A Keller man who is suspected of killing two men during a crime spree Monday has died.
Brian Smith, a former Utah state trooper and the father of five children, died at 6 p.m. at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, a spokesman said.
Smith shot himself early Tuesday after a standoff with police in Garland.
Two days after the bizarre chain of events that led to the fatal shootings in Garland and Dallas, family and friends struggled to understand 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 »
Politics is a game of winners and losers. But there were no winners in Tom Daschle’s decision to walk away from his nomination to be the next secretary of health and human services.
President Obama lost his trusted adviser and friend. Tom Daschle lost the chance to lead the most important fight of his life. And Americans lost the best qualified, most experienced and most knowledgeable expert on universal health care to lead HHS.
But the sad fact Read the rest of this entry »
was passed as part of a larger budget bill. It was a response to the New York State Assembly’s failure to enact reforms to address the escalating cost of medical malpractice insurance that has plagued the state for more than a decade, said Vito Grasso, C.A.E., EVP of the New York AFP.
The governor acted to avert possible increases in medical malpractice rates that could have topped 30 percent this year. His signature on the bill forestalls any increases Read the rest of this entry »
Santos, making a weeklong visit to the United States, reiterated his government’s position two days after three former Latin American presidents said the war on drugs had failed.
“For us the drug trafficking money is what finances criminal groups, the drug trafficking groups, corruption,” the vice president said after speaking with businessmen at the headquarters of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
“For us the only action we have is to maintain Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government closed U.S. borders Tuesday to more than 30 generic drugs — including popular antibiotics and cholesterol medicines — made by India’s biggest pharmaceutical company, citing poor quality in two of its factories.
The Food and Drug Administration’s move doesn’t end U.S. sales by Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. Instead, it blocks imports of generic drugs — including generic versions of the antibiotic Read the rest of this entry »
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Candela Corp. (CLZR:
) announced that the jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas – Lufkin Division ruled in favor of Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. (PMTI:
) in a patent infringement lawsuit.
The lawsuit was brought by Candela against Palomar in December 2006. The jury ruled that Palomar did not infringe upon Candela’s patent and that claims of the patent are invalid. Read the rest of this entry »
Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued acceptance of the Company’s products, increased levels of competition for the Company, new products and technological changes, the Company’s dependence on third-party Read the rest of this entry »
Published: October 31, 2008
You gotta shake it. You gotta move it. You gotta leave some of your inhibitions at the door.
Part dance, part aerobics Zumba will whip you in to shape with it’s mix of fast and slow rhythms and resistance training designed to tone and sculpt your body all while burning off fat.
“It’s so exhilarating there’s just moves that make it fun to work out and you don’t realize you’re working Read the rest of this entry »
Between dressing for parties, cooking for parties and standing around at parties eating, time is short. But that doesn’t mean your exercise routine has to be second-rate.
A 20- to 30-minute workout done at a high intensity can increase the heart rate and tone muscles equally as well as a longer workout done at a lower intensity.
“Who made the rule that a workout has to be an hour?” asks Amy Dixon, group fitness manager at Equinox in Santa Monica, Read the rest of this entry »