Angela Askren doesn’t deny she’s made mistakes in her life.
Chief among them: getting hooked on prescription painkillers and writing fake prescriptions for herself.
It cost her a job as a medical assistant and landed her in jail. Four years ago, Askren met Steven Brower. Both were in recovery. Askren, now 30, has been clean for four years, Brower, 41, for 5 1/2.
Three years ago, more than a year after they began dating and just a short time Read the rest of this entry »
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LONDON — Christopher Viehbacher is likely to have big changes in store for French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis SA when he takes over as chief executive this week.
Paris-based Sanofi is one of the world’s largest drug makers by sales, but investors and analysts say it badly needs to change tack if it is to keep sales and profit rising.
The company has been relatively unproductive at developing new medicines in recent years, and many of its biggest Read the rest of this entry »
MELVILLE, N.Y., Nov 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Bovie Medical Corporation (the “Company”) (NYSE Alternext US: BVX), a
manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, today announced
the Company received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to market its SEER tissue resection device intended
for initial use in liver oncology surgery. The SEER device uses
conductive sintered steel Read the rest of this entry »
The application, filed by Scolr on August 5, 2008, seeks approval to market a 120mg 12 hour pseudoephedrine tablet based on its patented Controlled Delivery Technology (CDT) platform.
The complete response letter requests additional information, all of which was identified by the FDA as ‘minor’. The company said that it believes it can provide the information to the FDA expeditiously. None of the issues cited by the FDA involve the safety or efficacy Read the rest of this entry »
Citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, a federal judge in St. Paul on Monday dismissed dozens of lawsuits filed by patients who claimed they were injured by a heart device made by Medtronic Inc.
The patients were implanted with an electrical lead used in a defibrillator system known as Sprint Fidelis made by the Fridley-based medical technology company.
In October 2007, Medtronic’s popular Sprint Fidelis lead was recalled by the Food and Read the rest of this entry »
Redwood City (dbTechno) – A total of eight people had to be rushed to the hospital on Wednesday night in Redwood City, California due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
The eight people, with five of them being children, had to go to the hospital due to the poisoning.
Firefighters were called from someone inside the house late Wednesday night.
They found eight people in the home who were all very sick from the poisoning.
The firefighters reportedly Read the rest of this entry »
iTMP Technology announced the launch of SMHEART LINK, a new technology that aims to bring “unparalleled health and fitness capabilities to Apple (
) iPhone and iPod touch users” and which allows iPhone to double as a heart monitor and fitness tracking system.
SMHEART LINK is a wireless bridge that collects data from distributed health and fitness sensors such as heart rate monitors and cycling sensors and sends it to the iPhone via Read the rest of this entry »
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10.14.08,
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -
Philanthropist Annette Bloch donated $20 million to the University of Kansas Hospital’s cancer program Tuesday, in what is believed to be the largest individual gift ever to a hospital in Kansas or the Kansas City area.
Bloch is the widow of Richard Bloch, a founder of Kansas City, Mo.-based H&R Block Inc. The couple have been longtime activists in the fight against cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
GlobalFit is a leading provider of benefits for healthy living.
Readily accessible through employers and insurers, GlobalFit’s broad
selection of programs, products and services have been expressly
designed to create a healthier world. Since 1992, GlobalFit’s
signature offering has been its gym network, the largest of its kind.
The network now includes thousands of respected fitness centers, from
well-known chains to independent facilities. Read the rest of this entry »