HeartMath
LLC, a subsidiary of Quantum Intech, Inc., is a cutting-edge
performance company providing a range of unique services, products, and
technology to improve health and well-being, while dramatically reducing
stress and boosting performance and productivity. For more than
17 years HeartMath clinical studies have demonstrated the critical link
between emotions, heart function, and cognitive performance. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rise of serious heart risks in drugs that treat chronic conditions has become one of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s top worries and is changing how the agency weighs new medicines, a top FDA official said on Tuesday.
The agency is thinking about how to weigh such possible side effects as more drugs that treat diabetes, pain and other conditions also appear linked to heart attacks and other complications, Dr. John Read the rest of this entry »

A bed-ridden woman who was taken to the hospital Sunday covered in feces and maggots died Tuesday.
The 49-year-old woman from West Oak Lane was carried from her home and taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center in critical condition. She suffered from Spina bifida.
Officials have not released a cause of death. An autopsy is scheduled.
The condition in which the woman arrived to the hospital so concerned Einstein staff that they called Philadelphia Read the rest of this entry »

OLYMPIA — Unacceptable.
That’s what advocates for education, health and social programs called the $3 billion in cuts Gov. Chris Gregoire proposes in a no-new taxes plan for bridging a $5.8 billion budget shortfall.
“For low income individuals and families, this is sort of the nightmare before Christmas,” said human services lobbyist Nick Federici. “The elimination of the General Assistance- Unemployable program, which is financial assistance Read the rest of this entry »

Fitness: What cardiovascular exercise is right for you?
When it comes time to making that New Year’s fitness resolution, what type of exercise you choose is very important. For example, you don’t want to choose outdoor cycling when you hate being outdoors! It’s crucial that you choose something that you enjoy…….even somewhat. Choose something that suits your personality, your likes and dislikes and even your comfort zone. If you’re a lifelong Read the rest of this entry »

Commentary
David M. Cutler and J. Bradford DeLong
10.28.08,
12:01 AM ET
Every other North Atlantic country spends less than half what we spend on medicine. Every other North Atlantic country is healthier than America.
This extraordinary gap–between how much we spend on health care and what we get for it–is not because our doctors, nurses and pharmacists are unskilled or undedicated. On the contrary, they are the best in the world. But Read the rest of this entry »

Kim Spangrude isn’t asking for much. In the world of health care it’s a
mere pittance. A drop in the bucket. About what a big hospital spends a
year on aspirin and gauze.
$160,000.
That’s how much the Midvale Family Health Clinic needs to keep operating
for another year.
The charity clinic provides health care to the poor and uninsured in the
south end of the Salt Lake Valley without question and complaint —
functioning thanks to the goodwill Read the rest of this entry »

STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA
Monday, Oct 27, 2008, Page 2
The government and charities should help with research and development of “orphan drugs” for rare diseases, an Academia Sinica researcher said on Saturday.
Orphan drugs are drugs used to treat diseases that are too rare for the developer of the drug to turn a sufficient profit on research, development and production of the medicine.
Epidemiologist Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁), who headed Read the rest of this entry »

“This is a special interest every bit as much as an oil company or anyone else,” said Lew Uhler, who runs the National Tax Limitation Committee, based in Roseville. “This is an abuse of the initiative process.”
— when the country’s financial crisis was not as severe as it is today — found that voters supported Proposition 3 by 47% to 35%, with 18% undecided. Some of the state’s most prominent anti-tax advocates have signed the
, and California
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Schwarz Pharma, part of Belgium´s UCB group, has had Toviaz, their treatment for overactive bladders, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Toviaz (generically fesoterodine fumarate) was the center of a court case between Pfizer and Schwarz Pharma several years back, until in 2006 Pfizer acquired the rights to the drug outright for $ 100 million dollars, and the rights to distribution.
If and once the drug was approved, according Read the rest of this entry »