Posted: Oct. 24, 2008
Lawmakers, scientists and advocacy groups intensified their criticism Thursday of a government report declaring bisphenol A to be safe.
• A group of 36 international scientists issued a blistering assessment of the Food and Drug Administration report, calling it seriously flawed.
• A congressman whose committee oversees the FDA wrote the commissioner, renewing his call for a ban of the controversial Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tis the season for good food, warm drinks, and spending time enjoying them with family and friends. Unfortunately, by the time New Years rolls around and that holiday glow has faded, many dread the realization that they may have acquired a little extra weight along with a box full of Christmas cards, and a living room covered with pine needles.
Holiday weight gain is frustrating to say the least, and can mean the demise of a great diet, so here Read the rest of this entry »
Published: October 07. 2008 12:37AM
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine won’t cut corners on its new Medical Fitness and Wellness Center.
The three-story, $31.5 million facility, which is scheduled to open in January, won’t have corners at all.
It is designed with feng shui (pronounced “fung shway”), an ancient Chinese practice of selecting a site or structure and configuring it, such as by arranging objects and creating space, to Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. health regulators are questioning whether clinical trials proposed by ImClone Systems and Amgen Inc will be adequate to show that patients with a certain type of gene are more likely to be helped by two cancer drugs, according to documents released on Friday.
Early research has indicated that patients with the normal, so-called “wild type” of a gene known as K-ras respond far better to treatment with ImClone’s Erbitux Read the rest of this entry »
Ask AP: Building windmills, seized drugs prices
Windmills don’t just sprout from the earth wherever there’s a stiff breeze. Curiosity about where windmills in the U.S. are manufactured — and how the massive contraptions get to the sites where they’re installed — inspired one of three questions in this edition of “Ask AP,” a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers’ questions about the news.
If you have your own news-related Read the rest of this entry »
Nelda Sampey will resign as chairman of Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau and member of the Vicksburg Board of Architectural Review at the end of the year. The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen accepted her letters of resignation on Monday during a regular meeting.
“She has served the city for eight to 10 years on these boards. We really appreciate her service and will certainly miss her,” said Mayor Laurence Leyens, noting Read the rest of this entry »
(Prudent Press Agency)—A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology says that women who limit their salt intake can substantially lower their blood pressure.
In fact, the study, which looked at the health benefits of a low-sodium diet for postmenopausal women, showed that some women’s blood pressure decreased by 16 points
# as much as would be expected from some blood pressure-lowering medications.
The study tracked Read the rest of this entry »
The uninsured draw most of the attention, but the number of underinsured is growing even faster– an estimated 25 million adults qualify as underinsured, an increase of 60 percent since 2003. With some but not enough health insurance, the underinsured often can’t or won’t pay the high deductibles and co-pays for the services they need. In 2009, we could see more bad debts for hospitals, more cost-shifting to commercial plans and more patients delaying Read the rest of this entry »
A Kitchener-based family health team has been named family practice of the year by the Ontario College of Family Physicians.
The Centre for Family Medicine is the first winner of the newly created award.
“It’s a tremendous honour, particularly because it’s not for an individual it’s for our entire team,” said Dr. Joseph Lee, who heads the centre.
About 70 people work at the family health team’s four sites in Kitchener, Waterloo and Wellesley, Read the rest of this entry »
A young father who claimed gang culture forced him to become involved in drug dealing in Aberdeen has been jailed.
Ishmael Butler, 26, was arrested in the city’s Union Street on suspicion of selling drugs in September.
About £18,000-worth of heroin and crack cocaine was later recovered from his flat. He said he had been threatened by his former gang and told to help.
Butler, from Birmingham, was jailed for 44 months. He admitted being concerned Read the rest of this entry »