NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Executives from Allergan and Medicis will keep a close eye on a Food and Drug Administration meeting Tuesday, as experts weigh stricter standards for injectable gels used to smooth facial wrinkles.
The FDA is scheduled to ask a panel of plastic surgery experts to discuss the safety of dermal fillers, including Allergan Inc.’s Juvederm and Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.’s Restylane. Plastic surgeons use the injections Read the rest of this entry »

A 32-year-old Milpitas woman run over by her vehicle died Wednesday.
At about 9 17 a.m., Trang Phu was outside her 2008 Dodge Durango in the driveway of her home on Cestaric Drive when the SUV began moving. Phu tried to stop the car, but was unsuccessful and the SUV rolled over her, said Norma Contreras, an investigator with the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Phu was taken to San Jose Regional Medical Center where she later died Read the rest of this entry »

No doubt, 2008 has been a rough year just about everywhere, with slings and arrows targeting everybody from an ambitious plumber to the president.  Somewhere in the middle is the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), chartered by Congress to ensure the safety of our nation’s foods and medicines.  Thanks to FDA regulations, 21 new drugs have been approved in 2008 but many pharmaceutical-industry insiders say the FDA is dragging its bureaucratic Read the rest of this entry »

Milwaukee-area employers have curtailed rising health care costs this year by passing on some of the cost increases to employees, a new survey shows.
Of 225 companies responding to the 2008 Employer Health Care Benefits Survey, 48 percent said increasing employee deductibles and copays helped contain health costs in 2008. Other tools used to keep costs from increasing sharply were an increase in the employees’ share of the premium, which was Read the rest of this entry »

A Greenville woman told County Council on Monday night that the chickens she has kept for 16 years are a medical necessity for a disabled daughter.
She was facing neighbors who said the smell and noise has escalated, damaging their property values a stone’s throw from Haywood Road and East North Street.
At issue is the residential zoning for Susan Hartis’ home that prohibits livestock, including chickens.
Hartis told council that she wasn’t Read the rest of this entry »

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Open to families and friends of alcoholics.
11 a.m. Mondays at the
United Methodist Church, Pitney Road.
7 p.m. Mondays at the Church of the Epiphany, 6605 Atlantic Ave.,
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7 p.m. Mondays at Seaview Baptist Read the rest of this entry »

A baby has died and six others are in an isolation ward after an infection struck at the neo-natal unit of a Birmingham hospital.
The baby was born prematurely at Heartlands Hospital almost two weeks ago and was one of two to become infected with Serratia bacteria.
A hospital spokeswoman said staff were hopeful the second baby would go home “in the next few weeks”.
Five other babies have tested positive for the bacteria on their skin.
They Read the rest of this entry »

The Shawnee County Health Agency, in conjunction with district staff, will conduct voluntary flu shot clinics in all district schools for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Times, dates and locations are as follows: 9 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at West Indianola; 9 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 13 at Lyman; 1 to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at East Indianola; 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at Seaman High School; 9 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 15 at Pleasant Hill; 1 to 3:30 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »

REDDING, Calif. — A nurse is suing Shasta County after a jail inmate brought to the hospital for a mental-health evaluation bit off her fingertip during a fight.
Joyce Green says sheriff’s deputies didn’t properly supervise the inmate at Redding’s Shasta Regional Medical Center in May.
Green’s attorney, Art Morgan, says his client was helping to restrain inmate Dorian Buckner when she bit off the tip of Green’s index finger.
Morgan says Read the rest of this entry »

Men’s Health updates its list of the worst foods to eat in the U.S., finding a wealth of new terrible-for-you menu options to avoid if you’re anywhere near concerned with your health or waistline.
Here’s a sampling of the findings, tied to the same “Eat This, Not That!”
. Digging deep, the authors found some even-worse toppers for a few categories:
Baskin Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake, 2,600 calories, 135 g fat … “more than a day’s worth Read the rest of this entry »