Two men pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week for their roles in the scheme, which involved falsifying documents to make it appear that proper sterility tests had been conducted. The company’s president, Dushyant Patel, faces 10 charges, but he has not been arrested. Authorities believe he fled to his native India.
Conditions at the plant, detailed in court documents and photographs, depict a facility in flagrant violation of proper manufacturing Read the rest of this entry »

Pamela Morgan left her fingerprints everywhere: Her family, her church, and deep into her community.
The one-time flamenco dancer and co-author of the women’s health bible, “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” died of pancreatic cancer Monday, Nov. 17.
Children responded well to her, but so did adults, said her husband, Jonathan Lilienfeld, as he described how she could meet someone for the first time and 20 minutes later know everything about that person, Read the rest of this entry »

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Los Angeles, CA …Tuesday, December 30th … Recently CNN Health.com reported that over 100 million Americans make New Year Resolutions with losing weight and saving money as the top 2 on their list. Additionally, about 4 out of 5 Americans don’t stick with their resolutions. Bottom line: Resolutions are easy to make, easy to break. If you want to stick with them, you have to develop a strategic plan.
Tosca Reno, Read the rest of this entry »

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: Anthony Katsur has joined the travel content aggregator as CTO, a new role within the company. Formerly COO of Heavy, he helped launch Husky, the video ad firm’s monetization platform. Prior to Heavy, Katsur served as COO of Panther Express Corp; his tenure also includes seven years of tech development experience with DoubleClick.
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: Cyndi McClellan has been promoted to EVP, program strategy and research at Comcast Entertainment Group; Read the rest of this entry »

BOJ's Policy May Have Affected Global Markets, Yamaguchi Says
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — The Bank of Japan's low interest
rates may have contributed to the global financial-market
turmoil, said
, the government's nominee for
deputy governor of the central bank.
“We can't rule out the possibility that our accommodative
policy has had some influence on overseas financial markets,''
Yamaguchi, who is currently an executive Read the rest of this entry »

Unemployed may have numerous options beyond COBRA, which can eat up the bulk of their monthly jobless benefits
Published on Monday, Feb 09, 2009
When Robbin Hazlett recently lost her job at a uniform and linen company, the cost to continue her health coverage could have taken her to the cleaners.
To keep the same insurance plan her former employer used to provide, the Barberton woman would have paid nearly $400 a month.
So while she continued Read the rest of this entry »

used for pain, colds, and other problems, the Associated Press reports. The Food and Drug Administration says that it is trying to squeeze unapproved drugs from the market, but certain federal laws allow Medicaid to continue to cover the drugs. Officials in charge of the Medicaid program say they are aware of the issue, but they say congressional assistance is needed to fix the problem. Both Medicaid and the FDA are under the umbrella of the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »

Published January 20, 2009
GALVESTON — Repairs of hurricane damage at Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston have been halted, leaving in question the future of a world-renowned pediatric burn center and more than 300 jobs.
Although officials with the local hospital’s parent organization, Shriners Hospitals for Children, denied Monday they had announced mass layoffs and a possible permanent closure, employees and an e-mail obtained by The Read the rest of this entry »

could be sold, possibly to the
, a source said Wednesday.
, based on court documents filed by
. Such a move would make Jewish Hospital a property instead of a voting member in the Health Alliance and put Jewish under control of the
and Fort Hamilton Hospital.
UC and Fort Hamilton would be the last remaining parties to the hospital group's joint operating agreement and, thus, the last institutions with representation on its board. Kenwood-based Read the rest of this entry »

Crime doesn’t pay.
But in Dallas County, criminals will.
Dallas County commissioners are expected Tuesday morning to approve a new fee for everyone being booked into the Lew Sterrett Justice Center — a $10 processing fee to help pay for the cost of conducting their medical pre-screening.
Every inmate who is booked into the jail is screened for medical issues. During their screening, officers have to stand guard over the inmates. This fee, which Read the rest of this entry »