Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Food safety should be higher on U.S. menu
A town hall question to the presidential candidates: What will you do to ensure food safety in this era of fatal E. Coli outbreaks and melamine contamination? What will you do to make the FDA and USDA more effective?
Where are we now? A New Jersey company is recalling a yogurt-type drink from China called “Blue Cat Flavor Drink” after FDA testing found melamine. Read the rest of this entry »
Local hospitals reported being on regular power Monday morning, Sept. 15, following a stormy day of power outages, temporary switches to generators and crowded emergency rooms.
“Yesterday was one of our highest volume days (in the emergency department) ever and it may break the record (of around 113 patients) but we won’t know for sure for a while yet,” said Michelle Perry, spokeswoman for Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia.
Greene Memorial was Read the rest of this entry »
Men’s health screenings and information will be the focus of the sixth annual men’s health event “SIU Men’s Night Out”, featuring St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Famer Lou Brock.
Part of Prostate Cancer Awareness month, the event begins at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at Springfield High School. The program is presented by the Prostate Center of SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute (SCCI) at SIU School of Medicine.
SIU’s Men’s Night Out begins with a dinner Read the rest of this entry »
POMONA, N.Y. – A high-risk sex offender who was moved from
a suburban New York City hospital where he had been living for a
year and a half at a taxpayer cost of $60,000 has been kicked out
of his upstate motel room and sent to
to live.
The travel odyssey of the 25-year-old man with a fondness for
teenage girls has been going on since November, when he left
Rockland County’s Summit Park Hospital.
He had been housed at the hospital for $110 a Read the rest of this entry »
Our health-care system is so enmeshed in the economy that expenses and revenues are measured with the same intense anxiety I feel when monitoring a diseased patient’s failing vital signs. With economists predicting that four million more people are likely to lose their jobs and health coverage in 2009, I shudder for the hard times ahead.
Something encouraging, however, is encased in the bad news: Our political leaders are finally connecting the Read the rest of this entry »
, and so hard to stomach … sometimes at the same time.
The FDA decision calendar is a little light this month, but there are still a few companies hoping for a heart-shaped “approved” letter in their mail box.
Risperdal Consta is already approved, but this month the company should have an opportunity to expand sales of the antipsychotic. The long-lasting version of Risperdal, which was developed using technology from
, is being reviewed as Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK, NY, Oct 13, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) –
Since AIDS was first recognized in 1981, significant advances have
been made in developing an effective arsenal of drugs to manage the
disease and extend patients’ lives. However, HIV’s ability to mutate
and become resistant to current drugs is a persistent threat, and
many patients don’t benefit from or cannot tolerate complex
combination regimens. According to a new report from Kalorama
Information Read the rest of this entry »
Move over marriage counseling, and make way for Marriage Fitness, a new product that you can read all about at www.marriagemax.com. MarriageMax brings to you the concept of Marriage Fitness, which is based on the premise that most of the time, in fact more than 75% of the time, marriage counseling ends up doing more damage than repair to a relationship.
The Clovis News-Journal’s annual health and fitness fair is Saturday at Clovis Civic Center.
The fair features 28 vendors, according to event organizers.
Ian Cooke, advertising director of the Clovis News-Journal, said the event allows area residents to meet different health vendors in the area and to learn what they offer.
This year, Clovis Family Health Care is providing free flu shots.
Some of the vendors include the City of Clovis, Read the rest of this entry »
HUNTINGTON — Appointments are still available for the free women’s health screening from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Women over 18 are invited to this health event that includes a free pelvic exam and clinical breast exam. Free pap smears are offered as well for those who qualify.
To schedule an appointment, please call 304-526-2379.
Exams will be conducted under the direction of Dr. Gerard Read the rest of this entry »