Attend Religious Services, Live Longer
Nov. 25, 2008 — Going to church — or any kind of religious service — may
prolong your life.
A new study shows that older women who regularly attend religious services
reduce their risk of death by 20%. The study was published in
.
Researchers from Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine
grouped all religions together, looking only at whether the women attended
services regularly and Read the rest of this entry »

Put that barbell down, step off the elliptical and listen up: The
takes place Saturday and Sunday at the L.A. Convention Center, featuring more than 100 exhibitors, plus events that include cooking demonstrations and sumo wrestling. Oh, and don’t miss the bench press and deadlift challenge on Sunday.
Other highlights include a kettlebell demonstration Saturday for those curious about those heavy metal things, currently all the rage in the fitness Read the rest of this entry »

GALVESTON, Texas, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Hurricane Ike devastated the
Texas coast on September 5, 2008, and thousands of residents from Galveston
and surrounding cities are still without shelter. With the help of the
employees at Equal Health, some of the residents now living in tents will be
able to stay warm in the coming winter nights.
On November 29, Brady Spears, Equal Health CEO and former Galveston
resident, personally delivered 50 heaters Read the rest of this entry »

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials have halted the review of any new drug applications from a Ranbaxy Laboratories plant in India after determining the facility was falsifying scientific data.
Ranbaxy, based in India, is one of the largest suppliers of generic drugs to the United States.
“We took this action after it became apparent that this facility was submitting falsified scientific data in applications for FDA approval Read the rest of this entry »

The FDA announced that Covidien, formerly Tyco
Healthcare, recalled one lot of Relion sterile, single-use, disposable,
hypodermic syringes with affixed hypodermic needles due to possible
mislabeling. Use of the product could lead to an overdose of as much as 2.5
times the intended dose, according to a press release.
The recall includes Relion 1 cc, 31-gauge, 100 units for
use with U-100 insulin from Lot Number 813900.
During packaging, Read the rest of this entry »

Seroquel, the blockbuster antipsychotic which brought in a full 14% of drug maker
’s $31.6 billion in sales last year, is only
-approved to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In the past few years, however, illegal off-label marketing for uses such as depression, insomnia, and childhood ADHD has spread its use 22 million patients, making it one of the best-selling drugs in the world.
More than 15,000 of these 22 million have filed Read the rest of this entry »

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(JNJ) unit to treat the common heart-rhythm
disorder of atrial fibrillation in patients who’ve failed drug treatment.
The device, known as the “NaviStar ThermoCool” catheter is currently approved
in the U.S. for atrial flutter for another type of heart-rhythm problem. The
panel effectively recommended the FDA approve the device for wider use in heart
patients.
Systems Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (AP) — Turning your clock back on Sunday may be good for your heart. Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep.
But moving clocks forward in the spring appeared to have the opposite effect. There were more heart attacks during the week after the start of daylight saving Read the rest of this entry »

formally began the incoming administration’s arduous quest to overhaul the nation’s health care system on Thursday, telling former Senate colleagues that the task had become more urgent because many people were losing
, along with their jobs, in the recession.
Members of both parties offered a friendly welcome to Mr. Daschle, the man chosen by President-elect
to be secretary of health and human services, in charge of a department Read the rest of this entry »

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“The goal is to come up with a new model that allows Northeastern to continue to provide care to the community and play a key role in the health system,” said Rebecca Harmon, a Temple health system spokeswoman.
Harmon said rumors the 200-bed hospital is closing are unfounded.
The hospital in the Port Richmond section of the city has struggled financially in recent years.
According to data from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Read the rest of this entry »