News Articles from Friday 8^th of May 2009

17:08: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Funds Diabetes Education at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center

17:05: Hawaii Cigarette Tax Increase Delivers Victory for Kids and Taxpayers

16:47: CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu

16:23: Intercell Executes Multi-Year Contract for Supply of IXIARO(R) to the United States Military

16:20: U.S. Maternal Health Program: Marks 20 Years of Support to Mothers and Childbearing Women

16:16: International Breast Milk Project Helps Mothers Worldwide

16:05: RBC Life Sciences' North American Nutritional Supplements and Medical Products Sales Increased, Year Over Year, During the First Quarter of 2009

16:02: APHA Applauds Climate Change Bill That Will Help Protect Public Health

16:01: New Bill to Fund Climate Change and Public Health Preparedness Praised by Environmental and Health Groups

16:00: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Report First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

15:59: MapMyRide.com Teams Up With VERSUS for the Grand Tours Challenge

15:42: One Step Closer: Novel Opioid Receptor Compound in Phase I Clinical Trials

15:37: USP Applauds President's Budget Support for FDA

15:27: Misonix Announces New HIFU Distribution Agreement For Portugal

15:02: Baseline Research Indicates High Interest in Centocor-Ortho Biotech's SIMPONI(R)

15:00: Diabetes Experts Issue New Recommendations for Inpatient Glycemic Control - Call for Systemic Changes in Hospitals Nationwide

14:41: Pro-Dex, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast

14:41: Kevin Hutchinson Appointed to Health IT Standards Committee

14:40: Docs Are Becoming Less Concerned About H1N1 Swine Flu

14:18: Thomson Reuters Honors Keystone Mercy and AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plans and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare

14:17: Make No Small Plans: M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Endeavors to Make Cancer History

14:17: OTC Perspectives Magazine Names 'The Top OTC/Healthcare Marketers of the Year'

14:14: Beckman Coulter to Present at the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch Healthcare Conference

14:02: Custom Briefings Launches E-Newsletter for the American Society of Clinical Oncology

13:54: Almost Family to Present at Two Upcoming Conferences

13:15: Resurgent Health and Medical Recognized Among Colorado Companies to Watch

13:08: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Sellers Group LLC

12:53: Health Secretary to Showcase Pennsylvania's New Portable Hospitals in Lehigh County

12:33: Early Childhood Funding is Focus of Star Power Event

12:32: Sinovac to Host Conference Call to Report First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

12:15: Anthem Blue Cross to Support Members and Communities Impacted by Santa Barbara Fires

12:13: Ty Pennington of Extreme Makeover to Attend NAMIWalks NYC

12:11: Gov. Rendell Proposes Help for Counties Battling West Nile; Warns Future Amounts Could be Less

12:10: Express Scripts to Present at the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch 2009 Health Care Conference

12:06: Yongye Biotechnology International Raises $ 9.0 Million In Private Placement, Raises Guidance

12:05: CDC Briefing Information on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu

12:01: Scienceroll.com on the Best Medical Video Collections

12:01: BANDIT Questions the H1N1 Media Craze, and Tries to Give AIDS Its Sexy Back!

12:01: TypeAMom.net on Disinfecting Your Home

12:00: Christina Applegate Returns as the 2009 Lee National Denim Day Ambassador

11:33: New Advanced Search and Matching Function Drives e-Zassi.com's Enhanced Functionality

11:30: Dr. Niels Erik Hansen Appointed CEO

11:24: Partnership for Prescription Assistance Prepared to Help Colorado Workers Hurt by Recession

11:01: New Study Finds Fewer Families Can Afford Health Insurance

11:00: Henry Ford Hospital: Unique Patient Study -- No Informed Consent

10:57: Autism Studies Presented at Mid-Atlantic Research Consortium Meeting

10:51: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association's 'Honor a Star. Be a Star.' Gala Generates Over $350,000 for CMT Research

10:31: University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala, Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell: Nurse Practitioners Are Key to Obama Health Care Reform, Call for Increased Federal Funding for Innovative Nurse-Managed Health Care

10:05: New Benefit Plan Will Cut Premiums for Employees Who Stay Healthy and Fit

10:04: Orexigen(R) Therapeutics to Speak at Upcoming Conferences

10:00: A Global Call to Action From HIV Co-Discoverers Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier

10:00: Highmark Caring Place Dedicates New Facility in Warrendale

10:00: City Leaders Launch Medicare Diabetes Screening Project in Augusta

09:51: Archimedes Pharma Announces Ground-Breaking Phase III Data Showing NasalFent to be Superior to the Standard of Care for Breakthrough Cancer Pain

09:30: Hill-Rom Announces Third Quarter 2009 Dividend

09:30: AMDL Inc.'s JJB Plant Receives Production Approval From Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA)

09:30: BD Extends Decade-Long Support for UNICEF's Campaign to Eliminate Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus

09:26: Mindray Files Annual Report on Form 20-F with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

09:17: Prematics Names S. Michael Ross Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Development

09:14: Photo: Levemir(R) Once-Daily Substantially Lowered Average Blood Sugar Levels of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in TITRATE(R) Study

09:00: Impac Software Selected to Present at the Electronic Health Records Lab During 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting

09:00: Georgia-Pacific Professional Promotes Good Hand Hygiene With a Healthy Solutions Campaign

09:00: Food and Drug Administration Accepts Isolagen's Biologics License Application for Full Review

08:47: Focused Health Solutions Unveils New Logo Symbolizing Integrated Approach to Reducing Healthcare Costs

08:42: AMERIGROUP Corporation to Present at The Deutsche Bank 34th Annual Healthcare Conference on May 18

08:32: United Spinal Association Reports Positive Results of Stem Cell Transplantation to Treat Multiple Sclerosis: Study May be Key to Unlocking a Cure

08:30: The Female Health Company Reports 67% Increase in Second Quarter Earnings

08:30: Milestone Scientific Reports Strong Sales Growth in First Quarter 2009 Results

08:30: Providence Service Corporation Makes Its Spring 2009 Presentation Publicly Available

08:30: PharmAthene Announces New Date for First Quarter 2009 Conference Call and Webcast

08:15: Do a Show on Money, Marriage and Mental Health in a Tough Economy

08:05: Organizations Have Federal Government Tax Incentives to Purchase Remstar Automated Systems for 2009

08:00: ChildCare Education Institute Gives Child Care Staff Access to Professional Development Courses in Honor of Provider Appreciation Day, May 8th

08:00: Valeant to Acquire Polish Dermatology Company

08:00: Quest Diagnostics Announces Annual Shareholders Meeting Webcast

08:00: Ongoing Landmark ROADMAP Study Demonstrates Significant Improvement in Blood Pressure Control at One Year, According to Blinded Results

08:00: New Data Shows Blood Pressure Reduction Therapy with BENICAR(R) and BENICAR HCT(R) Effectively Reduces Blood Pressure in Elderly Patients to Target Blood Pressure

08:00: New Data Shows AZOR(R) (amlodipine and olmesartan medoxomil) Significantly Improves 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure

08:00: Novavax Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

07:55: Filters Fast Challenges Universities and Colleges to Kick the Bottled Water Habit

07:50: RAPAFLO(TM) (silodosin) Provides Rapid and Sustained Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Symptom Relief in as Little as Three Days

07:30: BioCryst Provides Peramivir Update and Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

07:17: NxStage Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

07:00: President Obama's New Knockout Mother's Day Message from Champ

07:00: Grey Ribbon Crusade(TM) Promotes National Unification in the Fight Against Brain Tumors

07:00: JLL Announces Extension of Its Offer To Acquire Patheon and Take Up of Deposited Restricted Voting Shares

07:00: Sunrise Reports Financial Results for First-Quarter 2009

07:00: Neurobiological Technologies Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

06:30: Dendreon Announces Common Stock Offering

06:00: Universal Capital Management Reports Vystar(TM) Corporation Receives FDA Clearance for Envy(TM) Natural Rubber Latex Condom Made with Vytex(TM) NRL

05:00: SAMHSA Honors Goldie Hawn, Youth Across the Country in Celebration of National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day

04:00: Santarus to Webcast Analyst Day and Investor Briefing Presentation on May 13

03:00: Teikoku Pharma USA Acquires Travanti Pharma Inc.

02:00: Dr. Tanaka Appointed as Honorary Consul-General by Republic of Singapore

02:00: Archimedes Pharma Announces Ground Breaking Phase III Data Showing NasalFent to be Superior to the Standard of Care for Breakthrough Cancer Pain

01:00: Glivec(R) is the First Adjuvant Treatment Approved in the UK to Delay Return of Gastrointestinal Cancer After Surgery