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Penn State Dorm Infested with Bed Bugs, My Cleaning Products Offers Complimentary Sample of Bed Bug Spray to Help Bed Bug Victims

A Penn State dormitory was infested by bed bugs, said a report. To help, My Cleaning Products offered complimentary bed bug spray to the bed bug victims. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Bed bugs compromised Penn State. A report from centerdaily.com said that the university had already confirmed it. Meanwhile, My Cleaning Products offered complimentary samples of its bed bug spray to help be...

Sustainable Healthcare Advocate Takes on Medical Establishment -- in 17th century England

The life and times of revolutionary 17th-century healer Nicholas Culpeper are explored by master herbalists William Morris and Lisa Allen on this week's episode of the Dead Astrologers Society. The show, hosted by Donna Woodwell, airs live on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 7 pm Eastern/4 pm Pacific on ParaManiaRadio.com. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 A healer who promotes locally grown herbs...

Sunlight Can Wake Up the Latent Herpes Virus; polyDNA Surveys the Public Knowledge

polyDNA answers new questions on herpes, HSV, herpes virus, cold sores, etc. collected from the public in its May, 2013 survey. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Sun exposure can reactivate the herpes virus. Research has shown that sun exposure in people infected with oral herpes (HSV-1), may cause a flare up, or outbreak of fever blisters and cold sores. In polyDNA’s recent survey, respondent...

"Commit to Confidence" Hits Amazon and Barnes & Noble

Executive Coach Barbara Roche offers a five-chapter coaching session to help women step and and stand out. Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Just released this month on Amazon and B&N is a new book by executive coach and author Barbara Roche: “Commit to Confidence: 30 Strategies to Help Women Step Up and Stand Out.” Filled with helpful tips and quotes from the fields of psychology and...

The CareGiver Partnership: Tips to Help Your Elderly Loved One Stay Active

May 29 is National Senior Health & Fitness Day, and Dianna Malkowski of The CareGiver Partnership offers tips for encouraging a senior family member or friend to stay active. Neenah, Wis. (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 National Senior Health & Fitness Day is May 29. Staying active has benefits at any age, and those with limited mobility or social opportunities may need help and encouragement to sta...

Healthcare Mobile LLC Launches Disposable Cleansleev Protective Covers for Mobile Devices

Philadelphia - Healthcare Mobile announced today the launch of its first generation Cleansleev® line of smartphone and tablet sleeves for the prevention of disease transmission. Philadelphia (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 As the usage of portable personal devices increases, their very mobility and touch interfaces expose them to various bacteria and viruses. The Cleansleev line of protective covers ar...

1-800-DENTIST and Harbor Dental Society Announce Partnership

1-800-DENTIST announced its partnership today with the Harbor Dental Society, an organization of local dentists in the Los Angeles Harbor area. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 1-800-DENTIST®, the dental industry’s premier lead generation and dental marketing company, announced its partnership today with the Harbor Dental Society, an organization of local dentists in the Los Angeles Ha...

Men’s Health Feature: The 6 Million Dollar Gland

By Gary Schwitzer Jim Thornton’s story is about prostate cancer screening.  The $6 million figure refers to the cost of screening for and treating prostate cancer.  Excerpt: “At $1,000 or more per biop

Where is Health IT Bickering Coming From?

By As a MedPage Today reporter, I cover a good bit of health information technology news, including that of electronic health records (EHRs) and ICD-10. Coincidentally, or perhaps not, these are issues that stir a great deal of emotional reaction...

NHS "a major client for many private health providers," says study

NHS "a major client for many private health providers," says study

EEG Diagnostic Specialist MentisCura Joins Stockholm Brain Institute Consortium

MentisCura Diagnostics will contribute as a partner and board member of the Stockholm Brain Institute, a consortium for cognitive and computational neuroscience, led by the Karolinska Institute, Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, to address the unmet need in treating brain disorders. MentisCura Diagnostics (www.mentiscura.com)...

Measuring The Health Of Human Genetic Material In Relation To A Patient's Age

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new technique featured in the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) could lead to the development of a "genetic thermometer" that could assess a patient's health in relation to other individuals. The method developed by the laboratory of Dr. Gil Atzmon at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine measures telomere length, which serv...

Pfizer to fully shed animal business Zoetis after February IPO

Pfizer plans to shed the 80% of animal health company Zoetis it still owns after taking the business public in February. Pfizer plans to split off the shares in a tax-free exchange with the drug company’s investors. The New.....

Health officials discuss new strategies to prevent rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease

Today, at the World Health Assembly, top health officials from New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Fiji and Rwanda met to discuss the vital need for countries to integrate rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease prevention and control into nati...

Direct Digital, LLC Names Dr. David Katz, M.D. As Chief Scientific Advisor

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct Digital, LLC, one of the nation's leading health and wellness product development and marketing companies, is pleased to announce it has selected and partnered with world-renowned physician, Dr. David Katz. Dr. Katz will join the organization as its Chief Scientific and Medical Advisor. Direct Digital is the creator of such leading supplement br...

Blue Stingray Digital Ad Agency Launches New Website for International Alternative Medicine Conference in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO, May 23, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Blue Stingray Digital Ad Agency is pleased to announce the launch of a fresh, appealing website showcasing the Eighth International Alternative Medicine Conference’s specifics in a functional, easy-to-navigate layout. Included on the home page is an overview of the event and links to the following: · Presenter biographies · Program events...

Self-assembling influenza nanoparticle vaccines elicit broadly neutralizing H1N1 antibodies

Influenza viruses pose a significant threat to the public and are a burden on global health systems. Each year, influenza vaccines must be rapidly produced to match circulating viruses, a process constrained by dated technology and vulnerable to unex...

Out Of The Blocks, May 2013

Brief profiles of these recently formed companies: advanceCOR, Aegis Women’s Health Technologies, dBMEDx, Exscien, OsteoVantage, and Trice Orthopedics.

Emergings In Brief, May 2013

Brief profiles of these recently formed companies: advanceCOR; Aegis Women’s Health Technologies, Exscien, and Trice Orthopedics.

Start-Up Previews, May 2013

This Month's Profile Group: Women’s Health: Moving Beyond Gynecology To Sexuality, features profiles of Evestra Pharmaceuticals, S1 Biopharma, and Sprout Pharmaceuticals. Plus these Start-Ups Across Health Care: AgPlus Diagnostics, MitaMed, Respino...

Biopharma Dealmaking Quarterly Statistics, Q1 2013

Biopharma financing reached $4.6 billion in Q1 2013, exceeding Q4 2012’s $4.2 billion total, mostly through follow-on public offerings, which made up 47% of the total funding. Conversely, M&A was on the decline with 18 completed transactions to...

Second Annual 'Clinical Research in Georgia' Conference Set for December 4th, 2013

ATLANTA, GA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/23/13 -- The second annual Clinical Research in Georgia Conference will be held on December 4th, 2013, at the Academy of Medicine in the heart of midtown Atlanta. The conference is designed to spotlight innovations that can make clinical trials faster, more efficient and more compliant, and showcase the available resources in Georgia that facilitate effective cl...

Bloomin' Brands Announces Pricing of Secondary Public Offering of Common Stock

TAMPA, Fla., May 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq:BLMN) announced the pricing of a secondary public offering of 19,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock at a price of $21.50 per share. All of the shares are being offered by certain stockholders of the Company. The offering is expected to close on May 29, 2013, subject to the satisfaction of customa...

Addressing Mental Health Issues In HIV Care

The integration of mental health interventions into HIV prevention and treatment platforms can reduce the opportunity costs of care and improve treatment outcomes, argues a new Policy Forum article published in this week's PLOS Medicine. Syvia Kaaya...

New Report Confirms Innovative Pharmaceutical Sector's Investment in Canada is Chronically Underreported

OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/23/13 -- For the third consecutive year, a KPMG study commissioned by Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) has determined that research and development (R&D) investments made by Canada's innovative pharmaceutical sector continue to be consistently underreported, by approximately 34 per cent for 2012. The report released today, enti...