Health and Wellness
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04-04-11
ViiV Healthcare Expands Positive Action U.S. Southern Initiative to Fight HIV/AIDS in Hard-hit Region
ViiV Healthcare today announced that it will expand the Positive Action U.S. Southern Initiative to four additional states and issued a new request for letters of interest (LOIs). Established in 2010, the initiative focuses on linking people living with HIV into care and/or ...
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04-04-11
The Laughing Cow(R) Announces Life Well Laughed Project
/PRNewswire/ - The Laughing Cow® family of products, a leading U.S. brand of portion-controlled snack cheeses including Mini Babybel® cheese and The Laughing Cow® cheese wedges, announced Friday the launch of its Life Well Laughed Project. With the help of cheese lovers acro...
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03-29-11
Kaiser Permanente Employees Raise $600,000 for Healthy Eating Programs in Underserved Communities
/PRNewswire/ - Wholesome Wave, a Connecticut-based, national nonprofit organization dedicated to nourishing neighborhoods across America by increasing access to and affordability of healthy, fresh locally grown food, announced today that it has received a $600,000 grant from...
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03-29-11
School-Based Health Centers to Increase Access to Oral Health Care for Medically Underserved Children and Adolescents
/PRNewswire/ - The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, a nonprofit organization that aims to advance and advocate for school-based health centers, announced today that it has received a $600,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente. Funding from the Oakland-based nonprofi...
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03-28-11
AmeriCares and AstraZeneca Work Together Delivering Critical Medicines to Help People Living with Chronic Diseases in the U.S.
AmeriCares and AstraZeneca have teamed to deliver critical medicines to help people living with chronic diseases throughout the United States. AstraZeneca has donated $5 million in cardiovascular and gastrointestinal medications to AmeriCares in support of its Domestic Medic...
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03-22-11
New Book, The Healthy Home, Teaches Consumers How to Reduce Toxins and Hazards In The Home
/PRNewswire/ - The Healthy Home, a new book containing simple solutions for making your home healthier, was today released through Vanguard Publishing. Written by award-winning microbiologist Dr. Myron Wentz and
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03-21-11
World TB Day Donation Campaign Increases Access to Improved TB Tests in Resource-Limited Settings
/PRNewswire/ - In recognition of World TB Day, held each year on March 24, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) has launched an online campaign designed to increase access to improved diagnostics that are crucial in the ongoing fight against tuberculosis (TB).
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03-21-11
ViroPharma Launches 'HAE and Me,' A New Online Community to Unite People Living With Hereditary Angioedema
/PRNewswire/ - ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM) today announced the launch of "HAE and Me," an online community that unites teens and adults with hereditary angioedema (HAE) through shared experiences to help them better manage their disease. The website,
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03-16-11
Charity for the UK Military's Hospital to meet responsible businesses
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity is off to London to meet with big business at the Responsible Partnerships Exhibition 2011 to spread the word about the work that it does to support the UK's military patients.
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03-08-11
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Receives National 'Psychologically Healthy Workplace' Award
/PRNewswire/ - The Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon is being recognized with a "Psychologically Healthy Workplace" award from the American Psychological Association. The award will be presented in a ceremony in Washington D.C. on Saturday, Mar...
