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08-02-10
Parents Concerned Kids Will Bring Home More Than Homework This School Year
(Marketwire) - Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer will soon be a distant memory as parents and kids prepare to open a new chapter of the school year -- but not without fret. According to a new survey commissioned by Seventh Generation, the nation's leading brand of envir...
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07-28-10
Traditional Medicinals(R) Organic Mother's Milk(R) Tea Launches Online Breastfeeding Resource in Honor of World Breastfeeding Week August 1-7, 2010
/PRNewswire/ - In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, 2010, Traditional Medicinals®, the leader in medicinal teas(1), has launched MothersMilk.com - an online breastfeeding re...
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07-28-10
Center for Optimal Adult Development (COAD) Bridges Gaps Between Theory and Practice, and Science and Spirituality
The Center for Optimal Adult Development (COAD) set to launch in August 2010 seeks to become an active agent in narrowing the gap between the rich discourse of academic and scientific theory and those practices & techniques which truly assist in an adult's development.
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07-26-10
Kraft Foods Announces Plans to Double the Amount of Whole Grain in Nabisco Crackers
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Kraft Foods announced plans today to significantly increase the whole grain content in its leading Nabisco cracker brands, more than doubling the amount of whole grain currently used across the Nabisco portfolio. Over the next three years, some of Am...
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07-21-10
American Cancer Society Corporate Initiative -- Call for Nominations: 2010 Corporate Impact Awards Series
The American Cancer Society Corporate Initiative program has opened its nomination process for the 2010 Corporate Impact Awards Series, which will honor companies for their engagement in targeted efforts to significantly impact cancer's effect in the workpla...
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07-16-10
ViiV Healthcare announces further initiatives to improve access to HIV medications for people living in the least developed countries
Today ViiV Healthcare announced a new series of initiatives to support people living with HIV/AIDS in the poorest and most vulnerable countries. To address the evolving treatment needs in these countries, people living with HIV/AIDS will now be able to access the whole port...
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06-30-10
ViiV Healthcare Awards Grants from the Positive Action for Children Fund of £3.6m
Today ViiV Healthcare awarded a total of £3.6m in grants to support 12 projects focused on preventing HIV transmission from mother-to-child, to improve the health and wellbeing of women, children and their families around the globe. These grants are the first of a series of ...
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06-30-10
Call for Nominations: 2010 International da Vinci(R) Awards Recognizing Adaptive and Assistive Technology Innovations
The 2010 da Vinci Awards® is seeking nominations from around the world to recognize and celebrate the most innovative adaptive and assistive technologies that enable equal access and opportunity for all people, regardless of ability.
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06-23-10
Congressman Mike Michaud (D-ME) Invites West Wireless Health Institute to Testify Before Veterans' Affairs Health Subcommittee
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - The U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, led by Chairman Mike Michaud (D-ME) and Ranking Member Henry Brown (R-SC), has invited Joseph M. Smith, MD, PhD, Chief Medical and Science Officer of the West Wireless Health Inst...
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06-22-10
Coloplast and the World Diabetes Foundation Prevent Amputations in India
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Coloplast's donation programme Access to Healthcare just signed a contract with the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) about a new healthcare project in India. The project aims to improve the treatment of diabetic wounds.
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