| W.Va. businesses strike gold promoting good health
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Nobody has health problems like West Virginia, and maybe that's why the state is beginning to become known for its knack in fighting those health problems. "We've gotten good practice," says Ralph Gaines, chief executive of Charleston-based beBetter Networks Inc., a wellness consulting company. "We've developed a real expertise." The state leads the nation in the percentage of women who smoke during pregnancy, younger adults who smoke and people who suffer heart attacks, strokes and from heart disease, among other maladies. "With West Virginia's smoking issue, weight issue, there's no question that many people need services like ours," Gaines said. BeBetter runs corporate-wellness programs such as organizing health screenings and assessments and it's experiencing massive growth.
FDA Approves CytoCore's SoftPAP(TM) Cervical Cell Collector
CytoCore Inc. (OTCBB:CYOE), the biopharmaceutical research and medical device company for early detection and treatment of reproductive-tract cancers, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the company's 510(k) submission to sell CytoCore's SoftPAP™ cervical cell collector. The SoftPAP collects more comprehensive and complete cervical cell specimens for Pap testing.
"CytoCore's SoftPAP™ cervical cell collector is a significant advance in women's health," says Robert McCullough, Jr., CytoCore's CEO. "Each year, over 2 million American women are told that their Pap test was negative when, in fact, they have early stage cervical cancer. These false negatives are frequently caused by an inadequate or incomplete sample of cervical cells. SoftPAP collects complete specimens from the cervical canal, the cervical surface and the transition zone simultaneously.
GE Healthcare Acquires Image Diagnost International GMBH
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced it has acquired Image Diagnost International GmbH, a provider of information technology (IT) systems used in the diagnosis of breast cancer. Image Diagnost's software offering will expand GE Healthcare's capabilities in breast cancer detection, offering clinicians and national screening services one of the most comprehensive ranges of systems available.
Image Diagnost develops integrated software solutions for mammography workflow and image processing. Digital mammography, first commercialized by GE Healthcare in 1999, brings significant benefits to the diagnosis of breast cancer such as improved cancer detection rates for women with dense breast tissue and ease of use. As the number of hospitals, clinics and screening services using digital mammography increases, there is a significant and growing demand for integrated software solutions to facilitate reporting, storage, sharing and transmission of mammography data.
Top Women In Business
The Queens Courier and Queens Business Today will once again recognize the outstanding contributions made by women in the borough during the Sixth Annual Top Women in Business Networking Awards Dinner on Thursday, March 13.During the event, which will be held at Terrace on the Park, there will be a silent auction to benefit Go Red for Women. Cocktails, the silent auction and networking will begin at 5 p.m., followed by the formal presentation and dinner at 7 p.m.The event will also feature Borough President Helen Marshall and City Councilmember Melinda Katz singing "God Bless America."The sponsors of the Sixth Annual Top Women in Business are A&S Whitestone Flowers & Gifts, Astoria Federal Savings Bank, Bombardier, Chase Home Lending, Citibank, Commerce Bank, Con Edison, Daily News, Di Blasi Ford, Elmhurst Hospital, Farrell Fritz, P.C., Flushing Savings Bank, HIP, MetLife, New York Hospital Queens, New York Mets, North Shore LIJ Health System, Parker Jewish Institute, Parkway Hospital, Publimax Printing, Queens Courier, Queens Business Today, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Queens County Savings Bank/New York Community Bank, Queens Hospital Center, Queens Long Island Medical Group, Verizon, Landrum School of Dance and Precious Moments Daycare.
Where Health, High Fashion Intersect
Hartford Hospital sponsored its "High Fashion With A Heart" fashion show Saturday at Hartford Stage to benefit the Henry Low Heart Center and the theater's stage education fund. Models sported new spring fashions for a sold-out crowd of mostly women who can't wait for the better weather — and a new clothes season — to arrive.
Among them was Ellen Dornelas, center director of Behavioral Health Programs, who put work aside to sit back and relax.
"I'm just looking for ideas for clothes," said Dornelas about the outfits from West Hartford's bk & co.
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The Go-Go's still got the beat
When the Go-Go's released "Beauty and the Beat" in 1981, they couldn't have predicted how successful, and influential, the album would become. On the strength of the hits "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat," the Go-Go's became the first all-female band to top the Billboard charts, inspiring young women around the world to rock out themselves. The group went on to score the hit "Vacation," its video becoming an MTV sensation back when music videos still mattered. Nearly 30 years later, the Go-Go's have still got the beat. Lead singer Belinda Carlisle — on her cell phone en route from Austin to Dallas — talks to us about posing for Playboy and how the band has stayed together all this time (with a few breakups in between). (Founding member Jane Wiedlin recently was forced to drop out of the tour because of her mother's failing health).
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