A fitness challenge that started three years ago wrapped up over the weekend in Helena.
The Veteran's Affairs Fitness Challenge started three years ago as a way for those involved in the VA system to keep healthy and fit.
Every year teams of four run for exercise from May through September then log the hours and miles they complete.
The challenge came to a close at Fort Harrison Saturday with a one mile fun run and a 5K run.
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Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (EYE:
) lowered its 2008 revenue guidance to a range of $1.17 billion – $1.20 billion and adjusted earnings-per-share guidance to a range of $0.70 – $0.80.
Analysts, on average, polled by First Call/Thomson Financial expect earnings of $1.03 per share on revenues of $1.23 billion.
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In addition to the two lead gifts, Parkland has received several others:
$1.5 million from Nexen Petroleum U.S.A., $1.25 million from the Parkland
Auxiliary, $1 million from the Hirsch Family Foundation, $100,000 from Balfour
Beatty Construction and Shari and Eric Krueger, $100,000 from the Boone Family
Foundation, $100,000 from Nancy and Jeremy Halbreich and the Theodore H. and
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LOS ANGELES—Nearly 100 pharmacists and the hospitals they work for face fines for failing to remove a blood thinner from their shelves after a federal recall last winter, a state agency said Thursday.
The recalled drug heparin was found 94 times in inspections of all 533 hospitals in California, and at least 16 hospitals administered the drug to patients, according to the state Board of Pharmacy. Fines range from $2,500 to $5,000.
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Monday, September 15, 2008
AMARILLO – It’s no secret Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment of the state’s population.
The issue for health care workers is Hispanics are far less likely to seek medical care when needed, but there’s an effort under way to change that.
“Women in the Hispanic population have higher rates of diabetes and higher rates of obesity,” said Marjorie Jenkins, executive director of the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Read the rest of this entry »
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