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iVOW, Inc. Executives To Present At Upcoming Harvard Medical Conference

Business Wire, June 5, 2006

SAN DIEGO -- iVOW, Inc. (NASDAQ: IVOW), a provider of disease management services for the treatment of chronic and morbid obesity, announced today that two members of its team will be presenting at the 20th Annual Harvard Medical Conference "Practical Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity," which will be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 22-24, 2006. E[acute accent]Frances M. Gough, MD, co-founder of Sound Health Solutions (SHS), will discuss "Return on Investment: How Can the Case be Made that Treating Obesity Makes Financial Sense?" on June 22, 2006. SHS is a subsidiary of iVOW, Inc. Dr. Michael Owens, iVOW's President and CEO, will also be presenting at the conference with a talk titled, "The issue of obesity surgery in light of the recent CMS decision and its effect on other payors." E[acute accent]Also making presentations and participating with Dr. Gough in a panel discussion are Cecily Hall, Director of US Benefits, Microsoft Corporation and Roki Chauhan, MD, VP Medical Services & Medical Director for Quality, Premera Blue Cross. Microsoft and Premera, utilizing the programs developed by Sound Health Solutions, were recognized with a national award for their "innovative, forward-thinking strategy in the fight against obesity" by the National Institute of Health Care Management in 2005. E[acute accent]"We are honored to participate, particularly with two of our clients, in Harvard's 20th annual conference on the treatment of obesity. This Harvard Conference's leadership in educating the public on the importance of weight management has always been considered at the forefront of academic standards," said Dr. Owens.

E[acute accent]About iVOW, Inc.

E[acute accent]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 gastric bypass patients may be found on www.vistavitamins.com. iVOW is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the stock symbol IVOW.

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