Ion Beam Applications (IBA) on the frontlines in the battle against cancer. IBA designs cyclotrons and produces and distributes radiopharmaceutical markers used by hospitals the world over to detect cancers, and heart and neurological diseases. It's a world leader in proton therapy, used to selectively destroy cancer cells. IBA also provides hospitals with dosimetry products to monitor patient doses and assure the quality of X-ray diagnosis. It produces sterilization and ionization products used to sterilize pre-packaged disposable medical products, cosmetics, and even US mail. IBA was formed in 1986 as a spin-off of the Cyclotron Research Center at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve.

Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) is Hawaii's largest health insurance company. The not-for-profit company serves more than 700,000 members and is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Hawaii Medical Service Association's insurance plans include preferred provider plans (PPOs), Health Plan Hawaii (HMO), and traditional indemnity. Hawaii Medical Service Association company serves both employer groups and individual members. In addition to medical coverage, the company covers dental and vision services and prescription drugs. It also provides Medicare supplemental coverage and Part D prescription coverage. Through its Care Connection program, HMSA provides disease management and health education services.

Lumenis sheds new light on skin problems. The company makes medical devices that use intense pulsed light (IPL), lasers, and radiofrequency technology to treat aesthetic problems (lesions, wrinkles, acne, and the like) as well as a wide range of other conditions. The firm's proprietary IPL technology converts the light source into thermal energy. Aesthetic systems include Lumenis One to remove hair and rejuvenate skin and UltraPulse used to treat fine lines, wrinkles, scars, and discoloration. The UltraPulse SurgiTouch and VersaPulse systems are used for urology, neurology, and ENT (ear, nose, and throat) surgical procedures. Lumenis also makes ophthalmic laser products for vision correction.

BioMimetic (NASDAQ: BMTI) is a biotechnology company developing orthopedic surgical devices that deliver purified recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor (rhPDGF-BB) to promote tissue healing and regeneration. rhPDGF-BB is a synthetic form of PDGF, one of the body's principal agents to stimulate and direct healing and regeneration. The mechanism of action of PDGF suggests it may be effective in a broad array of musculoskeletal applications, including the repair of bone, ligament, tendon and cartilage. Through the commercialization of this technology, BioMimetic seeks to become the leading company in the field of orthopedic regenerative medicine. While on staff at Harvard beginning in the mid 1980s, Dr. Samuel Lynch, BioMimetic's president, CEO and founder, conducted research on the role of PDGF in tissue repair and regeneration. These efforts generated a foundation of scientific knowledge and intellectual property from which BioMimetic Therapeutics is now based.

In this case, those M's might stand for medical devices, management, and microbiology. 3M Health Care is a division of the highly diversified 3M Company. It is one of the largest producers of medical and surgical products (tape, dressings, and surgical drapes). It also manufactures Littmann stethoscopes, dental and orthodontic products (the latter through 3M Unitek), drug delivery systems (transdermal patches, inhalers), health information management systems, and microbiological testing and monitoring equipment used by food processors. These businesses account for more than 15% of 3M's annual revenues. 3M created its first health care-focused division in 1961, as the aptly named Medical Products Division.

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing, information, and services in the United States and internationally. It offers access to diagnostic testing services through its network of laboratories and patient service centers; and interpretive consultation to patients and physicians. The company provides commercial clinical testing services, including routine clinical testing for blood chemistries, complete blood cell counts, urinalyses, pregnancy and other prenatal tests, microbiology testing, alcohol and other substance-abuse tests, and allergy tests; cancer diagnostics, such as anatomic pathology services; and gene-based and other esoteric testing, as well as various risk assessment services for insurance companies.

MaineHealth provides health care to residents of central, southern, and western Maine. The health system's facilities include Maine Medical Center, St. Andrews Hospital & Healthcare Center, Spring Harbor Hospital, Miles Memorial Hospital (part of Miles Health Care), and Stephens Memorial Hospital (part of Western Maine Health). MaineHealth also operates long-term care facilities, a home health care service, physician practices, medical laboratories, and other health care service units. The company's Synernet subsidiary provides administrative and group purchasing services for MaineHealth's members and other health care organizations.

Apria Healthcare Group Inc. is owned by the Blackstone Group. With about 500 branches nationwide, Apria Healthcare Group is one of the country's largest home health firms. Serving some 1.2 million clients across the US, the company's staff provides supplemental oxygen, ventilators, nebulizers, and sleep monitoring equipment and medication to patients with emphysema, sleep apnea, and other respiratory conditions. Its infusion therapy nurses administer intravenous or injectable therapies -- including pain drugs, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition -- at home or in one of the company's outpatient infusion clinics. Apria also delivers home medical equipment such as walkers and hospital beds.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield is a largest health benefits provider, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama administers individual, corporate and federal employer-sponsored, and Medicare health plans to more than 3 million members representing about 30,000 companies. Its insurance products include PPO and high-deductible health plans, as well as dental policies. The company also sells long-term care insurance (dubbed Preferred LTC), and it provides disease management services and wellness programs. It is a licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Biomerica, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. Biomerica, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical diagnostic products for the early detection and monitoring of chronic diseases and medical conditions. Its diagnostic test kits are used to analyze blood or urine from patients in the diagnosis of various diseases and other medical complications, or to measure the level of specific hormones, antibodies, antigens, or other substances, which might exist in the human body in small concentrations. The company’s clinical laboratory diagnostic products include tests for bone and anemia conditions, gastrointestinal diseases, food intolerance, diabetes, and others. It offers its medical diagnostic products primarily to hospital and clinical laboratories, medical research institutions, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies, chain drugstores, wholesalers, and physicians’ offices worldwide. The company was formerly known as NMS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Biomerica, Inc. in November 1987.

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