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Heart Attack - Scientists identify novel way to prevent cardiac fibrosis

Heart Bypass Surgery - Death rates decline following coronary bypass surgery regardless of hospital volume

Heart Disease - Drug-releasing stent shows promise for improving outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease

Heart Disease - Hats Off to the Red Hat Society, Which Turns 10 Today

Heart Disease - High-Dose Lipitor Reduced the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Heart Disease - Mapping the genetic locus for triglycerides

Heart Disease - Metabolic genes tied to inflammatory predictor of heart disease and stroke risk

Heart Disease - VentriPoint, University of Washington Sign Research and Technology Development Agreement

Heart Failure - Boston Scientific Completes Enrollment in Landmark Heart Failure Trial

Heart Failure - Genetic variant mimics effect of heart failure medications

Heart Failure - Many African-Americans have a gene that prolongs life after heart failure

HEART/AFSCME - Wage Complaint Forwarded to Attorney General for Prosecution

Heartburn - New TUMS(R) QuikPak(TM) Campaign Offers Innovative Heartburn Relief with a Little Help from the Jetsons

Henry Schein, Inc. - Henry Schein Announces Global Reflections(TM) Offering for Healthcare Professionals Who Want to Go 'Green'

Hepatitis B Virus - European Commission Approves Viread(R) for Chronic Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B Virus - Gilead Announces 72-Week Data From Two Pivotal Phase III Studies Evaluating Viread(R) for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B Virus - Important Progress Toward Control of Hepatitis B and C

Hepatitis B Virus - Liver Diseases: a Huge European Health Burden, but Some Trends are Positive

Hepatitis C Virus - Pharmasset Adds Two Cohorts to R7128 Hepatitis C Study

Hepatitis C Virus - Romark Announces Presentation of New Data for Nitazoxanide in Chronic Hepatitis C at EASL 2008

Hepatitis C Virus - Study shows positive findings in treating patients with advanced hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Virus - Telaprevir-Based PROVE Studies Show Significantly Higher SVR Rates in Treatment-Naive Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Patients in Half the Time of Current Treatments

Hepatitis C Virus - Vertex Announces Positive Interim Results with Telaprevir-based Therapy in Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Patients who Failed to Achieve SVR with Previous Pegylated Interferon & Ribavirin Treatment

Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Heritage Introduces Nimodipine Soft Gel Capsules

Herley Industries, Inc. - Herley Awarded $1 Million in Awards for Integrated Microwave Assemblies for U.S. Military Aircraft

Hero Nutritionals, Inc. - Hero Nutritionals Introduces a New Adult Vitamin for the Taste Buds

Highmark Inc. - Highmark Inc. Named an Age-Friendly Employer by RetirementJobs.com

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. - Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. Invites You to Join Its Fiscal 2008 Second Quarter Earnings Webcast

Hip Replacements - Medacta USA, Inc. Announces the Creation of U.S. Reference Centers to Help Meet the Upsurge in Demand for AMIS(R) Muscle-Sparing Hip Replacement Surgery

HIV/AIDS - Genetic Immunity Announces Data Related to the DermaVir Nanomedicine Patch in the Journal of Immunology

HIV/AIDS - Global AIDS Alliance Welcomes Call for Foreign Aid Overhaul

HIV/AIDS - Research and Markets: Understand the Market Size and Patient Population that uses Maraviroc

HIV/AIDS - Scientific Consensus on AIDS Vaccine Prospect is Bleak, Poll Reveals

HIV/AIDS - Texas HIV Medication Program Awards State Pharmacy Assistance Program Contract to Ramsell Public Health Rx

HIV/AIDS Co-Infection - NIAID describes research priorities to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis

HIV/AIDS Co-Infection - Scientists test device to track medication adherence in patients with HIV/AIDS

Homeopathy - Examine the Alternative Healthcare Market

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Honda to Showcase Experimental Walking Assist Device

Hormones - New study finds anticipating a laugh reduces our stress hormones

Humana Inc. - ChangeNow4Health Launches New Programs to Further Drive Transformation in Health Care

Huron Capital Partners Llc - Huron Capital Moves Quickly To Expand O&P Business

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Idenix Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

Identity Sciences, Llc - Identity Sciences Introduces a New, Fast Forensic Human I.D. Test

IDev Technologies, Inc. - IDev Technologies, Inc. Closes $25 Million Financing

Idexx Laboratories, Inc. - IDEXX Laboratories Announces First Quarter Results

Illumina, Inc. - Beijing Genomics Institute Signs Multi-Million Dollar Order for 11 Additional Illumina Genome Analyzers

Illumina, Inc. - Illumina Announces the HumanHT-12 Gene Expression BeadChip

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. - Imaging Diagnostic Systems Accepts Resignations of Outside Directors

Immunization - The COSHAR Foundation Launches National Childhood Immunization Awareness Campaign During National Infant Immunization Week (April 19-26)

Incontinence - Black women have urinary incontinence less than half as often as white women

Inforum - Inforum Presents Panel Discussion on 'The Future of the U.S. Health Care System: What It Will Cost in Dollars and Quality of Care'

InfoSpace, Inc. - InfoSpace's Dogpile.com Announces Agreement with Kosmix

InfuScience Inc. - InfuScience Opens Tampa and Jacksonville Pharmacies

InfuScience Inc. - InfuScience Procures Vivaglobin(R) for in-Home Infusion Therapy

InSite Vision Incorporated - InSite Vision Appoints New Vice President of Operations

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences - Forecasting MDs' prescriptions' choice? Ask their patients, says Management Insights study

Insulin Resistance - Dietary oil may need help in avoiding any side effects of weight loss

Intel Corporation Intel Corporation - New Intel Software Connects Health Networks, Enabling Key Data Sharing in Clinical Settings

Intermec, Inc. - Motion Computing Chooses Intermec EA15 Scan Engine for Reliability and 1D and 2D Scanning Performance

International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association - U.S. Health Club Members Proclaim - 'I Lost It at the Club!' and Lose 45 Tons of Excess Weight

Invacare Corporation - Invacare Responds to Analysts' Assessment of First Quarter Results

Invitrogen Corporation - Invitrogen to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Jazz Pharmaceuticals to Present at Morgan Stanley Conference

JIC - to be renamed as Hong Kong Energy (Holdings Limited) - JIC Invests in Three New Alternative Energy Projects

Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. - Wired, Working Americans Let Nighttime Health Routines Slide

K2 Logistics - K2 Logistics & Strategic Warehousing Join the Parkinson Association of Minnesota (PAM) Team!

Kaiser Permanente - Health Care Forum at National Labor College Spotlights Effort to Preserve Quality of Care as National Health Care Reform Approaches

Kaiser Permanente - Physicians and Staff Lose a Ton of Weight for Earth Day

Kaiser Permanente - Trenita Ward Named Vice President, California Member Service Call Centers for Kaiser Permanente

Kalorama Information - Huge Potential in Biosimilars if Generic Providers Overcome Regulatory Hurdles

KePRO - KePRO Appoints Two New IT Vice Presidents

Keystone Healthcare Management, Inc. - The T System(R) Increases Workflow Efficiency, Speeds Billing for Keystone Healthcare Management

Kidney Disease - Genzyme Reports Strong First-Quarter Growth

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. - Paul J. Diaz Honored as One of the Top Minority Executives in the Country

Knee Injury - Two Michigan Orthopedic Surgeons Pioneer Innovative ACL Surgery with New Benefits for Athletes, Weekend Warriors

LearnSomething, Inc. - LearnSomething Partners with GMDC to Bring General Merchandise, and Health, Beauty & Wellness Online Training to Member Businesses

Leukemia - Asuragen Launches Signature(R) LTx (Leukemia Translocation Panel) Globally

Leukemia - Immunicon Corporation Receives Grant to Develop Test for Residual Disease in Leukemia Patients

Leukemia - Two suppressor molecules affect 70 genes in leukemia

Life Brokerage Partners - Life Brokerage Partners Strengthens Premium Finance Programs

Life Time Fitness, Inc. - Life Time Fitness Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Life Time Fitness, Inc. - Life Time Fitness to Present at the Lehman Brothers Eleventh Annual Retail and Restaurant Conference

LifeCycle Pharma A/S - Lifecycle Pharma A/S Passing of Annual General Meeting - Subsequent Constitution of the Board of Directors, Appointment of Executive (Registered) Officers and Grant of Warrants to Executive Management an

Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. - Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. Featured on Stockbully.com

Lincare Holdings Inc. - Lincare Holdings Inc. Announces Full Redemption of its 3.0% Convertible Senior Debentures

Liver Cancer - Goshen Center for Cancer Care Sponsors Symposium Dedicated to Increasing Awareness and Treatment Options for Inoperable Liver Cancer

Liver Cancer - Liver Phase I Abstract to Be Presented At WCIO 2008 & Best of ASCO (R)

Lockheed Martin - Lockheed Martin and Rice Partner on Nanotech Research

Lung Cancer - Analysis shows combining sorafenib with carboplatin/paclitaxel adds no benefit in lung cancer

Lung Cancer - Mutation database helps personalized treatment of lung cancer

Lupus - The Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient Population in the Seven Major Markets Is Estimated to Be 430,000 In 2008 as the Market is Set to Enter Era of Biologic Therapies

Lymphoma - Cancer could return unless stored ovarian tissue undergoes adequate testing before re-implantation

Lymphoma - New lymphoma therapies targets diverse and difficult cancer

Macular Degeneration - PhiloGene Inc. Announces Revolutionary Advances in the Treatment of Cancer and Macular Degeneration

Magnetic Resonance - Premier Announces New Contracted Supplier Joins Magnetic Resonance Imaging Portfolio

Malaria - ACTwatch, to Improve Malaria Treatment, to Be Launched on World Malaria Day

Malaria - Bioponic Phytoceuticals Appoints Renowned Physician Dr. Barbara Nabrit-Stephens to Scientific Advisory Board

Malaria - Community-Based Fight Against Malaria Working in Africa

Malaria - Discovery to hasten new malaria treatments, vaccines for children

Malaria - Elusive protein protects malaria parasite from heme

Malaria - Executive Director of cbm US congratulates UN on Malaria Campaign

Malaria - Institute for OneWorld Health Marks World Malaria Day With Call for Innovative New Treatments and Collaborations to Combat Global Health Crisis

Malaria - Uniting to Fight Malaria Around the World

Malnutrition - Domestic violence associated with chronic malnutrition in women and children in India

Managed Care - Health Plan Earnings Preview: First Quarter 2008 Goes Down as Worst Single Quarter in 11 Years, Equities Analysts Say

Managed Care - Innovative New Public/Private Partnership Launched to Improve Health and Wellness in Public Schools

Managed Care - Matria Healthcare to Provide a Major National Health Plan with Expanded Continuum of Maternity Care

Managed Care - UPMC Health Plan and Rainbow Kitchen Community Services at 'W.A.R.' to Wipe Out Hunger in Pittsburgh

Managed Care - ValueOptions(R) To Manage Behavioral Health Care in Newly Awarded TennCare Contract with Volunteer State Health Plan

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Argos Therapeutics Secures $35.2 Million Series C Financing

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Availity Expands Licensing Agreement with Health Market Science

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Beremans Ltd Announces Publication of Cardiotoxicity Report in Collaboration With Insight Pharma Reports (Cambridge Healthtech Institute)

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Competing San Francisco Bay Area Hospitals Demonstrate That Collaborative Efforts Contribute to Reduced Hospital Errors and Saved Lives

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Medco, UnitedHealth Group Announce Pharmacy Services Agreement

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Message to Minnesota Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - NIH Grants Exclusive License to Theranostics Health

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - SCHOTT Forms Pharmaceutical Joint Venture in India

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Vermillion and the Ohio State University Report That Novel Diagnostic Test May Help Predict Risk for Relapse of TTP, a Serious Blood Disorder

Martin Nutraceuticals, Inc. - Martin Nutraceuticals Anticipates Accelerated Revenue Growth with New Product Offering and Increased Online Presence

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT-led teams unravel heparin death mystery

Mattson Technology, Inc. - Mattson Technology Selected as Development Partner by Leading Global Semiconductor Manufacturer for Advanced Millisecond Anneal Processing

MaxCyte, Inc. - Breakthrough Large Scale Transfection Technology Accelerates Cell-Based Assay Development

MaxLife Fund Corp. - MaxLife Fund Corp. Appoints Mr. Dan Schmitt, Mr. Randy Delkus and Mr. Daniel E. Kahan to its Board of Directors

McCann Associates - McCann Associates and Cedar Bluff Assessment Corporation Announce Partnership to Provide Practice Tests for Physician Assistants Board Examinations

McKesson - Lucile Packard Medical Group Selects McKesson to Enhance Financial Performance

MedAssets, Inc. - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Expands Relationship with MedAssets with Implementation of Decision Support and Accounts Receivable Services

MedCath Corporation - MedCath Provides Preliminary Second Quarter Fiscal 2008 Earnings and Updates Fiscal 2008 Outlook

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. - Medco CEO to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

MedeFinance, Inc. - Mede Announces New Senior Vice President of Sales for Provider Solutions

Medex Global Group - Increase in Travel to China Creating New Health and Security Risks

MediCall - MediCall Unveils New Website

Medicare and Medicaid - AARP Commends Illinois U.S. Reps for Voting to Protect People in Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - AARP Thanks California's Representatives for Supporting Bill to Protect People in Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - AARP Thanks Maryland's Representatives for Supporting Bill to Protect People in Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - AARP Thanks New York's Representatives for Supporting Bill to Protect People in Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - AARP Thanks Pennsylvania Representatives for Supporting Bill to Protect People in Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - Advantica EyeCare Appoints Senior Vice President and Director of Government Affairs

Medicare and Medicaid - Boise(R) BEWARE(R) Meets April 1 Federal Medicaid Guidelines Requiring Tamper-Resistant Prescription Paper

Medicare and Medicaid - Health Insurance a Key Component in Financial Planning

Medicare and Medicaid - Health Plans Highlight Value of Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans; Urge Congress to Extend Program

Medicare and Medicaid - Maryland Approves Medicaid Reimbursement for ActiPatch(R)

Medicare and Medicaid - Nation's Front Line Caregivers Praise U.S. Representatives' Opposition to Medicare-Financed Nursing Home Care Cuts

Medicare and Medicaid - New Medicare and Medicaid Data Released: Featuring Up-To-Date Enrollment Trends, State Initiatives, Regional Market Share and Prescription Drug Benefits

Medicare and Medicaid - New White Paper Shows Innovative Geriatric Program Saves Money, Improves Outcomes in Medicare Population

Medicare and Medicaid - Sickest patients still struggle under new Medicare Part D benefit

Medicare and Medicaid - WellPoint Appoints Kevin R. Hayden as President of State Sponsored Business

Medsphere Systems Corporation - Medsphere(R) OpenVista(R) Implementation Further Integrates Healthcare Facilities in State of West Virginia

Medtral New Zealand - New Zealand Delivers Personalized and Affordable, High Quality Medical Care for North American 'Medical Tourists'

Medtronic, Inc. - Medtronic Signs Agreement to Acquire Restore Medical

Melanoma - BioVex Agrees SPA With the FDA for a Pivotal Study With OncoVEX(GM-CSF) in Metastatic Melanoma and Announces Presentation of Phase II Results at ASCO

Melanoma - Larger skin lesions appear more likely to be melanomas

Melanoma - Vical Promotes Melanoma Awareness Month With Allovectin-7(R) Video Report

Menopause - BodyLogicMD Opens Hormone Therapy Office in Los Angeles, CA

Mental Health - FDA Approves VYVANSE(TM) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate), the First and Only Once-Daily Prodrug Stimulant to Treat ADHD in Adults

Mental Health - Social integration affects mental health of immigrant men and women in unexpected ways

Mental Illness - No place like home: Katrina's lasting impact

Mentice, Inc. - Mentice, Inc. Expands Its North American Sales and Clinical Presence With the Hiring of Jeff Sirek as Director of Educational Sales-East and Sue Landsman as Clinical Applications Manager for the Americas.

Merck & Co., Inc. - Merck Reports First-Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Merck & Co., Inc. - Two Merck Medicines Recommended for Approval in the European Union

Metabolism - Treatment with an anti-psychotic drug found to cause changes in metabolism earlier than expected

Microencapsulation - New: Longevinex(R) First to Introduce Micronized Resveratrol Matrix - Now Stabilized by Microencapsulation

Millennium Research Group - Adoption of Spinal Nonfusion Technologies Doubled in One Year

Millennium Research Group - Physicians Anticipate Changes in Their Usage of Hip Implants

Mind Body & Beyond Expo - Mind Body & Beyond Expo 2008 to Rejuvenate, Educate Los Angeles About Natural and Green Lifestyle Products and Services

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. - Mitsubishi Electric Automation Showcases Advanced Material Handling Solutions at the North American Material Handling Show (NA 08)

MobileMD - The Washington Hospital Goes Live with MobileMD Health Information Exchange and Enterprise Access

Monoclonal Antibodies - Passing of Genmab A/S' Annual General Meeting

Monroe Capital LLC - Monroe Capital Participates in New Credit Facility to MedPlast, Inc.

Morning Sickness - Morning Sickness Magic(TM) - an Effective Natural Approach to Morning Sickness

Multiple Sclerosis - Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis is One Thousand Steps Closer to a Cure for MS

Multiple Sclerosis - The SCOOTER Store and Their Employees Contribute $43,000 in MS150 Bike Ride to Help Texans With Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Society - MS Week Sees New Campaign Launched

Muscular Dystrophy - PTC Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase 2b Registration-Directed Clinical Trial of PTC124 in Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy

Nanophase Technologies - Nanophase Achieves Record First Quarter Revenue

Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. - Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. Raises $7.93 Million in Registered Direct Offering

National Association of Social Workers - 20th Edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work Published

National Association of Social Workers Foundation - Social Workers Honor William C. Bell with the International Rhoda G. Sarnat Award

National Business Coalition on Health - National Business Coalition on Health Issues Value-Based Purchasing Report at 5th Annual World Health Care Congress

National Court Reporters Association - NCRA Urges Congressman David Wu to Approve in Conference the Higher Education Reauthorization Bill Providing Closed Captioning for 30 Million Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Americans

National Court Reporters Association - NCRA Urges U.S. Reps. Danny Davis and Judy Biggert to Approve in Conference the Higher Education Reauthorization Bill Providing Closed Captioning for 30 Million Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Americans

National Federation of the Blind (NFB) - Wal-Mart to Serve as Title Sponsor of the NFB March for Independence

NCCA - The National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association Receives Accreditation of Its Personal Fitness Trainer Certification From the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)

Necrotizing Fasciitis - Actress Continues Fight Against Hospital Errors & Rise in MRSA Cases

Neoplasia - Graceway Pharmaceuticals Reports Study in New England Journal of Medicine: ALDARA(R) (imiquimod) Cream, 5% demonstrated a reduction in lesion size in patients with vulvar intraepit

Nephros, Inc. - Nephros Strengthens Commercialization Team with Addition of Marketing Executive

Neurology - This Latest Report is an Essential Source for In-Depth Information and Data Relating to India's Neurology Devices Market

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc. - Connecticut IPA Selects NextGen(R) Enterprise Solutions

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - NCCN Updates Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Guidelines

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Cancer immunotherapy shows long-term promise in lung cancer

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Genentech Provides Update on ''AVAiL'' Phase III Study of Avastin Plus Chemotherapy in First-Line, Advanced, Non-Squamous, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - New genetic techniques to combat lung cancer

Novozymes - Growth Continues for Novozymes

NuGEN Technologies, Inc. - NuGEN Awarded ISO 13485:2003 Medical Devices Certification

Nutra Pharma Corporation - Rik Deitsch, CEO of Nutra Pharma Creates Personal Wall on WallSt.net's Financial Social Community, my.wallst.net

Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation - Nventa Completes Safety Evaluation on Final Cohort in HspE7 Phase 1 Cervical Dysplasia Trial

Obagi Medical Products, Inc. - Landmark Survey Uncovers Reasons Why Women Are Not Able to Properly Address Their Skin Care Issues

Obesity - Cancer survivors have low levels of physical activity and high levels of obesity

Obesity - Obesity, inactivity as common among cancer survivors as rest of Canadians, study shows

Obesity - Produce for Kids(R) Establishes Expert Advisory Panel to Promote Healthy & Fun Family Eating

Obesity - U.S. Surgeon General Launches New Effort to Address Childhood Obesity

Obesity and Diabetes - Fat-cell hormone linked to kidney disease

Obesity and Diabetes - Fighting Childhood Obesity with Tools and Teaching

Obesity and Diabetes - Mercy Medical Center Completes Beta Studies for Integrated Hematology and Automated Diabetes Testing Solution

Obesity and Diabetes - NAFLD AND NASH Linked to Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease

Obesity and Diabetes - Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Announces Completion of Enrollment in Second of Four Phase III Clinical Trials for Contrave(R)

Obesity and Diabetes - Video: Zsweet(R) Improving Life for Diabetics and the Overweight

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Reputation and money: New insights into how the brain processes social, economic reward

Obstetrics - The Women's Health II Medical Education Network Raises Awareness About the Diagnosis and Management of Women's Health Issues

Ocean Spray - Ocean Spray's(R) New Craisins(R) 100-Calorie Packs Make it Easy to Snack Healthy On-the-Go

Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. - Oculus Innovative Sciences Appoints Michelle Carpenter, JD, RAC, as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality

Old Orchard Brands - Old Orchard Introduces First Multi-Serve Vitamin Water, Sweetened with Agave Nectar and Real Fruit Juice

Omega Events - Bonnie Raitt & Jonny Lang to Headline 11th Annual Doheny Blues Festival - May 17 & 18

Oncology - US Oncology Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer

Ophthalmology - Inspire Announces Poster Presentations at 2008 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting

Ophthalmology - When poor communication pokes you in the eye

OptumHealth - OptumHealth Decision Support Proven to Help Consumers Take Greater Control of Their Health Care

OptumHealth - OptumHealth's Treatment Decision Support Honored in URAC's Best Practices in Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards

Ore Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Ore Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Osteoporosis - FDA Approves New Once-a-Month Dose of Actonel for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis - Testosterone replacement theraphy beneficial in men 60 and older

Ovarian Cancer - Avastin Used in Combination with Drugs from Bristol-Myers Squibb Has Advantages in Survival Rates Over the Current Sales-Leading Therapy for Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian Cancer - FASgen, Inc. Presents Ovarian Cancer Efficacy and Toxicology Data to the American Association for Cancer Research

Owens & Minor, Inc. - Owens & Minor Announces Cash Dividend for Second Quarter 2008

Owens & Minor, Inc. - Owens & Minor Reports Record Quarterly Earnings for First Quarter 2008

Packaged Facts - Soy Foods Beat Out Fresh Fish and Meat for 'Best New Products Tried By Consumers' While Demand and Profits Continue to Grow

PACSGEAR, Inc. - PACSGEAR Launches MediaWriter D200 at Upcoming SIIM Annual Meeting

Pain Management - Mix of 2 pain-relief procedures can end chronic back and leg pain without drugs

Pall Corporation - Pall Corporation Appoints Donald Stevens President

Pancreatic Cancer - Abraxis BioScience Reports Promising Clinical Data in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Using a Combination of nab-Paclitaxel (ABRAXANE(R)) and Gemcitabine (Gemzar(R))

Pancreatic Cancer - Asuragen Launches the First Validated microRNA Diagnostic Assay

Pancreatic Cancer - Interim Analysis of Phase I/II Study of Rexin-G Confirms Efficacy With No Dose Limiting Toxicity in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer - Multiple Studies Demonstrate the Use of Hyperthermia Therapy in Treating Pancreatic Cancer

PanGenex Corporation - PanGenex Finalizes Acquisition of Calgenex Corporation

Parexel International Corporation - PAREXEL Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results

Parker College of Chiropractic - Former Dallas Cowboy Honored as Parker College of Chiropractic Top 2008 Graduate

Parkinson Disease - 'Proud Hands' Book Released to Benefit the American Parkinson Disease Association

Parkinson Disease - April is National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month

Parkinson Disease - Ceregene Announces Two Key Additions to Leadership Team

Parkinson Disease - New study shows that fetal cells to treat Parkinson's disease may not function long term

Parkinson Disease - Parkinson's Disease Community Takes One Step Closer Towards Finding a Cure at the 14th Annual Parkinson's Unity Walk

Patents - Gamma Pharmaceuticals Inc's Patent Application Accepted

Patents - GlucoLight Awarded Patent for Tissue Oximetry Measurement Technology

Patents - Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc. Enters Into License Arrangement With GE Healthcare for Fundamental Microfluidic Patents

Patents - Orqis(R) Medical Awarded 15th U.S. Patent

Patents - Stronger-Than-Ever Generic Threat Forces Big Pharma to Be Creative

Patents - Urigen Announces US Patent Office Notice of Allowance of Claims for URG101

Pathology - Diagnostics and Pathology Laboratories are Growing Significantly, Fuelled by the Growth in Outsourcing Diagnostics Tests and Clinical Research

Pathology - IMPAC Medical Systems Announces 2008 Laboratory Professionals of the Year

Pathways Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty - Pathways Hospice's Evening of Remembrance Provides Grief Support

PEAT International, Inc. - PEAT International Commissions Plasma-Based Waste Treatment Facility Designed Specifically for Onsite Waste Processing

Pediatrics - ESA LeadCare(R) System Used to Identify Salvadoran Children with Lead Poisoning

Pediatrics - Jailed Indian Pediatrician Wins 2008 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights

Peptide Synthesis - Bioscience Pioneer Leonard G. Contillo to Speak at the 2008 International Microwaves in Chemistry Conference

Perfusion - NeuroLogica Corp. Acquires DDP's Xenon CT Perfusion Technology

Periodontal Disease - Presence of certain antibodies signals healthier teeth and gums

Peripheral Neuropathy - Study shows common vitamin and other micronutrient supplements reduce risks of TB recurrence

Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma - Allos Therapeutics Completes Patient Enrollment in Pivotal Phase 2 PROPEL Trial of PDX in Patients with Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma

PerkinElmer, Inc. - PerkinElmer Announces Financial Results for the First Quarter 2008

Perot Systems Corporation - Perot Systems and Surgical Care Affiliates Sign Five-Year Agreement to Implement Advanced Technology Solutions

Perr&Knight - Perr&Knight Announces Discounted Fee Schedule for Access to Its Online Database of Commercial Lines Competitor Filings

Perrigo - Get the Most Health for Your Pharmacy Dollars

Pfizer Inc - Pfizer Invites Public to Listen to Webcast of April 24 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Pfizer Inc - Pfizer on Track to Deliver Greater Shareholder Value, CEO Kindler Tells Shareholders

Pharma Base S.A. - Pharma Base S.A. Launches Osamine(TM) Pharmaceutical Grade Glucosamine in North America

Pharmasset, Inc. - Pharmasset to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, April 30th

Phenomenex Inc. - Phenomenex Honored by Red Cross for Commitment to Local Blood Supply

Phototherapy - Quest PharmaTech Receives Support from National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) to develop Ultrasound Technology for the Treatment of Cancer

Physicians Adult Daycare, Inc. - Physicians Adult Daycare, Inc. Expands Agreement with J.G.K. Consulting Group

Physiology - Where college students live can impact their weight, eating and exercise habits

Picis - Picis Unveils ED PulseCheck 4.0

Plagiocephaly - STAR Cranial Centers of Excellence Offer Cutting-Edge Treatment to Dallas Area Children

Planned Administrators Inc. - Choice Hotels Selects PAI as Qualified Vendor to Offer Health Benefits to Part-Time, Hourly Workers in Its Franchisee Base

Playtex(R) Infant Care - Playtex(R) Offers Free Non-BPA Baby Bottles to Parents, Will Stop Using BPA in All Products This Year

Poisoning - Underwater microscope helps prevent shellfish poisoning along Gulf Coast of Texas

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - Study: Treating post-traumatic stress first helps children overcome grief

PPD, Inc. - PPD Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Pre-Trials Research - Neurogen Corporation Announces Executive Appointments

Prem Rawat Foundation - $26,000 Grant From the Prem Rawat Foundation Aids Flood Victims in Ecuador

Premier Inc. - Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier Agreements for Medication and Supply Automation

Premier Inc. - Hospitals, Healthcare Systems to Save with New Premier Closed Ventilation Suction Products Agreement

Premier Inc. - Premier Healthcare Alliance Adds New Members with $1.1 Billion in Purchasing Volume in 2007

Presbyopia - Video: CooperVision Sees Need to Educate Americans on Options for Managing Presbyopia

Preventable Disease - International health experts to enlist the public in war on African malaria

Prime Clinical Systems - Prime Clinical Systems Celebrates Silver Anniversary

Prime Therapeutics - Prime Hires Rachelle Wan as Vice President of Pharmaceutical Trade Relations

Principal Financial Group - Video: 18th Annual Retirement Confidence Survey(R): Health Care, Economy Major Concerns in Workers' Record Drop in Retirement Confidence

Procter & Gamble - Procter & Gamble Announces Board Changes

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Progenics Board Approves $15 Million Share Repurchase Program

Prostate Cancer - OHSU Cancer Institute researcher identifies protein that helps predict prostate cancer survival

Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer screening program leads to bigger fall in death rates than surrounding areas

Prostate Cancer - Standard Process Scientists Conduct Laboratory Research Showing White Carrot Extract Inhibits Prostate Cell Proliferation More Thoroughly Than Orange, Yellow or Red Extracts

Prostate Cancer - The Hartford is First to Offer Life Insurance at Standard Rates to Prostate Cancer Survivors with the Most Common Form of the Disease

Public Health - Alcohol Awareness Month: Distilled Spirits Council Urges Government Support for Standard Drink Information on Labels

Public Health - UNC-Chapel Hill, Hamner Institutes Announce Partnership to Accelerate Basic, Translational Research

PURE Bioscience - PURE Bioscience to Present at LD MICRO Small & Micro Cap Stock Conference

QLT Inc. - QLT announces first quarter results for 2008

QMed, Inc. - QMed, Inc. Receives NASDAQ Delisting Letter

QMed, Inc. - QMed, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results

QualityMetric - Gandek Joins QualityMetric to Lead International Research Effort

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Questcor to Provide Q1 Results

Radiology - IDS Launches Solution to Help Radiology Practices Take the Guess-work Out of Turn-Around Times and Referrals

Reflect Scientific, Inc. - Reflect Scientific, Inc. Receives Order for its Proprietary ''Green'' Controlled Environment System

Regenerative Medicine - Menstrual blood -- a valuable source of multipotential stem cells?

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Regeneron Announces Presentation at Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

Regulatory Actions - Duska Therapeutics Plans 505(b)(2) NDA Filing Route for ATPace(TM)

Regulatory Actions - Health Canada Draft Assessment Supports Safety of Bisphenol A

Regulatory Actions - Nigeria Pharmaceutical Market Should Grow at around 5% Year-on-Year Reaching Us$369Mn by 2012

Rehabilitation Research - The Future of Spine Care Has Just Gotten Better With the Use of SpineSix BioMotion Spinal System(TM)

Remedent, Inc. - Remedent, Inc. Announces Exclusive Marketing and Distribution Agreement for Glamsmile(TM) Veneers into Saudi Arabia

REMO Drum Company - Internationally Acclaimed Music and Medicine Program Comes to Chaska

Renal Cell Carcinoma - Pfizer Japan Receives Manufacturing and Marketing Authorization for SUTENT

Renovis, Inc. - Glass Lewis & Co. Recommends Renovis Shareholders Vote for Merger With Evotec

Renovis, Inc. - ISS/Risk Metrics Recommends Renovis Shareholders Vote for Merger With Evotec

Research and Markets - Beyond Revenge - the Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct Focuses on Human Moral Sentiments Such as Forgiveness, the Desire for Revenge and Gratitude

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Research and Markets Ltd. - Ageing Population Driving Market Growth in the U.S. Medical Devices Industry

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Research and Markets Ltd. - Research and Markets: Analysis of Idenix Pharmaceuticals Includes an Overview of the Industry the Company Operates In

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Research and Markets Ltd. - The Long-Acting Opioid Market Was Valued At Over $3 Billion in 2007, and Is Due To Grow Until the Patent Expiry of Market Leader Oxycontin In 2011

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Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals Strengthens Its Board of Directors with Industry Leaders

Resverlogix Corp. - Resverlogix Share Option Extension

Retinal Disease - Sirion Therapeutics Preclinical Studies: Two New Potential Advances in Treatment of Retinal Diseases to be Presented at ARVO

Revolution Health - Top Health Site RevolutionHealth.com Marks First Anniversary

Rickets - Vitamin D in brain function

RMS - Medical Breakthrough Reaches America

Rosacea - SkinCareRx.com Products Provide Relief for an Estimated 14 Million Rosacea Sufferers in the United States

Rotech Healthcare Inc. - Rotech Healthcare Inc., Receives Nasdaq Notice Regarding Capital Market Listing Deficiency

Samaritan Pharmaceuticals - Samaritan Pharma CEO's Career Highlighted in PharmaVOICE Magazine as - a Good Samaritan

SAP Ag - SAP Helps Life Sciences Companies Mitigate Risk and Achieve Compliance With 'Perfect Plant' Center of Excellence

Sarcoma - Potential viral therapy weapon for difficult cancers is safe and effective in study

Schering-Plough Corporation - Schering-Plough CEO Buys $2 Million in Common Shares

Schizophrenia - ARYx Therapeutics Enters Clinic with Novel Antipsychotic Drug for Patients with Schizophrenia

Scient'x, S.A. - Scient'x Re-Acquires Isobar License

Scoliosis - Medical Center of Plano Announces Scoliosis Center of Excellence

Seattle Genetics, Inc. - Seattle Genetics Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

SEIU United Healthcare Workers - West - Settlement Reached Between Motion Picture & Television Fund and SEIU UHW

Seniorlink, Inc. - Seniorlink Announces Medical Advisory Board to Help Set Standards of Care for Elder and Disabled Adult Clients

Sepsis - Agennix Initiates a Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Study of Oral Talactoferrin in Severe Sepsis

Sepsis - Research and Markets: New Report Provides an Assessment of the Impact of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign and the Changes in Its Latest Set of Guidelines on Prescribing Physicians

Sermo - Sermo Bridging the Divide Between Medical Research and Practicing Physicians

Service Employees International Union - SEIU Home Care Workers Call on Activist Group to Denounce UHW Attempts to Bar Rank-and-File From Participation in Union Election

Sexually Transmitted Disease - Tubbs Jones Introduces Resolution Encouraging STD Prevention

Sharp HealthCare - President Recognizes Sharp HealthCare With 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award at White House

Shire Plc - Dr Michael Rosenblatt Appointed Non-Executive Director at Shire

Silver Lake Research - Silver Lake Research Unveils Watersafe(R) Well Water Test Kit

SimBio Sys Inc. - SimBioSys Utilizes Revolutionary Hardware Technology to Open New Frontiers in Molecular Modeling

Skin Cancer - Most lethal melanomas are on scalp and neck

Sleep Apnea - Nasal surgery associated with improvements in quality of life for those with sleep apnea

Smoking - Every 5th adolescent smokes

Smoking - New Peer Review Publications Support Nymox Saliva Smoking Test

Sodexo, Inc. - Sodexo Challenges Diners on College Campuses to Go Trayless and Go Green

SoloHealth - SoloHealth Secures $1.8 Million Seed Round From Investors

Solvay Advanced Polymers - Solvay Advanced Polymers Commissions New PEEK Plant in India

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Somaxon Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

Sorrento Lactalis, Inc. - Sorrento(R) Cheese Launches First Omega-3 Cheese on the Market

SPACEHAB, Incorporated - SPACEHAB Teams with State of Florida to Build a New Industry in Space

Spectranetics Corporation - Spectranetics First Quarter Revenue up 37% to $23.8 Million, Driven by Strong Vascular Intervention and Lead Management Performance

SpectraScience, Inc. - SpectraScience Secures Distribution for WavSTAT(R) System in Czech Republic

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Speech - Dolbey Announces the Release of Voice2Text(TM) Back-End Speech Recognition Product

Speech - Nurses Blast SEIU for Deceit in Hiding Violence at Michigan Conference

Speech - Transolutions, Inc. Selects M*Modal for Its Innovative Speech Understanding Technology

Spinal Stenosis - First Human Implant of New Archus Orthopedics Facet Replacement System

St. Anthony Foundation - The Greening of St. Anthony's

Stanford University Medical Center - Stanford Bioengineer Remains World Sudoku Champ

Stanford University Medical Center - Stanford Holds Forum to Discuss Health Inequities

Startech Environmental Corp. - Startech Environmental to Have Three Plasma Converters in Former Pharmaceutical Industry Facility in Puerto Rico

Stem Cell Research - Cytheris Announces New Phase I Study of Interleukin-7 As Immunotherapy In Treatment of Bone Marrow or Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant Patients

Stem Cell Research - Heart derived stem cells develop into heart muscle

Stem Cell Research - Power of molecular imaging reveals secrets of the heart

Stem Cell Research - Regenerative Medicine Cases Using Adult Stem Cells Are Available at www.AutologousAdultStemCells.org

Stem Cell Research - Stem Cells(R) and International Stem Cell Symposium Present Annual Stem Cells(R) Young Investigator Award

Stem Cell Research - StemCells, Inc. Granted Key U.S. Patent Covering Composition of Neural Stem Cells Derived From Any Tissue Source, Including Embryonic

Stem Cell Research - VistaGen Collaborates with Canadian, U.S., and British Researchers To Isolate Earliest Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Human Cardiac Cell

Stem Cell Research - Vitro Achieves Milestone Resulting In Additional Funding

Stent System - Study in JAMA Shows Patients Treated With Abbott's XIENCE(TM) V Drug Eluting Stent Experience Better Outcomes Than Patients Treated With Market-Leading Drug Eluting Stent

Steris Corporation - Steris Corporation Announces the Appointment of Two New Directors

Stremicks Heritage Foods - 2008 Children's Nutrition Survey Reveals Majority of U.S. Parents Unaware of DHA Benefits to Children's Health

Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - Pfizer Japan to Launch Champix(R) the First Prescription Oral Smoking Cessation Aid in Japan

Suicide - Teenage suicides: Study advocates greater family support

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. - SunLink Health Systems Acquires Carmichael's Cashway Pharmacy for $24 Million and Completes New $47 Million Credit Facility

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. - MediCorp Health System of Fredericksburg, Virginia Selects Sunquest Laboratory Information System for its New Stafford Hospital Center

Surgery - Cardica's C-Port Anastomosis Systems Facilitate Beating Heart Bypass Surgery in Study

Surgery - Croft & Bender Advises Atlanta-based Alliance Surgery, Inc. in Its Acquisition by HealthMark Partners, Inc. of Nashville

Surgery - Elekta's New Line of Stereotactic Treatment Solutions is Redefining Excellence in Stereotaxy, a Case at a Time

Surgery - Minimally invasive pancreas surgery leads to fewer complications, study finds

Surgery - The Results of This Latest Data Analysis Indicate Ob/Gyn Surgery is Changing as New Minimally Invasive Procedures Become More Popular

Surgical Care Affiliates - SCA Names Andrew Hayek as New President and CEO

Synthetic Blood International, Inc. - Synthetic Blood International, Inc. to Seek Shareholder Approval for Name Change

Synthetic Turf Council - Experts Agree There is No Scientific Evidence of Health Risks in New Jersey Synthetic Turf Fields

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - Taro Receives Final FDA Approval for Cetirizine Hydrochloride Oral Solution ANDA

Tech Council of Maryland (TCM) - Tech Council of Maryland Announces Awards Finalists for its 20th Annual Tech Awards Celebration

TechConnect - TechConnect Summit Final Program Announced-Largest Showcase for Prescreened IPs and Early Stage Companies in Nano Tech, Clean Tech, and Life Sciences

Telemedicine - Latest Studies Show Consumer-Directed Telemedicine Solutions Like Consult a Doctor Lower Costs While Providing Greater Access to Affordable, Quality Healthcare.

Telemedicine - Telemedicus Announces Teaming Agreement With NuPhysicia

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation - New National Survey Reveals 8 out of 10 Americans Claim Their Doc Needs a Prescription for Better Bedside Manners

The Beryl Companies - New VP of Operations Enhances the Beryl Companies' Leadership Team

The Doctor's Channel - Ozmosis and the Doctor's Channel Revolutionize Online Medical Knowledge Exchange With Video Content

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation - Entrepreneurial Activity Remained Strong in 2007 with Major Shifts among Men, Women and Immigrants, Says Kauffman Foundation Study

The Field Museum - The Field Museum Launches Groundbreaking Exhibition

The HealthCentral Network - FoodFit.com Founder and Former U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture Ellen Haas Announces Top Healthy Food Blogs

The Leapfrog Group - The Leapfrog Group Releases 2008 Hospital Survey Offering Consumers Greater Assurance of Safety

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The Procter & Gamble Company - Children's Safe Drinking Water Program Provides One Billionth Liter of Clean Water

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies - Improved Governance Needed To Realize Nanotech's Benefits

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies - New Nanotech Products Hitting the Market at the Rate of 3-4 Per Week

The Quantum Group, Inc. - The Quantum Group CEO to Deliver Keynote Address at EDC Life Science Conference

The Rockport Company, LLC - Germ Tracker: Study Reveals High Bacteria Levels on Footwear

The Saban Free Clinic - The Los Angeles Free Clinic Celebrates $10 Million Donation from Cheryl and Haim Saban and Changes Name to the Saban Free Clinic

The Scooter Store - The SCOOTER Store Donates Power Chairs to Two Army Veterans With Limited Mobility

The William J. Clinton Foundation - Clinton Center's Earth Day to Feature 'Innovate or Die Contest' Winner

Thrombocytopenic Purpura - Ligand Initiates Phase II Trial with LGD-4665 in Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Tissue Engineering - CIT GAP Funds Invests in STR, LLC

Tissue Engineering - Starion Instruments Receives Chinese Regulatory Approval

Tissue Engineering - Synovis Life Technologies to Broadcast a Component Separation Procedure Using Veritas(R) Collagen Matrix April 30 on ORLive(TM)

Total Access Medical - Philadelphia Concierge Medical Practice Management Firm, Total Access Medical, Launches Educational Website

Transfusion Medicine - Oral PBI-1402 Demonstrates Significant Activity in Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia Phase II Clinical Trial

Transplantation - Thoratec Announces FDA Approval of HeartMate II(R) for Bridge-To-Transplantation

Triple-S Management Corporation - Triple-S Management Corporation Schedules First-Quarter Earnings Release and Webcast

Twinlab Fuel - Twinlab(R) to Support 25th Anniversary 'Best Ranger Competition'

Type 2 Diabetes - Metabasis Therapeutics Announces Extension of Its Collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc. to Develop AMPK Activators for Diabetes and Other Metabolic Diseases

Type 2 Diabetes - VitalCare Announces National Launch of Diabetes Treatment Centers

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Pro-Life - USCCB Official Praises Senate Passage of 'Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act'

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Disabled Counseling Center Comes to Twin Cities

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - VA Calling All Recent Combat Vets

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - VA, UCH, UC Denver Partner for New Bed Tower, Expanded Services

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 - EPA Recognizes Fort Wayne Community Schools for Reducing Diesel Emissions From Its School Buses

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 - EPA's Earth Day Challenge: Collect 1 Million Pills and 1 Million Pounds of E-Waste to Help Protect the Great Lakes

U.S. Small Business Administration - Online Job Search Company from Virginia is National Small Business of the Year

Ultrasound Systems - Emerging Ultrasound Market to Grow Rapidly Over Next Five Years

Ultrasound Systems - Ultrasonix Medical Corporation Credits a Great 2008 Start to EPI Extended Pulse Imaging Technology - a Significant Advance in Diagnostic Ultrasound

UltraTape Industries - UltraTape Announces Sample Kits Available for Purchase Through Website

United American Healthcare Corporation - United American Healthcare Corporation Provides Update on TennCare RFP Awards

United Benefit Advisors, Llc - Survey: Employers Have High Confidence They Can Control Health Care Costs With Proper Tools

United Concordia - United Concordia Launches New Online Dental Health Center

UnitedHealth Group - David S. Wichmann Named President, UnitedHealth Group Operations

UnitedHealth Group - UnitedHealth Group Reports First Quarter Results

UnitedHealth Group - UnitedHealth Group: Gail K. Boudreaux to Head Commercial Markets Group

Universal Dental Plan - Universal Dental Plan Employs Collective Buying Power

Universal Health Realty Income Trust - Universal Health Realty Income Trust Reports 2008 First Quarter Financial Results

Universal Health Services, Inc. - Universal Health Services, Inc. Reports 30% Increase in 2008 First Quarter Earnings Per Diluted Share

University of Missouri-Columbia - Women's networks critical to survival during Hurricane Katrina

URAC - URAC Announces New Subscription Service for Health Care Management Standards

Urologix, Inc. - Urologix Reports Fiscal 2008 Third Quarter Results

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. - USANA Becomes Official Supplement Supplier of USA Bobsled Team Radcliff

Uveitis - Lux Biosciences Reports on Pivotal Programs in Uveitis and Corneal Transplant Rejection at ARVO Meeting

Vaccine Safety - Sutter Pediatrician Addresses Importance of Childhood Immunizations

Vaccines - FFF Enterprises Selects A10 Networks' AX Series Advanced Traffic Manager

Vaccines - New technology for boosting vaccine efficiency

Vaccines - Schering-Plough Announces Planned Divestiture of Select Animal Health Products in Europe

Vaccinia Virus - A step forward in virology

Valeant Pharmaceuticals - Valeant Pharmaceuticals Highlights Taribavirin Phase IIb Data Presentation at European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL) Annual Meeting

Valley Presbyterian Hospital - Valley Presbyterian Hospital Appoints New Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Varian Medical Systems - Varian Medical Systems Reports Strong Growth in Net Earnings, Operating Earnings, Revenues, and Backlog for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2008

Varian, Inc. - Varian, Inc. Reports Record Second Quarter 2008 Results

Ventas, Inc. - Ventas Names Chicago as Headquarters

Versus Technology, Inc. - Versus Technology, Inc. Announces Collaboration with Cleveland Clinic to Create Clinical Patient Flow Model

Vietnam Veterans of America - J. Craig Venter, Human Genome Pioneer, to Receive Award at Vietnam Veterans of America's National Leadership Conference

VioQuest Pharmaceuticals - VioQuest Pharmaceuticals Effects One-for-Ten Reverse Stock Split

Vision-Ease Lens - Vision-Ease Lens Converts to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

VIVUS, Inc. - VIVUS Appoints Charles J. Casamento to the Board of Directors

Vocantas - Vocantas Inc. announces partnership with Communication Business Avenue Inc. of Japan

Voiyager - One of the Largest Dental Insurance Carriers Leverages Voiyager Technology to Validate New IVR Application

Vystar Corporation - Vystar Corporation and Revertex Malaysia Sign Vytex(TM) NRL Production Contract

Wageningen Ur - Seed Transmission of Pepino Mosaic Virus in Tomato

Walgreen Co. - Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy to Participate in Panel Discussion at 5th Annual World Health Care Congress

WebMD - WebMD Provides Preliminary First Quarter Results and Updates Financial Guidance for 2008

WeissComm Partners - WeissComm Partners Named Healthcare Agency of the Year

Wellness - Casual Games Play a Critical Role in Health and Wellness

WellPoint, Inc. - WellPoint Reports First Quarter 2008 Results

White House Press Office - Statement by the President: National Donate Life Month

Women's Health - Biology of Reproduction highlights

Women's Health - Exercise during pregnancy leads to a healthier heart in moms- and babies-to-be

Women's Health - Nature Made(R) Liquid Softgels Presents American Idol's Kimberley Locke Live in Concert

Women's Health - New Report Reveals Students Lack Awareness of Resources Needed by Pregnant and Parenting College Students: Perception is Reality

Women's Health - Your baby's brain on drugs (and alcohol and tobacco)

Wright Medical Group, Inc. - Wright Medical To Be Featured In Fifth Season of John Ratzenberger's Made In America on the Travel Channel

Wyeth - Wyeth Chairman Robert Essner Announces June 27 Retirement

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals - More Clinical Data Required to Support European Approval of CAP Indication for TYGACIL

Xethanol Corporation - Xethanol Provides Florida Update on Biomass Magazine Cover Story

Yulex Corporation - FDA Clears First Medical Product Made From Yulex(R) Natural Rubber

Yum-o! organization - Rachael Ray, With Special Guest President Bill Clinton, to Open 'One Night Only' Pop-Up Restaurant to Benefit Her Yum-o! Organization

Zila, Inc. - Zila Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for ViziLite Eyewear

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. - Zimmer Holdings to Present at Morgan Stanley Healthcare Unplugged Conference

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. - Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Reports First Quarter Financial Results

ZOLL Medical Corporation - ZOLL Medical Corporation Announces Record Second Quarter Results

ZOLL Medical Corporation - ZOLL Medical Corporation Renews Shareholder Rights Plan

Zycus Inc. - Zycus Among Marketshare Leaders in Automated Spend Analysis in 2007