With hospitals feeling the financial strain of the economic slowdown, a local company is working on a compound designed to help medical professionals more accurately identify cancerous cells without investing millions of dollars in new radiology equipment.
Based in Centennial,
in Houston to test a cancer-imaging agent called Tc-EC-Glucosamine (EC-G).
EC-G was developed at M.D. Anderson, regarded as one of the country’s leading institutions Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Howard is frustrated with all of the weight loss diet fads, gimmicks that don't work, and money being wasted by consumers. So, he and his company have decided to fight the obesity health crisis in America in a new way. Atlas Fitness Consulting actually promotes hard work, determination, and a planned approach to weight loss.
Atlanta, GA (
) February 17, 2009 — The health and fitness industry is booming in America. The problem Read the rest of this entry »
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Mike Lannon and his wife, Mary Obana, had worked together at an Internet technology company started by Lannon and were looking for their next venture.
Around the same time, they had a baby and found it increasingly hard to stay in shape.
In 2004, they founded Koko Fitness as a way to incorporate their business and personal interests in a technology company for the fitness industry. Their goal was to help busy people exercise efficiently and productively. Read the rest of this entry »
BRAVO ANNOUNCES DIET DR. PEPPER, THE GLAD PRODUCTS COMPANY, QUAKER, SWANSON BROTH AND TOYOTA AS TOP SPONSORS FOR “TOP CHEF: NEW YORK”
Bravo Renews Series Partnership With Food & Wine Magazine For Fifth Season, Premiering Wednesday, Nov 12 At 10 PM ET/PT
NEW YORK November 4, 2008 Bravo has inked partnerships with Diet Dr. Pepper, The Glad Products Company, Quaker, Swanson Broth and Toyota as official sponsors for the fifth season of Bravo’s Emmy Read the rest of this entry »
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WASHINGTON — A second peanut processing plant owned by the company at the heart of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness has been shut down after the bacteria were discovered in peanut products there.
Peanut Corporation of America shuttered its Plainview plant Monday night at the request of state health officials, said Doug McBride, a spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services. The action came after laboratory results Read the rest of this entry »
At a time when many businesses are shrinking, a privately held Menlo Park medical device company is expanding, thanks to $8 million it secured from another firm within the city.
Alter-G received the funding Wednesday from Versant Ventures, a Menlo Park-based health care and biotech venture capital firm. The money will help the company ramp up clinical research and expand sales and services around the globe, among other things.
Alter-G makes unweighted Read the rest of this entry »
Feb 24 – At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on Feb. 17, 2009, entered an order of permanent injunction against seafood processor Captain’s Select Seafood Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., and its co-owners Carolyn M. Young and William J. Young.
The defendants are charged with repeatedly violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) and the FDA’s Hazard Analysis Read the rest of this entry »
The downgrading of SHIP’s ratings reflects its ownership by an
independent trust with regulatory oversight by the Pennsylvania
Insurance Department. While SHIP’s current absolute and risk-adjusted
capitalization has improved due to the $175 million contribution from Conseco,
Inc. ($50 million in cash), over 40% of statutory capital is subject
to the credit risk of Conseco, Inc. (See separate press release for Read the rest of this entry »