Wright Medical Group Swings To Q4 Loss, Revises FY 09 Guidance – Update
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Wright Medical Group, Inc. (WMGI:
), an orthopaedic medical device company, Thursday said it slipped to a fourth quarter loss from a profit a year ago as expenses increased. Sales for the fourth quarter increased 16%. The company also revised its guidance for the full year 2009.
Arlington, Tennessee-based Wright Medical Read the rest of this entry »

The importance of case reports has long been recognized among surgeons, but this identification is now spreading, with the announcement from the
, that it has published its 500th case report.
takes the innovative step of publishing only medical case reports – articles that have previously been overlooked by traditional medical journals. By including all case reports in a fully searchable database,
makes each individual patient’s case a valuable Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. health regulatory staff have questioned whether there are enough data to show that Female Health Co’s latest condom for women prevents pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, according to documents released on Tuesday.
The Chicago-based company is seeking Food and Drug Administration approval to sell its new version, called the FC2 Female Condom, to prevent pregnancy and HIV.
The company said it did not conduct Read the rest of this entry »

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An Indiana financial manager suspected of staging his death in a plane crash and leading authorities on a chaotic three-day, multistate manhunt was recovering from a suicide attempt at a hospital Thursday as his legal troubles mounted.
It could be days before Marcus Schrenker, 38, is well enough to make the 200-mile trip from Tallahassee to Pensacola, where he is expected to appear on federal charges of intentionally Read the rest of this entry »

Accurex Biomedical, Pvt., Ltd.

Adeza Biomedical Corporation (Hologic)

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Ambri, Ltd.

American Bio Medica Corp.

Ani Biotech

Applied Spectral Imaging

Avitar, Inc.

Axis-Shield

Bayer Corporation

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The increases are particularly pronounced in the region’s largest and wealthiest jurisdictions as employers cut benefits and eliminate jobs. In
, for instance, requests for the state’s insurance program for children, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS), were up 16 percent between November 2007 and November 2008. In Alexandria, caseloads increased 20 percent, and in
, they were up 16.5 percent.
Overall, caseloads in Northern Virginia Read the rest of this entry »

reports from Fayetteville, N.C., on the presidential race.
Another ugly, complicated fight broke out in the presidential contest today over health care.
In this case, the issue involves comments made by
, Sen.
senior policy adviser, about the McCain health care plan. The plan would give people a tax break toward insurance whether they get it through an employer or not. He would partially replace the tax advantage now tied to employment with Read the rest of this entry »

Retired from Wall Street, the renowned economist teaches scores of American University students about international economics and finance every semester. Just a few blocks from the university, he lives with a supportive wife; their two grown children visit regularly.
But in 2005, at age 56, Porzecanski was told he had an extraordinarily rare disease called systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS), or Clarkson’s disease. Characterized by sudden attacks Read the rest of this entry »

BALTIMORE – Baltimore city police are investigating a triple shooting in east Baltimore in which one person has died.
Three people were shot at the intersection of Eager and Bond streets near Johns Hopkins Hospital Wednesday morning.
Police responded to a call in which two people were reported to have been lying on the ground. One victim was shot in the face and the other was shot several times in the body, Baltimore City police Officer Troy Harris Read the rest of this entry »

Zimbabwe’s minister of health and child welfare says a quick
resolution of the political and economic crises is needed in order to address
the many challenges facing the country.
David Parirenyatwa spoke as a cholera
epidemic has killed more than 400 people with more than 11 thousand cases
reported across Zimbabwe since August.
City officials in the capital,
Harare, have reportedly offering free graves for victims of the epidemic. With
more Read the rest of this entry »