The cartoon man depicted on the front of the candy box licks his lips, inviting snackers to enjoy the chocolate-covered pretzel sticks inside.
Or maybe he is biting his tongue through the pain of a kidney stone, one of the most common side-effects of consuming melamine-laced products.
The box lingered on the shelf of a Toronto Chinatown grocer two days after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency recalled the product, Kaiser OK OK pretzels in both Read the rest of this entry »
Risperidone (Risperdal) is one of 14 widely-prescribed medications (listed below) that needs more evidence for off-label use, according to
published in the journal Pharmacotherapy.
Doctors commonly prescribe drugs for conditions they aren’t specifically approved to treat, a practice known as “off-label.” But in many cases, it’s based on weak scientific evidence, according to the research.
“Off-label prescribing is not based on the same level Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Cowan is watching the actions of the St. Paul City Council closely these days. He hopes the council will change an ordinance that would allow him to open the three Snap Fitness franchises for which he paid thousands of dollars in 2006.
Snap Fitness and rival Anytime Fitness are part of a fast-growing breed of no-frills, 24-hour gyms that offer weights and cardio equipment but no saunas or racquetball.
They operate much of the time without Read the rest of this entry »
MOSCOW, December 15 (RIA Novosti) – Venezuela President Hugo Chavez is ready to renew cooperation with the U.S. in the war on drugs, the South American country's El Universal newspaper said on Monday.
Cooperation between the two countries in illegal drug trafficking was severed in 2006 when Chavez refused to cooperate with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), accusing the Americans of spying.
“We can re-make an agreement with the DEA that respects Read the rest of this entry »
Without replacing or adding new systems, onFocus|epm links data from key
performance indicators from across the hospital with strategic and operational
objectives, action planning, progress tracking, alerting and reporting through
a single “closed loop” Web application that is easily accessed by decision
makers throughout the organization — enabling hospital leaders and managers
to more efficiently and effectively direct, coordinate, measure Read the rest of this entry »
As
the recession continues to tighten companies' budgets, employers do what they
can to stay afloat. From pay cuts, to benefit elimination, more employees are
picking up the burden of health care costs.
teachers. Right now, the state pays
less than 50% of a school employee's health care premiums.
While
nationally, about 75% of workers' health care costs are covered. In
, the cost of family health insurance
can cost more than Read the rest of this entry »
APIRADEE TREERUTKUARKUL, KRISSANA PARNSOONTHORN AND PITSINEE JITPLEECHEEP
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday blocked Dutch Mill Co’s attempt to return milk powder to its suppliers in China until it gets the results of lab tests for melamine contamination.
FDA secretary-general Pipat Yingseree said the company could not send the milk powder back to the Chinese manufacturers without FDA permission as the agency had to wait for the lab Read the rest of this entry »
Magazines and newspapers are filled with articles about the raw- food diet.
Proponents say that eating unprocessed or uncooked foods is good for one’s health.
This diet, though, may not be right for everyone.
Those who adhere to a raw-food diet get at least 75 percent of their meals from uncooked food or food that has not been heated above 115 degrees.
A raw-food diet may include animal meat or may be further limited to a raw vegan diet. Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (UPI) –
says he supplied performance-enhancing drugs to nearly 300 players in baseball’s steroids era, ESPN reported Sunday.
In an explosive interview on the “Outside the Lines” program, the former New York Mets ball boy claimed his past clients included some of the game’s most visible players, including
,
and David Justice.
.
“You know, (Gooden) came in one day and he came up to me and said the ‘pee guy’ was there,” Read the rest of this entry »
One in five adults aged 45 and older are suffering health problems due to financial stress, according to a new survey by
.
• One in six, 16 percent, are not confident they will be able to afford health care in the coming year.
The survey also found health problems due to financial stress is having a greater affect on those between the ages of 45 to 64 than on those ages 65 and older.
Over the last five years, health insurance premiums Read the rest of this entry »