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Metropolitan Anesthesia Consultants Appoint Amanda O’Neal, FACHE as Chief Operating Officer

SOURCE: Metropolitan Anesthesia Consultants Healthcare Executive to Lead Operations and Business Development at Leading Physician-Only Anesthesia Group DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) - Metropolitan Anesthesia Consultants (www.metroanesthesia.com), one of the largest physician-only anesthesia groups in North Texas, today announced that is has appointed Amanda O'Neal, FACHE as its Chief ...

Medistem Co-Authors Scientific Publication Detecting Neurodegeneration Before Symptoms Develop

SOURCE: Medistem Inc. MRI Study in Sheep Shows Changes in Brain Structures Associated With Scrapie Infection SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) - Medistem Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MEDS) reported today peer-reviewed publication of a research project using MRI to assess brain changes in sheep infected with scrapie (sheep form of Mad Cow ...

Adamis Pharmaceuticals Announces Phase 3 Meets Primary Endpoint

SOURCE: Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (OTCBB: ADMP) announced the successful completion of a Phase 3 contraceptive trial of the company's contraceptive gel product candidate named Savvy® (C31G). The study met its primary endpoint and was conducted by the Eunice Kennedy ...

Allied Healthcare International Inc. Reports Fiscal 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results

SOURCE: Allied Healthcare International Inc. Fiscal 2010 Revenues Increased 8.0%, at Constant Exchange Rates; Fiscal 2010 Operating Income Increased 7.7%, at Constant Exchange Rates & Excluding Acquisition Costs NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - Allied Healthcare International Inc. (NASDAQ: AHCI), a leading provider of flexible healthcare staffing services ...

Medistem Announces New Management Team

SOURCE: Medistem Inc. Internationally Renowned Drug Developers Join Adult Stem Cell Company SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - Medistem Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MEDS) announced today the appointment of Dr. Vladimir Bogin as President and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Sergey Sablin as Vice President and Board Member, and Vladimir Zaharchook as ...

CONMED Corporation Receives Clearance From FDA for Novel Tissue Fusion System

SOURCE: CONMED Corporation UTICA, NY--(Marketwire - December 3, 2010) - CONMED Corporation (NASDAQ: CNMD), a medical technology company specializing in medical devices for surgical and patient monitoring markets, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given marketing clearance for the Company's thermal energy based tissue fusion system ...

Callidus Software Offers Free Webinar: How to Make MBOs Really Work

SOURCE: Callidus Software Inc. Learn How Philips Healthcare Deployed MBO Programs to Drive Business Execution PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - December 3, 2010) - Callidus Software (NASDAQ: CALD) WHO: G. F. "Will" Williams, senior incentive compensation analyst, Philips Healthcare ...

Proteonomix, Inc. (PROT) Announces Investor Update and New Company Website

SOURCE: Proteonomix MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ--(Marketwire - December 2, 2010) - Proteonomix, Inc. (OTCBB: PROT) ("Proteonomix" or the "Company") announced today that it has updated its corporate website (http://www.proteonomix.com/) to reflect the dynamic growth and investment opportunity that exists today. Michael Cohen, CEO stated: "The ...

MMRGlobal Enters Into Agreement With MMX Holdings

SOURCE: MMRGlobal, Inc. MMRPro to Be Offered as Part of Manage My ASC Dashboard Technology LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - December 2, 2010) - MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF) (MMR) and Texas-based MMX Holdings, LLC, today announced integration of MMRPro into the MMX dashboard-based financial and operating management tool for ambulatory surgical centers ...

ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp.: T36(R) Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer Kills "Superbugs" in 15 Seconds

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 2, 2010) - ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:APH)(OTCQB:APCSF) (the "Company") announces that new tests have shown that T36® Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer is completely effective against two types of new "superbugs" within 15 seconds. The testing was conducted ...

WellTek Expands Into the Virtual Event Market

SOURCE: WellTek Incorporated ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - December 1, 2010) - WellTek, Inc. (OTCBB: WTKN), a global health, fitness and wellness company, announced today that it plans to expand into the virtual event market, specializing in the healthcare and wellness niche, by launching a new wholly-owned company, WellTek Events, Inc. This ...

Remedent Signs Agreement With Small Caps Financial Investment SA (SCF) to Open Glamsmile Studios in Belgium and Italy

SOURCE: Remedent, Inc. DEURLE, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - November 30, 2010) - Remedent, Inc. (OTCBB: REMI), an international company specializing in research, development and the manufacture of oral care and cosmetic dental products signed an agreement with Small Caps Finance SA to open at least two Glamsmile Studios in Brussels, Belgium and Milan, ...

MMRGlobal Settles With Lymphoma Research Foundation

SOURCE: MMRGlobal, Inc. LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - November 30, 2010) - MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF) (MMR) today announced it has signed a settlement agreement with the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF), resolving its lawsuit with LRF and giving the Company exclusive control of certain data and tissue samples created during trials ...

Fresh Start Private’s First Facility Operational With Potential Revenue of $120 Million in First Year

SOURCE: Fresh Start Private Management Inc. Fully Certified Medical Center Located Strategically in Orange County, California LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - November 29, 2010) - Fresh Start Private (OTCQX: CEYY) (PINKSHEETS: CEYY), a leader in the alcohol treatment and rehabilitation industry, today announced that its first facility is operational and able ...

International Alzheimer’s Researcher and Inventor to Speak at Quietmind Foundation

SOURCE: Quietmind Foundation Quietmind Foundation: Promoting Research of Drug-Free, Noninvasive Treatments for Brain Disorders and Trauma PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA--(Marketwire - November 29, 2010) - In advance of the first randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial in the world of its type for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Quietmind Foundation (QMF), Plymouth Meeting, Pa., ...

Imaging3 Set to Implement FDA Resubmission Strategy

SOURCE: Imaging3, Inc. BURBANK, CA--(Marketwire - November 29, 2010) - Imaging3™, Inc. (OTCBB: IMGG), developer of a breakthrough medical imaging device that produces 3D medical diagnostic images of virtually any part of the human body in real-time, today provided insight into the Company's strategy for resubmission to the FDA. ...

Healthmed Services, Ltd. Enters Into Software Development Contract With Veritas Software Systems

SOURCE: Healthmed Services, Ltd. SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - November 22, 2010) - Healthmed Services, Ltd. (PINKSHEETS: HEME) announced that it has entered into a software development agreement with Veritas Software Systems. Veritas will produce for Healthmed 10 exclusive healthcare software suite systems by December 2011. "Healthmed is committed to bridging the information ...

DiaMedica Accelerates Warrant Expiry Date

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - Nov. 22, 2010) - DiaMedica (TSX VENTURE:DMA) today announces that in accordance with the terms of the warrant indenture for those warrants issued on June 30, 2010 the Company has provided the required written notice to holders of such ...

Healthmed Services, Ltd. Announces the Launch of HealthTrac

SOURCE: Healthmed Services, Ltd. SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - November 22, 2010) - Healthmed Services, Ltd. (PINKSHEETS: HEME) is pleased to announce the launch of "HealthTrac" software. HealthTrac is a Web-based open-source practice management solution for hospitals and physicians focusing on creating practice management as well as sales and marketing. Healthmed is ...

Vangent Wins $3.7 Million Contract From Military Health System to Manage Patient Movement Item Tracking System

SOURCE: Vangent Vangent to Manage Award-Winning MHS System That Ensures Medical Equipment Is Accessible and Available for Wounded Warriors ARLINGTON, VA--(Marketwire - October 28, 2010) -  Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and strategic business process solutions, today announced it was awarded the Patient Movement Item Tracking System (PMITS) ...

February 2nd 2012
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mHealth Users of Remote Health Monitoring to Reach 3 million by 2016: Smartphones Play Leading Role

A burgeoning market for healthcare peripherals and increasing smartphone processing power will result in the number of patients monitored by mobile networks to rise to 3 million by 2016, finds Juniper Research’s latest report on the mHealth sector. Remote patient monitoring, using the smartphone as a hub, will also lower ...
February 2nd 2012
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Centra Health and TeleHealth Services Partner to Launch Enterprise Interactive Patient Education for Patient Satisfaction and Safety

The TIGR system was recently named one of the top 10 technologies of 2011 for empowering patients and their families through the recovery process. With “meaningful use” and patient satisfaction policies changing hospital reimbursements, hospitals have begun expanding the use of these systems to address other challenges such as readmissions, ...
January 31st 2012
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Is Heart Disease Or Stroke A Part Of Your Family History?

How many people do you know who have been affected by heart disease or stroke? How many have been your family members? Fifty-five-year-old Gail had lost nearly everyone in her family to cardiovascular disease and when she lost her father, too, she fell into poor eating habits that made her ...
January 26th 2012
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Brain Tumor Test Could Revolutionize Care of Patients with Low-grade Gliomas

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed what they believe to be the first clinical application of a new imaging technique to diagnose brain tumors. The unique test could preclude the need for surgery in patients whose tumors are located in areas of the brain too dangerous to biopsy. This ...
November 4th 2011
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Piedmont Healthcare and TeleHealth Services Collaborate to Improve Patient Health Initiatives

TeleHealth Services, the nation’s leading provider of healthcare-grade televisions and interactive patient engagement solutions, is partnering with Piedmont Healthcare (PHC) in implementing a comprehensive, customized patient-centered environment designed to improve patient education and provide interactive communication. These technological and process enhancements will help speed patient recovery, reduce readmissions and length ...

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