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Smart for Life Cookie Diet program helps people to keep weight off

Brooke Webb Masten, featured in Smart for Life broadcast advertising, has maintained her 105-pound weight loss and reached her 3-year milestone. She continues her success by eating Smart for Life cookies, shakes, soups and muffins as well as an exercise routine.

24 Oct 2009

Washington Independent examines QDDR process, implications for State Dept., USAID

The Washington Independent examines the State Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, or QDDR, announced in June by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Anne-Marie Slaughter, the State Department's director of policy planning; James Michael, a senior USAID official; and Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew are "in charge of creating the document — a process of managing five working groups chaired by top-level agency heads to produce an interim report in January and a final document by next September."

24 Oct 2009

Cardio Infrared Technologies to reduce its amount of authorized shares

Cardio Infrared Technologies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CDOI) (www.cardio-cor.com) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a reduction of the authorized shares from 5,000,000,000 to 1,500,000,000.

24 Oct 2009

Zecotek Photonics increases and closes non-brokered private placement; sells units at $0.63 rate

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that it has increased and subsequently closed the non-brokered private placement previously announced on August 19, 2009.

24 Oct 2009

Learn to recognise stroke symptoms and take action: World Stroke Organization

The theme of this year's World Stroke Day on 29th October is "What can I do?". As the World Stroke Organization says, everyone can do something: learn to recognise symptoms and take action, learn to recognise the risk factors and take action.

24 Oct 2009

Inhibitex to raise $23 million through private placement

Inhibitex, Inc. today announced that it has entered into definitive purchase agreements with institutional investors for the sale of approximately $23 million of its common stock, and warrants to purchase common stock, in a private placement.

24 Oct 2009

Columbia Laboratories to raise funds through sale of its common stock and warrants

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. today announced that it has priced a transaction to raise up to approximately $11,772,000 through the sale of up to approximately 10,900,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 5,450,000 shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering. The common stock and warrants will be sold in units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.5 shares of common stock.

24 Oct 2009

New Living 4 Life wellness program to make life better for seniors

Aegis Living, a national leader in senior living and assisted living communities, is pleased to announce that it's partnering with Bastyr University, renowned institution of natural health arts and sciences education and research, to make life better for seniors through its new innovative Living 4 Life program. With this collaboration, new programs and activities will enhance the mind, spirit and physical health of residents at Aegis Living.

24 Oct 2009

Aeterna Zentaris raises US$5.1 million from institutional investors

AEterna Zentaris Inc., (the "Company") a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology, announced today that it has completed its previously announced registered direct offering of US$5.5 million of units comprised of common shares and common share purchase warrants to certain institutional investors.

24 Oct 2009

Strict adherence in taking HIV medication; extremely difficult for many individuals

Highly active antiretroviral therapy has increased the longevity and quality of life for people living with human immunodeficiency virus. But it requires strict adherence in taking the medicine, something that is extremely difficult for many individuals to do.

23 Oct 2009

IDEXX Laboratories reports increased revenues for 2009 third quarter

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., today reported that revenues for the third quarter of 2009 were $259.1 million compared to $251.1 million for the third quarter of 2008.

23 Oct 2009

Medgenics signs $7 million agreement to develop the Biopump technology for Factor VIII

Medgenics is pleased to announce that it has signed a preclinical development and option agreement with a major international biopharmaceutical company that is a market leader in the field of hemophilia.

23 Oct 2009

Tips to prevent allergy during Halloween

The haunted happenings of Halloween are upon us and soon we'll be carving pumpkins, dressing in costumes and telling spooky stories. But if your child has a food allergy, what's at the bottom of his or her trick-or-treat bag may be more frightening than any ghost or goblin.

23 Oct 2009

Verizon Foundation awards $10,000 grant to The Wellness Community of the East Bay

The Wellness Community of the East Bay has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon, to fund the use of technology to identify the best community-based psychological and social support and education strategies for cancer patients and their families.

23 Oct 2009

Vasamed partners with BBHOP for peripheral arterial disease research

On Saturday, November 7, 2009 Vasamed Inc., provider of diagnostic technologies that detect peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes, will partner with the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program (BBHOP) in its mission to help African Americans identify the connection between peripheral arterial disease (PAD), diabetes, obesity and hypertension through early detection and referral to appropriate medical resources.

23 Oct 2009

Biotie Therapies enters into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement with YA Global Master

Biotie Therapies Corp. has entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement ("SEDA") with YA Global Master SPV Ltd. a fund managed by Yorkville Advisors, LLC of Jersey City, New Jersey, USA ("Yorkville").

23 Oct 2009

Study finds link between high levels of pesticide exposure and suicidal thoughts

A new study in China has found that people with higher levels of pesticide exposure are more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The study was carried out by Dr Robert Stewart from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London together with scientists from Tongde Hospital Zhejiang Province.

23 Oct 2009

Medtronic announces ONSET trial results of sensor-enhanced CSII in children

Medtronic, Inc. today announced study results from an oral presentation at the International Diabetes Federation’s World Diabetes Congress held in Montreal, Canada. This scientific convention highlights the latest developments in clinical research aimed at improving diabetes management and outcomes.

23 Oct 2009

Lumetra awarded a Veterans Health Administration Protected Clinical Peer Review Services contract

Lumetra is pleased to announce that the Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded the California-based healthcare consulting organization a contract for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Protected Clinical Peer Review Services. Effective on September 30, 2009, the contract is for a one-year period, with the VHA having the choice to exercise four option years.

23 Oct 2009

AAFP receives MetLife Foundation grant to counter childhood obesity

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the AAFP Foundation announce that they have been awarded a $150,000 grant from MetLife Foundation, designed to counter the national epidemic of childhood obesity by empowering family physicians with new ways to promote physical activity, nutrition and emotional well-being. The partnership will produce educational materials for children, including books and publications.

23 Oct 2009

Exercise News and Research

Latest Exercise News and Research

Smart for Life Cookie Diet program helps people to keep weight off

Washington Independent examines QDDR process, implications for State Dept., USAID

Cardio Infrared Technologies to reduce its amount of authorized shares

Zecotek Photonics increases and closes non-brokered private placement; sells units at $0.63 rate

Learn to recognise stroke symptoms and take action: World Stroke Organization

Inhibitex to raise $23 million through private placement

Columbia Laboratories to raise funds through sale of its common stock and warrants

New Living 4 Life wellness program to make life better for seniors

Aeterna Zentaris raises US$5.1 million from institutional investors

Strict adherence in taking HIV medication; extremely difficult for many individuals

IDEXX Laboratories reports increased revenues for 2009 third quarter

Medgenics signs $7 million agreement to develop the Biopump technology for Factor VIII

Tips to prevent allergy during Halloween

Verizon Foundation awards $10,000 grant to The Wellness Community of the East Bay

Vasamed partners with BBHOP for peripheral arterial disease research

Biotie Therapies enters into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement with YA Global Master

Study finds link between high levels of pesticide exposure and suicidal thoughts

Medtronic announces ONSET trial results of sensor-enhanced CSII in children

Lumetra awarded a Veterans Health Administration Protected Clinical Peer Review Services contract

AAFP receives MetLife Foundation grant to counter childhood obesity

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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Exercise News and Research

Latest Exercise News and Research

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