Billed as “a hospital without beds,” the OhioHealth Westerville Medical Campus will soon open a one-of-a-kind facility intent on wowing patients with guest services and technology.
The $35 million project will begin seeing patients Monday, Oct. 27 in The Polaris Surgery Center and OhioHealth Sleep Services while the main center will open Jan. 5.
A total of 300 new jobs are expected to be created in the 200,000 square feet of buildings now opening Read the rest of this entry »
Daily doses of vitamins B-6, B-12 and folate (B-9) don’t raise or lower a woman’s risk of getting cancer, researchers report in the Nov. 5
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The large trial may put to rest suggestions raised by smaller studies that these vitamins might deter certain cancers or, as one study suggested, increase them.
All three vitamins play key roles in DNA synthesis. Ten years ago, the United States began to fortify many foods with folic acid, the synthetic Read the rest of this entry »
DALLAS, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Hudson Fitness Products, well known among medical and physical therapy practitioners, is expanding its product line to high-traffic fitness, institutional and school environments. The company announced the introduction of its stationary bike products today.
The experience and expertise developed in the medical arena is found in the two new product lines designed for high-traffic facilities. The first is the HEC 3200, Read the rest of this entry »
12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Medical Center of Plano, 3901 W. 15th St., presents the 11th annual Diabetes Health Fair and Legs for Life PAD (peripheral arterial disease) on Saturday. The event, from 9 a.m. to noon, will include medical updates and free diabetes-related screenings. To make an appointment for a PAD screening, call 972-612-6500, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Virginia R. Cvetko Patient Education Center Read the rest of this entry »
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In a frustrating quirk in government policy, the most tightly controlled drugs — like painkilling narcotics prone to abuse — are the ones that most often elude environmental regulation when they become waste.
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 Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Both presidential candidates want to turn employer-sponsored health insurance on its head. A principal goal: to make sure more Americans get coverage.
But in helping the 45 million uninsured, both Republican nominee John McCain and his Democratic rival Barack Obama could prompt radical changes in on-the-job insurance, which currently covers 164 million people.
“Both McCain’s and Obama’s plans would move coverage in ways Read the rest of this entry »
BANGKOK, Nov 22 (TNA) — More than 30 medical teams and 11 government hospitals in the Thai capital are on standby to provide emergency treatment to any wounded protesters of the anti-government People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) as the group will rally at Parliament on Sunday and Monday to express opposition to any consideration of constitutional amendments by the House.
Public Health Minister Pol. Capt. Chalerm Yubamrung said he had ordered Read the rest of this entry »
FDA Agrees Clarins Expertise 3P is a Drug.
Clarins Expertise 3P product touting effectiveness against artificial electro-magnetic radiation is not a cosmetic but is viewed as making drug claims.
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(EP3) is a drug, not a cosmetic as advertised.
In February, the NTEF notified the FDA that Clarins EP3 was making drug versus cosmetics claims and requested an investigation into these allegations. As previously stated: ‘We are Read the rest of this entry »
A ban on patients topping up NHS treatment with expensive private drugs is to be dropped by Health Secretary Alan Johnson, it was reported.
The Telegraph said Mr Johnson had indicated his intention to ease the restriction to ensure the system “doesn’t deny people essential treatment unduly”.
Earlier this year he ordered cancer tsar Professor Mike Richards to review the rules amid an outcry over some patients being refused care after buying life-prolonging Read the rest of this entry »