The health of your skin begins with good nutrition. New, living cells
continually replace the dead cells on the skin’s surface and the growth of
these cells is dependent on vitamins, minerals and hydration. It might sound
obvious, but you should eat at least five servings of fresh fruit and
vegetables each day. Remember to look for the ACE vitamins: A to help
prevent ageing, C to promote clarity, and E to protect against the
environment. Vitamins Read the rest of this entry »

Karachi, Jan 30 (PTI) Mercurial Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar will get another chance to prove his fitness for Test cricket during two special trial matches to be organised by the PCB next month.
The first match would be held in Karachi from February 3 to 7 and the second in Lahore from the February 10 between two teams that would include all the top Pakistan probables and top performers in domestic cricket.
“These teams would be selected by the Read the rest of this entry »

SEROQUEL XL, AstraZeneca Plc’s schizophrenia drug was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to treat bipolar disorder.
The approval follows results of a trial of SEROQUEL XR, which involved 316 patients with bipolar mania or mixed episodes with or without psychotic features. Meanwhile, the bipolar depression submission was supported by a clinical study in 280 patients diagnosed with bipolar depression.
Seroquel (Quetiapine Fumarate Read the rest of this entry »

Rebuilding the Gaza Strip after Israel’s three-week offensive will cost billions of dollars, the UN has warned.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been left homeless and 400,000 people still have no running water, it says.
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, is to visit Gaza and southern Israel on Tuesday to assess the situation.
A fragile ceasefire is holding between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel, whose troops are expected Read the rest of this entry »

WHITE PLAINS – The Westchester County Board of Legislators has unanimously approved a new “Cooperation Agreement” with the Westchester County Health Care Corporation (Westchester Medical Center). The agreement defines the county’s financial relationship with the hospital for the next ten years.
“Reaching this agreement ensures the Medical Center’s continuing as the center of our superb, regional medical network Read the rest of this entry »

ELECTION 2008 | Obama Likely To Reverse Bush Executive Orders On Family Planning, Stem Cell Research, Advisers Say
Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say that a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be reversed under the Obama administration includes bans on funding for international family planning programs and embryonic stem cell research, the
reports (Connolly/Smith,
, 11/9).
, Obama plans to Read the rest of this entry »

IN A world-first exploration, Marika Tiggemann has charted the
anatomical angst of a generation of young men. It ranges from
physique, height and hair loss to the big one – penis size. In the
fraught geography of male body image, shoulder hair is a trouble
spot while chest muscles are an outright war zone.
“People thought this was only a women’s issue,” Professor
Tiggemann, from Flinders University, said. Previous studies had
underestimated men’s Read the rest of this entry »

Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Former Czech President
’s condition has shown a “slight” improvement after
undergoing surgery on his throat, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Havel, 72, remains in a “serious” condition, though he
has been “able to communicate with doctors,” Eva Jurinova, of
Prague’s Motol University Hospital, said in a telephone
interview today.
Havel developed breathing problems after undergoing surgery
for an acute respiratory Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 04, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) –
— ReGen Biologics (ReGen) announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market the company’s collagen scaffold device, the Menaflex collagen meniscus implant.
In a release, the company noted:
The Menaflex was determined to be substantially equivalent through the premarket notification 510(k) process and is indicated for use in surgical procedures for the reinforcement Read the rest of this entry »

Three armed men were demanding money and drugs when they barged into a Lake Elmo duplex Wednesday morning, according to multiple felony charges filed today.
Richard Paul Delrio, 45; Richard David Keopke, 22; and Roger Lee Trice, 30, are each charged with five counts of felony burglary and assault in connection with the break-ins. Police said the men apparently knew someone in the house.
Victim Richard Jacobson, 42, told police he was home with Read the rest of this entry »