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AHF’s ‘Condom Nation’ Big Rig Blows into Chicago!AIDS Healthcare Foundation: What: MEDIA AVAILABILITY—Free condom giveaway. AHF’s ‘Condom Nation’ 18-wheel semi truck continues six-month, 40-city, 25-state fr...

GenVec Reports Inducement AwardGAITHERSBURG, Md., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNVC) announced today that on May 23, 2012 it granted an option to purchase shares of its common stock to Cynthia Collins, its newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. The option grant was approved by the Compensation Committee of GenVec's Board of Directors and the Board of Directors, and was ma...

Carl Zeiss Presents Fluorescence Technology for Intraoperative Analysis of Blood Flow in Skin and Muscle Tissue Graft SurgeryCarl Zeiss Meditec AG / Carl Zeiss Presents Fluorescence Technology for Intraoperative Analysis of Blood Flow in Skin and Muscle Tissue Graft Surgery . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. INFRARED 800 and FLOW 800 Fluorescence Modules showcased at the upcoming EURAPS 2012 JENA/Germany, 25 May 2012The INFRARED 80...

Cepheid to launch Xpert CT/NG and Xpert CT in Europe for rapid detection, differentiation of chlamydia & gonorrhoeaeCepheid, a leading molecular diagnostics company, has received CE marking for Xpert CT/NG and Xpert CT. The company announced that the shipment is expected to begin immediately.

Condoms in Porn Advocates to Submit 360K Signatures on L.A. County Ballot MeasureAIDS Healthcare Foundation: WHAT: PRESS CONFERENCE (10:30am Pacific Time) Condom advocates to submit 360K signatures in support of a County of Lo...

AHF’s ‘Condom Nation’ Big Rig Sweeps Into Kansas City, Missouri!AIDS Healthcare Foundation: What: MEDIA AVAILABILITY—Free condom giveaway. AHF’s ‘Condom Nation’ 1...

Exciting News from BIONOVA Skincare!NEW YORK, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- El Museo del Barrio's 19th Spring Gala at Cipriani held on May 17th gathered many celebrities including actress Julianna Margulies, fashion designer Carolina Herrera, bestowing Yaz Hernandez, Ruben and Isabel Toledo. The highlight of the event was honoring Narciso Rodriguez, an American fashion designer. The glamorous fundraising evening benefiting New Y...

Prednisolone's Considerable Effect On Bells Palsy SymptomsA report in JAMA's May edition of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery reveals that by treating Bell's Palsy, a form of facial paralysis that is usually temporarily, with prednisolone within 72 hours, seems to considerably reduce the numb...

Many women not screened for gonorrhea and chlamydia infection during pregnancyMany women are not screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea infection during their pregnancy, and follow-up testing is not always performed as medically recommended for those who test positive for chlamydia, according to a study published online in the A...

Improved Diagnostics For Sleeping SicknessLies Van Nieuwenhove, researcher at the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, has produced proteins imitating typical parts of the sleeping sickness parasite. They can be used in more efficient diagnostic tests, without the need for culturing dange...

Television shows and education about sexually transmitted infections: no laughing matterbmj;344/may23_1/e3614/FIG1F1fig1Human papillomavirus (HPV) is tough to figure out. Is it a disease or just an infection? We can’t really treat it, only its sequelae. With more than half of sexually...

Fueled By Tablets, Telemedicine Market to Grow More Than 300% by 2018FARMINGTON, Conn., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc. is pleased to announce two significant new reports on advances of wireless technologies in medical/fitness applications. Role of Wireless ICT in Health Care and Wellness The cost of healthcare is rising every year, having reached 16% to 17% of the US GDP consuming at least one percent of GDP each year. Wide utilizatio...

Many Pregnant Women Not Screened For Chlamydia and GonorrheaMADISON, N.J., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Many women are not screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea infection during their pregnancy, and follow-up testing is not always performed as medically recommended for those who test positive for chlamydia, according to a study published online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG). The...

AbD Serotec to Launch Panel of HuCAL Anti-Drug Antibodies Supporting the Development of Novel Antibody TherapeuticsMorphoSys AG / AbD Serotec to Launch Panel of HuCAL Anti-Drug Antibodies Supporting the Development of Novel Antibody Therapeutics . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. New Product Category Targets Contract Research Organizations and Pharmaceutical CompaniesMorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX)...

Cepheid Announces European Release of Xpert CT/NG and Xpert CT, Delivering Rapid Detection and Differentiation of Chlamydia and GonorrhoeaeSUNNYVALE, Calif., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced that both Xpert® CT/NG and Xpert® CT have received CE marking, with shipments expected to begin immediately. Running on Cepheid's GeneXpert® System, the products are qualitative in vitro molecular diagnostic tests for the rapid detection and differentiation of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and N...

Mimotopes can help develop new diagnostic tests for sleeping sicknessEach year many thousands of Africans contract sleeping sickness. The cause is a unicellular parasite, a trypanosome, which is transmitted by the bite of tsetse flies. First the parasite multiplies in blood and lymph, while evading the human immune sy...

Los Angeles In Search Of Next Sex SymbolLOS ANGELES, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health launched its "LA's Next Sex Symbol" contest today, asking residents to submit photos or artwork to be featured on an official Los Angeles-branded condom. The top 10 wrapper designs will appear on one million and one condoms set for free distribution throughout LA County by the end of 2012. To enter the contes...

IOD Incorporated Emerges as First CMS Release of Information Service Provider to Successfully Transmit Data for esMD across all RAC RegionsGREEN BAY, Wis., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IOD Incorporated™, a leading provider of integrated HIM solutions to hospitals, IDNs, healthcare systems and clinics, today announced it has successfully transmitted data to all four Recovery Audit Contractors in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) program for the Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (es...

Safe in Common to Exhibit at National Teaching Institute and Critical Care ExpositionORLANDO, Fla., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe in Common, a non-profit organization of healthcare safety advocates, today announced it will exhibit at the National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition (NTI), which will be held in Orlando, Fla. from May 19 - 24. During its year-long Needlestick Safety Advocacy Tour, Safe in Common (SIC) is engaging healthcare personnel at confere...

THE SMASH STREET BOYS FESTIVAL: Bringing Awareness of the International Sex Trade in BoysNEW YORK, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Throughout North America, one in six males is sexually violated by the age of 16. More alarming, many boys are immersed and trafficked in the sex industries and at an extremely high risk for contracting and dying from HIV/AIDS or related illnesses, substance abuse and suicide. From the beginning of violence through death, boys typically suffer in silence...

New Lawsuit Alleges Child Molestation by School Employee’s HusbandAccording to court documents, on May 2nd, 2012, a mother and her daughter filed a lawsuit in Florida Southern District Court (case no. 2:2012cv14151) alleging that Lake Country Elementary's after-care program employee, Maria Gonzalez, gave her husband, Orestes Gonzalez, unsupervised access to children during which he sexually abused the 10-year-old girl. Molestation lawsuits encompass a broad...

Vical Announces Publication of Herpes Simplex Vaccine Mouse Study DataSAN DIEGO, May 22, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq:VICL) today announced the online publication of a new article1 in The Journal of General Virology detailing results from the company's completed mouse studies with the company's Vaxfectin®-formulated plasmid DNA (pDNA) vaccines against herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). These results, along with previously presented results...

BD and Heart to Heart International Collaborate on Second Volunteer Service Trip to Help Improve Healthcare in HaitiFRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and OLATHE, Kan., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and Heart to Heart International, a humanitarian medical aid nonprofit organization, are teaming up for their second joint volunteer initiative to strengthen healthcare in Haiti. A team of 16 BD employees from around the world w...

Expert Meeting Discusses Testing of Oxitec Transgenic Mosquitoes in PanamaPANAMA CITY, Panama, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International scientific and government experts held a forum on 16 May 2012 to discuss the potential use of Oxitec's genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes as a tool to combat Dengue Fever in Panama. The independent forum was co-organised by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), The Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studie...

GenVec Appoints Cynthia Collins as President and CEOGAITHERSBURG, Md., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNVC) today announced that effective May 23, 2012 Cynthia Collins has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Ms. Collins is expected to be appointed to the Board of Directors of GenVec. Effective upon Ms. Collins' appointment, Paul H. Fischer, Ph.D. will step down as GenVec's President an...

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