MUMBAI (AFP) — Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan left hospital Friday, nearly a week after he was admitted complaining of stomach pains.
The 66-year-old star had been at the private Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai since his birthday last Saturday with what was thought to be complications from a previous hernia operation and abdominal injury.
Bachchan emerged from the clinic in mid-morning wearing a white suit and waved at waiting crowds, many Read the rest of this entry »

Cambridge, Mass, September 14th, 2008 – The Harvard Black Men’s Forum has concluded its first project under its African Development Initiative (ADI). Founded and Co-Directed by Juniors Sangu Delle (Accra, Ghana) and Darryl Finkton (Indianapolis, IN), ADI allows undergraduate students to collaborate with NGOs, African governments, international development groups, and faculty from Harvard University, MIT, and various other universities to create Read the rest of this entry »

ASPEN — John Jellinek, a board member for Aspen Valley Hospital since 2002, the board’s treasurer and one of those credited with saving the hospital from financial ruin, resigned his seat Thursday in the wake of a series of accusatory stories in a local newspaper.
In a telephone interview, Jellinek said he has hired an attorney to monitor the situation.
But he would not say whether he is contemplating legal action against the Aspen Daily News, Read the rest of this entry »

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Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield is partnering with CoxHealth on Saturday to kick off its year-long Battle for Fitness.
The fitness program encourages participants to walk, run, bike or ride horses a certain number of miles at the battlefield during 2009. Those who successfully complete the required miles will receive a hat, shirt or bandanna.
At Saturday’s event, from 8-11 a.m., participants are encouraged to walk or ride bikes through three Read the rest of this entry »

Will The Obama Health Care Plan Expand Health Insurance?
Washington (dbTechno) – President-elect Barack Obama has big plans for when he actually gets to take office, with one of them being a new health care plan which many experts feel will greatly expand health insurance coverage.
Currently there are 47 million Americans without health insurance, a number that is far too high.
Barack Obama is proposing a new health care system and hopes to Read the rest of this entry »

Celebrity personal trainer in NYC, Terri Walsh, whose private gym in Soho caters to celebrities and high profile clients, has found a way to provide her highly effective and sought-after training advice to the budget-conscious client as well, effectively recession-proofing fitness training for women world-wide.
New York, NY (
) October 4, 2008 — Celebrity
, Terri Walsh, whose private gym in Soho caters to celebrities and high profile clients, Read the rest of this entry »

For years, the federal government has ignored mounting evidence that bisphenol A may be harmful to kids.
Study after study suggested that exposure to the chemical caused serious problems in laboratory animals.
Yet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration leaned on research that concluded otherwise, nearly all of which was bought and paid for by the chemical industry.
The FDA’s contempt for American consumers ran so deep, its coziness with Read the rest of this entry »

Eileen and Robert Korjenek wish Santa Clara County voters could understand what they now know all too well: that critical care is something you never know you need until you’re waiting desperately outside emergency-room doors.
The Gilroy couple, whose 22-year-old son suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 1995 car accident, are among the fiercest supporters of Measure A on the county ballot this November.
If approved by two-thirds of voters, the Read the rest of this entry »

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Nov 12, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) –
ZaBeCor Pharmaceuticals (“ZaBeCor” or the “Company”) announces today
that the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has
approved the Company’s Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”)
for the treatment of asthma. This approval enables the Company to
proceed with Phase I clinical trials in humans for its asthma drug
candidate, Excellair(TM). The IND review included ZaBeCor’s Read the rest of this entry »