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    <title> First Heart Failure Patients Successfully Implanted with Angioblast Systems&#039; &quot;Off-the-Shelf&quot; Adult Stem Cells :  Multiple US medical centers activly enrolling patients into first Phase 2 trial of allogeneic stem cells for congestive heart failure </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Angioblast Systems Inc. today announced successful initial safety results following commencement of the world&#8217;s first clinical trial to use allogeneic adult stem cells obtained from an unrelated, universal donor to treat patients with congestive heart failure.  (PRWeb Oct 12, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/heart_failure/stem_cells/prweb1462214.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/heart_failure/stem_cells/prweb1462214.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title> Elixir Medical Corporation Licenses Myolimus&#8482; From Novartis Pharma AG for Site-Specific Drug Delivery Applications </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Elixir Medical Corporation announced today that the company entered into a co-exclusive worldwide license agreement with Novartis Pharma AG granting Elixir the rights to utilize the drug Myolimus with Elixir&#8217;s vascular and other site-specific drug-delivery applications. In addition, Elixir has an exclusive worldwide license for use of Myolimus in fully biodegradable stents. &quot;Elixir is committed to be a leader in the drug eluting stent market through the efficient development of a broad and innovative portfolio of DES products to better address physician and patient needs,&quot; said Motasim Sirhan, chief executive officer of Elixir Medical Corporation. &#8220;The license agreement with Novartis Pharma AG for Myolimus enhances our capabilities to develop innovative product platforms for our physicians and patients.&#8221;  (PRWeb Oct 10, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/elixir_medical/medical_corporation/prweb1454724.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/elixir_medical/medical_corporation/prweb1454724.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Medisave USA Now Offers Laser Engraving Across its Full Range of 3M Littmann Stethoscopes </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Medisave USA&#8482;, with new offices in Stratford, Conn., today announced it will offer a full range of medical equipment and stethoscopes to doctors, medical students and other medical professionals online. (PRWeb Oct 9, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/littmann/stethoscope/prweb1428094.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/littmann/stethoscope/prweb1428094.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Pluromed Receives Major International Surgery Award for its Innovative LeGoo Vascular Product Line</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Pluromed, Inc. received prestigious 2008 Award for the most important technological breakthrough in any area related to thoracic and cardiovascular surgery for its LeGoo product line. LeGoo is approved for human use in Europe and is already in clinical use in some of the leading clinical centers of France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. The market includes over 2,000,000 procedures a year in elder and diabetic patients with fragile arteries. Pluromed  is a private medical device company pioneering clampless vascular and cardiovascular surgery. (PRWeb Oct 9, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1446424.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1446424.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title> Clinical Data from &#039;OPEN I&#039; Study of the Stentys Stent to Be Reported at Next Week&#039;s &#039;TCT 2008&#039; International Cardiovascular Meeting </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that clinical results from the &#8216;OPEN I&#8217; clinical study using its bifurcated stent will be presented at next week&#8217;s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (&#8216;TCT&#8217;) 2008 symposium, an international medical meeting on cardiovascular intervention. The clinical data &#8212; to be presented by Stefan Verheye, M.D., Department of Cardiology, Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium &#8212; will look at safety after 30 days post-implantation of the Stentys bifurcated stent in a total of 40 patients.  (PRWeb Oct 9, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/clinical_data/bifurcated_stent/prweb1450124.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/clinical_data/bifurcated_stent/prweb1450124.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title> CoreValve elects industry veteran Frank Fischer to its Board of Directors </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>CoreValve (<a href="http://www.corevalve.com" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.corevalve.com</a>) announced today that it has expanded its Board of Directors by electing Frank Fischer as a new member.  (PRWeb Oct 9, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/frank_fischer/revalving_system/prweb1450334.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/frank_fischer/revalving_system/prweb1450334.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>EnrichMap Announces New Program To Reduce Medical Patient Noncompliance And Offers Healthcare Organizations A Limited Trial Test Opportunity</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Medical patient noncompliance is a major healthcare issue. The Emap typology provides a new patient assessment  program to determine the compliance personality of individuals and then  targeted guidance for  how to best communicate healthcare information to each of the six compliance Profiles (PRWeb Oct 8, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1434244.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1434244.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title> &quot;Put Down the BBQ Ribs, We&#039;ve Found You a Donor Heart,&quot; Nurse Tells Patient :  Ohio Father near Death Gets Second Chance at Life with CardioWest&#8482; temporary Total Artificial Heart </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>After a six-year battle with heart disease that included numerous medications, trips to the emergency room and surgery to implant a pacemaker, 40-year-old Jim Fijalkovich found himself in the Intensive Care Unit at an Ohio hospital. Both sides of his heart were dying and he was in desperate need of a transplant.  (PRWeb Oct 8, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/artificial_heart/total_artificial/prweb1444944.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/artificial_heart/total_artificial/prweb1444944.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Zone Medical, LLC Announces That The U.S. Patent Office Rejected All Claims of Key Patent of I-Flow Corporation</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Zone Medical, LLC, the worldwide distributor for the Solace&#174; Post Operative Pain Relief System, reports that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected all claims in the I-Flow Corporation U.S. Patent No. 5,284,481, entitled Compact Collapsible Infusion Apparatus. (Reexamination Control No. 90/008,880)  All claims were rejected as anticipated or obvious in view of prior art. I-Flow has filed suit against Zone claiming infringement of this patent. Zone believes decision is a victory in its David vs. Goliath battle with I-Flow. (PRWeb Oct 8, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1432874.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1432874.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Michigan Instruments and Enerspect Medical Solutions Create Strong Alliance for Distribution of Hands-Free CPR Device</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Grand Rapids based company Michigan Instruments, leader in CPR systems, creates strong alliance with industry distributor Enerspect Medical Solutions for distribution of new Hands-Free CPR system Life-Stat. (PRWeb Oct 7, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1430644.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1430644.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Allsup Introduces Health Discount Program to Millions of People with Disabilities</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Program offers up to 50 percent savings on medical services and healthcare products. (PRWeb Oct 6, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/Allsup/Health_Discount_Program/prweb1423554.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/Allsup/Health_Discount_Program/prweb1423554.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title> Satellite Healthcare, Providers of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Disease Services, Honors Founder With Endowed Chair at Stanford University School of Medicine </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Satellite Healthcare, one of the nation&#8217;s first and largest providers of kidney dialysis services and kidney disease therapies, has honored its founder, Norman S. Coplon, MD, with an endowed chair at Stanford University School of Medicine.  (PRWeb Oct 6, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/satellite_healthcare/kidney_disease/prweb1435954.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/satellite_healthcare/kidney_disease/prweb1435954.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>1450 Announces the Release of the Dragon&#174; Medical Selection Assistant</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>1450 provides a variety of resources assisting physicians who wish to automate their office processes.  They have produced the Dragon Medical Selection Assistant for physicians to determine the most appropriate Dragon Medical product for their medical practice.  Nuance&#039;s Dragon Medical is appropriate for doctors in practices as small as solo practice all the way to entire hospital systems.  However, different editions have different features sets, and our Selection Assistant can help you determine which is most appropriate. (PRWeb Oct 3, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/Dragon_Medical/EMR/prweb1396054.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/Dragon_Medical/EMR/prweb1396054.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>New Book -- Time to Sell? Guide to Selling a Physician Practice:  Value, Options, Alternatives Helps Physicians Make the Best Deals</title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1418634.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Is selling your practice to a hospital the best solution? (PRWeb Oct 3, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1418634.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1418634.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Where You Live Matters When You&#039;re Seriously Ill; State-by-State Report Card Shows Midwest Leads, South Lags;</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>America does a mediocre job caring for its sickest patients. The nation, says a new report, gets a C. Only Vermont, Montana and New Hampshire earned an A, according to a new report from the Center to Advance Palliative Care. Three states - Oklahoma, Alabama and Mississippi - got an F. (PRWeb Oct 2, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1402394.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1402394.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>2008 Therapeutic Temperature Management Congress Opens to Hundreds in Barcelona</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Leading cardiologists, neurologists, emergency medicine, and other critical-care specialists in attendance; four-day program features review of current clinical research and adopted protocols for use of therapeutic hypothermia and other advanced patient temperature management solutions; a CME-accredited event, unrestricted educational grant support provided to physicians and nurses. (PRWeb Oct 2, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/ttmcongress/opening/prweb1416064.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/ttmcongress/opening/prweb1416064.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Information About Trasylol (Aprotinin) Being Linked to Tens of Thousands of Deaths</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>The FDA ordered Bayer to remove Trasylol (aprotinin) from the market after studies linked Trasylol to tens of thousands of deaths. A study looked at more than 78,000 patients from January 2003 to January 2006 and concluded that Trasylol users have a 64% higher death risk than those that took an alternative drug. The increased death risk was due to Trasylol dangerous side effects including kidney failure, heart attack, and stroke.  ConsumerInjuryLawyers.com provides detailed information, helpful links and the CBS 60 Minutes Video Segment about Trasylol. (PRWeb Oct 2, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/Trasylol/lawyers/prweb1407314.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/Trasylol/lawyers/prweb1407314.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title> Stentys appoints Michael D. Lesh, MD, as a Director :  Dr. Lesh is a physician turned serial entrepreneur with an outstanding track record &quot;We believe that Dr. Lesh will be very helpful in guidingour commercialization efforts and corporate development strategy.&quot; Gonzague Issenmann, Co-Founder and CEO, Stentys </title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/gonzague_issenmann/evera_medical/prweb1417544.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Stentys (<a href="http://www.stentys.com" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.stentys.com</a>) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Michael Lesh as a Director, effective immediately. Stentys is developing the world&#8217;s first next-generation drug-eluting stent for treatment of blocked coronary artery bifurcations so that hundreds of thousands of patients might avoid open-chest surgery.  (PRWeb Oct 2, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/gonzague_issenmann/evera_medical/prweb1417544.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/gonzague_issenmann/evera_medical/prweb1417544.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Cardiocore Appoints Bob Goodman as Vice President of Sales - Experienced Life Science Executive to Lead Cardiocore&#039;s Worldwide Sales Expansion</title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1402144.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Cardiocore, a premier centralized cardiac safety testing laboratory, announced today that Bob Goodman has joined their executive leadership team as Vice President of Sales. Mr. Goodman, a highly experienced life science sales executive, will capitalize on Cardiocore&#039;s strong and consistent sales momentum to generate continued expansion of Cardiocore&#039;s top-quality service offerings worldwide. (PRWeb Oct 1, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1402144.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1402144.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>MxSecure, Inc., Provider of Transcription Services to Healthcare Clinics, Unites with Health Care Notification Network to Deliver Urgent Patient Safety Alerts.</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>MxSecure, Inc., the nation&#039;s leading provider of medical transcription services to healthcare clinics, unites with the Health Care Notification Network (HCNN) to deliver electronically urgent patient safety alerts to its clients. (PRWeb Sep 30, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/MxSecure/Transcription/prweb1388284.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/MxSecure/Transcription/prweb1388284.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title> The Modern DeBakey VAD&#8482; To Be Introduced For the First Time in the U.S. :  HeartAssist 5&#8482; Pediatric VAD Features Industry Exclusive Direct Blood Flow Measurement System </title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/pediatric_vad/blood_flow/prweb1406304.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>The HeartAssist 5&#8482; Pediatric VAD will be introduced for the first time in the U.S. at the 16th annual meeting of the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps (ISRBP) in Houston on Oct. 2-4.  (PRWeb Sep 30, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/pediatric_vad/blood_flow/prweb1406304.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/pediatric_vad/blood_flow/prweb1406304.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Information About the Drug Spiriva Being Linked to Increased Risk of Strokes, Heart Attacks and Cardiovascular Deaths </title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1391174.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>A new JAMA article reports on a study allegedly showing that the blockbuster drug Spiriva HandiHaler may cause higher incidents of heart attacks, strokes and cardiovacsular deaths than a placebo population.  The FDA issued an early warning communication in March 2008 identifying similar dangers.  The drug companies that distribute Spiriva dispute the findings.  The issue is likely to be hotly debated in the coming months. (PRWeb Sep 28, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1391174.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1391174.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>HeartRateMonitorProducts.com Races to the Top of the Fitness Game</title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1393154.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>The watches featured on Marcus Gary&#039;s website aren&#039;t your run-of-the-mill watches that tell you the time that have the eternally fashionable calculator, but rather they include a heart rate monitor for your cardiovascular activities.  HeartRateMonitorProducts.com specializes in these watches and Gary has recently added a blog (HealthAndFitnessForLifeBlog.com) to his website. (PRWeb Sep 28, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1393154.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1393154.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Season Premiere of ABC&#039;s Grey&#039;s Anatomy Features Therapeutic Hypothermia</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Cincinnati Sub-Zero therapeutic hypothermia products used in television show to simulate delivery of cooling therapy to critically injured patient; story references real-life athlete&#039;s neurological recovery from a severe spinal injury that may be partly attributable to therapeutic hypothermia. (PRWeb Sep 26, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/cszmedical/greysanatomy/prweb1388914.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/cszmedical/greysanatomy/prweb1388914.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Medical Machines Online Announces Release of a Refurbished Acuson Cypress Ultrasound System</title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/medicalequipment/ultrasoundequipment/prweb1387334.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>The online medical equipment specialists at Medical Machines Online are announcing the release and availability of a great refurbished ultrasound, the Acuson Cypress Ultrasound System. (PRWeb Sep 26, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/medicalequipment/ultrasoundequipment/prweb1387334.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/medicalequipment/ultrasoundequipment/prweb1387334.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>New: Axia3 Heartburn Extinguisher&#174; and the Next President: A White House Necessity</title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1384414.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Axia3 Heartburn Extinguisher&#174; (www.Axia3.com), the fast acting, all natural treatment for heartburn, is a virtual necessity for the next President of the United States. This Heartburn Extinguisher, which includes patented, time-released digestive enzymes to fight stomach upset, contains a month&#039;s supply of 30 tablets and retails for $9.99 at Whole Foods locations in Southern California and nationally through GNC and Vitamin World, and newly available at Drugstore.com (PRWeb Sep 26, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1384414.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1384414.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title> MonaVie Announces Pulse: The New Heart-Healthy A&#231;ai Beverage </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>MonaVie (<a href="http://www.monavie.com" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.monavie.com</a>), maker of the premier blend of the Brazilian a&#231;ai berry, announces today the launch of a new product in its line of functional beverages&#8212;MonaVie Pulse. A scientifically formulated a&#231;ai infusion, new MonaVie Pulse was created to support the cardiovascular system and help maintain existing healthy cholesterol levels.  (PRWeb Sep 25, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/monavie_pulse/plant_sterols/prweb1385184.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/monavie_pulse/plant_sterols/prweb1385184.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Hissey Kientz, LLP Announces the Launch of Digitek Recall Help Web Site</title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1370794.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>The law firm of Hissey Kientz, LLP has announced the launch of its new website, Digitek Recall Help (<a href="http://www.digitekrecallhelp.com" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.digitekrecallhelp.com</a>). Digitek is a form of the heart medication digoxin, which is used to treat patients with an irregular heartbeat or congestive heart failure. The drug&#039;s manufacturer issued a nationwide Digitek recall  after receiving several reports of injuries or illnesses among patients. (PRWeb Sep 23, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1370794.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1370794.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Baby Boomers - Health and Fitness Book Release</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Total Health For Life: Mind &#38; Body, The Baby Boomer&#039;s Bible of Health&quot;, by 54 year old Rico Connor, (Amazon.com in paperback) launched its marketing campaign today all over the Web. Connor&#039;s huge YouTube (totalhealth4life)  list and Web membership grows daily as he teaches baby boomers how to achieve optimal health, reverse aging, fight disease and train your mind to be successful at anything in just 7 hours a week! His lifestyle was created and designed for success, with the busy individual in mind to cut through fitness and diet myths and give precise content on how to transform your mind and body. (PRWeb Sep 22, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/health/fitness/prweb1354594.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/health/fitness/prweb1354594.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title> Early Birds Get the Winter Vacation Deals </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>With school starting, summer ending and beautiful fall weather to enjoy, people tend to delay planning their spring or winter vacations.  (PRWeb Sep 22, 2008)</P>
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    <title>Life-Saving Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Now Available At Lower Cost to Heart Disease Patients</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Bangkok Hospital has been leading the way in provision of quality, affordable health-care for some time. They are now offering a reduced price package for coronary artery bypass grafts, often needed for heart attack victims. (PRWeb Sep 22, 2008)</P>
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    <title>Capricor&#039;s Novel Stem Cell Therapy is a Potential Multi-Billion Dollar Market</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Capricor, Inc. presented at the 10th SoCalBio Investor Conference its mission to revolutionize the treatment of heart disease with novel cardiac stem cell therapy and capture a potential multi-billion market. (PRWeb Sep 20, 2008)</P>
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    <title>American Society of Hematology (ASH) Launches New Campaign to Educate Consumers on Vital Connection Between Blood and Personal Health</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>The American Society of Hematology (ASH) launches Blood: The Vital Connection. The program was developed in response to results of national survey indicating most Americans have low awareness of common blood conditions. ASH has also developed the Blood: The Vital Connection Web site to serve as an online resource. (PRWeb Sep 16, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/ASH-Blood-Health/92008/prweb1341464.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/ASH-Blood-Health/92008/prweb1341464.htm</a></P>]]>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Lifeclinic International&#039;s LC300 blood pressure monitors were recently selected and purchased by the New York City Health Department for a hypertension awareness campaign. (PRWeb Sep 16, 2008)</P>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>For the past decade, baby boomers have been well-educated about the severity of blood clots in the brain causing strokes. But what many of them still do not understand is the potentially fatal effects of blood clots in their legs and arms as well as their available treatment options. An innovative clot-removal procedure, highlighted in a recent study, yields a 94.7 percent success rate in preventing amputation. (PRWeb Sep 15, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1326244.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1326244.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>Ablation Technologies and Other Energy-Based Therapies Proliferating in Cardiology, General Surgery, Cancer and Other Clinical Applications Worldwide</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>The global market for ablation and other energy-based therapeutics is swelling at double digit growth rates, with revenues in some energy types growing at or beyond 20% annually.  The efficacy of different modalities in achieving different clinical end-points (cutting, coagulating, excising tissue, creating anti-arrhythmic lesions, etc.) is increasing with new product developments and products are being more readily adopted by clinicians becoming facile with their use. The worldwide market for ablation and other energy-based technologies is the subject of a new market and technology report, &quot;Worldwide Ablation Technologies&quot;, from MedMarket Diligence, LLC (PRWeb Sep 12, 2008)</P>
        <P>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1316844.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1316844.htm</a></P>]]>
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    <title>GE Healthcare Demonstrates Sync Tool&#8482; on its Xeleris 2 Workstation -- Nuclear Cardiac Imaging Software Licensed from Syntermed</title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1313284.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>SyncTool software helps to predict which heart failure patients will benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).  Syntermed also unveils ReconTools&#8482; at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Sept. 10-14, Boston, MA. Emory University announced it is exclusively licensing Emory Reconstruction Toolbox (ERTb) to Syntermed and the company will market ERTb software as ReconTools&#8482;.  ReconTools provide reconstructed data sets that can be analyzed by many quantitative platforms including Emory Cardiac Toolbox&#8482; (ECTb), providing an integrated, complete software solution for myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging. (PRWeb Sep 12, 2008)</P>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Navilyst Medical, the manufacturer and global marketer of vascular access and fluid management medical devices, has launched new products just four weeks after the company&#039;s introduction of its new corporate brand following the previously announced divestiture from Boston Scientific.  They are: 1) an Expanded PICC Convenience Kit program , 2) the inudstry&#039;s only dual-safety EZ Huber&#174; Infusion Needle Set; and 3) new Xcela&#174; Power Injectable Ports. The two new devices and enhanced PICC Convenience Kitting offerings expand Navilyst Medical&#039;s popular vascular access device product lines and can contribute to a hospital&#039;s infection prevention program.  The products are designed to contribute to a hospital&#039;s compliance with OSHA regulations, CDC guidelines, as well as recently announced Joint Commission Hospital Patient Safety Goals. (PRWeb Sep 11, 2008)</P>
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    <title>Remote Readers, a New Group of Nuclear Cardiologists, Use Syntermed Live&#8482; to Improve Diagnostic Value of Nuclear Heart Images</title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1309124.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Syntermed, Inc., an Atlanta-based nuclear medicine imaging and informatics software company will demonstrate several new cardiac imaging software programs at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiologists, meeting in Boston through Sunday.  Syntermed Live is one of the featured products along with Emory Cardiac Toolbox, SyncTool and ReconTool. ...&quot;Nuclear cardiologists are utilizing the Syntermed Live&#8482; system to easily access secure, high-resolution heart images and diagnostic information. The trend towards virtual access and remote reading is more than a convenience for nuclear cardiologists. They can now retrieve archived files for comparison studies and communicate quickly with colleagues...&quot; (PRWeb Sep 11, 2008)</P>
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    <title>LegDisorders.org Launches a Dynamic Web-Based Series of CME Certified Activities Entitled: Recognizing and Managing Diseases of The Leg: A Self-Study Program</title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1294724.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Professional Postgraduate Services&#174; (PPS) proudly announces the launch of Recognizing and Managing Diseases of the Leg: a Self-Study Program, a dynamic, web-based, continuing medical education (CME)-certified learning intervention. These activities are featured on LegDisorders.org, the official website of the PPS-sponsored Biology of Leg Disorders (BOLD&#174;) educational initiative. (PRWeb Sep 9, 2008)</P>
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