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The Cancer Support Community Launches Program to Help Change Clinical Trial Misperceptions and Offer Solutions for Addressing Communication and Enrollment Challenges

Despite increases in success of tested treatments leading to advancements in new therapies, a less than 5 percent enrollment rate has persisted for decades WASHINGTON , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cancer Support Community (CSC), an ...

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Simple Habit Launches Meditation App So You Don't Burn Out

SAN FRANCISCO , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --  Simple Habit , an intuitive, on-the-go meditation app, is changing how busy people approach stress management and mindfulness. Simple Habit offers 5-minute meditations for all kinds of life ...

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Global Industry Leaders, Investors & Scientists to Meet in Israel, Ground Zero for Cannabis Research in the World

iCAN Israel-Cannabis Announces March 20-22 Dates for CannaTech 2017 Cannabis Conference TEL AVIV, Israel , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CannaTech , the hugely successful International Summit for Accelerating Cannabis Innovation, which put ...

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Windsor Gardens Healthcare Center of the Valley Participates in Groundbreaking Music & Memory Pilot Program

Skilled nursing facility and rehabilitation center Windsor Gardens Healthcare Center of the Valley was selected to participate in a groundbreaking pilot project that studies the impact of music on the quality of life of seniors suffering from ...

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Anthem, Inc. Health Plans Expand Access to HIV/AIDS Specialty Medications, Says Consumer Watchdog

SANTA MONICA, Calif. , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Anthem, Inc.'s, affiliated health plans are expanding the ways in which their members can receive HIV/AIDS specialty medications and will no longer have a requirement that members ...

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Texas Children's Hospital ranks #1 nationally in pulmonology among nation's best pediatric institutions by U.S. News & World Report

HOUSTON , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Texas Children's Hospital is excited to announce it ranks as the best place for children to receive pulmonary care in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in their 2016-17 edition of Best ...

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Coloradans Are Losing Weight And Keeping It Off

Civic Health Program Weigh and Win Begins its 6th Year with 75,000 Enrollments and $480,000 Earned by Participants in Cash Rewards; App and Home Scale Option Set to Launch Fall of 2016 DENVER , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --  incentaHEALTH's ...

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Blog Series Examines Three Core Values of Nursing Patient Advocacy

Nurses Have the Most Interaction with Patients and are in the Ideal Position to Advocate for Patients AURORA, Colo. , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- American Sentinel University's new three-part blog 'Patient Advocacy Series' is available ...

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Catasys Expands Rollout of OnTrak-H Solution in Tennessee with Leading National Health Insurance Provider

LOS ANGELES , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Catasys, Inc. (OTCQB: CATS), a provider of proprietary data, predictive analytics, and modeling based behavioral health management services for health plans, announced today that it has launched its ...

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New Hospital Guidelines: Assess Penicillin Allergy To Ensure Optimal Antibiotic Use

ROUND ROCK, Texas , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Every hospital should consider screening patients for penicillin allergy as a basic strategy to stop antibiotic misuse and over-prescribing, according to a new playbook for America's acute care ...

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Stryker Mobility Zone Makes First-Ever Appearance At American Family Insurance Championship

Stryker Orthopaedics, "Official Joint Replacement Products" of the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions, aims to raise joint health awareness this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin MAHWAH, N.J. , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Stryker Orthopaedics, ...

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Teewinot Life Sciences Corporation Licenses Biosynthetic Technology to AMRI for the Production and Sale of the First Commercially Available CBCA Analytical Standard

Furthers Mission to Address Unmet Medical Needs Across the Globe TAMPA, Fla. and ALBANY, N.Y. , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --   Teewinot Life Sciences Corporation (Teewinot) and Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRI) today ...

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Compugen Discloses Lead Therapeutic Candidate for CGEN-15029 Immuno-Oncology Program

IND filing for COM701 anticipated next year HOLON, Israel , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN ), a leading predictive therapeutic discovery company, today disclosed at the JMP Securities Life Science Conference in ...

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Personal Health Data Breach Triggers Trillium Hospital Class Action

Confidential medical records of Trillium patients accessed multiple times over four years. TORONTO , June 22, 2016 /CNW/ - A proposed class action for a breach of privacy has been commenced against Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga ...

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WalmartLabs Helps Empower Women and Girls in India Through its Grants to Sahasra Deepika Foundation and Sparsha Trust

BANGALORE , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, WalmartLabs, part of Walmart's Global eCommerce division, announced a grant to the Sahasra Deepika Foundation to provide residential housing and care for girls. WalmartLabs is also assisting ...

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Frontier Biotech Reports Primary Endpoint Met in Phase 2 Trial of AB001 In Chronic Low Back Pain

AB001 demonstrated statistically superior and clinically meaningful pain relief against placebo at week-2 NANJING , China , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier Biotechnologies Inc. today reported that a Phase 2 clinical trial for its ...

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BabyCenter Finds Politics And Patriotism Are Influencing Baby Names

Data Shows Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Hamilton Are Biggest Sources of Inspiration SAN FRANCISCO , June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Halfway through 2016, BabyCenter ® , the #1 pregnancy and parenting digital resource, is tracking the ...

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Boeing and MemorialCare Health System Partner on Boeing's First California Customized Health Plan Option Offering Better Benefits and Lower Costs for Boeing Employees and Their Families

After Rigorous Competitive Process, Aerospace Giant Selects MemorialCare Health System as Its Preferred Partnership Provider to Help Improve Health, Quality, Outcomes, Patient Experience, Access to Health Care Services and Affordability LOS ...

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Merrimack to Present New Analyses of Phase 3 NAPOLI-1 Data at the ESMO 18th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer

Oral presentation on Phase 3 NAPOLI-1 data will highlight the effects of the ONIVYDE® (irinotecan liposome injection) regimen on quality of life for patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma previously treated with gemcitabine-based ...

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"Food Forensics," by Mike Adams, warns: Foods and dietary supplements from China are contaminated with lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury

"Food Forensics," launching on July 26, details how USDA and FDA have no limits on heavy metals contamination TUCSON, Ariz. , June 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A new food science book is warning that many foods, superfoods and dietary ...

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"Miracle Man" Novel Exposes Big Pharma Greed Before Clinton, Sanders and Senate

Big Pharma Doesn't Want To Cure Diseases Says William R. Leibowitz In His Best Selling Thriller, "Miracle Man" NEW YORK , June 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In his award winning novel, Miracle Man , which was named by Amazon as One Of ...

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