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OTCPicks.com Stocks to Watch for Thursday, April 10th CIRT, EPMD, ORGN, MIHS, SKNY, ISCO

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Our Stocks to Watch tomorrow include Cardio Infrared Technologies Inc. (OTC: CIRT), EP MedSystems Inc. (NASDAQ: EPMD), Origen Financial Inc. (NASDAQ: ORGN), Medical Institutional Services Holdings Inc. (OTC: MIHS), Skinny Nutritional Corp. (OTCBB: SKNY) and International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB: ISCO).

 

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CARDIO INFRARED TECHNOLOGIES (OTC: CIRT)

"Up 1,150.00% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/CIRT.php

 

Cardio Infrared Technologies, Inc is a technology and marketing company, which is focused on developing the revolutionary and evolutionary process of combining exercise equipment with medical benefits that go far beyond the normal benefits of standard exercise equipment. Cardio Infrared Technologies, Inc. is committed to continue to market this equipment to the exercise and medical markets and to aggressively expand the market to every country around the world. The equipment has already been featured on Good Morning America and The View. Cardio Infrared Technologies, Inc. also has an aggressive growth plan that includes acquisitions and development of innovative new equipment in the exercise and medical industries.

 

EP MEDSYSTEMS INCORPORATED (NASD: EPMD)

"Up 102.84% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/EPMD.php

 

EP MedSystems, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of a line of products for the cardiac electrophysiology market to diagnose, monitor, visualize, and treat arrhythmias. The company's products include EP-WorkMate system, a computerized electrophysiology workstation that monitors, displays, and stores cardiac electrical activity and arrhythmia data; EP-4 Computerized Cardiac Stimulator, which is used to stimulate the heart with electrical impulses to locate electrical disturbances; and MapMate interface that enables EP-WorkMate system to share information, log data, and generate a common report with the CARTO Mapping navigation system. It also offers intracardiac ultrasound imaging, including ViewMate ultrasound imaging console and ViewFlex intracardiac imaging catheters for the treatment of atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardias. In addition, the company provides the ALERT System that uses an electrode catheter to deliver bi-phasic electrical impulses directly to the inside of the heart to convert atrial fibrillation to a normal heart rhythm; and diagnostic electrophysiology catheters for stimulation and sensing of electrical signals during electrophysiology studies. EP MedSystems sells its products directly to medical institutions and physicians in the United States and France, as well as to a network of distributors in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. It has strategic alliances with Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V. and Biosense Webster, Inc. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in West Berlin, New Jersey.

 

ORIGEN FINANCIAL (NASD: ORGN)

"Up 68.89% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/ORGN.php

 

Origen Financial, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company engages in the origination, purchase, and servicing of manufactured housing loans. It also provides loan origination services to third parties. In addition, the company underwrites mortgage loans through manufactured houses and the underlying real estate companies. As of December 31, 2007, it originated loans in 45 states and serviced loans in 47 states. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. Origen Financial, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Southfield, Michigan.

 

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES HOLDINGS (OTC: MIHS)

"Up 45.45% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/MIHS.php

 

MIHS is a wholesale distributor of medical supplies to physician's offices, clinical laboratories, urgent care centers and hospitals. MIHS utilizes numerous methods of marketing its products including traditional office visits as well as a physician network system. All services and products are provided via the web. MIHS has one of the most extensive online ordering systems in the nation. MIHS also has a 24-hour delivery system which makes it the most proficient ordering system in healthcare today. MIHS also has a Minority Business Certification wherein the company can bid on major contracts with hospitals nationwide.

 

SKINNY NUTRITIONAL (OTCBB: SKNY)

"Up 36.36% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/SKNY.php

 

Skinny Nutritional Corp. develops, markets, and distributes consumer beverage products. It offers a line of bottled waters and dietary supplements under the "Skinny" brand. The company manufactures, markets, and distributes Skinny Water, a dietary supplement beverage designed to assist consumers in their weight loss efforts under a worldwide license agreement with Peace Mountain Natural Beverages Corporation. Its other Skinny beverages include Skinny Water, Skinny Java, Skinny Tea, Skinny Juice, and Skinny Shakes. Skinny Nutritional Corp. has an agreement with InterHealth Nutraceuticals Incorporated to sell, market, distribute, and package Super CitriMax, the active ingredient in Skinny Water. The company was founded in 1984. It was formerly known as Parvin Energy, Inc. and changed its name to Sahara Gold Corporation. Further, it changed its name to Inland Pacific resources, Inc. in 1994; to Creative Enterprises International, Inc. in 2001; and to Skinny Nutritional Corp. in 2006. The company is based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

 

INTERNATIONAL STEM CELL CORPORATION (OTCBB: ISCO)

"Up 33.82% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/ISCO.php

 

International Stem Cell Corporation, a development stage biotechnology company, through its subsidiary, Lifeline Cell Technology, LLC, focuses on the development of therapeutic and research products. The company is developing stem cells that are comparable in function to, but distinct in derivation from, embryonic stem cells from which cells for human transplant can be derived; techniques to cause those cells to be differentiated into the specific cell types required for transplant; and manufacturing protocols to produce these cells without contamination with animal by-products in compliance with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements. It aims to use human embryonic stem cells for the treatment of various diseases, including diabetes, liver disease, and retinal disease, through cell transplant therapy. The company also develops research products, including specialized cell systems, and media and reagents for use in stem cell and other medical research. It sells its research products to academic institutions, governmental entities, and commercial research companies. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Oceanside, California.

 

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