The locker room was filled with veterans, medical professionals and
cheerleaders as Yost, 42, sat down and gripped a device to test his strength during a health fair held in honor of Veterans Day, which is Tuesday.
He was one of more than 700 people who attended the health fair, where veterans were screened for high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, diabetes and prostate cancer.
But Yost had another reason for being there: to hang out Read the rest of this entry »

HOUSTON
— A Houston office worker was shot with an arrow before police shot his alleged assailant.
Police say 30-year-old Julie Parker entered the Texas Components Corp. in west Houston about 3 p.m. Monday with a bow, arrows and what proved to be a toy handgun. An employee confronted the woman, who dropped the toy gun but shot an arrow into the chest of 55-year-old Armando Silva.
Police say they arrived and cornered the woman, but she Read the rest of this entry »

Sep 10, 2008
– SAN ANTONIO – The onset of Hurricane Ike and its impending threat to the Gulf Coast, including the heavy winds and rains that are expected to affect over 80 counties (including Bexar), have forced the postponement of two major local fitness events. BOOT CAMP: THE FITNESS CHALLENGE and an H-E-B HEALTH AND FITNESS FAIR – both sponsored by H-E-B and All Sports Speed and Conditioning – were scheduled to take place on Saturday, Read the rest of this entry »

CHANTILLY, VA, Sep 15, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) –
Meridian Knowledge Solutions, LLC is implementing the
software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of its learning management
system (LMS) for “Prepare Iowa,” which is a partnership of the Iowa
Department of Public Health and the Institute for Public Health
Practice at the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health. The
Prepare Iowa LMS, delivers online training, supplies certificates of
completion, Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some of the latest health and medical news
developments, compiled by editors of
While just about every expert agrees there is no such thing as a
“safe” cigarette, at least 14 states this year will
require that all cigarettes sold within their borders be
“fire-safe,”
reports.
These self-extinguishing cigarettes go out on their own if they
are left unattended or are dropped, the newspaper reports, and this
feature could -prevent more Read the rest of this entry »

The glassy airport terminal from the former Meigs Field and postwarhospital buildings that stand in the way of Chicago's plans for anOlympic Villagehead the list of an advocacy group'sseven most threatened historic places in Chicago.
The list, released at noon Mondayby Preservation Chicago, also singles out the 105-year-old St. Boniface Church, which the Archdiocese of Chicago wants to teardown; the vacant Art Deco Chicago Motor Club building Read the rest of this entry »

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Anticipates Tax Refund and Raises Non-GAAP Net Income Guidance for 2008 Tax
Incentives Anticipated Through 2010

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — BMP Sunstone
Corporation (Nasdaq: BJGP) (“BMP Sunstone” or the “Company”), today announced
that Sunstone (Tangshan) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., has been granted high tech
status in China’sHebei province. High tech status is awarded by the PRC to
recognize companies that consistently Read the rest of this entry »

Ronald F. DeMeo, M.D., M.B.A., president and chief executive officer with Radiation Shield Technologies (RST), will introduce the new Demron-M radiation-blocking medical garments at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. The event takes place 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 30 to Dec. 5 at McCormick Place Convention Center, 2301 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago. North Building, Hall B. Booth No.: 9517. A press Read the rest of this entry »

Heartburn is a common problem. Most adults, some children and even some babies have heartburn occasionally.
Adults over age 50, pregnant women and people with a hiatal hernia are more likely to suffer from acid indigestion.
A hiatal hernia can make the stomach protrude into the upper chest. The muscular valve (esophageal sphincter) where the esophagus joins the stomach sometimes opens at the wrong time or does not completely close. The weak muscles Read the rest of this entry »