Pfizer recently said it’s exiting the development of drugs for common conditions like heart disease. This is part of a shift underway in the pharmaceutical industry to give up on routine medical problems in favor of discovering “specialty” drugs for rare diseases and unmet medical needs like cancer.
The shift is driven in part by the industry’s critics in Washington, who have long maligned drug companies for targeting too many routine medical problems Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Postmenopausal women who have hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) – a low level of sexual desire — have a worse health-related quality of life than their counterparts who are happy with their sex lives, according to a new study.
In fact, the researchers say, HSDD can cause in impairments in well-being on par with those seen in chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis and asthma.
HSDD, the Read the rest of this entry »
minor leaguer was released from a hospital Saturday after having a seizure following a bloody fight. The injury came just weeks after the death of a Canadian senior amateur player who hit his head on the ice during a fight.
Garrett Klotz, a hulking 20-year-old right wing in his first season with the American Hockey League’s Philadelphia Phantoms, was taken off the ice on a stretcher Friday night in the opening seconds of a 2-1 victory over Read the rest of this entry »
The weekend volunteer positions that are currently available for the lobby require the ability to check in visitors going to patient floors, ensure compliance with the hospital’s visitation policy, provide general hospital information and transport or escort patients to clinical areas.
The positions available in the gift shop require the ability to oversee all operations of the gift shop, including running the cash register, making helium balloon Read the rest of this entry »
Such legislation essentially aims to replicate Canada’s system, under which, generally speaking, medically necessary physician and hospital services are available only from the government health insurance system.
Opponents of Proposition 101 are against what it would guarantee, including the right of individuals to pay directly for medical services without needing the permission of a third party. Proposition 101 would emancipate service providers Read the rest of this entry »
GREENSBORO – One person died and another was seriously injured in a house fire early Saturday.
Authorities responded at 9 a.m. to 519 Summit Ave. for a fire inside one of the apartments. Firefighters extinguished the fire and found a man and woman inside suffering from severe burns, according to a news release.
The man died at the scene. The woman, Deborah Anne Moy, 36, was transported to Moses Cone Hospital and later to Wake Forest University Read the rest of this entry »
Another day, another cutback at
. Industry watcher CruiseCritic.com today reports the mass-market line is
the Vitality at Sea fitness rewards program, effective immediately.
Designed to motivate passengers to take part in healthy activities, the rewards program offered cruisers who signed up for fitness classes, rigorous shore excursions and other healthy offerings points that they could redeem for free Royal Caribbean merchandise.
CruiseCritic.com Read the rest of this entry »
) represents a pure play investment for the future of bio-generics, with two ANDAs filed at the FDA in partnership with the Sandoz division of Novartis (
) for multi-billion dollar biological agents Lovenox ($3.8B in sales for 2007) (blood thinner) – Sanofi-Aventis (
) and Copaxone ($1.7B in sales for 2007) (multiple sclerosis) – Teva Pharma (
). However, it is important to note that the ANDAs for Lovenox and Copaxone can be approved Read the rest of this entry »
Report: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius Top Contender For Health Secretary
February 9, 2009 9:59 a.m. EST
Washington, D.C. (AHN) – Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who was said to have been a contender as the running mate of President Barack Obama during the campaign, is the top candidate for the Health and Human Services secretary, according to Politico. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination to the Cabinet post last week Read the rest of this entry »
SUMTER, SC (WIS) – In a bizarre case coming out of Sumter, a motel worker says world-renowned comedian Katt Williams tried to check into a motel wearing a bathrobe.
The clerk, Marion Donning, thought something was wrong and called police. Donning said she had no idea who he was.
“And when I asked for his ID, he stared to look in his pockets and couldn't find his ID,” Donning said.
In the video, you can see Williams trying to check in to Read the rest of this entry »