INDIANAPOLIS – The families of two newborns who died after
they were inadvertently given massive doses of heparin have sued an
Indianapolis hospital and the Illinois-based company that makes the
blood thinner.
The suit filed Thursday in Marion Superior Court against
Methodist Hospital and Deerfield, Ill.-based Baxter Healthcare
Corp. doesn’t specify damages.
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“Salsa, meringue and cha cha your way to fitness!” That’s the description of Zumba, a Brazilian flavored class that is the latest dance fitness craze. “The moves are easy to learn and you’re really getting a full- body workout,” says Kathy Foster, 46, of Westbury. “It’s different and fun when you don’t feel like taking the same old Spin or kickboxing class.”
6:30 p.m. Thursdays at XSport Fitness at the Roosevelt Field Mall (630 Old Country Rd., Read the rest of this entry »

The FDA issued a warning saying that parents and caregivers should avoid feeding babies with infant formula made in China, on account of potential contamination with melamine, the chemical substance found in pet food from China and associated with the illnesses and even deaths of hundreds of cats and dogs in the U.S. last year, Reuters reported.
“We want to get a message out to the Chinese community” said Janice Oliver, deputy director for operations Read the rest of this entry »

“Rodale emerged from 2008 and enters 2009 in a strong position,” said
Rodale President and CEO Steven Pleshette Murphy. “Three years ago, we
embarked on a strategy of investing online, integrating all of our
activities by brand, and focusing on building customer relationships.
Against the downturn of the economy, and the advertising industry in
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to warrant the tax breaks they receive.
in Illinois, which has been battling with the state to preserve its tax exemption at risk over the amount of charity care the hospital provides.
that put the hospital’s tax exemption in jeopardy. That ruling reversed a lower court’s decision that let the hospital keep its tax-exempt status. (For more on the Provena hospital chain’s presence in Central Illinois, watch the YouTube video.)
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Following Actimis Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s structured buyout deal last June, the San Diego-based firm’s investors decided to back a spinout venture with the company’s remaining assets, forming Axikin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
San Mateo, Calif.-based Sanderling Ventures and New York-based Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, along with additional investors, have provided Axikin $3 million in seed funding to pursue development of three preclinical small-molecule Read the rest of this entry »

WHITE PLAINS – If hard work makes their dreams come true, Kalida Evans and Terrilynn Williams, friends from Mount Vernon, might find themselves practicing medicine together.
“We want to be doctors,” Evans said yesterday. “We like helping people.”
She wants to be an obstetrician/gynecologist. Williams wants to be a pediatrician. Both are 12 years old and in seventh grade at Immaculate Conception School in Tuckahoe. Yesterday, they attended Westchester Read the rest of this entry »

On the gym floor, the club will feature top-of-the-line free-weights and
cardio and resistance-training machines from Life Fitness, Precor and
FreeMotion. The Crunch
Union Street club will have no shortage of options for entertainment
with personal viewing screens on cardio equipment, Life Fitness
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LANSDALE — A 43-year-old licensed pharmacist and a 21-year-old woman accused of selling prescription drugs out of her van in the borough each face two felony charges.
An undercover operation led to the recent arrest of Vasilios Katogiritis and Natalie Arzberger.
The borough residents were charged with possession of narcotics with the intent to deliver and criminal conspiracy, as well as possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.
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