Bayer Corp. Signs Licensing Agreement With MedicineNet for Online Pain Management Content; Articles Will Address Consumer Pain Issues & Post to Bayer's Aleve Web Site.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers SAN CLEMENTE San Clemente (săn klĭmĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 41,100), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1928. Camp Pendleton, a large U.S. marine base, adjoins the city, which is chiefly residential. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002 MedicineNet.com today announced that they have signed a 1-year agreement with Bayer Corp. to provide selected MedicineNet articles to post on Bayer's Aleve(R) Web site, www.aleve.com. This content will address pain issues that Bayer believes to be of concern to customers and health-care consumers in general. Topics will range from arthritis to headaches; to back, menstrual and muscle pain; to less common pain topics such as tendonitis tendonitis /ten·do·ni·tis/ (ten?do-ni´tis) tendinitis. ten·do·ni·tis n. Variant of tendinitis. . This is not the first time the two firms have worked together. MedicineNet and Bayer joined forces in the past, jointly hosting an online chat, also geared to consumer pain issues and featuring MedicineNet's two founding physicians and a contributing pharmacist, all experts in their respective fields. Said Aleve assistant brand manager, Odette Cordner, "One reason we chose MedicineNet's content is its reputation as having relevant and credible information, written by expert physicians in consumer-ready lay language." MedicineNet Inc. president and COO, Bob Bancroft, stated: "Our content is continuously reviewed, updated and edited to include the latest information in medical findings and research. We never stop producing, and are always on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout credible information to help the professional medical community or consumers directly." About MedicineNet Inc. MedicineNet is an online health-care publishing company, creating proprietary consumer information that is 100% produced by a network of 70+ U.S. board-certified physicians. Since 1996, it has been the trusted source for easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information via a network of robust, user-friendly, interactive Web sites found at MedicineNet.com. Awarded PC Magazine Editors' Choice this year, MedicineNet.com was also named one of the top 10 medical Web sites by Dr. Ian Smith Noun 1. Ian Smith - Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919) Ian Douglas Smith, Smith , NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. national medical correspondent. With 10,000+ entries, MedicineNet's online medical dictionary A medical dictionary is a lexicon for words used in medicine. The three major English language medical dictionaries are Stedman's, Taber's, and Dorland's medical dictionaries. was rated "Best Medical Dictionary" by Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine website. It was created and launched by Barry Golson, the former executive editor of Playboy and TV guide. last year. MedicineNet.com also includes health-care tools and a network of patient-interaction sites hosted by physician specialists, i.e. www.Focusonarthritis.com. For more information, visit www.medicinenet.com or contact David Sorenson, 949/940-6500. |
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