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Grassley, Kohl Seek Information About Money Going From Medical Device Makers To Doctors, USA
Senators Chuck Grassley and Herb Kohl are continuing their campaign to shed light on financial relationships between the pharmaceutical and medical device industries and medical doctors. Today the senators sent letters asking for detailed information about industry dollars going to research physicians affiliated with Columbia University and to the Cardiovascular Read the rest of this entry »

New York, Sept 18 (PTI) Indian pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy Laboratories has hired former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as an advisor after the US blocked imports of 30 of its generic drugs citing manufacturing deficiencies.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two warning letters to Ranbaxy claiming procedural violations at its plants in Dewas and Paonta Sahib in India.
Giuliani, a high-profile Republican leader and former US Read the rest of this entry »

The Los Angeles Unified School District sent counselors today to Alfred B. Nobel Middle School in Northridge, where 12-year-old Ganesha Rajaram was a seventh-grade honor student. They were receiving students and adults at a parent center. The school’s own counselors were also on hand.
A couple of students visited counselors Monday afternoon and at least seven others came in this morning, said Principal Robert Coburn.
Most students were not aware Read the rest of this entry »

Goal.com Poll: World’s Best Free Kick Taker – The Grand Final
Goal.com Poll: Pele Or Maradona – You Decide!
Calcio Debate: Is Ronaldinho Back?
English Debate: Which Young Gunners Will Make The Grade?
Goal.com Debate Special: Who Is The Best Free-Kick Taker In The World?
Eduardo Returns To Training?
Goal.com Worldview: What Is The World’s Biggest Local Derby?
Scolari Not Angry, Just Disappointed
Mancini, Laudrup & Ramos On Madrid Read the rest of this entry »

Richmond County sheriff’s investigators say they believe a Wednesday morning raid on an abandoned Augusta home has yielded the weapon in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Jezreel Hammond.
Members of the sheriff’s gang task force descended upon the Luckey Street home, which sits within the territory claimed by the Sunset gang, on a tip they received while working that investigation, sheriff’s Lt. Scott Peebles said.
They think the gang was using Read the rest of this entry »

Patients with terminal illnesses will be granted much greater access to
life-extending drugs on the NHS in order to avoid them having to pay
privately for their care, the Government promised today.
The NHS watchdog that decides the cost effectiveness of new medicines has been
asked to place greater value on drugs that are not currently considered
worth supplying on the NHS, but which could provide the only chance of extra
months or years of life Read the rest of this entry »

Who would have thought that how we sleep would turn out to be a coronary artery risk factor every bit as important as smoking or high blood pressure? But that’s how it is shaping up. The recent study in the
: In short, as hours of sleep drop toward five or fewer from the eight hours most humans seem to need, the chance of developing coronary disease in young middle-aged men and women grows in close proportion. The
study used a relatively new low-dose Read the rest of this entry »

A clinic housing an array of medical professionals under a single roof would draw new doctors to the city and provide patients with “one-stop” care, says the head of the group behind the proposal.
“We hope to recruit additional physicians to Orillia with this,” said Dr. Jim Armstrong, executive director of the Couchiching Family Health Team.  
The group is planning to operate the clinic within the former National Grocers Read the rest of this entry »

When the state and federal governments beefed up academic requirements for schools, they put local officials in a quandary. In order to meet the more stringent standards, some schools have had to cut back on physical-education courses and recess.
Many middle schools require only one trimester of physical education throughout the three years of middle school, and school officials say too many children are sedentary because they are not involved in Read the rest of this entry »