Potluck meals, those gatherings of shared food and friendship, a holiday staple, can send some running in the other direction.
“I always have this fear [about potlucks],” said Natalie Wardel, 23. “I’m a picky eater and I like to know where my food has been.”
Food habits aside, Wardel may be wise to avoid potlucks and other social events where people bring cooked food to share. Proper food safety techniques, particularly regarding food temperature, Read the rest of this entry »
While nobody is seriously espousing that approach, the “thought experiment” outlined this week in the Lancet journal emphasizes the usefulness of antiretroviral drugs as tools for preventing the spread of HIV infection as well as treating it.
The power of AIDS drugs to dramatically slow the epidemic is the consequence of two well-established facts.
The first is that the amount of virus circulating in the bloodstream is the most important factor Read the rest of this entry »
olange Knowles, baby sis to Beyonce, blacked out on a flight from N.Y.C. to L.A. after popping cold medicine, woke up in baggage claim and wound up in the hospital. The r & b star Twittered nearly every detail of her ordeal during the flight. “Woaah . . . How’d I end up in the hospital?” Solange wrote early yesterday morning. “Guess I passed out! Scary. Hooked up to IV now.” Knowles problems began after she swallowed Read the rest of this entry »
As one of the state’s leading health insurers and with nearly 70 years of
community involvement, Highmark Blue Shield helps members live longer,
healthier lives by ensuring access to affordable, high quality health
insurance and services. Highmark offers the widest range of products, access
to all area hospitals and the most responsive customer service. Highmark
exerts an enormous economic impact throughout Pennsylvania. A recent study
states Read the rest of this entry »
of cost, quality
By Henry L. Davis NEWS MEDICAL REPORTER
In health care, the treatment you receive often depends on where you live, not on the best course of action.
Older women in Buffalo, for instance, are twice as likely to get a mastectomy for breast cancer than patients in Burlington, Vt., but they are half as likely to undergo the surgery than women in Tupelo, Miss.
Instead of medical therapy, men over 65 with an enlarged prostate Read the rest of this entry »
In the latest round of the fight over whether nonprofit hospitals provide enough charity care to justify their tax exemptions, a big Chicago hospital operator is settling a class action suit over what it has charged the uninsured.
Advocate Health Care, which operates a bunch of hospitals in the Chicago area, said today it has agreed to provide charity aid to patients earning up to 400% of the
or $82,500 for a family of four, the
. It will provide Read the rest of this entry »
“The Vinecki’s are
an incredibly loving and giving family,”
commented Scott Zagarino, managing director of Athletes for a Cure, an
initiative of the Prostate
Cancer Foundation. “They are some of our
everyday heroes, fighting for an end to prostate cancer. In spite of all
they are going through, regardless of where life is taking them, they
remain steadfast in their will to get the word out about Read the rest of this entry »
Drew Barrymore discovered the perfect Hollywood diet after having her tongue pierced last year, because she couldn’t eat or drink properly for two weeks.
The actress couldn’t believe how easy and pain free it was to have a pin stuck through her tongue, until the agony kicked in hours later.
She says, “They do it and you’re like, ‘Oh my God, why would I ever think twice about not doing this; this didn’t hurt at all.’
“And then the guy was like, Read the rest of this entry »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said there was no significant difference in carotid artery thickness between patients taking Vytorin and patients taking the drug Zocor.
But, the agency reported, the levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol decreased by 56 percent in the Vytorin group compared to 39 percent for the Zocor group.
The debate over Vytorin began early last year when preliminary results of the so-called Enhance trial showed that the drug Read the rest of this entry »
Thomson Financial News
10.17.08,
10:12 AM ET
Eli Lilly and Co.
and Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. of Japan together said they continue to have discussions with the U.S. FDA on the review of blood thinner Prasugrel.
‘Daiichi Sankyo and Lilly are engaged in an ongoing dialogue with the FDA,’ said Jennifer Stotka, vice president of Global Regulatory Affairs at Lilly.
‘We remain confident in the overall benefit-risk profile of Prasugrel, and Read the rest of this entry »