* Keep a training diary. “It gives you a reference of where you started and where you are today,” Brinton says. “If you time yourself going up a hill at a particular heart rate, how do you know if you’ve improved if you haven’t been logging it?” Seeing speeds and distances increase can be motivating. Brinton suggests going into a fair amount of detail in the log, and include distance, time spent on the bike, heart rate and how you felt.
* Get your Read the rest of this entry »

“We have responded promptly to the FDA and will continue to do so to facilitate and expedite their review process,” said Aris D. Despo, CTT’s Executive VP, Business Development. “The FDA approval is a critical step in the global commercialization of this amazing device. This device offers relief to patients suffering extreme pain, and greatly improves palliative healthcare. We have high expectations for its use in the U.S. market. It has been successfully Read the rest of this entry »

Health-Care Focus Next for Obama in Speech, Budget Proposal
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — With the economic stimulus package
signed, President
this week will outline how he
plans to provide affordable medical coverage for all Americans,
an administration official said.
Obama tomorrow will tell a joint meeting of the House and
Senate that revamping the U.S. health system is a priority,
according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Read the rest of this entry »

The order rescinds the Mexico City Policy, also known as the “gag rule,” which President Ronald Reagan originally instituted in 1984 and President Bill Clinton rescinded and President George W. Bush revived in 2001.
The decision had been eagerly expected by family planning groups, women’s health advocates and others, who hoped it would restore millions of dollars of funding to programs providing health care, contraceptive services, HIV prevention Read the rest of this entry »

Steve Hobart says he’ll never forget the frantic moments after his 19-year-old son was shot. He’ll never forget seeing
Aaron Hobart die in front of his eyes as he struggled to give him CPR.
“We wanted Aaron to get help,” Hobart said with watery eyes Tuesday. “We didn’t want him to die.”
Stafford police have said Aaron attacked officer Jesus Estrada after police responded to a 911 call at his parents’ Read the rest of this entry »

The nation’s hospitals received mediocre grades from U.S. patients in the first national survey of its kind, according to an analysis published Oct. 30 in the
.
Although most surveyed patients said they were satisfied with their hospital care overall, the data show that respondents weren’t equally pleased with every aspect of care. Nearly 80% of patients said they felt their doctors always communicated well with them, for example. But less than Read the rest of this entry »

“So many people are wondering why, when our lives are supposed to be getting better, there are more and more babies born with birth defects and couples who are infertile,” said Huo Daishan, an environmental activist from Henan province who has been fighting against printing, paper manufacturing and chemical dye factories whose pollution he believes has caused disease clusters along the Huai River.
Greenpeace China has been campaigning against pollution Read the rest of this entry »

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RESOLUTE All-Comers — This trial will
randomize approximately 2,300 patients, in a one-to-one manner, to the
Endeavor Resolute or Abbott Laboratories’
Xience(R) DES at 15–20
international medical centers in countries where both stents are
commercially available. Patients seen in routine clinical practice are
eligible for enrollment — the meaning of “All-Comers.”
The Read the rest of this entry »

Former City of Angels hospital exec Rudra Sabaratnam has pleaded guilty to a scam to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. The scam involved Sabaratnam paying kickbacks for homeless people recruited as patients for City of Angels Medical Center in Los Angeles.The homeless people were paid a small sum to pretend to have illnesses, where they were “treated.”
Co-conspirator Estill Mitts also pleaded guilty.He received kickbacks of nearly $500,000, disguised Read the rest of this entry »

Is that fancy gym membership beyond your budget this year? Fear not. Fitness experts promise anyone can have a solid workout at home using self-determination and little to no specialized equipment.
The American Council on Exercise, the nation’s leading authority on fitness and one of the largest fitness certification, education and training organizations in the world, noted in its fitness forecast for 2009 that consumers are “tightening their wallets Read the rest of this entry »