Study shows physical exertion, walking can improve your golf game, health
Alocal fitness expert has discovered a few interesting facts about golf.
One, it is indeed a sport because of the calories burned while swinging clubs and/or walking the course.
Two, walking the course — either carrying clubs or using a push cart – uses up almost the same amount of calories. There was virtually no difference in calories burned between carrying (721) Read the rest of this entry »
Undermining women’s reproductive rights and access to health care has been a pervasive theme of the outgoing administration. On his first full day in office, President Bush imposed the “global gag rule,” which prohibits taxpayer dollars from going to international family-planning groups that perform abortions using their own funds or that advocate for safe abortion laws.
So it was unsurprising, but still dismaying, that the secretary Read the rest of this entry »
hospital apologised last night for failing to provide adequate care for a schoolgirl who starved to death after her milk teeth were extracted.
The inquest into the death of Sophie Waller, an eight-year-old with an extreme phobia of dental treatment, found she had an undiagnosed psychological syndrome.
She was referred to the Royal Cornwall hospital in Truro after breaking a tooth on a boiled sweet. The hospital went ahead with an operation to Read the rest of this entry »
> Drug Manufacturers P…
Monday, January 26, 2009 – Article #1795
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) say they signed a $68 billion deal for Pfizer to acquire Wyeth, creating one of the most diversified companies in the global healthcare industry.
The cash-and-stock transaction is currently valued at $50.19 per share and the boards of both companies have approved the combination.
It is expected that no drug will account for more than Read the rest of this entry »
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EQUIFIT, INC. a creator and distributor of authentic products to improve
performance and health is always in search of unique solutions to the
challenges health and daily living. The company identifies smart and
useful materials from trusted to sources to devise authentic and helpful
applications that enhance all aspects of life whether at work, at the
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Is Mom’s Diet a Key to Her Baby’s Sex?
Jan. 14, 2009 — A woman who eats
is not more likely to deliver a boy than a girl, contrary to the findings of a study published last year, say U.S. researchers who reanalyzed the original data.
But the authors of the original study, conducted in the U.K., stand by their conclusions; they say the U.S. researchers are overlooking their “big picture” finding — that the status of a mother’s
prior to conception Read the rest of this entry »
Community Health Centers, Inc. is wishing for cash, children’s books — and a new parking lot.
The health centers help provide medical care to the uninsured and others. They are now accepting uninsured pregnant women as new patients without regard to their ability to pay. Its physicians, dentists and physician assistants provide some of the best prenatal care in the state, delivering over 1,200 babies in 2007, according to Phil Weimer, Read the rest of this entry »
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Zoll Medical Corp. (ZOLL:
) announced a 30% increase in fourth quarter net income to $8.9 million, compared to $6.8 million last year. On a per share basis, earnings increased 24% to $0.41 from $0.33 last year.
On average, 4 analysts polled by First Call/Thomson Financial expected the company to earn $0.41 per share.
Revenues for the quarter increased 14% to $105.6 million from $92.8 million in the Read the rest of this entry »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a statement which highlights that manufacturers of Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel, and Remicade must strengthen the existing warnings, in the Warnings and Precaution sections of the drugs’ prescribing information and Medication Guides, to better highlight the risk of developing fungal infections. The FDA found that several patients with invasive fungal infections have died.
Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel, and Remicade Read the rest of this entry »