NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH
COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Jan. 30, 2010) – The
Department of Obstetrics and the Neonatal Unit at Royal Columbian Hospital
(RCH) are extremely concerned about the upcoming move by Fraser Health to close
the most efficient tertiary perinatal program in the country currently located
at RCH and set up a new one at Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) effective
February 1. The current program at RCH delivers and cares for 40% of the
province’s premature infants born at under 30 weeks – the most tiny and fragile
newborns in the province. For more than 15 years, the RCH …

NAPLES, FL–(Marketwire – January 30, 2010) – Gavel to gavel, in only four hours, bidders at
The Naples Winter Wine
Festival charity auction raised more than $8 million for
underprivileged and at-risk children. Five hundred patrons were seated
under a giant tent set on the grand lawn of The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in
Naples for the live auction, with winning bids ranging from $22,000 to
$440,000 for 61 one-of-a-kind lots.

Since 2001, the festival has raised $82.5 million for children in Collier
County, Fla. Festival proceeds have expanded the horizons of nearly 100,000
children through grants to children’s …

NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH
COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Jan. 30, 2010) – The
Department of Obstetrics and the Neonatal Unit at Royal Columbian Hospital
(RCH) are extremely concerned about the upcoming move by Fraser Health to close
the most efficient tertiary perinatal program in the country currently located
at RCH and set up a new one at Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) effective
February 1. The current program at RCH delivers and cares for 40% of the
province’s premature infants born at under 30 weeks – the most tiny and fragile
newborns in the province. For more than 15 years, the RCH …

By Jane ElliottHealth reporter, BBC News

As a child Victoria Maxwell bruised badly and had terrible nosebleeds.
But it was when she started her periods that her problems really began.
Each period was heavy and uncomfortable and Victoria felt wretched and embarrassed.
"It became diabolical," said the 62-year-old from Kent.
"I used to haemorrhage most of the month and only have three or four days that I was not bleeding."
Doctors were largely unsympathetic and Victoria was left believing that heavy periods were a burden she would just have to bear.
"I …

Millions of people in their seventies could be vaccinated against shingles after government backing for a recommendation from expert advisers.
The only remaining stumbling block could be the relatively high cost of the vaccine.
Patient groups say using it would roughly halve the number of cases.
Shingles affects approximately 250,000 people in the UK every year, and many of them go on to suffer debilitating nerve pain.
As well as long-term pain, shingles infection in the elderly can make them unable to care for themselves.
A vaccine could save money currently …

Local Medical Group’s Model of Care Shows Evidence of Better Health Care Quality, Broader Use of Technology and Improved Patient Involvement in Care

PORTSMOUTH, NH–(Marketwire – January 29, 2010) – Salient Surgical Technologies of Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, has partnered with Exeter Hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire
and Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, to donate equipment and
supplies for a mission to aid victims of the January 12 earthquake in
Haiti. The mission, led by Dr. Harvey Montijo of the Center for Bone and
Joint Surgery in Royal Palm Beach, FL, will provide free care for Haitians
who have suffered traumatic bone fractures and other injuries.

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – January 29, 2010) – January 29, 2010 – Corporate Profile, LLC
announced today that Hythiam, Inc. (NASDAQ: HYTM) CEO, Terren Peizer, was
interviewed on CorporateProfile.com.

The video can be viewed at: www.corporateprofile.com.

Hythiam, Inc. provides through its Catasys subsidiary, specialized
behavioral health management services to health plans, employers and unions
through a network of licensed and company managed health care providers.
The Catasys substance dependence program was designed to address substance
dependence as a chronic disease. The program seeks to lower costs and
improve member health through the delivery of integrated medical and
psychosocial interventions …

NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH
COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Jan. 30, 2010) – The
Department of Obstetrics and the Neonatal Unit at Royal Columbian Hospital
(RCH) are extremely concerned about the upcoming move by Fraser Health to close
the most efficient tertiary perinatal program in the country currently located
at RCH and set up a new one at Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) effective
February 1. The current program at RCH delivers and cares for 40% of the
province’s premature infants born at under 30 weeks – the most tiny and fragile
newborns in the province. For more than 15 years, the RCH …

Local Medical Group’s Model of Care Shows Evidence of Better Health Care Quality, Broader Use of Technology and Improved Patient Involvement in Care