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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...
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03-08-11
Encompass Group and Starlight Children's Foundation(TM) Showcase Work of Young Artists on Starlight Pediatric Gowns
Encompass Group selected Starlight Children's Foundation as its national charity partner last year and then enlisted Starlight’s children to help design its next line of pediatric patient apparel, professional staff apparel, bedding and patient care products. Encompass and S...
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02-28-11
Anti-Smoking Films by Young People to be Shown at the Responsible Partnerships Exhibition
New charity, The Deborah Hutton Campaign, runs an annual film-making competition, Cut Films, which challenges young people to make short films to persuade their friends not to smoke. In its first national competition, a staggering 78 films have been entered from the four cor...
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02-28-11
Kaiser Permanente Opens Hospital Design Process to the Public
/PRNewswire/ - Searching for the brightest ideas in health care design and delivery, Kaiser Permanente will hold an open hospital design competition inviting students, architects, engineers, designers and teams of multidisciplinary thinkers from around the world to conceptua...
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02-15-11
H2O Innovation and 3M Purification Inc. Partner to Provide Mobile Water Treatment Unit for Project HOPE in Haiti
(Marketwire) - H2O Innovation Inc. ("H2O Innovation" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:HEO) and 3M Purification Inc. ("3M Purification") have teamed up to provide a mobile water treatment unit to Project HOPE to support its humanitarian assistance and health care programs in Ha...
