Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. said Monday it hired three new executives to focus on its consumer goods, disease management and health care services business.
Walgreen hired former Tesco USA’s Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets executive Bryan Pugh as vice president of format development. Pugh, 46, will work on sales of staple products like food, paper and consumables. Pugh also spent eight years with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Colin Watts, 43, was named Read the rest of this entry »

To say that Simeon Margolis, a professor of
at the School of
Medicine, has an attention to detail might be a supreme
understatement.
Case in point: Margolis pulls out the “final” proof of
a recent edition of the Johns Hopkins
medical letter,
, a publication
he’s overseen since its founding by an outside publisher
in 1988. Margolis had made copious edits and notes on the
cover page alone, pointing out concerns with
style and clarity.
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Gophers men’s hockey coach Don Lucia received some good news about his health late Monday afternoon. He received a telephone call with the results of a medical test he had taken on Friday.
“Basically, it rules out some of the bad stuff,” Lucia said. “They are still trying to pinpoint [my illness], but they have a pretty good idea. I’m hopeful that whatever I have can be treated orally.”
Based on what his doctors have told him, Lucia said, he should Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — It happens all the time: Filling out that clipboard at the doctor’s office, you can’t remember what cancer killed Aunt Sally or when Dad had his heart attack.
A good family health history is far more important than a gene test in predicting your future medical needs, but it’s hugely underused. On Tuesday, the government begins offering a free new service to try to change that — helping people compile Read the rest of this entry »

FDA Gives Thumbs Up To Overactive Bladder Drug, Toviaz
Washington (dbTechno) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the thumbs up in approving the new drug Toviaz, which treats overactive bladder (OAB) in adults.
The drug is manufactured by Schwarz Pharma in Germany, and is distributed by Pfizer Inc. of New York City, New York.
According to the FDA approval, the drug will be made available in two doses, one being a 4mg tablet, Read the rest of this entry »

Highlights of a $787 billion compromise version of President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan. Additional debt costs would add about $330 billion over 10 years. Many provisions expire in two years.
_ $40 billion to provide extended unemployment benefits through Dec. 31, and increase them by $25 a week; $20 billion to increase food stamp benefits by 14 percent; $4 billion for job training; $3 billion in temporary welfare payments.
_ $14.2 Read the rest of this entry »

Intel has begun pilot programs to test a home health laptop, application, and database system that puts patients remotely in sync with their health care providers.
a laptop for patients and an online interface for health care administrators, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in July. Now Aetna, Scan Health Plan, Erickson Retirement Communities, and the Providence Medical Group in Oregon have each begun pilot programs Read the rest of this entry »

Paul James, 32, has ballooned from 12st to 15st, but he claims he won’t stop
overeating until he weighs 20st.
Paul, whose lithe figure has previously graced the catwalks of Tokyo and
Milan, has been indulging in kebabs, pasta, cream sauces and chocolate in a
calorific carbohydrate diet.
The Australian has cut out ll daily exercise and has started drinking beer
each evening. He aims to hit his target weight in March.
Mr James, of Read the rest of this entry »

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— Officials at Nathan Littauer Hospital are expressing shock and outrage over the move by St. Mary’s Hospital to open a primary care clinic across the street from Littauer.
St. Mary’s bought Mountain Medical Center, the private practice of Dr. John Glenn, and will begin operating the East State Street facility as a satellite Feb. 2. It will be called the St. Mary’s Hospital Gloversville Family Health Center.
Littauer officials, concluding Read the rest of this entry »