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iVOW, Inc. Announces Contract With Virginia Hospital Center

Posted on: Thursday, 6 April 2006, 09:01 CDT

iVOW, Inc. (NASDAQ: IVOW), a provider of disease management services for the treatment of chronic and morbid obesity, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Virginia Hospital Center, located in the Washington, DC area. Under the agreement iVOW will provide a comprehensive "Blueprint" for Virginia Hospital's bariatric program using its proprietary final model, tools and templates for comprehensive "continuum of care" bariatric medical and surgical services. The "Blueprint" is designed to better enable the hospital to evaluate the viability of a bariatric surgical program for the hospital.

While financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, iVOW's "Blueprint" provides clients with operational, marketing and financial recommendations for the client's evaluation.

"Virginia Hospital Center recognizes the need for thorough analysis as a precursor to establishing a bariatric disease management program," said Dr. Michael Owens, iVOW's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Everyone at iVOW looks forward to working with them and providing them the expert analysis and extensive evaluation that we have provided many other healthcare organizations."

About iVOW, Inc.

Our business is focused exclusively on the disease state management of chronic and morbid obesity. We provide program management, healthcare services, operational consulting and clinical training services to employers, payors, physicians and hospitals involved in the medical and surgical treatment of the chronic and morbidly obese. We also provide specialized vitamins to patients who have undergone obesity surgery. Our corporate website is www.ivow.com; information on our nutritional supplements for post-surgical patients may be found on www.vistavitamins.com. iVOW is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the stock symbol IVOW.

About Virginia Hospital Center

What was once known as Arlington Hospital is now Virginia Hospital Center. Virginia Hospital Center is a medically sophisticated, full-service facility with state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment equipment and facilities which offers a comprehensive array of in-patient and out-patient services in a variety of medical specialties. The facility at one time only held 100 beds and now has 334. A place that at times could be difficult to navigate through is now a 530,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility designed with patient and visitor comfort as a primary concern. It features a nine-story hospital building, 1,100 parking spaces, and among many other new features, an Emergency Department that is 60% larger. In March 2004 the Hospital celebrated its 60th anniversary and in November 2004 the new $150 million Virginia Hospital Center officially opened its doors to patients.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release may contain forward-looking statements concerning the business and products of iVOW, Inc. Actual results may differ materially depending on a number of risk factors, including, but not limited to the following: the Company's ability to raise additional funds to support its operations; the Company's ability to penetrate the market for obesity surgery management services; and the Company's ability to successfully integrate the business and operations of Sound Health Solutions, Inc. Other risks inherent in our business are described in the Company's press releases and periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company's public filings are available at www.sec.gov.

The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.

Source: Business Wire

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