The training regimen — if you can call it that — for my first triathlon included nothing more high-tech than a $35 digital watch and a basic MP3 player. But now that winter is arriving, sapping my motivation to get off the couch, I’ve started looking at fitness gadgets that could refresh my workouts. A swimmer, biker, runner or walker on your holiday list might like a high-tech nudge out the door, too.
Garmin Forerunner 405, $300.
Even though Read the rest of this entry »

Since then, the administration has offered numerous compromise proposals to meet legislative demands. In December 2007, after no legislative action, the Governor withdrew the Fair Share Assessment (a requirement that businesses not offering health coverage pay an assessment to help pay for CAP) and a new way to pay a part of the cost of CAP by using a surplus in the Health Care Provider Retention Account (HCPRA). HCPRA is the account funded by a Read the rest of this entry »

Solarium Regulation In The Spotlight, Medical Journal Of Australia
Australian media coverage of Clare Oliver’s campaign against solarium tanning was full of mixed messages and missed opportunities, according to an article in the latest issue of the
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Before her death as a result of melanoma late last year, Clare Oliver initiated a campaign to regulate solaria – believing solarium tanning had caused her skin cancer.
Professor Simon Chapman, Read the rest of this entry »

(RTTNews) - 
Monday, Mylan Inc. (MYL:
) said its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or FDA for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended-release Capsules 37.5 mg, 75 mg and 150 mg.
The company said the Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended-release Capsules indicated for the treatment of major depressive disorder Read the rest of this entry »

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scalable Web content management and authoring solutions. Ektron
CMS400.NET empowers developers and non-technical business users
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The London Evening Standard reports “hats off to David Suchet who was given the Freedom of the City of London at the Guildhall today. The actor is best known for playing Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. The honour, which dates back to the 13th century, allows Suchet to drive sheep over London Bridge and carry a naked sword in public – though not at the same time. A bonus is that if he is found drunk by the police he is put in a Read the rest of this entry »

A slew of problems at the Food and Drug Administration are “placing the American people at risk,” the FDA scientists explained to President-elect Obama. 
, which states that dishonesty is prevalent at the agency, and that the scientific review process used to ensure the safety of medical devices is insufficient. In fact, the authors of the letter say scientists and doctors have periodically been told to ignore FDA regulations.
The Read the rest of this entry »

January 22nd, 2009
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it is looking into how Apple handled reports of CEO Steve Jobs’ health.
But it’s silly to think it isn’t.
, questioning whether the SEC should be involved at all.
The answer to that is yes. The health of any public company CEO is material information that shareholders deserve. It’s not a question of privacy, but insider information.
If you saw a bus run over Berkshire-Hathaway CEO Read the rest of this entry »

Leaders at Physicians Medical Center Carraway in Birmingham are contacting administrators at other local hospitals to notify them of the hospital’s impending closure and to ask their help in transferring Physicians Carraway’s patients to them, a lawyer for the hospital said this monring.
Some of the patients may be able to be released today. Physicians Carraway has quit taking emergency room patients by ambulance but has staffed the emergency department Read the rest of this entry »