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Slim Down for Summer with Brand New Diet Slimming Perfume

A brand new weight-loss product has launched to help slimmers ditch those stubborn pounds just in time for bikini season. Diet Slimming Perfume, the slimming booster roll-on perfume is a concentrated perfume made from a blend of seaweed, herbs and essential oils,. When inhaled it aids in reducing appetite and increasing metabolism; two of the key factors in...
 

TODAY SHOW NEWS ANCHOR AND CO-HOST NATALIE MORALES ANNOUNCED AS EMCEE OF 2013 VA...

The Vail Living Well Summit founders, John and Jamie Stone, announced today that NBC News’ Today Show personality Natalie Morales will emcee the 2013 Vail Living Well Summit™ (VLWS). The announcement of Morales’s role adds to the already prolific lineup of nationally and internationally renowned thought leaders, researchers, doctors and pro athletes in the...

BLOXR Corporation showcases Personal Radiation Protective Apparel at national ev...

Salt Lake City, June 12, 2013 – XPF aprons, thyroid collars and shields were one of 14 medical innovations on display in front of thousands of healthcare providers and experts at the Premier healthcare alliance’s 2013 Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition. 

BLOXR’s XPF personal radiation protective apparel were selected by clinicians and other members of Premier, a provider-owned performance improvement alliance...

2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

Landmark clinical Guidelines introduced at Europe’s biggest blood pressure conference in Milan
Embargo, 17.30 (CEST) Friday 14th June, 2013

Milan, 14 June 2013. Lifestyle factors, lack of awareness by both patients and physicians, hesitancy in initiating and intensifying drug treatment, and healthcare structural deficiencies are amongst the reasons for the increasing problem of high blood pressure in Europe,...
 

VRA Announces Changes To Its Standards of Practice

The UK’s leading vocational rehabilitation organisation, VRA, has updated their standards of practice in a bid to improve the health and wellbeing of thousands of individuals across the country. Vocational Rehabilitation enables people with disabilities or health conditions to access and maintain employment and the VRA’s revision of their standards will contribute through professional...

Don’t forget those receiving care at home

“No one’s here. They forgot me.” Those are the haunting words of 83 year old Muriel Price who was lying in bed waiting for a Care Worker who was 50 minutes late to get her up. Muriel is then heard sobbing with frustration.

Care Minister Norman Lamb recognises that there is a crisis in the home care system and acknowledges that this is not an isolated case.    

Earlier this year a report by the Care Quality...

Parkland offers preventive health tips during National Men's Health Week

DALLAS – Recent studies have shown that women are far more likely to visit the doctor for annual examinations and preventive services than men. As a part of National Men’s Health Week, which starts June 10 and ends on Father’s Day, June 16, the staff of Parkland Health & Hospital System encourages boys and men to seek regular medical advice and early treatment for disease and injury.

“Men should regularly...

Patients Win in Supreme Court Gene Patent Decision

Northfield, IL – June 13, 2013, -- The College of American Pathologists applauds today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision invalidating the patents held by Myriad Genetics on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. It is a victory for patients and for science.

CAP is a co-plaintiff in the case Association of Molecular Pathology et al, vs Myriad Genetics, Inc., which the court decided today.

“This is a landmark decision,” said...
 

Society of Interventional Radiology Selects 18 Fellows

Newest Leaders in Research, Scientific Literature, Teaching and Leadership Announced at 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) announced the addition of 18 Fellows to the Fairfax, Virginia-based, national organization’s roster during SIR’s 38th Annual Scientific Meeting, held April 13–18 in New Orleans. This...

Independence Blue Cross Takes Steps to Stop Diabetes

Leading insurer announces sixth year as presenting sponsor of Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes
Philadelphia, PA — June 12, 2013 — Independence Blue Cross (IBC) marks the company's sixth-year as presenting sponsor of Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes, the American Diabetes Association's community fundraising event. This year, Step Out will be held Saturday, October...