Archive for May, 2010

Aspirin Recommended For Heart Health For People With Diabetes At High Risk

ACC/ADA/AHA Joint Scientific Statement - Taking low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease is reasonable for adults with diabetes who are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and not at increased risk for bleeding. - Low-dose aspirin therapy is recommended for most men over age 50 and women over 60 with diabetes who have one or more additional heart disease risk...
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Diabetes UK Boss Will Walk Coast-to-Coast To Help Children With Diabetes

Diabetes UK's Chief Executive, Douglas Smallwood, is taking on the challenge of the 192-mile Coast To Coast walk with his son Jimmy to raise funds to help children with diabetes. There are more than 20,000 children with Type 1 diabetes in the UK, and two thousand are diagnosed every...
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Cysview(TM) (Hexaminolevulinate HCL) Approved by the FDA for Cystoscopic Detection of Papillary Bladder Cancer

PRINCETON, N.J., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cysview™ (hexaminolevulinate HCl) for the detection of non-muscle-invasive papillary cancer of the bladder in...
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Sutter First in Nation to Use Next-Generation ROBODOC® for Hip Replacement

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Eighteen years ago, orthopedic surgeon William Bargar, M.D. made history when, at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento, he performed the first-ever hip replacement using a robotic device he developed called ROBODOC®, which improves precision in joint...
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Statement on the Passing of Gary Coleman From the Producers of ‘Midgets vs. Mascots’

DALLAS, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The producers of "Midgets vs. Mascots," the last film that Gary Coleman appeared in, have set up a website – www.midgetsvsmascots.com -- in order to donate all net proceeds for the next month to the National Kidney Foundation, and to give his grieving fans a...
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Aptilon Announces 2010 First Quarter Financial Results

MONTREAL, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Aptilon Corporation ("Aptilon" or the "Company") (TSX-V: APZ), a leader in online marketing to physicians and healthcare professionals, today announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Financial references are in CDN dollars...
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Joan Baez, James L. Dolan and Jane Pauley Honored for Extraordinary Efforts to Ensure Health and Well-Being of Children

Awards Presented at Children's Health Fund Benefit to Raise Urgently Needed Funds for Kids NEW YORK, May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, June 2, 2010, Joan Baez, James L. Dolan, and Jane Pauley will be honored by the Children's Health Fund (CHF) for their exceptional support of...
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Hitachi Software and OriGene Technologies Announce Collaboration

SAN FRANCISCO and ROCKVILLE, Md., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi Software Engineering America, Ltd. (Hitachi Software) and OriGene Technologies, Inc. (OriGene) today announced a co-marketing agreement to jointly promote OriGene's multiplex assays built on Luminex xMAP®/Bio-Plex technology and...
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Shire Receives LIALDA(R) Paragraph IV Notice Letter From Zydus Pharmaceuticals

DUBLIN, May 28, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that it has received a Paragraph IV Notice Letter today from Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. ("Zydus") advising of the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug...
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Are You Concerned About Contaminants in Your Dietary Supplements?

Look for the NSF Mark Before You Purchase Nutritional Supplements to Make Sure They Have Been Tested for Contaminants and Undeclared Substances ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recent news coverage has consumers concerned about the alarming amount of contaminants, such as...
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