In the head-to-head study of 689 patients studied for 96 weeks, 79 percent of patients taking Prezista had undetectable levels of HIV, compared with 71 percent in the Kaletra group. The study, funded by
, a Johnson & Johnson company, was presented this week at the annual
in Washington, D.C.
Doctors point out that Prezista needs Norvir, Abbott’s older protease inhibitor, as a booster to work as well as Kaletra. Patients, these doctors say, like Read the rest of this entry »
15 years for Lucia Rojas, who killed, dumped baby
Friday, January 30th 2009, 1:58 AM
A Bronx mom who smothered her newborn son on a city bus, then dumped the body in a sidewalk trash can, should feel the heinous act “weighing on your soul,” a judge said Thursday.
“You’ve expressed some remorse. I can only infer from the monstrosity of this crime that it is weighing on your soul,” Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard Buchter said before sentencing Read the rest of this entry »
(NAPSI)- The survey also showed that women who are unhappy with their physical appearance are less likely to get lifesaving preventive screenings such as mammograms.
“Our new breast cancer campaign entitled ‘Learn. Love. Commit.’ seeks to not only give women the information they need on breast cancer risk factors, screening and treatment, but also encourages them to feel self-confident and worthy enough to take preventive steps to Read the rest of this entry »
This is usually a good time of year for diet-food makers, what with consumers trying to hang onto their New Year’s resolutions, but
was having no such luck on Tuesday. The company’s shares were slammed after felon-turned-fraud-fighter Barry Minkow alleged that the company engaged in a Madoff-esque pyramid scheme.
Medifast’s shares dropped 26.9%, or $1.96, to $5.33, after Minkow’s Fraud Discovery Institute accused the Owings Mills, Md.-based diet Read the rest of this entry »
Sunday, November 23, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore. — Henry Marcum has nothing but kind words for the dog that shot his 23-year-old son this weekend.
Marcum says his son, Matthew, was standing in Tillamook Bay at the start of duck-hunting trip when his dog jumped into the boat, setting off a 12-gauge shotgun.
The blast blew a hole in the aluminum boat before hitting Marcum, who is recovering from injuries to his legs and buttocks at Portland’s Read the rest of this entry »
“May God make you be victorious,” she said. “I cannot stand what is happening to your people.”
Neither, apparently, can Hussein, a Palestinian policeman whose right arm was broken when Israeli missiles hit his police academy Dec. 27. Hussein voted for
in the last election but said he never joined their militia. That’s about to change.
“I want to go back and fight with Hamas,” he said.
strategy in Gaza is to crush Hamas’s will to fight, especially Read the rest of this entry »
Before long, her 8-year-old daughter, Emma, started having headaches, feeling dizzy and suffering nosebleeds. Wendy’s husband, Paul, a runner on the track team in college, was short of breath after climbing the stairs. A raft of tests by doctors came back negative. The Mengs were chronically ill, and they had no idea why.
But over the next year, they noticed a pattern: The more they were out of the house, the better they felt. After doing some detective Read the rest of this entry »
PALMYRA — With health costs a key campaign topic this year, a medical expert and a policy professional yesterday delivered opposing viewpoints on ways to fix the nation’s broken health-care system.
Dr. William R. Davidson, a vigorous proponent of publicly financed, universal health-care, debated the idea with Joe Sterns, just as energetically opposed. The two were guests of The Citizens’ Caucus, a Mt. Gretna-based organization Read the rest of this entry »
- Oct 12, 2008
Authorities of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) have reported the arrest and detention of two persons believed to be notorious criminals at the Afghanistan Mining Camp in the Sapo National Park.
Those arrested are, Eddie Nagbe and Peter Doweh, Camp Chairman and Camp Master respectively
The two men were apprehended by the Sapo Park Rangers and turned over to the Magisterial Court in Nyanwleken, Jaedepo District, in Sinoe Read the rest of this entry »
More than £420,000 is being given by the Scottish Government to aid projects in Gaza.
The cash from the international development fund will support Scottish charities working in the region to help those affected by the recent conflict.
The move was announced by the newly-appointed external affairs minister, Mike Russell, who said the scale of the devastation was “staggering.”
Oxfam Scotland and Islamic Relief are among the eight groups to get Read the rest of this entry »