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LifeScript is the fastest-growing online publisher and #1 website
dedicated to women’s health. The company provides practical,
female-friendly content on diet and fitness, weight loss, anti-aging,
relationships, family health and other topics. Through its newly
redesigned portal (
),
LifeScript makes it faster and easier for women to find, share and use
that information in their daily lives. It also Read the rest of this entry »
A new Physicians Health study has shown that Vitamin C and E supplements may not help prevent heart disease in men.
The study, led by Dr. Howard Sesso and Dr. J. Michael Gaziano of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, included almost 15,000 male doctors who took Vitamins C or E or placebos over an average of eight years.
The results showed no difference in heart attack rates, stroke or heart-related deaths among the separate Read the rest of this entry »
January is a time for New Year’s resolutions, a time when we tearfully grab a hunk of belly flab and decide to buy
and gym memberships. Don’t waste your money.
Back in the days before becoming a gadget-deal guru, I was known as Prof. Buffmodo, certified personal trainer—so I know what it takes to get in shape from a physical and a fiscal standpoint. The bottom line is this: Most fitness gadgets are gimmicky junk and a lot of gyms will rip Read the rest of this entry »
AIM plans to develop testing protocols for 11 different ISO standards for RFID technology. The protocols will determine if and how RFID devices impact implantable medical devices such as pacemakers, monitors and other clinical equipment, as well as the technology’s effects on organic items – including blood bags, vaccines and other pharmaceuticals and the human body.
AIM plans to have the first 11 protocols ready within six months, and hopes Read the rest of this entry »
an addict uses drugs: to comfort, to soothe, to ease stress.”
This is the most destructive part of the cycle. You remove all expectations from yourself and as a result you plummet into an unhealthy realm. The progress that you’ve made toward your goals is lost and even more weight is gained.
Inevitably there comes the moment when you hit bottom. Your body shows the new weight gain and you feel awful about it. For Oprah Winfrey it was a sobering Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES—Police officers stood at the front of a crowded church on Tuesday night, offering what few answers they could to explain why a father would kill his wife and five children before turning the gun on himself.
But residents of the suburban community of Wilmington have heard of such violence before. The Lupoe family, whose seven bodies were discovered shot to death Tuesday morning in their home, represents the fifth mass death of a Read the rest of this entry »
in the Shasta County Jail is 29 days – about a month.
Victoria Rose Sherman was in custody for 32 months.
The tallest building in Redding, at 10 stories, is the largest jail north of Sacramento. It holds 381 inmates 365 days a year. Ten pods hold men; two hold women.
Inmates are classified and grouped based on their histories. The facility is run by Capt. Don Van Buskirk of the sheriff’s department, who has been there 25 years.
The Read the rest of this entry »
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PSS World Medical Inc. (PSSI:
) posted third quarter net income of $18.2 million or $0.30 per share, compared to $14.2 million or $0.22 per share in the same quarter of last year.
Net sales for the quarter were $519.1 million, an increase of 11.6%, compared with net sales of $465.2 million in the year ago quarter.
Analysts polled by First Call/Thomson Financial expected the company to report Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators say India’s largest drugmaker has falsified test results for some of its generic drugs.
The Food and Drug Administration says it is halting any consideration of new drugs from a plant owned by Ranbaxy Laboratories, saying officials there falsified data on drugs submitted to the agency.
Regulators say some of the drugs are already on the market. Despite the fraudulent data, regulators say they have no evidence Read the rest of this entry »