Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Home Diagnostics, Inc.
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is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of diabetes management
solutions. Home Diagnostics, Inc. offers a portfolio of high-quality
blood glucose monitoring systems that spans the spectrum of features and
benefits to help every person with diabetes better monitor and manage
their disease. The Home Diagnostics, Inc. product line includes Read the rest of this entry »
add to mounting evidence of the need for medical liability reform, specifically no-fault compensation for medical injuries.The first article (“Doctor Blamed for Fatal Pulmonary Embolism,” page 28) details the death of a patient whose outcome might have been avoided if there were not a snafu in communications between a radiologist, primary care physician, and the patient.The second article (“Study: Most Docs Talk About Their Mistakes,” page Read the rest of this entry »
Women with early stage breast cancer who do not suffer with hot flushes when
they are ill can benefit from eating lots of fruit, vegetables, fibre and
little fat.
These women tend to have higher levels of the female hormone oestrogen in
their systems which can fuel breast cancer growth.
The diet reduced the chance of the cancer returning by 31 per cent in this
group, who have a tenancy to have higher levels of recurrence and lower Read the rest of this entry »
A man stabbed to death yesterday after a gang broke into the house where he
was staying had just completed a jail term for killing two friends in a car
crash.
Dwayne Ayres, 20, was jailed last year for causing the death of two teenagers
after crashing his car into a tree while under the influence of cocaine.
Ayres, the father of a 16-month-old boy, was attacked at a house in a quiet
residential area of Hook, Hampshire, in the early hours.
Friends Read the rest of this entry »
October 13, 200811:00 IST
The US Congressional committee, which is inquiring into the country’s Food and Drug Administration’s handling of drug-marketing approvals of India’s leading drug-maker Ranbaxy
, has extended its probe into similar permissions given to Iceland’s Actavis.
The committee on Wednesday sought all data pertaining to the approvals given since 2003 to the products of Actavis, a generic medicine manufacturer.
The inquiry Read the rest of this entry »
They were some of the most promising medicines of the 1990s — wonder pills that appeared to fight cancer, heart disease, stroke and other ailments.
Laboratory tests and initial studies in people suggested that lowly vitamins could play a crucial role in preventing some of the most intractable illnesses, especially in an aging population. The National Institutes of Health gave them the same treatment as top-notch pharmaceutical drugs, investing Read the rest of this entry »
Flynn has studied both presidential candidates’ health care proposals and “isn’t sure which is better. I think each candidate has to first define the problem, tell us what’s wrong and then say how to fix it. We can’t just put bandages on a hemorrhage.”
is proposing a $2,500 tax credit for single people and $5,000 for families to encourage people to buy their own plans instead of getting coverage through an employer.
is seeking to greatly expand Read the rest of this entry »
Published February 21, 2009
For three hours Friday, Republicans, Democrats, doctors, nurses, medical students, patients, lawyers, architects, the rich, the poor, the young and the old queued up at microphones to deliver something as rare as snow in this island city famous for contention near unanimous agreement.
They all wanted the hurricane-damaged hospital and trauma services at the University of Texas Medical Branch rebuilt better on the Read the rest of this entry »
Baltimore police and FBI agents seized 16 weapons and more than $100,000 worth of drugs at a raid on three homes in the Armistead Gardens neighborhood today.
Officials said George D. Lee, 40; Douglas Everhart, 28; and Earl E. Shifflet, 17, were arrested on felony drug and weapons charges, and police said additional arrests were pending.
Among the items seized in the 5:30 a.m. raids, carried out in the former military housing project in East Baltimore, Read the rest of this entry »
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