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Albuquerque Dentist, Dr. Mark W. Johnson, Looks to Educate the Community of Bernalillo County Through an Interactive Website

Every day people use the Internet to search for useful information. Mark W. Johnson, DDS, is reaching out to patients with an intuitive, patient-interactive website. Albuquerque, NM (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 General and cosmetic dentist, Mark W. Johnson, DDS, has announced the launch of a new, patient-focused website created by dental website design leader, ProSites, Inc. Dr. Johnson’s practice is u...

Summer Sizzle Fourth Friday in May is Don’t Fry Day

SunGrubbies.com slaps on sun protection for “Don’t Fry Day”, May 24, 2013. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 SunGrubbies.com, a leading online retailer of sun protective products, joins the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention in recognizing the Friday before Memorial Day weekend as “Don’t Fry Day”. The goal of this announcement is to encourage sun safety awareness about the s...

Audiology Services of Chattanooga Introduces Weekly Expert Blog to Discuss Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss and Other Hearing Healthcare Topics

The new Audiology Services of Chattanooga blog will provide answers to frequently asked questions about hearing aids, hearing loss and treatment options available in Chattanooga. Chattanooga, TN (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Audiology Services of Chattanooga has added a weekly blog to their website where the audiologists will share hearing healthcare advice and tips. Audiology Services of Chattanooga has...

Ignyta Announces Acquisition of Actagene Oncology and Entry into Oncology Personalized Medicine

--Company adds world class drug discovery and development veterans to management and advisory team-- Ignyta, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Actagene Oncology, Inc., effective May 20, 2013. Actagene was a San Diego based privately held biotechnology company founded in February 2013 that was developing personalized medicines for high unmet nee...

Hearing Industry Research Consortium Announces First Grant Recipients

Two Winners Will Receive $150,000 Each for Research on Advancing Interaction of Cognition and Hearing Aids The Hearing Industry Research Consortium (IRC) is excited to announce the results of its first public Request For grant Proposals (RFP). Piers Dawes, Ph.D., Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, and Andrea Pittman, Ph.D., Associa...

The Importance of Environmental Cleaning and Monitoring for Infection Prevention

This Report provides a glimpse inside the experiences of infection preventionists relating to the evaluation and monitoring of environmental cleaning efficacy in the hospital environment. It reviews the importance of environmental cleaning, the role of the environment in preventing healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) and provides an overview of

Catheter Connections® Announces Patent Notices of Allowance and USPTO Confirms Rejection of Ivera’s Patent Claims in Reexamination

Catheter Connections, a start-up company co-founded by nurses seeking to reduce deadly hospital-acquired bloodstream infections, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued Notices of Allowance for patent application numbers 12/917,336 and 12/957,263. Upon issuance of these patents, the Company’s patent po...

MRPC Honored as Top Workplace by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Medical Device Manufacturer Receives Recognition for Second Consecutive Year. Butler, Wis. (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Wisconsin-based MRPC, a single-source provider of medical device components and assemblies, has been recognized by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a 2013 Top Workplace in Southeastern Wisconsin. For the second consecutive year, MRPC received the award honoring the best places to work...

Official L.A. Condom Hits the Streets in 40-Foot Long Condom Mobile

LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to encourage condom use and safer sex practices, the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health will begin distributing its official "L.A. Condom" in a 40-foot condom mobile that made its debut at Long Beach Pride. Condoms being distributed feature new wrappers designed by local residents as part of last summer's "L.A. Condom" wrap...

Humana Names Tracie Fahy to Lead North Florida Medicare Market Operations

CarePlus Health Plans chief operating officer tapped to head key North Florida market Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) announced today that Tracie Fahy, formerly Chief Operating Officer for Humana Florida Medicare Advantage HMO CarePlus Health Plans, has been appointed Regional Market Vice President for Humana’s North Florida Medicare market operations....

Quest acquires Concentra's toxicology and clinical laboratory assets

Quest Diagnostics has acquired the toxicology and clinical laboratory business of medical center operator Concentra.

Preventing and Relieving the Relentless Ringing of Tinnitus

Learn from this personal story during Tinnitus Awareness Week Tinnitus Awareness Week takes place May 19 to 25, during Better Hearing and Speech Month. At a time when loud noises are an everyday occurrence—from city traffic and lawnmowers to hairdryers and earbuds on personal music devices—it’s important to learn how to protect yourself from hear...

BRIEF-Meade Instruments up 98.2 percent premarket; to be acquired by Jinghua Optics

NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - Meade Instruments Corp : * Up 98.2 percent to $3.31 in premarket; to be acquired by Jinghua Optics & Electronics Co

PCA SKIN Announces New Executive Leadership as Company Continues to See Fast-Paced Growth

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PCA SKIN (www.pcaskin.com), the leader in skin health education and the development of highly effective professional treatments and daily care products, today announced new executive leadership to augment the company's explosive growth. Doug Abel, who brings 20 years of aesthetics, dermatology, specialty pharmaceuticals and medical device ex...

HIV vaccines: small biotech and government-funded organizations will step in where Big Pharma has fallen short, says analyst

While the risks involved in HIV vaccine development have turned Big Pharma away from pursuing a preventative vaccine, government-funded organizations and smaller biotech firms may provide the answer, a GlobalData analyst has said in a research note a...

Catalyst Pharmaceutical's CPP-115 May Be Big Pipeline In Just One Little Pill

ByMichael Anderson:I've been searching and researching for new drugs that have a high potential to become blockbusters and big stock winners and I came across one that looks particularly interesting. CPP-115 is an exciting new drug that was designed by the world-renowned drug developer, Dr. Richard Silverman, professor emeritus at Northwestern University. Dr. Silverman is a proven drug designer wh...

Private Investment Firm Eigen Capital Unveils Monarch Medical Technologies, New Corporate Entity Behind Market-Leading EndoTool™ Solution

Company Focused on Helping Hospitals and Health Systems Mitigate Risk Associated with Drugs and Processes of Concern Palo Alto, Calif.-based private investment firm Eigen Capital LLC, which acquired the EndoTool business from Hospira Worldwide in September 2012, today unveiled the company’s new identity as Monarch Medical Technologies. The...

TNI BioTech, Inc. Stock to Begin Trading on the OTCQB Marketplace

BETHESDA, Md., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TNI BioTech, Inc. (OTCQB: TNIB), a biotech company combating fatal diseases through the activation and mobilization of the body's immune system using patented immunotherapy, announced its common stock is trading on the OTC Markets' OTCQB marketplace under the ticker symbol "TNIB" commencing May 17, 2013. Investors will be able to v...

Cempra Presents Post-Phase 2 Analysis of Solithromycin's Efficacy and Safety Results from Patients with Community Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cempra, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEMP), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing differentiated antibiotics to meet critical medical needs in the treatment of bacterial infections, today announced that it presented data at the American Thoracic Society International Conference (ATS 2013) in Philadelphia demonstrating the antibacterial and e...

TraceLink Discusses Life Science Supply Network Transformation at Cloud Computing East 2013

TraceLink discusses how a cloud-based network information architecture transforms global connectivity, visibility and collaboration across the pharmaceutical supply network at the 2013 Cloud Computing East Conference. Peter Spellman of TraceLink will describe why a cloud application platform provides the globally elastic computing resources and solution capabilities necessary to meet today's e...

Mylan Launches Generic Tricor® Tablets

PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has shipped Fenofibrate Tablets, 48 mg and 145 mg. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for this product, which is the generic version of Abbvie Inc.'s Tricor&#...

Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sued by Investor

SAN DIEGO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Shareholder rights attorneys at Robbins Arroyo LLP announce that a purchaser of Aveo Pharmaceutical, Inc. (NASDAQGS: AVEO) securities has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.  The complaint alleges that Aveo and certain of its officers violated the Securities Exchange Act of...

Equatorial Guinea To Renovate All Its Hospitals Within Four Years

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The government of Equatorial Guinea is working to renovate all the hospitals in the country within the next four years, according to Minister of Health Tomas Mecheba Fernandez Galilea. Mr. Fernandez, who is also secretary general of the Socialist Party of Equatorial Guinea (PSGE), discussed the renovation project in a press confe...

26th Annual Minnesota AIDS Walk

MINNEAPOLIS, May 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Sunday, May 19, 2013, join the Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP) at Minnehaha Park for the 26th year of the Minnesota AIDS Walk. Donations to the AIDS Walk help the Minnesota AIDS Project prevent new HIV infections and keep people living with HIV in Minnesota healthy. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130518/DC16602) The day's events...

Quest Diagnostics completes acquisition of Concentra's toxicology and clinical laboratory business

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, announced today that it has acquired the toxicology and clinical laboratory business of medical center operator Concentra, a subsidiary of Humana Inc.