WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials Thursday slapped a sweeping detention order on dozens of imported foods from China, from snacks and drinks to chocolates and candies.
It’s unusual for the Food and Drug Administration to put such a broad hold on goods from an entire country, not just a few rogue manufacturers. The agency said the action was needed as a precaution to keep out foods contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, Read the rest of this entry »

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Friday, Physio-Control, Inc., a unit of medical technology company,Medtronic, Inc. (MDT:
), said it received clearance by the FDA to market the LIFEPAK 20e defibrillator/monitor in the U.S. The 20e was developed to be easily transportable and facilitate hospitals in having resuscitation services readily available in all facility areas.
The 20e is an improvisation of the LIFEPAK 20 defibrillator/monitor, Read the rest of this entry »

October 13, 2008 11:38:00
A Northern Territory psychiatrist has found that involving family is a key to improving the mental health of Indigenous people in remote communities.
Dr Tricia Nagel has been awarded a PhD at Charles Darwin University for her research in three Top End communities.
Dr Nagel says she worked with Aboriginal mental health workers to develop culturally appropriate treatment, with a focus on involving family members, and Read the rest of this entry »

When news slipped out that Dr. Sanjay Gupta might be the next surgeon general, the CNN reporter’s star shine seemed to sprinkle into every conversation.
But even as some medical professionals, politicians and members of the chattering class praised him, others began to raise the issue of his professional qualifications.
Gupta, 39, a neurosurgeon who works regularly at Grady Memorial Hospital and teaches at Emory University in addition Read the rest of this entry »

Kenneth Robbins, longtime president of the state’s hospital lobby, will retire at the end of this year amid a challenging period for such facilities in Illinois.
Robbins, who is 67, joined the Illinois Hospital Association in 1976 as its general counsel. He was first named IHA president in 1983.
IHA is one of the most influential lobbies in Illinois, representing about 200 hospitals. The association, however, has faced some internal strife of Read the rest of this entry »

NaviMedix is the national leader in real-time health care
communications, with a network of 670,000 enrolled providers in all 50
states using its solutions and services. NaviNet(R), the
company’s sophisticated web-based communications solution, allows
providers to interact with the country’s leading health plans, including
four of the six largest payers, and other sponsoring health care service
organizations. Read the rest of this entry »

FEASTERVILLE, Pa., Dec 11, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
In today’s ailing economy,
every client counts. This is particularly true in a marketplace where locally
owned businesses have to compete against mammoth national chains, so that
consumers can continue to have options. One local business, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania’s B&R Family Fitness Club, is fighting a national chain’s
unscrupulous attempts to unfairly damage its business. In a complaint Read the rest of this entry »

The physical-fitness levels of seventh-graders in the Lompoc Unified School District took a nose dive this year, while ninth-graders improved by leaps and bounds and fifth-graders made steady gains.
That’s according to results from the California Physical Fitness Test that were released Tuesday.
The annual test measures the physical fitness of California students’ physical-fitness capacities.
“You can’t really quantify Read the rest of this entry »

The Society for Women’s Health Research is the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy. Founded in 1990, the Society brought to national attention the need for the appropriate inclusion of women in major medical research studies and the need for more information about conditions affecting women disproportionately, predominately, or differently than men. The Read the rest of this entry »

Coca-Cola Co. is expected to launch a drink in the U.S. this week containing a natural, calorie-free sweetener, intensifying a race with PepsiCo Inc. to dominate a new generation of noncarbonated beverages. Coke is pushing ahead even though the Food and Drug Administration as of Sunday hadn’t issued a formal blessing of the ingredient.
Coke plans to market three flavors of a juice drink in its Odwalla line that contain the sweetener, derived from Read the rest of this entry »