WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been released from a hospital a week after undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer.
In a statement, the court said Friday that doctors had determined her tumor was in the early stage, TNM Stage 1, and that the cancer had not spread to her lymph nodes.
The court said the 75-year-old Ginsburg has returned to her home in Washington to recuperate. She had been at the Memorial-Sloan Read the rest of this entry »
For the first time since digital systems took off this decade, Congress has added some
in the measure Obama is expected to sign this week. But the fierce, down-to-the-wire battle between health care industry players who opposed many safeguards and privacy advocates shows how difficult it is to make patient privacy a priority. Failing to do so will leave patients vulnerable to many abuses:
Marketing.
Many pharmacies share your prescription data Read the rest of this entry »
Mary Buchan wasn’t content with a typical nursing job. She believes in holistic health, and she wanted to make sure she was helping people in mind, body and spirit.
So instead of coursing hospital halls, she’s carrying out her mission at the Dowd YMCA, where she runs a program for those who need to change their lifestyles to improve their health. Since 2001, she has worked with hundreds of people who need to lose weight, work out and pick up healthy Read the rest of this entry »
Since its founding in 1942 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth,
Saint John’s Health Center has been providing
the patients and families of Santa Monica, West Los Angeles and ocean
communities with compassionate, advanced medical care. Saint John’s
provides a spectrum of treatment and diagnostic services with
distinguished areas of excellence in cancer care, cardiac care,
orthopedics and women’s Read the rest of this entry »
Just when it looked as if things were calming down at Canada’s Biovail, shareholders have filed a new class action suit. Filed in New York, the suit claims that Biovail execs misled the public during the approval process for its antidepressant drug Aplenzin. The company was required to submit a single-dose trial to support FDA approval of Aplenzin, the suit claims, but the company only submitted a trial that used multiple doses. By failing to meet Read the rest of this entry »
The finalists for the Men’s Health Look 2008 have now been chosen. After a nationwide search, 10 guys who best embody the active lifestyle of the Men’s Health man made the final cut.
Finalists chosen were South African guys who are passionate about life, see themselves as role models, are good looking, place health and fitness at the forefront of their busy lifestyles, are committed to their friends, family and career and appreciate a good cause Read the rest of this entry »
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.—An operating room nurse testified that she was ignored when she questioned the drugs given a dying patient and the presence of a transplant surgeon accused of trying to hasten his death.
Jennifer Wiley said she was told the transplant team would remain outside the operating room until Ruben Navarro was declared dead. State law prohibits transplant teams from having a hand in the care of the patient from which they intend Read the rest of this entry »
announced today that the jury in the case of Danny Crowder (Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Edna Faye Crowder) v. Wyeth in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found in favor of Wyeth.
“We believe this unanimous verdict was supported by the evidence,” says Bob Nicholas, an attorney from Reed Smith, who represented Wyeth. “While Mrs. Crowder’s death was tragic, the medical evidence clearly demonstrated that her Read the rest of this entry »
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) –
is betting on a clutch of
combination heart pills to replace revenue from its best-selling
hypertension drug Diovan, after its most-promising cancer
treatment was delayed by three months.
In its first research update since 2006, Novartis said it
will combine the newer heart pill Tekturna with Diovan as well as
other treatments, and plans to bring them to market before
Diovan’s 2012 patent loss. The experimental cancer Read the rest of this entry »
CogniFit Selected as Exclusive Provider of Brain Fitness Programs for Aging with Grace, an Eldercare Management Company
CogniFit to Provide Special Pricing on its Personalized Brain Fitness Software for Aging with Grace Members, Business Partners and Affiliates
Seattle, WA (
) October 9, 2008 — CogniFit, Ltd., the leading producer of personalized brain fitness programs, announced today that it has been chosen by Aging with Grace™, a Read the rest of this entry »