Rise of the man jab! From Botox to smart lipo, fast grooming fixes for men are on the up – so have you booked your man in yet?
A spot of lunchtime Botox is now about as commonplace as a blowdry - if you’re a woman.
If a female colleague returns to work bragging about their ‘procedures’, even those of us who still can lift an eyebrow rarely do so.
But while they’re far less open about it than their female counterparts, a growing number of Read the rest of this entry »
NEW SCOTLAND — A woman was injured in an accident at the corner of New Scotland Road and Delaware Turnpike Saturday morning, State Police said.
A four-door Hyundai and a large truck from Hilltop Farms of Voorheesville collided in the intersection, sending the car into a nearby ditch, witnesses said.
Police officials confirmed that the driver of the Hyundai, a woman, was flown to Albany Medical Center Hospital. Investigators were at the scene Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Large mergers and buyouts may be on the way in the pharmaceutical sector, a Deutsche Bank analyst said, because drug makers can’t keep up their current level of spending in the face of expiring patents and conservative regulators.
In a note late Tuesday, analyst Barbara Ryan envisioned scenarios where Pfizer Inc. might buy Amgen Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. or Wyeth, and either Pfizer or Merck & Co. could buy Gilead Read the rest of this entry »
ANAHEIM, CA–(Marketwire – September 9, 2008) -
WHAT Precision Fitness, a fitness business model focused on affordable
personal training, will be exhibiting at this year’s National
Fitness Trade Show, presented in association with the
International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA)
and the American Council on Exercise (ACE). Precision Fitness
founder and fitness entrepreneur Mike Read the rest of this entry »
Boston (dbTechno) – Gardasil, the popular cervical cancer vaccine from Merck & Co. has received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat other types of cancer.
The cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil was first approved back in the year 2006.
The vaccine was touted as being able to prevent women from getting HPV, which is the leading cause of cervical cancer around the world.
Gardasil has been highly-successful to this point, Read the rest of this entry »
– Cherry Hospital has been decertified as a Medicare and Medicaid provider by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The decertification was effective Sept. 1.
CMS placed the facility in immediate jeopardy status after an Aug. 13 survey investigating complaints concerning patient abuse and safety determined the hospital was not in compliance with CMS standards of participation. A full survey conducted Aug. 26-31 concluded that Read the rest of this entry »
It might be termed the hallucinogenic way of death. Psychoactive drugs such as “magic mushrooms” could be used to enhance the experience of dying, according to an expert in medical ethics.
Robin Mackenzie, director of medical law and ethics at the University of Kent, is to call today for people to be given more choice over how they die at a workshop in London organised by Exit International, an Australian organisation advocating voluntary euthanasia. Read the rest of this entry »
Japan Has 36,000 Centenarians
Children’s Death Rates Remain High in Africa, South Asia
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of
Gardasil, the vaccine used to guard against cervical cancer, has been approved for similar use against two more gynecological malignancies.
, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug, manufactured by Merck Pharmaceuticals, to guard against cancers Read the rest of this entry »
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is in a stable condition in a Mumbai hospital after being admitted with acute abdominal pains.
Officials said he was responding to treatment and had a “restful night” after being admitted to hospital on Saturday, his 66th birthday.
Earlier in the day, fans crowded outside Bachchan’s home with flowers and banners to mark his birthday.
Known as the “big B”, Bachchan has starred in over 150 films in 30 years. Read the rest of this entry »
Students are healthier at Live Oak than they are at Sobrato, or at least more passed the California Physical Fitness Test, results of which show a great disparity between Morgan Hill Unified students’ fitness levels.
About half of Live Oak High School ninth graders passed each of six areas of the test, and are labeled in the Healthy Fitness Zone by state standards. Across town, just one out of 10 Ann Sobrato High School ninth graders passed the Read the rest of this entry »