The Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation has announced that Dr. C. Everett Koop, 13th U.S. Surgeon General will attend the February 1st Anchor and Caduceus Dinner in Washington, DC and offer brief remarks. Landover, MD (PRWEB) January 28, 2008 –- The Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation has announced that Dr. C. Everett Koop, [...]

The International Coalition for Genital Integrity (ICGI), a group of human rights organizations, denounces the recent WHO and UNAIDS calls for mass adult male circumcision in Africa. Circumcision is unnecessary, risky, and not cost-effective. West Lafayette, IN (PRWEB) April 2, 2007 — African men are being led to believe that, if they get circumcised, they [...]

Over 300 unique pieces of timeless art and estate antiques to be auctioned in benefit of Aids HealthCare Foundation-Magic Johnson Clinic. Los Angeles, Calif. (PRWEB) March 24, 2008 — 'Eclectics,' a specialty estate art, antique and furniture retailer based in Sherman Oaks, California, announced it will host a series of limited auctions offering unique and [...]

Fred Pritzker, a Minneapolis foodborne illness lawyer and food safety advocate, called for Lunds and Byerly's to pay victims' medical bills. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has linked at least seven E. coli cases linked to ground beef sold at Lunds and Byerly's. Two of the victims were children. "No matter what the source [...]

In his newest book, health writer Bill Sardi asks why the current rise in autism, asthma, childhood diabetes and digestive tract problems (Crohn's, celiac and irritable bowel) has been paralleled by antibiotic germ resistance. Could all of these diseases have a sole origin? (PRWEB) May 6, 2007 — In his newest book, health writer Bill [...]

WASHINGTON (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) June 23, 2008 — Against a backdrop of escalating insurance costs, increased staff turnover and Internet-savvy patients, today’s physicians need more than a medical degree. “Physicians practice in the most volatile legal and regulatory communications environment in history,” says Emile Allen, M.D., developer of Practice Pearls (www.practicepearls.com), a new series [...]

Health and privacy both got a boost today when Private MD Lab Services, Atlanta, announced its latest offering for completely anonymous testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV/AIDS. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 25, 2008 — Health and privacy both got a boost today when Private MD Lab Services, Atlanta, announced its latest offering for [...]

Evidence-based article in prestigious infectious disease journal supports ILADS treatment recommendations. Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) June 15, 2007 — The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) today announced that, for the first time, evidence supporting the ILADS position on the treatment of Lyme disease has been published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID), considered [...]

African Leaders Gather in Tokyo to Urge Action Against Malaria, the Leading Killer of African Children Yokohama, Japan (PRWEB) May 28, 2008 — In anticipation of the upcoming G8 meeting to be held in Japan in July, health leaders and malaria awareness ambassadors will join together at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development [...]

InventHelp® is currently attempting to submit the invention to companies for review. Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) December 26, 2007 — InventHelp®, America's leading inventor service company, announces that one of its clients, an inventor from Boothwyn, Pa., has designed a sanitary barrier to apply to the head of a stethoscope. This invention is patented and a [...]