, the leading seller of heart stents, says US regulators have agreed to lift the remaining restrictions preventing the company from issuing new versions of the artery-clearing devices.
The Food and Drug Administration told the company Tuesday it planned to remove the penalties imposed in January 2006 when the device maker was cited for manufacturing violations, said James Tobin, Boston Scientific’s chief executive, in a conference call with analysts Read the rest of this entry »
A study in the current issue of Circulation magazine — of 16,000 people in 52 countries — found that eating meat, fried foods and salty snacks raised the risk of a heart attack by 35 percent. Conversely, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables reduced the risk of a heart attack by 30 percent.
Also, a 24-year study of 88,517 female nurses in the April 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine found that those who ate lots of fruits, vegetables, Read the rest of this entry »
DUBAI – The month-long Family Health Festival has been launched by Dubai Shopping Festival as part of its ongoing activities. The event aims at generating awareness among people of health problems such as diabetes, blood pressure and obesity.
The Family Health Festival will help residents gain knowledge of early detection measures, and offers useful details of risks, symptoms and prevention through an interactive medium.
Free health check-ups, Read the rest of this entry »
RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered the establishment of a referral hospital for children's chronic and complicated diseases including the separation of conjoined twins at the King Abdul Aziz Medical City of the National Guard.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, CEO of Health Affairs at the National Guard, who also headed the medical team that conducted the separation of Iraqi conjoined twins on Saturday, said in a press Read the rest of this entry »
A baby girl has been found abandoned outside a hospital accident and emergency department.
The child, said to be aged between two and four months, was left in a pushchair outside Grantham Hospital in Lincolnshire on Saturday afternoon.
Police said it appeared the girl, white and with a small amount of fair hair had been previously well cared for.
Officers are trying to trace the parents of the girl, who is in the care of hospital staff and social Read the rest of this entry »
A series of dawn raids led by Kent Police across south London have resulted in the arrest of eight people on drugs charges.
Three forces mobilised 90 officers in what they describe as the biggest and most complex operation in five years.
The raids follow a two-and-a-half-year investigation into crime gangs based in north Kent and in Billingham, Teesside.
TACLOBAN CITY – The National Food Authority in Eastern Visayas has confirmed that it will no longer sell P18.25 per kilo rice in the region by next month.
A soldier was wounded while an alleged member of the New People’s Army died in an encounter in a remote village of Baco, Oriental Mindoro Sunday morning.
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The Department of Health has declared an outbreak of malaria in Paracale, Camarines Norte, as the number of cases of the Read the rest of this entry »
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said Wednesday U.S. regulators delayed a decision on its experimental cholesterol drug TriLipix, just two days after asking for more information about a another company drug.
An Abbott spokesman said late Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration would need more time to complete its review of TriLipix. The agency did not ask the company for additional data on the drug and Abbott “continues to anticipate Read the rest of this entry »
MADRID, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Brief news from the Primera Liga
ahead of this weekend’s matches:
* Atletico Madrid are concerned about the fitness of
influential frontman Sergio Aguero, who does not return from
international duty with Argentina until Friday. The striker has
been struggling with muscular problems.
Uruguay’s Diego Forlan, back from injury, and French striker
Florent Sinama Pongolle could start at the Calderon against city
rivals Real Read the rest of this entry »
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Adler, Ben
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Allen, Mike
Andrews, Helena
Avlon, John P.
Barbash, Fred
Barr, Andy
Bartlet, Bruce
Bresnahan, John
Budoff Brown, Carrie
Burns, Alexander
Calderone, Michael
Cullen, Richard T.
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