Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits - Forbes.com

Fri, 09 May 2008
FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine is a cost-effective way to replace more than a quarter of all visits to the pediatric emergency department, according to a community-wide study conducted in New York. Ailments, such as ear infection...
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Ohio.com - High school sports scoreboard

Fri, 09 May 2008
Yankee bats snare Byrd with big hits
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Vonage Reports Q1 Growth, Teams with Covad Vonage's Q1 revenue grew to a record $225 million, up 15% from $196 million in the first quarter 2007 and up 4% sequentially, driven by an increase in subscriber lines and higher average revenue per user. There was a GAAP net loss of $9 million or $0.06 per share, down from a loss of $72 million or $0.47 per share reported in the first quarter 2007.

Fri, 09 May 2008
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Lipid Sciences broadens IP portfolio with two new patents

Fri, 09 May 2008
Lipid Sciences Inc. has announced the issuance of two strategic patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The first of these patents, "Methods and Apparatus for Creating Particle Derivatives of HDL with Reduced Lipid Content," covers the compa...
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Delta to close 1 passenger lounge in Logan's Terminal A

Thu, 08 May 2008
THE REGION Delta Air Lines Inc. is closing nine of its 42 members-only airport lounges, including one at Boston's Logan International Airport. The club located between Gates 6 and 7 in Terminal A will shut down May 15, although Delta's club between ...
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Boston Scientific pacemaker gets US regulatory approval

Thu, 08 May 2008
NATICK, Mass.--Boston Scientific Corp. received U.S. regulatory approval for its new line of Altrua pacemakers, the medical devices company said Thursday.
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Thoratec Heart May Stop Pumping Stock as Rivals Near (Update1)

Thu, 08 May 2008
By Lisa Rapaport and Alex Nussbaum May 8 (Bloomberg) -- Corp.'s pint-sized mechanical heart has pumped up shares by 22 percent since winning U.S. approval in April. The gain may be short-lived as three medical manufacturers plan to unveil si...
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Business - ThermoGenesis loss jumps - sacbee.com

Thu, 08 May 2008
Rancho Cordova-based ThermoGenesis Crop. on Wednesday reported that its third-quarter losses nearly tripled over the same period a year earlier, rising from $1 million, or 2 cents a share, to $2.7 million, or 5 cents a share.
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Business - Product recall deepens ThermoGenesis loss - sacbee.com

Wed, 07 May 2008
Rancho Cordova medical-equipment company ThermoGenesis Corp. on Wednesday reported a loss of $2.7 million for the first quarter, nearly three times the decline it had in the initial quarter of 2007.
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BT to Resell Siemens' Converged Communications Solution BT and Siemens Enterprise Communications have entered into a global sales agreement to offer a converged communications solution for large multinational enterprises. The solution combines Siemens OpenScape suite of communications software applications and OpenScale services with BT's MPLS network.

Wed, 07 May 2008
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