Published: February 7, 2009
Some local fitness centers are looking at the upcoming opening of the Statesville Fitness and Activity Center with a wary eye.
Gym owners and managers expect business to go on as usual when the long-awaited center opens Feb. 22. But, they say, some customers have already been lured to the new facility and the $150-per-year rates offered to city residents.
“I’m the one paying for this,” said Joel Elliot, owner of Olympic Read the rest of this entry »
when the drugs are taken alone, according to a Food and Drug Administration panel. But two other drugs in the same class, Advair and Symbicort (which combine a LABA and an inhaled steroid), are considered safer, the panel ruled. Taking a LABA alone, without an inhaled steroid, seems to increase the risk of death and serious asthma attacks in some patients, Reuters reports. Studies show that many patients taking Serevent and Foradil don’t add an inhaled Read the rest of this entry »
PANAMA CITY — Bay Medical Center broke ground on a $60-million expansion that will increase the number of intensive care units and private rooms for patients.
The new patient tower will have 144 private rooms and expand the number of intensive care units from 32 to 60.
The new rooms will have a small nurse’s station behind the patient bed that will house medical equipment to cut down on the room’s clinical appearance. Other additions include Read the rest of this entry »
The beleaguered U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday important steps that agency has taken to beef up its workforce through the hiring of more than 1,300 professional staffers. While the action was necessary and welcome, especially for protecting the public health at a time of rapid change in pharmaceuticals development and more testing, it falls woefully short in the FDAâs other charge, that of food safety.
The new staffing Read the rest of this entry »
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
said Monday the Food and Drug Administration denied approval for the company’s ulcerative colitis treatment and said a new study would be needed for another application.
In a statement, the company disagreed with the FDA, saying it believes the current application for the balsalazide tablet is sufficient.
Ulcerative colitis is a condition that causes ulcers in the rectum and colon lining.
Salix plans on meeting with Read the rest of this entry »
With the stroke of a pen, President Obama today has lifted the stranglehold on women’s health across the globe. His repeal of the
(the global gag rule) ends eight long years of policies that have blocked access to basic health care for women worldwide. No longer will health care providers be forced to choose between receiving family planning funding and restricting the health care services they provide to women.
To women around the world, no Read the rest of this entry »
DANBURY — Area residents recounted horror stories Monday of having to raid their retirement savings and their children’s college funds to pay for thousands of dollars in medical expenses — despite being covered by a health insurance plan.
Eileen Costello of Brookfield said her family racked up more than $10,000 in medical debt after her 10-year old daughter required heart surgery and was released from the hospital in 24 hours, her husband suffered Read the rest of this entry »
No to an obesity tax: That’s what a majority of New Yorkers are saying in a new poll in response to the governor’s proposal.
The Quinnipiac University poll finds that 60 percent of state residents don’t believe the tax should be charged.
Governor Paterson proposed an obesity tax on non-diet soda and other sugary drinks to help raise money to fill the budget deficit.
Even 58 percent of those who said they prefer diet soda also said they oppose Read the rest of this entry »
this week that show how much it could gain from a proposed new hospital in Davie County.
for new hospitals near each other should have been denied.
In a July 2007 memo, titled “Why Davie County,” officials at Wake Forest Baptist lay out their rationale for proposing to move
from Mocksville to the more affluent and rapidly growing Advance.
The document says that Medicare, which often pays a lower rate for services, insures a smaller Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: Dec. 18, 2008 9:58 p.m.
The economic downturn is hitting hospitals to a degree not seen in past recessions, according to survey by the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
• Charity care increased 19.1%.
• Bad debt increased 19.6%.
• Nearly one-third of the hospitals had trouble raising money.
The survey was done in November and compared the first nine months of this year with the same period last year. Read the rest of this entry »