PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.prweb.com PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Toronto Conference Targets the Vitamin D Deficiency Crisis http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3132504.htm Ontario health care professionals will hear firsthand from some of the world's leading vitamin D experts about the current vitamin D deficiency crisis in North America at an international conference on the diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D deficiency in Toronto November 3. The physicians and researchers in the vitamin D field are presenting information that looks at the current research and practice with vitamin D to enable everyone to take action today, based on what's known to solve the deficiency epidemic and to start the prevention of many diseases. (PRWeb Oct 31, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3132504.htm New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance (DOBI) Issues Decision in Administrative Action In Favor of Association of New Jersey Chiropractors Against Horizon http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3062174.htm An administrative action initiated by the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors (ANJC) and American Chiropractic Association (ACA), with the New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance (DOBI) against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey concluded by the Department's recent ruling ordering Horizon to cease and desist from globally bundling Evaluation and Management (E&M) and Physical Therapeutic Services into Chiropractic Manipulative Treatment (CMT) Services. As a result, for these services chiropractors throughout the state can immediately begin filing reimbursement claims for these services which must be individually reviewed and reimbursed by Horizon rather than being denied across the board as was Horizon's previous policy. (PRWeb Oct 19, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3062174.htm D*action Community Project Calls for Changing Breast Cancer Awareness Month to Breast Cancer Prevention Month. Upcoming Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency Seminar at University of Toronto on November 3 to Showcase How Doctors Can Take Action Now to Prevent Breast Cancer http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb2981154.htm *The month of October is "Breast Cancer Awareness Month," but for members of the D*action Community Project, the time is right to rename it "Breast Cancer Prevention Month". On November 3 at the University of Toronto, some of the most prominent vitamin D researchers in North America will participate in the "Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency" seminar presented by GrassrootsHealth. One of the key messages of the seminar is that if doctors and health care practitioners can work to solve the vitamin D deficiency epidemic - this will prevent future incidences of breast cancer. (PRWeb Oct 5, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb2981154.htm D*Action Community Project to Host Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency Seminar at University of Toronto on November 3 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2879294.htm Can vitamin D prevent 80% of the incidence of breast cancer? What is its affect on colon cancer and other major illnesses? These questions and more will be addressed when some of the most prominent vitamin D researchers in North America participate in the "Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency" seminar presented by GrassrootsHealth at the University of Toronto on Tuesday, November 3 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (PRWeb Sep 16, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2879294.htm Association of NJ Chiropractors Brings Class Action Suit Against Aetna for Post Payment Audit Practices http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2693214.htm The Association of New Jersey Chiropractors (ANJC), one of the largest chiropractic state associations in the nation, today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Aetna seeking nationwide relief on behalf of chiropractors and other healthcare professionals. The ANJC retained the law firm of Buttaci & Leardi, LLC, in concert with the renowned class action law firm of Pomerantz Haudek Grossman & Gross LLP, to investigate and file the lawsuit, which challenges Aetna's improper recoupment demands on chiropractors and other healthcare providers. (PRWeb Jul 30, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2693214.htm New Research by D*action Member Dr. Cedric Garland Suggests Role Low Levels of Vitamin D Play in Cancer Development http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2454834.htm Coming on the heels of the publishing in the Annals of Epidemiology of a new study led by Dr. Cedric Garland, on the preventive measures of vitamin D, GrassrootsHealth D*action Project is calling on physicians, health clinics and groups throughout the country to recognize the need for determining vitamin D levels and to ensure the public have their blood levels of vitamin D tested. According to research from the newly published study by Cedric F. Garland, Dr. P.H., FACE, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and Moores Cancer Center of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), "It is projected that raising the minimum year-around serum 25(OH)D level to 40-60 ng/ml (100-150 nmol/L) would prevent approximately 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colorectal cancer each year, and three quarters of deaths from these diseases, in the US and Canada." (PRWeb May 25, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2454834.htm Resolution to Study Phase Out of Mercury Tooth Dental Fillings Receives 16% of Vote at Danaher Shareholder Meeting http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2403304.htm A resolution to the country's leading manufacturer of mercury amalgam to transition out of manufacturing mercury amlagam dental fillings received over 16% of the vote at the Danaher shareholder meeting on May 5 in Washington D.C.The resolution was submitted by Valerie Heinonen, representing the Dominican Sisters of Hope and supoorted by Consumers for Dental Choice and the Mercury Policy Project. (PRWeb May 11, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2403304.htm Grassrootshealth Launches D*action Community Project to Solve Vitamin D Deficiency Crisis http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1674344.htm Serving as a model for public health action on vitamin D, GrassrootsHealth, an advocacy organization has launched the D*action Community Project, a consortium of scientists, institutions and individuals committed to solving the worldwide vitamin D deficiency crisis and will hold its first event, a seminar on vitamin D for health professionals at UC San Diego, December 2 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (PRWeb Nov 28, 2008)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1674344.htm BookSwim.com Ranks Leading Books for Dads This Father's Day http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1009654.htm BookSwim.com, a Netflix for books, not only has the perfect gift for dads of all ages this Father's Day, a gift card subscription to its monthly book rental program, but it's provided a guide to the hottest books dads of all ages are currently reading. (PRWeb Jun 10, 2008)

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