The data-driven list by HealthGrades America is based on mortality and complication rates in handling 26 common procedures and conditions over a six-year span.
“This is a personal passion of mine — quality and safety,” said L. Reuven Pasternak, chief executive officer at Inova Fairfax. “Quality and safety is something everyone here lives and breathes every day.”
Thirty of the top 50 hospitals on HealthGrades’ list are concentrated in just four Read the rest of this entry »

, parent company of KFC,
,
,
, Jan. 1 will launch a new fitness initiative for customers.
Louisville-based Yum (NYSE: YUM) announced Dec. 29 it will launch a new Web site, www.keepitbalanced.com , that features an online wellness and fitness training tool, eFIT4Me.
The program identifies eating patterns, recommends nutritional habits and includes motivational and goal-tracking tools that evolve as members update their progress, Yum said Read the rest of this entry »

(RTTNews) - 
Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SVNT:
) said that announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted a priority review status for its Biologics License Application for pegloticase, which accelerates the review period to six months. Pegloticase is indicated for the treatment-failure gout patients.
A priority review designation is assigned to drugs that are deemed by the FDA to have the potential Read the rest of this entry »

THE State Government has sought to put claims of a hospital cover-up at arm’s length by ordering an investigation into an incident at Campbelltown Hospital in which a woman allegedly had part of her intestine removed by mistake.
Rachel Hale was admitted to the hospital 10 days ago to have her appendix removed but was told after surgery by hospital staff that part of her bowel had been removed because a cancerous lump had been found.
“The Read the rest of this entry »

Set short-term goals.
Say, for a week. For example, tell yourself: Two days this week, I’ll walk for 30 minutes.
Set medium-term goals.
That covers three to six months. Aim for reasonable weight loss and a decrease in size.
Set long-term goals.
Think in terms of a year. By then, you should see documentable health benefits: lower cholesterol levels, a decrease in body fat and better cardiovascular fitness.
Don’t spend lots of money right Read the rest of this entry »

Fidia Farmaceutici S.p.A. is a fully integrated, Italian pharmaceutical
company that operates worldwide, to develop and market innovative
medicinal products, medical devices, nutritional supplements and
biomaterials, mainly based on proprietary technology and know-how since
1946. Fidia distributes its products worldwide, through an established
network of over 80 international partners, and has acquired a
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A sluggish economy hasn’t hurt Livingston County residents’ passion for getting into shape, living healthier and looking better.
More than 2,000 residents attended the inaugural Health & Fitness Expo on Jan. 31 at Crystal Gardens banquet center in Genoa Township. The event was free and open to the public.
“It was great,” Dale Cabauatan said.
The Howell Fitness Center owner organized the event because he felt the county needed its own expo. He Read the rest of this entry »

November 21, 2008 05:00 am
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m., Tai chi with Meredith Morgan.
Tuesdays, 9:45 to 11 a.m., Yoga with Mary Ann Wenniger.
Wednesdays, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Chair Yoga with Nana Dunn.
Thursdays, 9:45 to 11 a.m., Intermediate Yoga with Sue Ann Willis.
To register, call the Council on Aging at 978-281-9765.
Free Keep Well Clinics, open to residents 60 and older. Community health nurses from VNA Care Network conduct Read the rest of this entry »

THE IMPETUS: A Cook County judge, later backed by an appellate
court, shut down Gov.
’s expanded FamilyCare
program.
WHAT IT WAS: The expansion offered state-subsidized health care
to more families based on a sliding premium. But Blagojevich didn’t
have authorization to do it.
SO THEN: The Blagojevich administration had to tell pharmacies
that they would not be reimbursed for medication they dispensed
under the expanded FamilyCare rules.
NOW: Read the rest of this entry »

BEIJING (AFP) — China on Wednesday pulled all dairy products more than a month old from shops across the country in one of the biggest steps taken by authorities to end a deadly scandal over contaminated milk.
All dairy products made before September 14 will be tested for a chemical blamed for killing four babies and leaving more than 53,000 others sick, according to a notice posted on the product-safety watchdog’s website.
“All supermarkets, Read the rest of this entry »