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In addition to potentially contributing to higher health-care costs, industry gift-giving can compromise a doctor’s judgment and lead to poor patient care, critics say.
Academic medical centers in particular are under fire to be more transparent because they conduct medical research, train tomorrow’s physicians and often are viewed as opinion leaders to whom doctors at community hospitals and elsewhere look for guidance.
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– Former England cricket star Chris Lewis has been charged with attempted drug smuggling at a British airport, UK border officials said Tuesday.
The UK Border Agency told the British Press Association that four kilos of cocaine worth around $350,000 was seized at Gatwick International Airport, south of London.
The 40-year-old fast bowler, who played 32 Tests and 53 one-day internationals for England throughout the 1990s, was arrested Monday Read the rest of this entry »
’s 10 clinics in Orange and Lake counties will impose a tobacco ban Nov. 20 — the date of the
’s 33rd Great American Smokeout.
Free smoking cessation programs are being offered for all employees who are attempting to quit smoking.
Community Health Centers Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization that provides primary and preventive medical, dental and pharmaceutical services in Central Florida.
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attention-deficit disorder drug has gotten the pharmaceutical company in trouble with the Food and Drug Administration.
Last week, the FDA issued a warning letter to Shire — a Basingstoke, England, company that has its U.S. headquarters in Chester County — in which it told Shire to pull the plug on the video.
Shire spokesman Matt Cabrey said the video in question, which features former company spokesman Ty Pennington of the “Extreme Read the rest of this entry »
Proponents claim raw foods diet increases energy, mental clarity
10:41 PM CST on Monday, November 10, 2008
It’s the oldest diet in the world – eating a vegan menu of raw food and nothing else.
That means no burgers, no barbecue, no beer – a tough sell to many Texans.
“It’s really not as hard as it seems,” said Robin Treptow, who has been on the diet for years. She now owns Refreshingly Raw, an Read the rest of this entry »
The Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation received a $10 million donation from Dr. Rafael Herrera and family.
It is the largest single gift to the hospital’s research institute, where Rafael Herrera’s son, Dr. Raul Herrera is the chief research officer. The elder Herrera is the chairman and founder of
, which supplies refined petroleum products and has an office in Miami.
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Published on: 10/16/08.
are being encouraged to implement fitness programmes for their staff in an effort to stave off the increasing threat of chronic diseases.
This call came from Minister of Community Development and Culture Steve Blackett, while addressing the 15th anniversary award celebrations of Little League Gym at the Dining Club,
, last weekend.
Blackett said changes in the Barbadian lifestyle had made people prone to these diseases, Read the rest of this entry »
The Windsor Star’s Dave Waddell wrote a fantastic article about the goalie-screening beast that is Tomas Holmstrom, noting that the Red Wings forward was recently involved in a photo shoot for “Men’s Health Magazine.” As Kirk Maltby suggests, “Mental Health Magazine” might have been a better choice…
: How did you get picked for that?” queried Kirk Maltby. “They must have been looking for someone to show what not to do.”
Holmstrom merely smiles. Read the rest of this entry »
HARTFORD, Conn. – (Business Wire) Throughout this holiday season and into the new year, Aetna (NYSE:
) is encouraging its employees and health plan members to learn about their family’s medical history and share this information with their physicians. Knowing a patient’s family health history helps doctors interpret individual risk for disease, implement a personalized treatment plan to manage those Read the rest of this entry »