does almost nothing to police the financial conflicts of doctors who conduct clinical trials of drugs and medical devices in human subjects, government investigators are reporting.
Moreover, the investigators say, agency officials told them that trying to protect patients from such conflicts was not worth the effort.
In 42 percent of clinical trials, the agency did not receive forms disclosing doctors’ financial conflicts and did nothing Read the rest of this entry »
Market Scan
Ranbaxy Riled By FDA, Currency
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posted a third-quarter loss on Friday, with currency fluctuations and inventory writedowns weighing on the company’s bottom line after a month of pressure from American regulators.
) did not fully break down the “exceptional items” that saddled it with a 3.9 billion-rupee ($79.1 million) loss for the quarter, a statement from chief executive Malvinder Mohan Singh noted Read the rest of this entry »
Instead of fighting the late-night urge to work out, Snap Fitness wants you to embrace it.
West Chester Twp. residents Jack and Gayle Staiger opened the business last week, and say it’ll be open 24 hours per day. The pair says they have faith in the business despite the country’s economic troubles and that people will still take care of themselves.
“It seemed like as soon as we made our commitment, financially, the lever just went ‘boom,’” Gayle Read the rest of this entry »
Seven states and two abortion rights groups filed suit against the United States Government seeking to convince the federal court to invalidate a law that would extend the protection level of the health care workers who refuse to perform abortions.
The lawsuit was filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Thursday on behalf of his state and also on behalf of the states of California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon Read the rest of this entry »
“It’s just a huge focus on that program,” Mullins said. “We begin to live those values.”
As an example of the Community Cares program’s positive effects, Mullins said the hospital’s admissions process has been streamlined, allowing patients to get into rooms “in a much more timely manner.”
Gateway’s proudest accomplishment of late was finishing the mammoth project of building the new hospital, then making a smooth and complete transition to that Read the rest of this entry »
THE holiday social season is over. Fat glasses of nog, refilled and re-refilled flutes of Champagne, wobbly scoops of punch: goodbye to all that. Now begins the winter of our resolutions, January’s pinched rebuttal to December’s wanton excess. That brief, chilly season of woebegone waistline analysis and nicotine patches and gym-membership plans.
Time for some detox drinking.
“This is the time to be thinking about cocktails the Read the rest of this entry »
Feb. 24, 2009 — National spending on health care is expected to double to
$4.4 trillion per year by 2018, a projection likely to be the underpinning of
an expected call for broad health reform by President Obama in a televised
address to Congress this evening.
At the same time, more than 20% of the economy will be taken up by health
costs by 2018, according to government projections released today. Health care
currently makes up about 16.2% of Read the rest of this entry »
TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) — Due to slower spending on prescription drugs, health-care spending in the United States grew at the lowest rate in a decade in 2007, a new federal report found.
Yet despite the slowdown, most health-care costs continue to rise, with consumers’ out-of-pocket expenses having increased 40 percent in the last 10 years, largely due to an aging population and chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes, Read the rest of this entry »
Published December 30, 2008
GALVESTON Among the things Hurricane Ike washed away was about $3 million in bonuses ranging from $750 to $122,233 the University of Texas Medical Branch had planned to pay high-ranking staff.
The medical branch, which cut 3,000 jobs last month, informed department heads Dec. 5 that the institutions financial crisis, brought about by the Sept. 13 storm, would not allow payouts in its Staff Incentive Plans. Read the rest of this entry »
SAN DIEGO—They could be the next stars of “The Biggest Loser.”
Seven elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park have lost a combined total of 11,314 pounds ever since zookeepers enforced a nutrition and exercise regiment for them in 2000.
The rotund captive elephants that zoo visitors are familiar with are mostly overweight compared to those in the wild.
To get the elephants back in shape, zookeepers introduced a diet high in Read the rest of this entry »