is eliminating about 200 positions — or 1 percent of its workforce — in a cost-cutting move, hospital management said in a memo to employees.
The action comes near the end of a “very challenging budget process,” Jeff Davis, senior vice president for huan resources, wrote in the memo.
“We want all employees to know that no other layoffs are planned for fiscal year 2009,” he added.
An MGH spokesman said through attrition and reassigning workers Read the rest of this entry »

For this week’s series in St. Louis, the scheduled starters are Dempster, Lilly and Harden. Next weekend in Houston, the starters are Marquis, Zambrano and Dempster.
Harden, of course, has been shut down to give discomfort in his arm a chance to subside.
“Everything is good on Harden,” Piniella said. “He’s ready to go [Thursday].”
Zambrano and his touchy shoulder?
“He’s going to have his bullpen session in St. Louis,” Piniella said. “We won’t Read the rest of this entry »

Safety a problem for new generation drugs, too
CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly a fourth of widely used new-generation biological drugs that treat several common diseases produce serious side effects that lead to safety warnings soon after they go on the market, the first major study of its kind found.
Included in the report released Tuesday were the arthritis drugs Humira and Remicade, cancer drugs Rituxan and Erbitux, and the heart failure drug Read the rest of this entry »

TWO alleged dealers were cleared of selling drugs yesterday as a result of a botched undercover police operation.
However, the unemployed Bahrainis were convicted of drug possession and jailed for a year by the Lower Criminal Court, which also fined them BD500.
They were acquitted of the more serious drug dealing charge, which carries a 10-year sentence, because officers never saw any exchange take place.
Police arrested the first, aged 32, Read the rest of this entry »

Akorn, Inc. Announces FDA Approval of Akten(TM) Ophthalmic Gel 3.5%
Akorn, Inc. has announced the FDA approval of NDA 22-221 for Aktenв„ў Ophthalmic Gel 3.5%, a topical, ocular anesthetic formulation. The NDA was filed June 29, 2007 following the results from a randomized, placebo controlled, Phase III clinical trial in 209 subjects who met the primary endpoint in all three dosing arms (p
Aktenв„ў is a novel, unit dose, preservative free Read the rest of this entry »

’s Kurt Stuenkel, who was named CEO of Year by the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals, is not new to leadership positions.
He has been president and chief executive officer at the hospital for more than a decade. He took the post in January 1996.
But his tenure at the hospital began long before then. He joined FMC in 1981 and has held several offices.
These positions include executive vice president and chief operating officer, senior Read the rest of this entry »

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Forty-seven million Americans, most from working families, have no health insurance. With the fear of an economic recession looming, tens of millions of additional workers are worried about losing their health benefits if they lose or change jobs. The health care proposals of Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain reflect two very different ideas about health care.
One-hundred sixty million Americans currently get their health insurance from their employers. Read the rest of this entry »

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The old stair/hill test — How winded do you get climbing those flights of stairs at the office or that hill down the street? Use that as a gauge. As your workout program progresses, you should be less winded. The same gauge holds true for playing with the kids and grandkids. They seem to have endless energy; how long can you play with them before having to sit back and rest awhile?
Everyday life — Read the rest of this entry »