Vangi Uribe was enjoying a weekend at the San Jose Jazz Festival with her husband in 2005 when she suffered a near-fatal stroke. The San Jose State University graduate and former Silicon Valley executive survived because of the quick actions of her husband, who recognized the symptoms in Uribe’s sudden headache and weakness in the leg.
“I knew the clock was ticking,” said Matt Sorgenfrei, consulting technical director at Oracle who has received Read the rest of this entry »
The new year means the new you. That is what we constantly tell ourselves around this time of year. We start making a list of New Year’s Resolutions that we swear to live by in the coming year and without fail one of them always seems to have to do something with taking care of our health.
In addition to great gyms throughout the suburbs, several hospitals have “wellness centers.”
“We take care of the whole person,” says Chris Weincek, director Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top scientists and career employees at the Food and Drug Administration opposed agency regulations that weaken consumers’ ability to sue drug makers, congressional investigators said Wednesday.
At issue is language in a drug labeling rule from 2006 that effectively limits when people can sue in state court over injury claims involving medications. The FDA contends federal regulations prevail when there is a conflict with Read the rest of this entry »
’ Acetadote injection.
The drug used in emergency rooms to prevent liver damage from acetaminophen overdose. Acetaminophen is the generic name for over-the-counter painkillers such as Tylenol.
The FDA decision is based on a recent Canadian study that evaluated 4,709 adults and 1,905 children who were treated with Acetadote for acetaminophen overdose.
The new study found the overall rate of reactions commonly associated with the injection Read the rest of this entry »
It takes a different combination of drugs, supplements and other treatments for each of us to feel better, and very often those of us with
) end up on quite a lot of things.
pharmaceuticals for FMS (not that I didn’t try – they didn’t agree with me!), but I do take a couple of handfuls of supplements a day, and by the strict definition, they qualify as drugs even though we don’t generally think of them that way. I occasionally take Vicodin for Read the rest of this entry »
, it’s not hard to figure out why this country has a child obesity problem.
If poor nutrition and inactivity lead children to develop weight problems by age 5, they are likely to struggle with weight through their teen years and beyond.
That’s what happened to Josh Theisen, 14, who has been overweight since age 3.
today and Tuesday as part of a segment exploring obesity in teens across the nation. The show airs locally on WWMT-TV (Channel 3). Read the rest of this entry »
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Global Ride will be visiting ten cities in
a nationwide kickoff tour for the launch of a new DVD series targeted towards
not just cyclists stuck indoors during the off-season, but also indoor group
cycling / Spinning(R) classes. The tour, starting with two locations (Club H
Fitness and Harbor Fitness) in New York City, will showcase the Hawaii
installment of Global Ride’s new “virtual ride” series, DVDs that take Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tainted infant formula from China may be on sale at ethnic groceries in this country, even though it is not approved for importation, federal officials warned on Thursday.
However, the Food and Drug Administration stressed that the domestic supply of infant formula is safe.
FDA officials are urging U.S. consumers to avoid all infant formula from China, after several brands sold in that country came under suspicion of being Read the rest of this entry »
The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday advised consumers to avoid eating any product containing peanut butter or peanut paste until it can determine how many products have been contaminated by a strain of salmonella that may have originated in a Blakely Georgia peanut processing plant.
Already more than 450 people have been poisioned, and six people have died, as the result on of a Salmonella outbreak. A Blakely, Ga., peanut plant that may Read the rest of this entry »
With money tight, staff members at Ann Arbor medical office donate their time to Warm the Children
Not everyone can pony up cash for charity this holiday season, no matter how worthy the cause.
But that didn’t stop the nurses, desk staff and medical assistants at the
office in Ann Arbor from helping The Ann Arbor News Warm the Children program buy coats, hats and boots for needy local children. They just didn’t do it with money.
The staff Read the rest of this entry »