Iran is to set up a field hospital near the Gaza Strip in Egypt as the death toll from Israeli raids stands at 420, Iran’s Red Crescent Society says.
“Iranian diplomats are trying to reach an agreement (with Egyptian officials) for setting up a hospital,” said Masoud Khatami, head of Iran’s Red Crescent Society on Thursday.
A large number of Iranian doctors, nurses and aid workers have volunteered to go to the Gaza Strip to treat the wounded, Read the rest of this entry »
Vicor is a medical device company that developed the PD2i, a patented,proprietary algorithm, and is now awaiting FDA 510(k) clearance for itsfirst product, the PD2i Analyzer that measures heart rate variability.Vicor is in clinical trials for 510(k) clearance for use of the PD2ialgorithm in a) risk stratifying combat and civilian trauma victims (PD2iVS) and b) identifying patients at risk of suffering Sudden Cardiac Death(PD2i Cardiac Analyzer). Read the rest of this entry »
MONDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — Certain kinds of heart imaging tests should be used cautiously to minimize patient exposure to ionizing radiation, which has been linked to cancer.
That’s the conclusion of a new American Heart Association science advisory released in the Feb. 2 issue of
.
Sources of ionizing radiation include diagnostic tests that use X-rays — such as computed tomography (CT), fluoroscopy (a video X-ray such as an angiogram) Read the rest of this entry »
Some food labels require a hefty dose of skepticism.
With nutrition top of mind for most Canadians, it seems food marketers will go to any length to convince shoppers their products are healthy.
Chances are you’ve seen the claims: “made with whole grains,” “contains real fruit,” “boosts immunity,” even “cardioprotective.”
Food labels are designed to catch your eye and, ultimately, move that product off the shelf and into your shopping basket. Read the rest of this entry »
Shares of
rose Wednesday after the Food and Drug Administration announced a meeting to review the company’s treatment for the inflammatory disorder gout.
The agency’s panel of outside experts will meet March 5 to review the safety and effectiveness of the drug Puricase, known generically as pegloticase. FDA is not required to follow the panel’s advice, though it often does.
The East Brunswick, N.J.-based company’s stock rose 57 cents, or 9.5 Read the rest of this entry »
How much the automakers should contribute to a retiree health-care trust has emerged as one of the biggest problems for GM, Chrysler and Ford.
In order to keep $17.4 billion in federal loans, GM and Chrysler are required to modify how they handle their obligations to the health trust.
The agreement with Ford, which had previously estimated its obligation to the trust at $13.2 billion in cash and notes, could serve as a model for the other companies. Read the rest of this entry »
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Los Angeles, CA (CNS) – “The Biggest Loser” trainer Jillian Michaels is suing a home video company for cheating her of exercise video payments.
The 34-year-old fitness trainer claims Genius Products should have paid her more than $550,000 in royalties and bonuses from her 2005 instructional video “The Biggest Winner: How to Win by Losing.” She was instead paid just a $100,000 cash advance, as per TMZ.com.
In Read the rest of this entry »
EIGHTEEN weeks after being conceived, little Harrison Chilcott was given no chance of surviving.
Eighteen months after his birth, he is now a walking, talking and giggling medical miracle.
A routine ultrasound at 18 weeks uncovered a developmental defect that left parents Brad and Rachel with an agonising choice: terminate, or watch him die soon after birth.
Amniotic fluid that was meant to be surrounding him in the womb was instead trapped Read the rest of this entry »
Some 120 physicians, academics and health professionals from the US, Canada and Europe who have arrived to attend an international conference on mental health in Gaza on Monday and Tuesday are protesting an IDF refusal to let them enter the Strip through the Erez crossing.
Some of the organizers and delegates to the Gaza Community Mental Health Program’s fifth International Conference, to be held in cooperation with the World Health Organization Read the rest of this entry »
fitness coaches to prepare them for their forthcoming mammoth world tour.
, the Antipodean rockers are aware they’re not as young as they were, and they’re taking no chances.
, singer
, guitarist) have got a fitness regime.
guy in. A fitness guy, he’s trying to get me whipped into shape and size. [The show is] two-and-a-bit hours and there’s no time for recovery.”
Meanwhile, founding guitarist
discussed the challenges of choosing a setlist Read the rest of this entry »