Health and Wellness

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - AmeriCares and Baxter International Inc. have teamed to deliver additional lifesaving intravenous (IV) solutions to Haiti as part of their ongoing effort to stem the cholera outbreak. AmeriCares has been working around the clock to distribute IV sol...

On December 13, 2010, twenty-two countries from the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) and five international organisations agreed on the "Dubai Declaration on Diabetes and Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region." The agreement wa...

/PRNewswire/ - To help ensure children do not go hungry this holiday season, the PwC Charitable Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) established by PwC US, made a $500,000 donation today to PwC's national par...

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken new steps to keep consumers safe from harmful products that are marketed as dietary supplements and that contain undeclared or deceptively labeled ingredients.

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/PRNewswire/ - United Concordia® Companies, Inc., administrator of the Department of Defense's TRICARE Dental Program and TRICARE Active Duty Dental Program, along with its parent company, Highmark Inc., announced today they have contributed $200,000 to the National Military...

The President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition (PCFSN) has chosen five organizations nominated by non-profit KaBOOM! to receive a 2010 PCFSN Community Leadership Award. The award is given annually to individuals and organizations who improve the lives of individu...

It's a behavior learned in preschool, yet chances are, many Americans are not doing the number one thing to prevent infection and illness -- proper hand washing. Because Americans experience an astounding 52 million cases of the common cold each year (The Centers for Disease...

The Foundation for Cancer Research & Wellness today launched a Facebook Causes petition titled "IOM's Vitamin D Recommendations are NOT Sufficient." The goal is to challenge and overturn the recommendations released two days ago by the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Food ...

/PRNewswire/ - Omidyar Network announced today a grant of USD $915,000 to Living Goods, the 'Avon of health care' for the poor. Living Goods operates networks of village health entrepreneurs who go door-to-door to provide health education and sell essential health products a...

/PRNewswire/ - Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), jointly announced today the launch of "The Silent Killer" educational campaign aimed at raising awareness of the duty-related...