Associated Press
10.29.08,
3:36 PM ET
Cardinal Health Inc.
declined in Wednesday trading, as investors appeared to be concerned about the effects of an economic slowdown in health care products.
Early Wednesday, the Dublin, Ohio, company reported a larger adjusted profit than analysts expected, and its revenue was $1.5 billion beyond Wall Street estimates. But shares fell after the company maintained its full-year forecast and said Read the rest of this entry »
- RAPAFLO launch anticipated in early 2009 – CORONA, Calif., Oct. 8
CORONA, Calif., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Watson Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today
that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved RAPAFLO(TM)
(silodosin), the company’s new alpha blocker for the treatment of the signs
and symptoms of BPH.
President-elect Barack Obama should “[s]top the government subversion of scientific research that has been going on for the last eight years” under President Bush, Douglas Kamerow — former U.S. assistant surgeon general and a family physician — said Monday in an opinion piece on NPR’s ”
.” Kamerow pointed to the areas of women’s health and contraception, saying that the Bush administration has “insisted on and publicized the effectiveness of abstinence-only Read the rest of this entry »
AUSTIN, Texas — We have seen the enemy, and it’s laden with fat, cholesterol and calories.
Nutrition researcher Dr. Neal Barnard says by picking the right foods, we can fend off cravings. Even better, he says a low-fat, plant-based diet can lower cholesterol levels and make our bodies more disease-proof.
“Changing our diet is more powerful than most of us have imagined,” says Barnard, who favors a vegan diet. “If we do it in the right way, we Read the rest of this entry »
Two Greenville residents spent Christmas in the hospital recovering from injuries they suffered when their Buick collided with a Chrysler being pursued in Greenville by Spartanburg County sheriffs deputies, authorities said.
William Boyd, 71, and Bernice Bennett, 68, were in good condition at Greenville Memorial Hospital on Thursday following Wednesdays wreck on Laurens Road near Fairforest Way, said hospital spokeswoman Sandy Dees.
Deputies Read the rest of this entry »
The grisly knifing death of a former Health Ministry official and his wife by an unknown assailant and the killing's possible links to a scandal involving lost pension records have thrown this normally low-crime nation into an unusualuproar.
The Japanese police have begun a nationwide manhunt for the killer of Takehiko Yamaguchi, 66, a retired vice minister of health, and his wife, Michiko, 61, whose bodies were found in the entryway of their Read the rest of this entry »
NetSol Technologies, Inc. “NetSol” (NASDAQ: NTWK) (DIFX: NTWK), a U.S. corporation providing global business services
and enterprise application solutions to private and public sector
organizations worldwide, today announced that its Asia-Pacific Division has
won a contract to implement a Hospital Management System (HMS) with Maroof
Hospital, a modern hospital being built in Islamabad that will offer
advanced healthcare services.
The agreement is Read the rest of this entry »
An emergency medical service and a communication centre were opened
in Jaffna on February 11 with the assistance of the United States
Embassy.
An emergency call service network was also activated with it. Such a
service was available earlier only in Colombo, Kandy and Galle. The
first call to the communication centre 110 was taken by the Deputy Head
of the United States Embassy James R. Moore.
Zonal Director of Health Services Read the rest of this entry »
Members of the Food and Drug Administration´s (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee have been contacted regarding their availability for a panel meeting in February for a discussion specifically on Eli Lilly and partner Daiichi Sankyo´s top pipeline drug, anti-coagulant Effient (also known as prasugrel), unnamed sources were quoted by newsletter The Pink Sheet. The agency´s Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee may Read the rest of this entry »
Dr. Shalini Paruthi, director of the pediatric sleep center at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, said some believe it is “natural, protective and beautiful” to bring a baby to bed with the parent, also known as “co-sleeping.”
But the “tragic truth,” she said at a news conference with health and law enforcement officials, “is that the baby can die while in bed when its breathing becomes obstructed.”
Paruthi said the safest alternative Read the rest of this entry »