Akron Children’s in-hospital teacher, a cancer survivor, helps kids keep up on work while sharing own life lessons
Published on Sunday, Oct 26, 2008
hile his classmates spend the day learning letter sounds, kindergartner Trevor Weigand tackles a much bigger challenge every Tuesday.
The 6-year-old from Alliance misses at least one day of school each week to undergo tests and treatments for tumors embedded in his brain.
But for Trevor and other Read the rest of this entry »
East Aurora aerospace company Moog Inc. is wrapping up 2008 with a European acquisition.
Moog purchased Lithuanian medical device maker, AITECS Medical UAB, for $21 million. AITECS manufactures syringe-style therapy pumps for general use by hospitals, operating rooms and patient-controlled analgesia.
In a statement announcing the acquisition, the local company estimated AITECS will add approximately $6 million to Moog’s balance sheet for its current Read the rest of this entry »
US FDA has given approval to Uloric by Takeda Pharma for treatment of gout.
Patients of gout suffer from a painful condition with high levels of uric acid that can build up in the blood, joints and soft tissue.
According to Takeda, the Japanese drug maker, Uloric is the first new treatment option in more than four decades for gout. More than 5 million Americans are affected by the disease which causes inflammatory arthritis in men 40 and older. Read the rest of this entry »
Starting Wednesday, millions of American children can have the health care they need, thanks a the bill signed into law by President Barack Obama. This fulfills one of the promises he made on the campaign trail.
It’s called the S-CHIP program, designed to provide health insurance to low-income families. Even better news: The bill continues coverage for seven million children already receiving care under the legislation and adds coverage for an additional Read the rest of this entry »
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in Manhattan recently to hear a lecture on the latest procedures by a prominent plastic surgeon.
But the surgeon,
spent the first 20 minutes of his talk trying to discourage the audience from having cosmetic operations in the first place.
“Ask yourself ‘Can you avoid it?’ ” Dr. Pitman said to the audience last month. “What kind of lifestyle changes can you make?”
Dr. Pitman often asks the same questions Read the rest of this entry »
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the cosmetic use of an eye disease drug, allowing it to be sold as an eyelash enhancer.
Currently called Lumigan, the drug is produced by Allergan, the same pharmaceutical company responsible for Botox.
Lumigan was originally developed to treat glaucoma; however, researchers at Allergan discovered that patients who used the drug grew
as a result. Allergan plans to call the product “Latisse” Read the rest of this entry »
fitness centers may not be spacious or flashy. But with modern equipment and low rates, they’re worth a visit, especially between Jan. 2 and 16 when you can work out for free.
“Most [members] haven’t worked out in a long time or have never exercised at all,” said fitness program specialist Colleen Lammel-Harmon, executive director of the Mayor’s Fitness Council. “So there’s no element of feeling like you’re being watched.”
In 2001, the CPD opened Read the rest of this entry »
Will fat fad away? Big guy hopes 14-diet plan will be big loser
Tuesday, January 27th 2009, 3:30 AM
is the world’s faddest man.
The 360-pound Niagara Falls, Ontario, man is trying 14 fad diets in 18 weeks, in hopes of dropping some serious weight.
It’s what he calls “The Fad Diet Experience” and it’s working – at least the first one did.
“It sounds odd, but I thought, ‘Why just do one diet when maybe a better one is made up of lots of Read the rest of this entry »
The fitness craze may have started in the 1980s, but smaller, 24-hour gyms are taking the Dayton area by storm.
, a Hastings, Minn.-based 24-hour fitness franchise, is adding at least two locations in the Dayton area by the end of the year and more may be on the way.
Barry Herbert, an Anytime franchisee, and his business partner Jerry Clum, are set to open a location in Lebanon the week of Nov. 17, a Marion gym in December and another location Read the rest of this entry »