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NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Everyday Health, Inc., the largest provider of online health solutions, recorded a milestone by surpassing the mark of 30.2 million unique users per month in January (comScore Media Metrix).  Everyday Health has further extended its lead and distanced itself from the competition in the online health space. According to the January 2012 comScore Media Metrix report, Everyday Health leads the online health category with a 39% advantage (or a difference of 8.4 million unique users) over the second-place competitor.

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Separately this week, AlwaysOn, a source for the analysis and prediction of top trends and companies in digital media, named Everyday Health to its OnMedia Top 100 list of the preeminent emerging companies in the world of media, advertising, marketing, branding and public relations. Everyday Health is the only health publisher included in this prestigious list. Inclusion in the OnMedia 100 signifies leadership amongst peer companies and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. Everyday Health was specially selected on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.  This marked the second consecutive year EH has been named to this list. 

The AlwaysOn Top 100 designation coupled with the comScore report is a further sign of Everyday Health's online leadership. Notably, comScore also reported that the company's MedPage Today, which targets healthcare professionals, achieved a 37% growth rate to 1.8 million unique users in the December-January period.

As a result of the continued increase in monthly unique users as measured by comScore, Everyday Health is able to more effectively provide premium, and increased, scale for marketers who are targeting health-minded consumers, and also is a sign of stability in the online health sphere of influence. Everyday Health is also recognized in the industry for its ability to offer an award-winning collection of marketing solutions and advertising programs.

"The secret to our success is very simple," noted Everyday Health chief executive officer Ben Wolin. "Everyday Health continues to create best-in-breed original health content that resonates with consumers, professionals and marketers across the entire health spectrum – from medical condition management to healthy lifestyle." (Note: Ben Wolin will be speaking Feb. 22 at the OnMedia NYC 2012 event, "Where Silicon Valley meets Madison Avenue" at Time Warner Center in New York City.)

About Everyday Health, Inc. 


Attracting 30 million monthly unique visitors (comScore), Everyday Health, Inc. is the leading provider of online health solutions. The company offers consumers, healthcare professionals and marketers with content and advertising-based services. Its broad portfolio of websites and mobile applications span the health spectrum–from in-depth medical content for condition prevention and management to healthy lifestyle offerings. Everyday Health offers the tools, community, and expert advice people need to live healthier lives, every day. Everyday Health, the television series, is brought to you by EverydayHealth.com. Everyday Health was founded in 2002 by CEO, Ben Wolin, and President, Mike Keriakos.

SOURCE Everyday Health, Inc.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA is seeking proposals for small technology payloads that could fly on future NASA-sponsored suborbital flights. These future flights will travel to the edge of space and back, testing the innovative new technologies before they're sent to work in the harsh environment of space.

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"NASA's Game Changing Development Program focuses on maturing advanced space technologies that may lead to entirely new approaches for the agency's future space missions while providing solutions to significant national needs and adding to our nation's innovation economy," said Michael Gazarik, director of NASA's Space Technology Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "This solicitation offers an opportunity to develop potentially transformative technologies that take advantage of our Flight Opportunities Program platforms, which allow frequent and predictable commercial access to near-space, with easy recovery of intact payloads."

NASA's Game Changing Opportunities research announcement seeks proposals for payloads, vehicle enhancements and onboard facilities for payload integration that will help the agency advance technology development in the areas of exploration, space operations and other innovative technology areas relevant to NASA's missions. Sponsored by NASA's Space Technology Program, the agency expects proposals from entrepreneurs, scientists, technologists, instrument builders, research managers, and vehicle builders and operators.

"This call for proposals is a great opportunity to develop innovative technology development payloads for flight on commercial suborbital, reusable vehicles which have novel ideas and approaches have the potential to revolutionize future space missions," said Stephen Gaddis, Game Changing Development program manager at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

Special emphasis will be given to proposals that address basic and applied research as well as development for advanced technologies and the development of test articles and techniques for evaluating the articles. Following development, selected payloads will be made available to NASA's Flight Opportunities Program for pairing with appropriate suborbital reusable launch service provider flights.

In August 2011, NASA selected seven U.S. companies that can provide flight services and platforms to test innovative technology payloads through the Flight Opportunities Program. Under this solicitation, the selected Flight Opportunities suborbital reusable launch vehicles could be modified to facilitate integration and payload engineering of future payloads in support of specific research needs.

Proposals will be accepted from U.S. or non-U.S. organizations including NASA centers and other government agencies, federally funded research and development centers, educational institutions, industry and nonprofit organizations.

NASA expects to make approximately 20 awards this summer, with the majority of awards ranging between approximately $50,000 and $125,000 each. Several awards may be made for up to $500,000 in the area of vehicle integration and payload engineering technology enhancements and onboard research facilities to improve platform capabilities.

The Game Changing Opportunities in Technology Development research announcement is available through the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System website at:

http://tinyurl.com/7xk52wa

NASA's Langley Research Center manages the Game Changing Development Program and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif., manages the Flight Opportunities Program for the agency's Space Technology Program.

For more information on the Game Changing Development activities and information on this solicitation for payloads, visit:

http://go.usa.gov/RPS

For more information about NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, visit:

http://go.usa.gov/REv

SOURCE NASA

PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Lucerne®, Safeway Inc.'s exclusive dairy brand, congratulated the nine finalists chosen to compete for a $30,000 grand prize in the Seventh Annual Lucerne® The Art of Dairy™ Art Contest. For the first time, the finalists were announced via a live post on Facebook and at www.artofdairy.com.

The nine finalists will now transfer their designs onto an unconventional canvas – a life-sized fiberglass cow. Beginning April 16, America will vote for their favorite cow and determine the winning artist in the contest that joins nutrition with artistic talent and ingenuity.

Since the inception of the Art of Dairy™ contest in 2005, Lucerne has contributed over $327,000 to schools, teachers, and students. This year, more than 9,200 entries were received from schools across the country.

Lucerne® has been providing students with a wide variety of wholesome dairy products for more than a century. Nourishment before, during, and after school not only feeds the body, but it also helps fuel creative minds. The Lucerne brand is proud to be committed to promoting the creative growth of young artists, supporting their talents and helping underfunded art programs in schools.

About the Contest

Leveraging a new theme – "Red, White, & Moo" – students were challenged to illustrate what American ingenuity means to them by incorporating Lucerne dairy products on a cow-shaped template. An elite panel of judges reviewed the thousands of entries received and selected nine finalists who will transfer their designs on to life-sized fiberglass cow sculptures. Once the finalists have completed their works, America will decide the winner via online and mobile voting from April 16 thru May 15, 2012. The finalist cows will be on display in stores in April, and winners will be announced in early June. In addition, as part of a new Teacher Incentive Program, the school with the most entries will win $1,000 for their art department. The entries are being tabulated and the winning school will be announced in early February.

In February and March, Safeway's Facebook and YouTube pages will chronicle the artistic process of each of the finalists. These videos will allow the talented young artists to express how art has impacted their lives and its importance to their schools. The pages will also include feature stories on how past winners have used their winnings to keep their art programs thriving.

The contest winners will share approximately $46,000 in prizes with their art teachers and their schools' art programs. The Grand Prize winner will receive $20,000 for their school's art department, plus $5,000 each for the winner and their art teacher. The First Prize winner receives $5,000 for their school's art department, plus $2,500 each for the student and teacher. In addition, one Honorable Achievement winner and their teacher will receive $1,000 each. The remaining six finalists will receive $500 U.S. Savings Bonds.

This program is a unique way to promote creative growth and encourage students to artistically express themselves. The contest not only gives students a national platform to unveil their talents, but also helps illustrate the importance of art education in schools.

For past contest winners, entry forms, healthy recipes, and Official Rules, visit www.ArtofDairy.com.

Along with supporting schools and education programs, Safeway is an industry leader in environmental sustainability, socially responsible and ethical business practices, and effective community outreach.  Safeway upholds an operating philosophy that is rooted in corporate social responsibility and focused on four key fundamentals: People, Products, Community, and the Planet. These fundamentals, deemed "The Heart of Safeway," balance our passion for food and serving our customers with the rapidly developing needs of our communities and our plant. Safeway contributes to a broad range of charitable and community programs and in 2011 raised and donated more than $200 million to cancer research, hunger relief, education, health and human services and programs focused on assisting people with disabilities.

The Art of Dairy 2012 Finalists

Amy Chen – Lake Oswego High School – Lake Oswego, ORLindsay Droege – Silver Creek High School – Longmont, COAriana Enriquez – Chandler High School – Chandler, AZYeonsoo Kim – Bellevue Senior High School – Bellevue, WAJanet Kintner – Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School – Chicago, ILLori Lopez – Olympian High School – Chula Vista, CAEmilee Martin – B.F. Terry High School – Rosenberg, TXAnne Mueller – Edward C. Reed High School – Sparks, NVGustavo Ramirez – Overbrook High School – Pine Hill, NJ

About Safeway  www.Safeway.com

Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America, based on sales. The company operates 1,681 stores in the United States and western Canada and had annual sales of $41.1 billion in 2010. The company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SWY.

CONTACT: Teena Massingill, 925-467-3810, Teena.Massingill@Safeway.com

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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it will present at the following investor healthcare conferences in February 2012:

Leerink Swann 2012 Global Healthcare ConferenceFebruary 15, 201210:30 a.m. ET

Citi 2012 Global Healthcare ConferenceFebruary 28, 201210:00 a.m. ET

Live webcasts of BD's presentations can be accessed on the BD corporate website at www.bd.com/investors.  They will be available for replay for a period of seven days after each conference.  

About BD

BD is a leading global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. The Company is dedicated to improving people's health throughout the world. BD is focused on improving drug delivery, enhancing the quality and speed of diagnosing infectious diseases and cancers, and advancing research, discovery and production of new drugs and vaccines. BD's capabilities are instrumental in combating many of the world's most pressing diseases. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, BD employs approximately 29,000 associates in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The Company serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry and the general public. For more information, please visit www.bd.com.

Contact:Monique N. Dolecki, Investor Relations – 201-847-5378Colleen T. White, Corporate Communications – 201-847-5369

SOURCE BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)