spoke to me in my sleep last night. Actually, I wasn’t quite asleep. I was dozing … in the delicious half wake/half sleep state. Yum!
(Whoa! Time flies!)
. When she has something important to say, something she wants me to pass along to you, she nudges me just as I am drifting off. I keep a notebook and pen next to my bed, for such occasions. I jot down the message and then continue to drift, drift, drift … ahhhhhh.
Anyway, before Read the rest of this entry »
Companies are permitted to charge, and generally do, the full cost of premiums plus a 2% administrative fee. COBRA must be offered by firms with 20 or more employees as long as they continue to offer health coverage. Generally, it’s offered for 18 months after a job ends, though in some circumstances that can be extended. In many states and in the District of Columbia, health insurance options similar to COBRA must be offered by firms with fewer than Read the rest of this entry »
University Hospital in San Antonio said Monday the 26-year-old welterweight fighter was discharged Thursday. Diaz had remained hospitalized since awakening from the coma in September.
Dr. David Jimenez, the boxer’s chief neurosurgeon, told the
that Diaz entered a local rehabilitation facility. He said Diaz can sit up in a chair, respond to commands and smiles when someone tells a joke.
The doctor said he was optimistic that Diaz would be able Read the rest of this entry »
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A drug bust in Meade County leads investigators to Jefferson County where they discover more than half a million dollars worth of drugs and cash.
The Meade County Sheriff’s Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department teamed up, busting two brothers trafficking drugs into Meade County.
Then their investigation took them further than they ever expected.
“We’re daily combating the drugs we’re finding here in Meade Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ — Men’s Health, the best-selling men’s
magazine on newsstands, announced today that chef
will host
the title’s annual signature event — the Men’s Health Urbanathlon(TM) &
Festival. DiSpirito will host Urbanathlon events inNew York on Saturday,
September 27, 2008 and inChicago on October 18, 2008. VP/Publisher
made the announcement. DiSpirito — an award-winning chef, author and
accomplished tri-athlete — will Read the rest of this entry »
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WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans
to announce soon his pick to head the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration to help create a new regulatory structure to
protect the nation’s food supply, the White House said on
Friday.
“The president will have a new commissioner of the FDA in
the coming days,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a
press briefing.
The news comes amid a massive recall of Read the rest of this entry »
AM2PAT, which is now the subject of a criminal investigation, sold tainted syringes of heparin and saline that have been linked to five deaths. Hundreds more people were sickened, often after receiving the medicines during chemotherapy, kidney dialysis and other intravenous procedures.
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 Read the rest of this entry »
The woman, whose name was not released, was mauled about 5 or 6 p.m. near the 1800 block of 41st Place SE, said a D.C. police spokesman. He said one or more officers shot and killed the dog.
The woman, believed to be in her late 70s, was “very severely hurt,” said
, a spokesman for the D.C. Fire and Emergency Services Department.
After suffering serious injuries to her scalp and at least one ear, she was flown by helicopter to the
. Her condition Read the rest of this entry »
Jonathan Cohn: The Big-Picture Reasons The U.S. Needs Reform, Daschle Or No Daschle
At first blush, the findings of a study group called the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care might not seem particularly surprising. It’s no longer news that millions of American families face financial ruin or physical catastrophe because they have no way to pay medical bills. Nor is it a great revelation that, as a committee staff member put it, “[v]ery few Read the rest of this entry »
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – (Business Wire) Ikonisys, a leading provider of next generation, non-invasive, cell-based diagnostic solutions, announced today that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its
FISH her2 test.
HER2 DNA Probe Kit. The test
platform, featuring the Ikoniscope
, a proprietary high-throughput, digital microscope, and provides
automated testing of the Read the rest of this entry »