Albertson's Subscribes to adam.com Service to Provide Medical and Health Content Solutions for Their Sav-On Drugs.com Site.SAN FRANCISCO--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 27, 1999-- adam.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADAM), the leading source for online medical and health information, announced it will partner with Albertson's, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ABS (Automatic Backup System) See backup program. ), one of the largest retail food-drug chains in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , to provide content and services to the chain's www.sav-ondrugs.com Web site. adam.com will provide medical and health content solutions to the Sav-on Drugs site through a private-label branding arrangement. adam.com will customize health and medical information with the Sav-ondrugs.com design and seamlessly integrate tools and information into the Sav-ondrugs.com site. The site will be co-branded with the adam.com logo. "adam.com continues to extend the value proposition for its Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the partners," said Robert S Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. . Cramer, Jr., adam.com's chief executive officer. "Internet portals, health destinations, e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. sites, media sites and other Web-based businesses are looking to adam.com for health and medical content solutions. By partnering with Albertson's, we are able to provide a valuable service for the sav-ondrugs.com customer while continuing to establish adam.com as the standard for providing health and medical information on the Internet." "adam.com will enhance the pharmaceutical purchasing experience at sav-ondrugs.com by providing in-depth and easy to understand health and medical information about the very same medical condition that ails them," Cramer commented. "For example, if someone is purchasing antibiotics Antibiotics Definition Antibiotics may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. at save-ondrugs.com to treat a case of strep throat Strep Throat Definition Streptococcal sore throat, or strep throat as it is more commonly called, is an infection of the mucous membranes lining the pharynx. Sometimes the tonsils are also infected (tonsillitis). , they can simultaneously use the adam.com service to view illustrations of the disease and learn about the various symptoms and treatments." The relationship with Albertson's expands adam.com's network of affiliates, which currently includes such diverse and notable Web sites as Yahoo!, Excite, Healtheon/WebMD, HealthCentral, Merck-Medco and Cox Interactive Media sites. Through partnerships like Albertson's, adam.com has become the most widely referenced source of medical and health information on the Internet -- with millions of consumers accessing adam.com information every month. About adam.com adam.com (Nasdaq: ADAM) is a leading provider of online medical and health information and publisher of the award winning Medical Encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books and a variety of interactive, multi-media educational materials. Through partnerships with leading Web destinations, adam.com has become the most widely referenced medical resource on the Internet. adam.com utilizes simple explanations, compelling visuals and consumer-friendly technology to present the most comprehensive health and medical information on the Web -- the company's library contains more than 10,000 pages of medical and health content covering over 1,500 topics, and includes the Internet's largest library of medical illustrations, photos, animation, videos and interactive content. adam.com is based in Atlanta with its major Internet operations in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Forward Looking Statements Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations and assumptions contained in this press release are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially. Factors which could affect the Company's actual results, performance or developments include general economic conditions, the development of the Internet as a source of health information, pricing actions taken by competitors, the demand for the Company's health information, regulatory changes, and other laws which impact the way in which the Company conducts its business. Note to Editors: adam.com is a trademark of adam.com. 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