Health and Wellness
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12-01-11
The Coca-Cola Company Joins (RED) to Help Eliminate AIDS
The Coca-Cola Company today announced a multi-year partnership with (RED) to raise awareness and money for the Global Fund’s efforts to virtually eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015.
The partnership includes an ini...
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11-29-11
Kraft Foods Foundation Launches European Healthy Living Programs
/PRNewswire/ - The Kraft Foods Foundation is expanding its global effort to encourage healthy lifestyles, investing more than $7 million in new programs in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
"We can help improve public health by focusing on our mission to fight hunger and promote healthy li...
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11-28-11
Durban's Mission: Food Security First
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - On the opening day of the United Nations climate talks in Durban, the pro-development NGO World Growth released a new report urging world leaders to focus on the import...
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11-24-11
Supplement on Maternal Health and Noncommunicable Diseases
On 18 November 2011, a supplement made possible through an unrestricted educational grant by Novo Nordisk was published by the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. The supplement, “From biology to policy: The link between maternal health and current and future burden of chronic non...
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11-16-11
BBVA Foundation Unites the Efforts of Massachusetts General Hospital and Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Biomarker Research for Personalized Cancer Therapies
/PRNewswire/ - The BBVA Foundation announced an agreement to underwrite a joint effort between Massachusetts General Hospital and Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron Hospital to search for personalized cancer therapies through biomarker research.
The BBVA Foundation Tumor Biomarkers Research Program...
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11-14-11
Duck the Halls...With the 2011 Aflac Holiday Duck
/PRNewswire/ - Aflac, the number one provider of supplemental insurance in the United States, is teaming with Macy's to sell the 2011 plush Aflac Holiday Duck, with proceeds going to support research and treatment for childhood cancer. In its eleventh year, the Aflac Holiday Duck program has ...
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11-02-11
Martha O'Bryan Center Announces New Strategic Partnership With ARAMARK to Strengthen Community Health and Wellness Programs
/PRNewswire/ - The Martha O'Bryan Center, which helps families living in poverty find education and employment opportunities, today announced a new partnership with ARAMARK, the global professional services company. The relationship will strategically enhance health and wellness programs for yout...
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10-31-11
Novo Nordisk Supports Gestational Diabetes Treatment in Colombia
In October 2011, the Health Secretary of Barranqilla with support from Novo Nordisk launched the "Vida Nueva" (New Life) Project for Gestational Diabetes in Barranquilla, Colombia. Vida Nueva, a key activity in Novo Nordisk's Changing Diabetes® in Pregnancy programme, seeks to diagnose and treat ...
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10-26-11
Leading Pharmaceutical Companies & Research Institutions Offer IP and Expertise for Use in Treating Neglected Tropical Diseases as Part of WIPO Re:Search
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Geneva press conference to launch WIPO Re:Search on October 26, 2011 at 10:30 CEST will be webcast live
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10-19-11
The Mohawk Group Unveils Facebook Honor Wall in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness
Celebrating 10 years of partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure® through its Specify for a Cure® cause marketing program,
