Lounge. - November 12, 2008 - Spirit Beauty Lounge
PMI Announces Dates for Its Spring 2009 Short Course
PMI has announced the dates of its Spring Short Course in order to enable interested companies plenty of time to register. - November 12, 2008 - Porous Materials, Inc.
Xtra Pair of Hands hires Director of Business Development
Xtra Pair of Hands announced the hiring of Lelia Mack-Balenciada as Director of Business Development. She will be responsible for sales, marketing and client relations for celebrity clients and corporate executives. She will also handle Social Butterflies, a new division of XPH that focuses on networking and event planning. - November 12, 2008 - Xtra Pair of Hands, LLC
AnaSpec Introduces Improved AnaTagTM APC, B-PE and R-PE Labeling Kits
AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of the improved AnaTagTM APC, B-PE and R-PE Labeling Kits. Labeling of antibodies can be both tedious and time-consuming. Without the use of proper techniques and reagents, the conjugation may result in suboptimal or no labeling. AnaSpec’s improved... - November 12, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Give a Gift with Natural Health Benefits This Holiday Season; Treat the Feet with Yoga Sandals® Footwear
Beech Sandal Co., LLC takes Yoga Sandals® to the next level by introducing new “slipper” styles great for the winter months and new designer lines available mid-November, just in time for holiday gift-giving. This unique line of affordable footwear provides patented foot therapy with added health benefits of better balance and overall body alignment. - November 12, 2008 - YogaSandals.com
MBody Strength Launches 12-Week Fit-U-Mentary, Chronicling All Aspects of Meeting Fitness Goals
The owners of fitness company MBody Strength are beginning a 12-week chronicle of the diet, exercise, and lifestyle required to meet fitness goals. Marcus Martinez will be attempting to drop fat while maintaining muscle while Mark de Grasse will be attempting to gain 10-15 pounds of muscle. They... - November 12, 2008 - MBody Strength LLC
20 Hours of Free In-Home Care for Veterans in USA
Twenty Hours of Caregiving Provided Free to Veterans, Families from Homewatch CareGivers “We Care for Veterans” National Program. To honor U.S. military personnel for their service and sacrifice, Homewatch CareGivers, the largest and most experienced international franchise provider of... - November 11, 2008 - Homewatch CareGivers
Grove Dental Continues to Pamper Chicagoland Patients After 40 Successful Years
Finding a dentist in Bolingbrook, Downers Grove, Lombard and Wheaton is easy and convenient with Grove Dental Associates, serving Chicago-area adults and children for four decades. - November 11, 2008 - Grove Dental Associates
Smile in the City Dental Group Now Offering Laser Treatment to Lighten Dark Gums
New York periodontist Dr. Joseph Zelig, can lighten dark spots on gums of patients with a painless laser treatment. Hyper pigmentation, or dark gums, is prevalent in patients with darker complexions. - November 11, 2008 - Smile in the City Dental Group
MuscleandStrength.com Boasts New Look, Opens Bodybuilding Supplement Store, Adds Thousands of Exercise Videos and Images
MusclandStrength.com, once a small one man operation, has grown leaps and bounds within the past several years. Now occupying thousands of square feet in Columbia's Industrial Park, Fit Ventures, LLC and MuscleandStrength.com are set to take the natural bodybuilding industry by storm. - November 11, 2008 - Fit Ventures, LLC
Baxa Expands Its Automated Syringe Processing Capabilities
Baxa Corporation is the first to provide colored labels for automated filling of sterile anesthesia syringes, with the addition of colored syringe labels to its Rapid-Fill™ Automated Syringe Filler offering. The system reduces pharmacy overhead for batching activities, while providing the opportunity for more adequate staff allocation and greater inventory control. - November 11, 2008 - Baxa Corporation
Brothers Celebrate 50 Years in Optometry Practice Serving Four Generations of Loyal Patients
Westheimer Vision Associates congratulates, Albert Romano, O.D. and Gerald Romano, O.D. as they celebrate 50 years in practice, and Houston Mayor Bill White proclaims November 19th, 2008 as Dr. Albert Romano and Dr. Gerald Romano Day. The Romanos will celebrate the day with an Open House from 1:30... - November 10, 2008 - Westheimer Vision
Prestigious Hospital Uppsala Akademiska Chooses mdesk™
The renowned Swedish hospital Uppsala Akademiska has chosen mdesk™ as their orthopedic preoperative planning and templating system. The university hospital, recently awarded their own TV-show, will use mdesk™ to enhance and improve the workflow for their many orthopedic surgeons. - November 10, 2008 - RSA Biomedical
Nurse Next Door Looks to Provide Safer Living for Seniors During National Fall Prevention Week 2008
Offers free home safety assessments to seniors November 24 - 28, 2008. - November 09, 2008 - Nurse Next Door Home Care Services
Advanced Atrial Fibrillation Treatment in Portland, Oregon; Providence Portland Medical Center
Atrial Fibrillation Ablation at Providence Portland Medical Center Offers Potential Cure for Patients Burdened with Atrial Fib Symptoms and Lifelong Medical Treatment for This Arrhythmia. - November 09, 2008 - Arrythmia Services; Providence Portland Medical Center
Solutions Provider Seeks “Innovation Partners” at Medical Summit
In a move that underscores the growing trend toward early-stage collaboration between medical manufacturers and their component suppliers, Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. has announced that it will participate in the Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Innovations Summit, to be held November 10th-12th, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio. - November 09, 2008 - Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.
Women's Health Movement Misses the Big Picture When It Comes to Breast Health & Cancer
A new book by Dr. Ben Johnson lays out unconventional ways to prevent and treat breast cancer that most women don't know about, and that the women's health industry won't talk about. - November 09, 2008 - Dr Ben Johnson Services, LLC
CureMD Won the Best of E-Health Applications at P@SHA 2008 ICT Awards
P@SHA today announced the 2008 ICT (Information & Communication Technologies) awards to acknowledge the most influential achievements in Information Technology. CureMD has been awarded for providing the best e-healthcare solution comprising of integrated Electronic Medical Records, Practice... - November 09, 2008 - CureMD Healthcare
AMO Helps the 50 Million Uninsured in the U.S. by Saving Them 60-80% Off the Cost of Surgery
American Medical Outsourcing / AMO, is one of the first companies in the U.S. to negotiate the price of surgery for the uninsured. Savings average between 60-80% off the cost of the national average, at state-of-the-art-hospitals. - November 08, 2008 - American Medical Outsourcing
OSU-Developed Technology Licensed to Home Dialysis Plus, Ltd. for First Medical Application
Home Dialysis Plus, Ltd. (HD+), a developer of advanced home hemodialysis devices, announces the signing of a licensing agreement with Oregon State University for exclusive global use of MECS technology in blood filtration and water treatment for dialysis. Initial use of the technology will allow... - November 08, 2008 - Home Dialysis Plus, Ltd.
November is National Pomegranate Month
Wonderful Pomegranates in Spotlight as a Superfruit. - November 08, 2008 - Fruit Fast
Education on the Signs, Symptoms and Early Detection of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder "Vital"
Occupational therapy practitioners release societal statement on combat-related PTSD. - November 08, 2008 - American Occupational Therapy Association
ON’s New Gold Standard Natural 100% Casein™ is Pure Micellar
For serious bodybuilders and strength athletes, micellar casein provides crucial anti-catabolic support for muscle recovery. ON’s new Gold Standard Natural 100% Casein™ has set a new standard for quality, purity, consistency and taste. - November 08, 2008 - Optimum Nutrition
United Concordia, Davis Vision Provide Dental and Vision Outreach Program
As part of the company's outreach initiative, United Concordia, a national dental insurer, has partnered with Davis Vision and the Transport Workers Union Local 234 to provide free dental and vision screenings to local elementary school children. - November 08, 2008 - United Concordia
Peer-Reviewed Flexiciser Clinical Trials Published by the Journal for Spinal Cord Medicine
Flexiciser International which provides movement therapy solutions for people with mobility challenges today announced that its Clinical Trials have been published by the Journal for Spinal Cord Medicine. The Clinical Trials were completed by Dr. Todd Astorino, member of the Board of Directors of... - November 08, 2008 - Flexiciser
Colorado BioScience Association Honors the Best of Colorado’s Bioscience Industry
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has released winners of its 2008 Awards Program. Official presentation of the awards occurs Thursday, November 13, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the CBSA’s annual awards dinner. Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., recipient of one of this year’s Chairman’s Awards, will serve as the Cooley Godward Kronish keynote speaker for this event as the Colorado Bioscience Association celebrates its fifth anniversary. - November 07, 2008 - Colorado BioScience Association
South Dakota Department of Health Deploys VisualDx Statewide
Logical Images, Inc. announced that the South Dakota Department of Health's (SDDOH) Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response has deployed VisualDx to help facilitate preparedness efforts at the point-of-care and to bring specialist-level information into 82 medical facilities throughout South Dakota. VisualDx offers health care providers fast, point-of-care access to a visual diagnostic decision support system that improves health care quality by reducing costly medical errors. - November 07, 2008 - Logical Images Inc
National MS Society New Jersey Metro Chapter Looking for People to Join the Movement
Registration is now open for Multiple Sclerosis Society walk and bike fundraisers. Mid Jersey and North Jersey MS Chapters merged to create one bigger and better New Jersey Metro Chapter. - November 07, 2008 - National Multiple Sclerosis Society New Jersey Metro Chapter
Ergonomic Misconceptions Widespread, Even Among Professionals
Most office furniture is designed to be comfortable for people of average height. Does that put very tall and very short people at equally high risk of discomfort? Most people in charge of office ergonomics thought so. But actually, short people (under 5’6”) are far more likely to be... - November 07, 2008 - Atlas Ergonomics, LLC
Louisville Fitness Boot Camp Company to Open Unique Facility
Kentucky's largest fitness boot camp provider, Body Sculptors, LLC will be opening a unique boot camp and private training facility unlike any other in the city of Louisville. - November 06, 2008 - Body Sculptors Boot Camps
Adena Health System Selects PMMC Contract PRO
Preferred Medical Marketing Corporation (PMMC) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Adena Health System to implement PMMC’s Contract Management Service to model and audit its payer’s contractual reimbursement. This service is built around PMMC Contract PRO, a... - November 06, 2008 - PMMC
"Smart House" Opens in Roswell- CaraVita Senior Care Debuts New Concept in Aging Well
Integrating Technology into Senior Care at Home - How to live longer, safer, better in your own home. CaraVita Home Care has announced the grand opening of their “Smart House” in Roswell, Georgia. The “Smart House” is an older home that that is retrofitted with technology and assistive devices to aid our aging population in staying in their homes longer, living there more safely, and improving the quality of life as they age in place. - November 06, 2008 - CVSC
Hip Replacement Surgery in Indian Hospital Relieves Nigerian Lady's Suffering
Elizabeth Jumai Kotso, a middle aged Nigerian lady now walks free from arthritic pain after a hip replacement and ankle fusion in India by Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam of the Knee & Shoulder clinic of Chennai. - November 06, 2008 - Knee & Shoulder Clinic of Chennai, India
Economic Woes Draw Many to Counseling
In a day when businesses are failing, many counselors are seeing a large influx of clients looking for help in dealing with the stresses the poor economy adds to their lives. Therapists are forced to assess severity of problems to determine the degree of urgency needed in care, much as a medical facility performs triage in an urgent care setting. One useful instrument for this purpose is the Quick Psycho Affective Symptoms Scan (QPASS). - November 06, 2008 - QPASS: Quick PsychoAffective Symptoms Scan
Arthritis & Osteoporosis Medical Associates Select CureMD All-in-One EMR/PM System
Arthritis & Osteoporosis Medical Associates, a multi location health care organization specializing in rheumatology and physical therapy, selected the CureMD all-in-one EMR/PM system, a comprehensive Health Information Solution that will help seamlessly connect their five locations and... - November 06, 2008 - CureMD Healthcare
Strong Communication Allows for Better Physician Recruitment with The Carlisle Group
The Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, Tennessee is celebrating the new addition to their dedicated team of healthcare providers. - November 06, 2008 - The Carlisle Group
New Whitepaper from Presagia: "The Task Bank – Crucial for a Successful Stay at Work/Return to Work Program"
Presagia releases new whitepaper, “The Task Bank – Crucial for a Successful Stay at Work/Return to Work Program.” In this whitepaper, industry experts Robert Hall, Ph.D., CRC, CDMS and Peter Davie, M.S., CRC illuminate an often overlooked yet integral component of Stay at Work/Return to Work programs - the Transitional Task Bank - and offer best-practice advice on the development and use of one. - November 06, 2008 - Presagia
Perkins Law Firm, GA Law Firm, Launches Online Campaign to Help Injured and Disabled of Carrollton and West Georgia Get Answers to Their Legal Questions
As customer research trends continue to shift to the internet, Perkins Law Firm, GA Law firm, Launches Online Campaign to help the injured and disabled of Carrollton and West Georgia get answers to their legal questions and fair compensation for their injuries. - November 06, 2008 - perkins law firm
Prostate Cancer Treatment Option Facts
“Prostate Cancer Treatment Options – The Facts” is a comprehensive factual description of 17 mainstream prostate cancer treatment options that was premiered at the Prostate Cancer Research Institute’s annual international conference in Los Angeles on September 6th, 2008. - November 06, 2008 - Dattoli Cancer Treatment Center
Making a Difference in Patient Care: Electronic Medical Records Company Meets Non-Profit Organization Serving People with Disabilities
CureMD Announces Second Sponsorship of Westchester Institute for Human Development Gala on November 1 and More. - November 06, 2008 - CureMD Healthcare