said it has bought HealthMedia Inc., a closely held provider of online health counseling. It called the deal its first step in building a preventive care unit that could generate $20 billion.
Terms were not disclosed. HealthMedia, of Ann
, Mich., spun off from the University of Michigan in 1998, has 140 employees, and serves as a “health coach via the Web,” offering users automated advice and reminders about diet, disease, drug management, smoking Read the rest of this entry »
THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) — Three leading medical associations have created guidelines to help heart disease patients cut their risk of ulcers and gastrointestinal bleeding from one the condition’s most common treatments — antiplatelets and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin.
The American College of Cardiology, the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Heart Association guidelines call on doctors Read the rest of this entry »
For all the difficulty he had keeping the candidates to their agreed-upon time limits, I was glad to hear moderator Tom Brokaw attempt to nail down presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama on the fundamental question of the health care debate. In this country, is health care your right or your responsibility?
If its the former, then its a government obligation; the latter, youre on your own. Right now, we make it a right only for Read the rest of this entry »
February 14, 2009 16:43 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 (Bernama) — The Government should recognise the power of sports in its fight against drugs, said Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation Vice-Chairman (MCPF) Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.
He said the government needed to provide more sports facilities and recreational spaces for youth and teenagers.
“As for state governments, they should ensure all local authorities provide adequate sports amenities in Read the rest of this entry »
In all, Health Net has agreed to pay more than $40 million to resolve the regulatory actions and litigation over rescission.
Health Net is the only company that has been forced to defend rescission at trial. Nearly a year ago, an arbitration judge awarded $9 million to Patsy Bates, a Gardena hair salon owner whose coverage Health Net dropped after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The rescission forced her to suspend her chemotherapy treatments Read the rest of this entry »
HEARD the joke that a good man is hard to find but a hard man is good to find?
Well, six in 10 Singapore women in a recent sex survey share the latter problem with the latter. They were not satisfied with their partners’ erections.
In the findings of the Asia Pacific Sexual Health and Overall Wellness survey, men generally rated themselves as more satisfied with their erections than women were.
Of the 117 men polled in Singapore, slightly more Read the rest of this entry »
Events in 2008 showed a crack in University policies when it comes to women’s needs.
Professors were found sexually harassing female students.
The Women’s Studies Department was housed in a dilapidated building – complete with mice, roaches and asbestos.
The University’s upper administration continued to lack senior female officials.
And another year goes by without a women’s center.
Women make up 57 percent of the University’s undergraduate Read the rest of this entry »
SANTA MONICA, CA –
Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital, a world
leader in orthopaedic patient care, research and education for nearly a
century, announced today it will open the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital
Children’s Clinic in Santa Monica in Spring 2009, to serve the needs of
children in the surrounding area with world-class pediatric orthopaedic
care. The seed funding for this clinic was generously provided by Renee and
Meyer Luskin.
Treating Read the rest of this entry »
DCL Extends Structured Product Labeling (SPL) Services to Meet New FDA Requirements; Support Now Offered for CDER, CBER, CDRH, CVM and ONP Products
Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc. (DCL) (
), announced the availability of enhanced Structured Product Labeling (SPL) services to meet the recently announced FDA requirements for SPL submissions of CDER (Human Prescription Drugs), CBER (Biologics), CDRH (Medical Devices), CVM (Veterinary Medicine), Read the rest of this entry »
Mexico’s former top anti-drugs chief has been charged with allegedly passing on information to one of the nation’s most powerful drug cartels.
Noe Ramirez is accused of accepting bribes of up to $500,000 from the Sinaloa cartel to warn the group’s leaders of police operations against them, the Mexican attorney general’s office said on Sunday.
Ramirez resigned last July from the country’s Siedo organised crime unit and was arrested in November Read the rest of this entry »