News Articles from Monday 13^th of April 2009

17:53: Virginia Hospital Center: Who Would You Trust With Your Breasts?

17:49: Frost & Sullivan Recognizes CRi for Innovations Leading to Personalized Medicine

17:41: Dendreon to Hold a Conference Call Tomorrow at 9:00 AM ET to Discuss Final Results of Phase 3 PROVENGE IMPACT Trial

17:16: Pharmacyclics Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Novel Oral Btk Inhibitor for Refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

17:00: Three Medical Centers Awarded Funds to Study Generation of Cardiac Muscle Cells

17:00: Vasogen Announces First Quarter 2009 Results

16:48: Improved Care for Kidney Patients Reduces Medicare Costs and Saves Taxpayers Money

16:48: Metro Parent's Second Annual 'Living With Autism Workshop' Features Local Experts Who Are Intimately Involved in Improving the Lives of These Special Children

16:41: Compirion Healthcare Consulting Generates a 40:1 Return on Investment at the Medical Center of Central Georgia

16:33: Blue Cross Launches Largest Selection of Individual Plans Available in Minnesota

16:15: Health Canada Approves SIMPONI(TM) (golimumab) for Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis

16:04: Homecare Associations Nationwide Urge Policymakers to Rescind Controversial Medicare 'Competitive' Bidding Rule

16:00: Sinobiopharma, Inc. Signs Sales Contract for Flagship Project

16:00: Baxter International First Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call

15:39: 1-800-GOT-MOLD? to Exhibit at NY/NJ Franchise Expo April 18-19

15:36: Fashion Designer Naeem Khan, Actor Richard Kind and Star Chef Michel Nischan Among Other Luminaries to Attend Diabetes Research Institute Foundation's 'D.R.E.a.M.S. in the City'

15:34: Bedford Laboratories(TM) to Begin Shipping Fluconazole Injection in PVC Flexible Containers

14:54: Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Single Institutional Investor Purchases $15 Million of Preferred Stock

14:30: National Physicians' Study: Nearly One Third Would Choose Different Career Today

14:22: US Oncology Encourages Your Right to Decide

14:01: Resurrection Health Uses Information Technology to Address Critical Care Crisis

13:49: HDNet's 'Dan Rather Reports' Investigates the Possibility of a Better Health Care System North of the Border

13:47: Alan Weinstein Joins the Board of Directors at MEDmarketplace.com

13:30: Connecting Materials Science With Biology, K-State Engineers Create DNA Sensors That Could Identify Cancer Using Material Only One Atom Thick

13:19: Egg Donor Surge Makes Due Diligence Critical: 7 Questions Donors Should Ask

13:06: Ex-White House Drug Czar McCaffrey, U.S. Congress Drug Caucus Chair Cummings, CRC Health CEO Karlin Join Hopkins Researchers at News Conference April 17 on Breakthrough Study: Internet Video Drug Treatment as Effective as Traditional Counseling

13:05: Align Technology Announces ClearCorrect's Filing of Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of Complaint

13:00: Mother of Ty Pennington and Renowned AD/HD Expert Dr. Yvonne Pennington to Speak at Baltimore Conference on AD/HD

12:56: Foundation Radiology Group Raises $10 Million in Venture Funding Led by Chrysalis Ventures

12:55: Video: The Advertising Council and Autism Speaks Launch New PSAs to Raise Awareness of Autism

12:53: Mobile Massage Team to Exhibit at Penjerdel Employee Benefits and Compensation Association (PEBA) 27th Annual Forum

12:44: Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository Adopts BioLife Solutions CryoStor(TM) as Standard Biopreservation Media

12:41: South Carolina Dermatologists Will Serve Tennis Fans With Free Skin Checks and Sun Safety Tips

12:40: Andrew G. Cuneo Joins Mylan as Vice President of Global Business Development

12:30: Farmers Insurance Joins March Of Dimes 'March for Babies' 2009

12:26: Millstone Medical Outsourcing Expands Memphis Facility to Accommodate Growth

12:06: Most Employers Underestimate Full Costs of Employee Health on Productivity

12:00: Lionbridge Announces Partnership with Open Text to Streamline Regulatory Compliance Solutions for Pharmaceutical Companies

11:40: Good Samaritan Hospital-Dayton Hosts Local Students to Explore Health Careers, Learn Human Anatomy

11:39: Capitol Hill Briefing Scheduled for April 15th About Homelessness and Mental Illness

11:29: Adoption of Consumer-Driven Health Plans Accelerated by Recession

11:28: China YCT International (OTCBB: CYIG) Strengthens Corporate Governance With Establishment of Audit Committee and Appointments of Three New Independent Directors

11:17: Thousands of Americans Sign Living Wills on Thursday April 16

11:11: Benihana Celebrates Japanese Children's Day on May 5 by Donating Children's Menu Proceeds to St. Jude

11:11: Impact Rx, Inc. Names Mark Degatano as Vice President, Business Development, Key Client Initiatives

11:04: New Topical Painkiller Relieves Severe Pain in Minutes

10:58: US Oncology Clinical Development Attends 'Partnerships With CROs'

10:43: Dialysis Corporation of America Announces Share Repurchase Program

10:17: Cynvec to Present at New York Biotechnology Association 18th Annual Meeting

09:57: Alpine Biomed Opens New Manufacturing Facility to Support Demand for Specialty Diagnostic Devices

09:50: GfK Healthcare Implements DecisionQ's FasterAnalytics(TM) Modeling Software

09:45: New Weapon in BioDefense Research: NanoLogix Kit Speeds Rapid Diagnostics of Anthrax and Bubonic Plague

09:42: New Health and Travel Blog Launches to Raise Awareness of International Travel Issues and Trends

09:30: Equinox Fitness Clubs Continues National Expansion with the Opening of its Second Boston Location

09:30: Rivals Will Drive Toward Alliances or Merge in Healthcare I.T. Industry, National Biz School War Game Predicts

09:12: Misonix Announces New Distribution Agreement for Portugal

09:00: Cell Biosciences Announces Publication in Nature Medicine

09:00: Beckman Coulter Announces First Quarter 2009 Earnings to be Released on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, After Market Closes

09:00: New Approach to Progesterone Supplementation in ART Revealed in Recently Published White Paper

09:00: Medco Announces Date for First-Quarter 2009 Financial Results

09:00: Weight Watchers(R) Kicks Off Spring by Urging People to Get Moving With 'The Momentum(TM) Walk-It Challenge'

08:32: International Travelers Can Say Good-Bye to 'Montezuma's Revenge' With Launch of Travelan(R) in the U.S. From Alaven Consumer Healthcare

08:30: Accuray Incorporated to Report Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2009

08:00: Vertebral Technologies Receives Award for InterFuse(R) Interbody Fusion System

08:00: Scotland Announces Establishment of Nurse-Family Partnership Program

08:00: Blue Shield of California CEO to Speak at World Health Care Congress in Washington D.C.

08:00: Optimer Pharmaceuticals Receives Production Patent for Lead Product Candidate Fidaxomicin

08:00: GNC Launches the First-Ever Comprehensive Line of Whole Body Health Products Exclusively for Fit and Active Women

08:00: Chinese Colorectal Cancer Drug Market Will More Than Double by 2012

08:00: Quest Diagnostics to Release First Quarter Financial Results

07:30: NeoStem Completes $11 Million Private Placement Financing to Support Expansion Activities in China, Further Development of NeoStem's VSEL Technology and Advancement of Medical Tourism Initiatives

07:30: IDM Pharma Receives Nasdaq Shareholder Equity Notification

07:00: Quantum and Renaissance Health Systems Take Leadership Role in Advancement of Electronic Health Records in Florida

07:00: Prometheus and Rosetta Genomics Announce License and Collaboration Agreement

06:30: Raptor Pharmaceuticals Appoints Dr. Patrice P. Rioux as Chief Medical Officer

06:00: Walnuts and Fish Protect Against Heart Disease in Different Ways, According to Newly Published Loma Linda University Research

06:00: Entertainment Fusion Group Gives Back

05:11: Nick Jonas and Bayer Diabetes Care Launch Creativity Contest to Encourage Kids With Diabetes to Express Their Simple Win

04:00: America's Egg Farmers to Participate in Annual White House Easter Egg Roll Today

04:00: PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, April 13, 2009

04:00: CoolTouch Inc. Settles Diomed Lawsuit, Files Re-examination Request for Cynosure '873 Patent

03:30: Former Executive at Genzyme Corp. and Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. to Head Business Advisory Board at Rx for Africa, Inc.

01:01: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and American Well(TM) Join to Bring Online Care to Minnesota

00:58: Express Scripts Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire WellPoint NextRx Subsidiaries for $4.675 Billion