Health and Wellness
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11-15-07
Public Health Officials Announce First Country to Eliminate Transmission of the Tropical Disease Onchocerciasis
WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ, USA, and QUITO, ECUADOR - November 15, 2007 - Public health officials gathering at the 17th Inter-American Conference on Onchocerciasis (IACO) in Quito, Ecuador, today announced that transmission of the tropical disease onchocerciasis (also known as r...
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11-12-07
Compass Group Points the Way to a Zero Trans Fat Course
CHARLOTTE, NC - November 7, 2007 - Compass Group North America, the largest foodservice provider in the country, has announced that it has eliminated two million pounds trans-fat and 485,000 pounds saturated fat from their customers' diets this past year.
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11-07-07
Wholistic Health Expert Says We Need to Get "Truly Cultured", and She Doesn't Mean Going to the Opera
CHICAGO, IL - November 7, 2007 - Internationally-acclaimed health and wellness pioneer Nancy Lee Bentley will be in Chicago, November 14th- 20th to introduce her newest book, "Truly Cultured: Rejuvenating Taste, Health and Community with Naturally Fermented Foods."
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11-06-07
Target to Systematically Reduce Use of Toxic PVC in Infant Products, Children's Toys, Shower Curtains, Packaging
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- After a campaign by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) and a coalition of health and environmental organizations, Target has agreed to systematically reduce its use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, commonly known as...
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10-29-07
Medifast, Inc. Corporate Wellness Program a Big Hit with Top Companies
OWINGS MILLS, Md., Oct. 29/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medifast, Inc.
(NYSE: MED) today announced the launch of their Corporate Wellness Program, which is already being utilized by several forward thinking large corporate employers such as CareFirst Blue Cross/Blue Shield...
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10-25-07
Russia at a Turning Point on AIDS Epidemic: Exploding Infection Rates or Leadership for the World? Business, Government Leaders Meet in Moscow Today
MOSCOW. - October 25, 2007 - Russia's prosperity and economic competitiveness is under threat from a rapidly advancing HIV epidemic-already the worst in the developed world and likely to grow by as much as 30 percent by 2010. A group of top business and government leaders ar...
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10-22-07
Saks Fifth Avenue Unveils Five Magical Holiday Gifts
NEW YORK, NY - October 22, 2007 - /PRNewswire/ - Today Saks Fifth Avenue announced that it has created five exclusive, over-the-top luxury gifts available for purchase beginning October 22. A portion of each gift sold will be donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
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10-22-07
Delta Air Lines Named the 2008 Green Cross for Safety Medal Recipient
CHICAGO - October 22, 2007 - The National Safety Council has announced Delta Air Lines as the 2008 Green Cross for Safety Medal recipient. The announcement was made at the Council's 95th Annual Congress & Expo opening session Monday, Oct. 15 being held here.
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10-22-07
Americans' Pessimistic View of Accident Prevention Poses Hurdle to Reducing Injuries
CHICAGO - October 22, 2007 - Nearly one in every three Americans believes nothing can be done to prevent accidental injuries, posing a major obstacle to national efforts to reverse escalating injury trends in the United States, according to a national survey of American atti...
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10-10-07
GM and OnStar Create Technology to Help Save Lives
WASHINGTON D.C. - October 10, 2007 - General Motors (GM) and OnStar demonstrated today a prototype technology that can help OnStar further assist in the safe recovery of subscribers' stolen vehicles and reduce fatalities and injuries resulting from police chases. This new te...
