that demanded John McCain release his full medical records, for example), it seems that ads that falsely accuse Barack Obama are okey-dokey, while the ones that demand full disclosure from McCain are not. One of the former was shown during FOX and Friends this morning, which sent me straight to the Google. Guess what?
The accusation that Barack Obama’s tax policies will result in small businesses paying a 62% tax rate is dispelled by The Tax Foundation. Read the rest of this entry »
Carol M. Ostrom’s feature on medical homes ["Curing what ails us," Pacific Northwest magazine, Jan. 18] points to the importance of centering health care around the patient. However, this feature ignores the 30-year track record of community health centers in the state.
Community health centers are health-care homes because they have all the ingredients of a medical home and they integrate medical, dental and behavioral health, as well as additional Read the rest of this entry »
Sanofi Heart Drug Faces FDA Hearing, Further Delay (Update1)
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) –
said its
experimental heart medicine Multaq, once rejected by U.S.
regulators, faces a March 18 hearing by a panel of Food and Drug
Administration experts, further delaying approval.
The treatment, designed to treat irregular heartbeat, was
granted a priority review in July, the Paris-based company said
in an e-mailed statement today. Priority review status generally
means Read the rest of this entry »
Since 1996, the healthcare research and technology professionals at OHIS
have been defining and refining the business of acquiring health
information. Today, Outcomes Health Information Solutions, LLC (OHIS) is
a leading provider of health information management and analytics
solutions. OHIS uses its highly scalable proprietary technologies,
Outcomes Data Information Systems (ODIS(TM)) and ALERTSM,
as Read the rest of this entry »
It was a mystery that had remained unsolved throughout history, but diligent, masterful scientists have now finally figured out a likely way to cure the common cold, leaving another, difficult task for others.
That's how to persuade the federal government to back off sufficiently to get new, effective cold drugs on the market.
The researchers at universities in Maryland and Wisconsin made their discovery through a powerful instrument that Read the rest of this entry »
There’s a growing national movement among parents of autistic children.
Many believe that feeding their children a special diet can improve their behavior and social problems. A San Antonio mother is using her home-based business to help others follow this path.
After-school reunions are a lot more interactive than they used to be at the Holmbo household, and Letty Holmbo believes it has a lot to do with the special diet she feeds her children. Read the rest of this entry »
Damn.
I'm not sure why Madison is such a tough market for Chicago-style hot dogs.
The classic Chicago version includes a Vienna beef hot dog topped with onions, tomatoes, a dill pickle, sport peppers, green relish, mustard and celery salt. It is served on steamed poppy seed bun.
What's not to like there?
In addition, one of Madison's most prominent citizens, former mayor Paul Soglin, is a great advocate of the Chicago dog.
It Read the rest of this entry »
Product offers a smokeless, spitless form of tobacco.
Charleston – While the Annual Great American Smoke Out traditionally focuses on cigarette use the American Cancer Society is also warning about the dangers of smokeless tobacco.
A new product called Snus is being marketed in West Virginia by at least two major tobacco companies.
The smokeless product is designed to be placed between the lips and gums, with no spitting required.
But Read the rest of this entry »
New Study Links Plastics Toxin to Disease, FDA Ignores Risks
A new study linking a toxin in plastics to heart disease and diabetes, confirms assertions that consumer advocates have been making for years. Bisphenol A or BPA is used widely in plastic food and beverage containers, including baby bottles and sippy cups, as well as to line the coating of food cans. Consumer safety organizations had long relied on animal studies. Now, British researchers Read the rest of this entry »
Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) –
, the largest U.S.
health insurer by enrollment, missed estimates for fourth-quarter
earnings and gave no detailed profit forecast as bad investments,
computer errors and a shrinking job market sapped income.
Net income fell 61 percent from a year earlier to $331.4
million, or 65 cents a share, the Indianapolis-based company said
today in a statement. Profit excluding investment losses and
other items missed by 2 cents the Read the rest of this entry »