Hundreds of infants in China have developed painful kidney stones after ingesting infant formulas, manufactured in China, that may contain melamine. Melamine is the substance behind last year’s widespread pet-food recall that left untold numbers of cats and dogs in the United States and elsewhere suffering from kidney disease. Hundreds of pets died because of kidney failure linked to the chemically tainted pet foods.
Kidney stones are Read the rest of this entry »
4:03pm UK, Friday October 24, 2008
Ex-police sniffer dogs have found a new lease in life for their super-sensitive noses – smelling out drugs in teenagers’ bedrooms.
Parents are using sniffer dogs like this to search their childrens’ rooms for drugs.
American parents can rent a dog and handler for £125 an hour from Sniff Dogs, a firm operating in New Jersey and Ohio, to check out their home for marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin.
can Read the rest of this entry »
Surgeon General Speaks Up on Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism
Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson called yesterday for
to reduce the number of cases of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the United States. Together, DVT, which is a blood clot in a deep vein, usually in the thigh or lower leg, and pulmonary embolism, a serious complication of DVT (when part of the blood clot breaks loose and travels to the lungs), affect Read the rest of this entry »
There’s an old Inuit saying: “You can put $150000 worth of designer outfits on a caribou, but it’s still a caribou.” Today this saying can be heard murmured everywhere in Alaska; from Anchorage to that little island where you can see Russia from.
John McCain must be rueing the moment he decided a McCain/Palin partnership would be his golden ticket to the Oval Office. However, the term “fit for the job” never gained such a literal connotation as Read the rest of this entry »
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DELHI: Wednesday’s action by the FDA is the second instance in less than three
years of it issuing a warning to Ranbaxy, while it is also under a separate
criminal probe by the US Justice Department for allegedly bringing adulterated
and misbranded medications into US.
“Today’s actions are clearly
warranted by the serious violations established by FDAs investigations at these
two sites”, said Deborah M Autor, director CDERs office of compliance Read the rest of this entry »
As year winds down, look for ways to minimize your taxes
11:31 PM CST on Sunday, November 30, 2008
NEW YORK – Heading into the holidays, it’s likely that you’re going to be thinking a lot about money. And this time of year tax advisers like to remind us that there are ways to minimize our tax bills next April.
But with an economic downturn in full swing and a new president waiting in the wings, that typical advice Read the rest of this entry »
The concept of Value Based Benefits is to utilize evidence-based health strategies and health improvement programs to allow employers to better manage their health care costs by delivering high-quality care to improve employee health outcomes. Medical costs are a significant portion of the total health and productivity-related expenditures faced by employers. Promoting employee health to increase productivity and reduce unnecessary health care utilization Read the rest of this entry »
hospital where he’s being treated for burns following last month’s deadly plane crash.
, the drummer said he’s looking forward to getting back home to his kids, and posted pictures of his hospital visitors.
“Just another quick one to let everyone know that I think I’m getting out of the hospital soon I can’t wait to get out of here and be home with the babes. The doctors say I’m healing up quickly and I’m gonna be out of here b4 you know it,” Read the rest of this entry »
There wasn’t a lot said about health care in last night’s vice presidential debate. But there was just enough to give each candidate the opportunity to slam the other ticket’s health plan. The attacks were pretty misleading.
that 20 million people would lose their employer-sponsored health insurance under the McCain plan. But,
, an estimated 21 million people would be able to afford health insurance for the first time because Read the rest of this entry »
I can’t wait to get out of here and be home with the babes. The doctors say I’m healing up quickly and I’m gonna be out of here b4 you know it,”