ALGONQUIN – Fitness has become fashionable. Just take a look inside Centegra Health System’s newest Health Bridge Fitness Center.
It’s about more than blending state-of-the art exercise equipment with cutting-edge medicine. It’s about the entire package: The airy, two-story, 120,000-square-foot facility is a monument to family health – featuring country-clubesque locker rooms, steam and sauna rooms, a juice bar, a dedicated studio Read the rest of this entry »
The Chinese Health Ministry warned Tuesday of a possible rise in the number of babies affected by the contaminated milk powder that has already been linked to the deaths of two infants and to health problems in more than 1,200others.
The official Xinhua news agency quoted the ministry as saying Tuesday that medical agencies were prepared for a “possibly rising” number of cases and that the country was setting up a “multilevel treatment system” for Read the rest of this entry »
The missing mother of a sick nine-month old infant resurfaced Sunday morning: Police say Erica Caines, 22, returned to the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children where she once again refused to hand over her child to doctors.
The woman and the child’s father were later arrested. Charges of obstruction are likely, police said.
Earlier this week police took the extremely rare step of issuing a public notice for appealing for any information on the whereabouts Read the rest of this entry »
has launched a new doctoral program in public and community health.
The four-year program will train students to combine traditional public health practices with direct community engagement, organizers at the Wauwatosa-based Medical College said.
Cheryl Maurana, the college’s senior associate dean for public and community health, said the program’s community component makes the program different from the University of Wisconsin School Read the rest of this entry »
Editorial: Shining example for use of tobacco money? Right here
Monday, November 24, 2008
It’s obscene. Of the $61.5 billion paid by Big Tobacco in a 1998 class-action lawsuit, only one-third has gone to health care and only 4 percent to anti-smoking efforts.
An Associated Press analysis finds money going to such things as a museum in Alaska, a Niagara, N.Y., golf course and a dog catcher in Lincoln, Neb.
It’s a black eye Read the rest of this entry »
Although NGHS’s potential exposure to interest rate and term-out risks
is considerable, this is largely offset by the system’s robust financial
profile and relatively good access to the capital markets indicated by
its strong rating level. Essentially all of NGHS’s outstanding debt
consists of variable rate demand obligations (VRDOs), of which the $103
million series 2007G are currently held as bank bonds. The Read the rest of this entry »
A virus that harmlessly infects most people at some time in their lives appears to help anti-cancer drugs destroy tumours, or at least keep them in check.
Known as a reovirus, it destroys tumour cells because they lack the cellular machinery that keeps the virus in check in healthy cells.
Results released last week from two studies in which patients with head and neck cancer were injected with the virus alongside anti-cancer drugs reveal that Read the rest of this entry »
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expectations and assumptions contained in this press release are
forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or
developments to differ materially. Factors that could affect the
company’s actual results, performance or developments include general
economic Read the rest of this entry »
This communication contains “forward-looking statements” which represent the current expectations and beliefs of management of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) concerning the proposed merger of the Company with Boron Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (the “merger”) and other future events and their potential effects on the Company. The statements, analyses, and other information contained Read the rest of this entry »
WATERBURY, Conn. –
Waterbury Hospital has consolidated its Pediatric Department with St. Mary’s Hospital.
The new unit will be housed at St. Mary’s, called Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Waterbury.
St. Mary’s, Waterbury Hospital and Connecticut Children’s representatives praised Mondays consolidation as the best solution in these tough times.
Waterbury Hospital has had a longstanding relationship with Connecticut Children’s, Read the rest of this entry »