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Safeway's People With Disabilities Campaign Means Business

CHICAGO, March 29 Today, executives from Safeway (NYSE: SWY), Easter Seals and Special Olympics launched the grocery retailer's annual fundraising campaign for people with disabilities in San Francisco. The three organizations challenged employers ...


LeAnn Rimes Encourages Psoriasis Patients to 'Make a Change' and Better Manage Their Disease

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., March 29 Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum recording artist and psoriasis patient LeAnn Rimes is calling for people with psoriasis to pledge to better manage their disease as part of the awareness campaign "Stop ...

ALS Therapy Development Institute Links Gene Expression Profiling to Identification of Potential Treatment for ALS

Novel Therapeutic Slows Progression and Extends Survival in Preclinical Model of Disease CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an article published in Nature Genetics today, scientists at the ALS Therapy Development ...

A Medical Revolution Leads to New Medicines

WASHINGTON, March 26 As recently stated in the Glenville Democrat, innovative biotechnology is leading to a greater understanding of complex diseases and better tools for diagnosing and treating conditions such as heart disease, cancer and ...

In 2013, the Telaprevir/peg-IFN-a-2a/ribavirin Regimen Will Earn Decision Resources' Proprietary Clinical Gold Standard for Hepatitis C Virus Treatment-Naive Patients

WALTHAM, Mass., March 25 Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, based on available data and expert opinion, the telaprevir/peg-IFN-a-2a/ribavirin* ...

Evaluation of C-MOR(TM) Visualization Device in Spinal Procedure

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 24 Axis Surgical Technologies, Inc., reports the first evaluation of the C-MOR(TM) Visualization Device in a spine procedure. The C-MOR(TM) is a self-contained portable direct-imaging tool that functions much ...

Eliminating Tuberculosis is Still a Top Health Priority

American Lung Association in California Commemorates World TB Day by Supporting Efforts to Eradicate this Devastating Disease LOS ANGELES, March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement has been released by Jane Warner, ...

Baucus Admits ObamaCare Breaks Obama Tax Pledge

WASHINGTON, March 23 Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has admitted that some Americans making less than $200,000 per year will face tax hikes under ObamaCare. Such tax hikes are a violation of President Obama's "firm pledge" not to raise "any ...

Provisions from National Pain Care Policy Act Included in Health Care Reform Bill to Promote Improved Pain Care

New Law will Address Barriers to Care for Millions of Americans in Pain BALTIMORE, March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Pain Foundation (APF) is pleased to report that the Health Care Reform Bill that recently passed in the House ...

American Association for Homecare Alarmed by Provisions in Health Reform Law that Will Harm Homecare Patients and Providers

ARLINGTON, Va., March 23 The American Association for Homecare expressed alarm about provisions in the new health reform law that will harm homecare patients and providers. The cumulative impact of the provisions aimed at the home medical ...

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Mobile Medical Apps with High Rating Not Always Accurate: Health Warning

Mobile Medical Apps with High Rating Not Always Accurate: Health Warning

A high ‘star rating’ for a mobile medical app doesn't necessarily reflect medical accuracy or value, observe Johns Hopkins researchers. The research team screened 250 user reviews and comments for a once popular mobile app claiming to change your ...

Android Application Developed to Monitor Stress

Android Application Developed to Monitor Stress

Researchers from Cambridge University have developed a smartphone application to detect the user’s stress levels. The Android Remote Sensing App (AIRS) calculates the stress levels based on daily activities of the user. It monitors the ...

 'Healthcare Has Lot to Learn From Football': New Research

'Healthcare Has Lot to Learn From Football': New Research

Medicine has a lot to learn from 'football' about developing new approaches to clinical methods says new research. ...

 In Myanmar Apollo Launches Telemedicine Service

In Myanmar Apollo Launches Telemedicine Service

An official said that the people of Myanmar can now get access to quality treatment and latest medical technology in India with the Apollo Group of Hospitals launching telemedicine service in the Myanmarese capital Yangon....

 Program of Protected Time for Sleep Improves Morning Alertness for Medical Interns: Study

Program of Protected Time for Sleep Improves Morning Alertness for Medical Interns: Study

A study to determine whether a protected sleep period of 5 hours is feasible and effective in increasing the time slept by interns on extended duty overnight shifts was conducted by Kevin G. Volpp, M.D., Ph.D., of the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. ...

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