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PureCircle, the global leader in the production of high-purity stevia products, today announced that it's stevia-derived Reb A has so far helped customers eliminate a half-trillion calories from diets in the USA. The figure, based on product sales ...

OptumHealth Inc. is supporting a national memorial being built to honor people nationwide who died in state psychiatric hospitals and are buried in unnamed graves.

Nearly 8 million former workers have disabilities so severe that they rely on Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, and an estimated 3.3 million more will apply for disability benefits this year. For these people and others suffering from ...

Novo Nordisk Inc., a world leader in diabetes care, announced that it has awarded funds to support scholarships and capital improvements to diabetes summer camps at fifteen locations nationwide. In support of their dedication to meeting the needs ...

Picis today announced that UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest healthcare system in Central and Western Massachusetts, has selected Picis CareSuite perioperative and anesthesia solutions for more than 60 operating rooms in its five hospitals. ...

Shire plc , the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces the appointment of Bill Burns to its Board as a Non Executive Director with immediate effect. Mr Burns has also been appointed a member of Shire's Remuneration Committee.

Aetna and the Aetna Foundation together awarded more than $20 million during 2009 to nonprofits across the nation addressing a variety of health issues, including racial and ethnic equity in health care and obesity, as well as the arts, human ...

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that a therapy that would improve median overall survival over IFL plus bevacizumab , would earn a 60 percent patient share ...