Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation among honorees of the 2007 FREDDIE Awards

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By Press Release, Staywell productions

October 11, 2007 05:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Melissa Stark to Host 2007 FREDDIE Awards Honoring AmeriCares, Vincent T.
DeVita, Jr., M.D., the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation and Dan and Claire Marino
and the Dan Marino Foundation

MediMedia Celebrates 33rd Annual Health and Medical Media Awards With Winners
of 31 Prestigious Awards for Health and Medical Productions at Star-Studded
Gala on November 2nd in Philadelphia

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Melissa Stark, television host and anchor, will host
the 33rd Annual FREDDIE Awards, MediMedia's black-tie gala honoring the best in
the year's health and medical productions, it was announced today. Known as the
"Oscars of Health and Medicine," the 2007 ceremony will be held on November 2nd
at Philadelphia's elegant Crystal Tea Room.

In addition to the 31 awards bestowed for excellence in a variety of
categories, The FREDDIE Awards will present their prestigious 2007 Lifetime
Achievement Award, the organization's highest honor to AmeriCares. The 2007
Special Awards for Public Service will be presented to Vincent T. DeVita, Jr.,
M.D. for his global leadership in cancer research and treatment, Dan and Claire
Marino and the Dan Marino Foundation for their long-term efforts to support the
challenges of Autism, and the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation for their years of
support to the visually impaired.

"These honorees have made an immeasurable contribution to the field of health
and medical productions and, perhaps more importantly, to the personal lives of
countless individuals," said Steve Simcox, CEO, MediMedia. "Our hope is that
this spotlight placed on their work will further increase contributions to
support their efforts in the health and medical communities."

"The mission of the FREDDIE Awards is to provide encouragement and
acknowledgment to the producers of health and medical electronic media. We are
proud to share their accomplishments with a world that will benefit greatly
from the knowledge they provide," said Donna Hill Howes, Executive Producer of
the FREDDIE Awards.

The 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award and Special Award Recipients will join the
luminous ranks of past winners including, Bill and Melinda Gates, Christopher
Reeve, Marlo Thomas, Jerry Lewis, Jack LaLanne, Mary Tyler Moore, Doctors
Without Borders, Jonas Salk, M.D., Senators John Glenn, Bob and Elizabeth Dole,
and basketball legend Magic Johnson, to name a few.

About: AmeriCares

AmeriCares is a nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization
founded by Bob and Leila Macauley, providing immediate response to emergency
medical needs, as well as supporting long-term humanitarian assistance programs
for all people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political
persuasion. AmeriCares solicits donations of medicines, medical supplies and
other relief materials from U.S. and international manufacturers, and delivers
them quickly and efficiently to healthcare and welfare professionals around the
world. To accomplish these results, AmeriCares assembles product donations from
the private sector, determines the most urgent needs and solicits the funding
to send the aid via airlift or ocean cargo to health and welfare professionals
on the ground. AmeriCares works with international and local non-governmental
organizations, hospitals, health networks and government ministries.
Historically, each $100 in cash contribution enables AmeriCares
to deliver more than $3,000 in emergency relief, including medicines, medical
supplies and nutritional supplements.

About: Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., M.D.

Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., M.D., has improved the lives of countless people around
the globe through his outstanding contributions to cancer research and
treatment. He is Chairman of the Yale Cancer Center Advisory Board and
Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. DeVita is the first appointee to the
post of "The Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine" at Yale University.
Dr. DeVita was appointed by the President of the United States as Director of
the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Cancer Program. Along with
colleagues at the NCI, Dr. DeVita was instrumental in developing combination
chemotherapy programs which led to the curative chemotherapy for Hodgkin's
disease and diffuse large-cell lymphomas. These experiments were paramount in
proving that drugs could cure advanced cancer. Dr. DeVita is one of the three
editors of Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, the most
popular cancer textbook in the world.

About: Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation

Charles and Roberta Kaman's intuitive knowledge of how German shepherd guide
dogs could help people with visual disabilities live more normal lives was the
genesis of the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation. Beginning in 1960, the work done
by the Kamans and an ever-growing group of dedicated and tireless staff,
volunteers and supporters, has reached out and touched thousands of clients'
and family members lives. Today, Fidelco is an accredited member of the
International Guide Dog Federation and a recognized leader in the guide dog
industry. The non-profit organization places superbly trained German shepherds
throughout the U.S. and Canada, and its clients run the gamut from business
people to college students. Fidelco has a national focus but every placement is
local. Their instructor-trainers travel to their clients' homes and places of
work to help them take the first important step toward freedom and
independence. Fidelco pioneered this "In-community Placement" process in the U
.S.

About: The Dan Marino Foundation

Motivated by experiences in raising their second son, Michael, who has autism,
Dan and Claire Marino created the Dan Marino Foundation in 1992. The Marinos
realized the need for comprehensive and integrated treatment programs for
children with developmental disabilities and chronic medical problems. In 1998,
the Marinos, along with Miami Children's Hospital, built the Dan Marino Center
in Weston, Florida, a free-standing pediatric subspecialty center providing the
most comprehensive and integrated diagnostics and treatments for children with
developmental disabilities, autism, and chronic medical problems. The Center
serves more than 25,000 children annually. The Marinos understand that not all
individuals with autism and their families have access to services. In 2004,
the Foundation launched Childnett.tv, a 24-hour free web TV channel that is
dedicated to autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders and showcases
personal stories, therapies, and the latest medical breakthr
oughs. In 2006, the Marinos introduced the Marino Autism Research Institute
(MARI). MARI is a "Virtual Institute" designed to sponsor cross-university
collaborative research in understanding, treating and preventing autism.

About: Melissa Stark

This year's host, Melissa Stark, has served as the TODAY SHOW National
Correspondent since 2003. Melissa has also served as host on WEEKEND TODAY and
anchor on MSNBC. Melissa Stark is well known for her three years as sideline
reporter for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, including Super Bowl XXXVI. While at ABC,
Melissa also covered celebrity golf events, figure skating, and appeared as a
guest co-host on THE VIEW.

About The FREDDIES

Thirty-three years ago, FREDDIE's Founder Dr. Fredrick Gottlieb brought the
worlds of medical science, education and the arts together in what has become
the preeminent international media competition devoted to educational health
and medical productions. Each year, the competition attracts hundreds of
submissions from around the world-documentaries, series, shorts, videos, web
sites, and CD-ROMs-in 31 categories. These include Oncology, Diabetes,
Fitness/Wellness, Infectious Disease, Prevention, and Women's Health. All of
the submitted media aim to help people live healthier, longer lives. They
provide answers for consumers as well as health professionals, and raise
important questions, too. The stories they tell are courageous and
inspirational, often documenting the lives of those who have overcome
tremendous medical struggles and those who have helped them to do so. Go to
www.thefreddies.com for more information.

About MediMedia

MediMedia offers some of the best-known brands in healthcare communications to
both industry professionals and patients. In addition to its leading consumer
health content sources, MediMedia is the preeminent provider of solutions for
pharmaceutical companies along their entire marketing continuum, targeting
physicians, payers and patients with our content and applications. The
company's attention to content quality, accuracy and ease of comprehension, as
well as its experience in delivering specialized information to targeted
audiences, has earned the trust and respect of healthcare organizations,
pharmaceutical companies, physicians, employers and consumers throughout the
country. For more information about MediMedia, please visit www.medimedia.com.

Contacts
StayWell Productions
Derinda Earnhardt, 650-244-4679

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