Men who drink a couple of glasses or red wine per day have a lower risk of lung cancer, according to a new study.
Measuring the effect of beer, red wine, white wine and liquor consumption on the risk of lung cancer, there was on average a two per cent lower lung cancer risk associated with each glass of red wine consumed per month.
Researchers looked at data from more than 84,000 men aged 45 to 69 that was collected through the California Men’s Read the rest of this entry »
Federal narcotics regulators impose strict rules meant to keep controlled pharmaceuticals out of the wrong hands. Yet those rules also make these drugs nearly impossible to handle safely as waste, say hospital environmental administrators.
Many would like to send controlled substances to landfills or incinerators to keep them out of waterways as much as possible. Instead, they are nearly always dropped into sinks and toilets by hospitals, nursing Read the rest of this entry »
The international, multi-billion-dollar black market for counterfeit pharmaceuticals is of growing concern to law enforcement because of the sometimes lethal consequences for patients taking medicine that doesn’t perform as advertised.
“It’s a serious problem, simply because of the potential for health issues, and the potential for deaths if it is not taken seriously,” said Matthew Friedrich, the acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Read the rest of this entry »
Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) announced today that company management
will present at the Baird Small Cap Health Care Conference at 11:00am
EDT on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at InterContinental The Barclay New
York hotel in New York City.
. An
archived presentation will be available on the Web site for seven days.
Cerus Corporation is a biomedical products company focused on
commercializing the INTERCEPT Blood System to enhance blood safety. Read the rest of this entry »
Fort Scott, Kan. — A southeast Kansas organization is making funds available for organizations who place a focus on the health of women.
The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas and the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund and Giving Circle is accepting applications for a new grant opportunity for southeast Kansas 501(c)3 non-profit organizations and public institutions. The grant will provide funds to be used with programs that support women’s Read the rest of this entry »
is the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She previously founded the organization America Votes, and was the deputy chief of staff to Representative Nancy Pelosi. She is the daughter of former Texas Governor, Ann Richards.
is president of the Galen Institute in Virginia, a public policy organization that focuses on health care reform. She just finished serving on the National Advisory Council of Healthcare Research and Quality Read the rest of this entry »
The opening of the new Gulf Coast Medical Center is just six months away, projected for February, 2008. Walls are up, floors are going down and landscaping is being installed.
When complete, the new hospital, which wraps around the current Gulf Coast Hospital at the corner of Daniels and Metro Parkways, will be more than 550,000 square feet; four times larger than the existing facility. The four-story hospital will consist of 349 beds, a 43-bed Read the rest of this entry »
Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Health Net, Inc. has agreed to offer new coverage to 926 customers who were dropped from individual or family policies in the years since 2004.
In a settlement with the California Department of Insurance, the company pledges to repay up to $14.2 million in outstanding medical expenses and waive up to $7.2 million in insurance premiums. The company will also pay a $3.6 million fine.
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Read the rest of this entry »