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You aren’t cheap, just frugal. You want to stay slim, but your finances are a tad too lean. You seek to maintain your health, but your bank account is lower than Michael Phelps’ pulse rate.
What to do?
Follow these 15 ways to save on health and fitness.
Use generic prescription and over-the-counter drugs when possible. The Consumer Reports National Research Center says generics are as safe and effective Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s budget proposal may give a sense of whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will secure more funding to boost oversight of prescription drugs, medical devices and foods.
The FDA is on the verge of winning a major funding hike for the current fiscal year, and advocates say it is vital for the agency to gain even more money in coming years. Obama is set to unveil an outline of his fiscal 2010 budget Read the rest of this entry »

RICHMOND — A 17-year-old boy has died from his injuries in a Dec. 15 shooting that killed another teen and wounded a 21-year-old man, police said.
Todd Gabriel of Richmond died Thursday afternoon at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek after being shot in the head three days earlier. Devaughan Frierson, also 17, died at the scene of the shooting. A 21-year-old man was wounded in the calf. All of the victims lived in the neighborhood.
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shows that a low-fat vegan diet has a nutrient profile and diet quality associated with a greater reduction in heart disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes than a diet based on the American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines.
“Two out of three people with diabetes die of heart disease or stroke, so it is hugely significant to find that a low-fat vegan diet can treat diabetes and dramatically reduce heart disease risk,” says lead Read the rest of this entry »

Inova has mounted six legal challenges to the state health commissioner’s decision authorizing a 164-bed for-profit hospital in Broadlands, and it has twice sought the intervention of the state Supreme Court — to no avail.
Fearing that a nearby competitor would eat into its caseload, the nonprofit Inova has taken out newspaper ads, saturated the neighborhood with direct mail and gave at least $20,000 to a grass-roots movement, the Concerned Citizens Read the rest of this entry »

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 nName: John J. Urkuski.
•Age: 47.
•Address: Lancaster.
•Occupation and employer: Process engineer, W.L. Gore and Associates, Elkton, Md.
•When and why you began to exercise: I started a regular fitness routine in the summer of 1994 after starting a new job at Arrow International Inc. There was a fitness center in the facility, and after going through the orientation process I was granted access to Read the rest of this entry »

Analogic Corp’s BK Medical Systems enters 3-Yr, product line deal with Amerinet – Quick Facts
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BK Medical Systems, an wholly owned subsidiary of Analogic Corporation, (ALOG:
) announced that it has entered into new three-year, product line deal with Amerinet Inc.
The company noted that this deal makes its surgical ultrasound systems, related accessories, and supplies available to Amerinet members.
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PHILADELPHIA—A jury has awarded $5.5 million to the family of a parking lot attendant shot outside Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia.
The family of 18-year-old William Palmer sued the hospital in connection with the May 30, 2006, death.
Investigators say Palmer was shot in the chest during a robbery and struggled to run into the hospital for help.
Testimony indicated that just six months before the shooting, a security company Read the rest of this entry »

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Construction on the new Student Fitness and Kinesiology and Recreation Building officially began Thursday at the groundbreaking ceremony on the future site of the building.
President Al Bowman was joined by Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Sheri Everts, Trustee Joanne Maitland, Dean of the College of Applied Sciences and Technology Jeff Wood and student body President Ted Mason in breaking the ground for the construction.
In his Read the rest of this entry »