Archive for April, 2007
OREGON CITY, OR — (MARKET WIRE) — April 30, 2007 — The Hepatitis C Caring Ambassadors Program (HCCAP) applauds Governors Kulongoski and Gregoire for recognizing viral hepatitis as a serious threat to public health by issuing proclamations recognizing Hepatitis Awareness month in their respective states. Hepatitis C is the most common chronic, blood-borne viral infection […]
/24-7PressRelease/ - NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 27, 2007 - The results of the stem cell therapy given to teenagers and young adults suffering from Type-1 diabetes were described to be “very encouraging” by the two researchers - Richard Burt of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, and University of Sao Paulo’s Julio Voltarelli. The […]
NEW YORK, April 26 /PRNewswire/ — National Stroke Association and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BIPI) have come together to announce the launch of Second Chances, a new research study designed to shed light on the devastating burden of stroke survivorship. There are more than five million stroke survivors in the United States(1), a number […]
NORTHVILLE, Mich., April 25 /PRNewswire/ — At 85, Carson Lapp has no need for prescription drugs. At age 59, he carried a bottle of Nitro because his doctor was concerned about his heart. Then he began to educate himself to natural approaches to heart problems and health in general. Natural Health- Healing Resources.com is Lapp’s […]
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — (MARKET WIRE) — April 23, 2007 — How do you persuade dental hygienists to convince their patients to try the newest “gee whiz” teeth cleaning device? Simple, create a superior device that’s better than anything out there and energize the sales process with a […]
NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire/ — In the May/June issue of Men’s Vogue, on newsstands nationwide April 24, writer Adam Sachs speaks with frequent travelers-including Daily Show regular John Hodgman-who collect over-the- counter European medications like souvenirs. The most popular drugs are those that quickly cure ailments like the common head cold, a sore […]
LONDON, April 19 /PRNewswire/ — The asthma inhaler has been transformed. With cool modern colours including two that glow in the dark and a thermo chromic (heat change sensitive) version; children, teenagers and sufferers of all ages now have a clever, stylish choice that also keeps their inhalers clean.
Apods(TM) can be purchased online at www.asthmapods.com.
The […]
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 18 /PRNewswire/ — For nearly a decade, oncologists have been telling patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy that they should not take antioxidants and other nutritional supplements because they interfere with treatment. However, a two-part article published in the most recent issues of Alternative Therapies, should lay this myth to rest.
Oncologist […]
LOS ANGELES, April 17 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI presented strong evidence today that an antibiotic typically prescribed for Alzheimer’s patients could be effective in eventually treating certain types of cancers.
Q. Ping Dou, Ph.D., leader, Prevention Program at Karmanos, and members of his lab announced the findings […]
Confirming what we knew: liquor and smokes = bad; veggies = good.
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute queried men and women aged 50 and older about their diets, then followed participants for five years to record all diagnoses of head and neck cancer, which is the sixth-leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide.
Tobacco and alcohol use […]