12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Every fall, Medicare beneficiaries are bombarded with sales brochures for private health care plans that promise more benefits and lower bills than they get in traditional Medicare.
This fall, some seniors will give those plans a closer look. With their retirement nest eggs cracked or smashed by the financial crisis, many are searching for ways to reduce health care costs.
“Retirees are terrified by Read the rest of this entry »
RODEO — A man was shot in the chest Wednesday afternoon in the Rodeo projects, Contra Costa sheriff’s investigators said.
At 4:50 p.m., sheriff’s deputies responded to the intersection of California Street and Trigger Road for several reports of shots fired, Sgt. Keith Chelini said. They found numerous shell casings in the intersection.
By that time the victim, a man who was not immediately identified, had been taken by others into Hercules, Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — An ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy is trying to lay the groundwork for a breakthrough on health care reform next year, though many believe the enormous undertaking has been made even more difficult by the troubled economy.
Kennedy, aides say, has held several video conferences with lawmakers and staff in recent months as he fights from home to overcome brain cancer. His staff has held more than a dozen meetings in recent weeks Read the rest of this entry »
A new hyperbaric oxygen chamber – a 25-ton unit that is one of the most sophisticated in the country – is open at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray.
Inside the chamber, patients breathe 100 percent oxygen at an air pressure that is two to three times greater than the atmospheric pressure at sea level. That fosters a higher level of oxygen dissolved into their bloodstream, stimulating blood vessel growth and enhancing the immune system. Read the rest of this entry »
Antisoma plc (LSE: ASM; USOTC: ATSMY) announces its interim financial information for
the period ended 31 December 2008.
* First product approval from FDA
* Oral fludarabine approved for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
* Pivotal phase III programmes advanced
* Phase III trial of ASA404 in first-line lung cancer ongoing
* Phase III trial of ASA404 in second-line lung cancer
initiated
* Phase III trial of AS1413 Read the rest of this entry »
(Adds details on chemicals, FDA comments, byline)
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration defended the safety of infant formula sold in
the United States on Friday despite tests that found the
chemical melamine in one brand and a related compound in
another.
FDA tests found “very low levels” of the industrial
chemical melamine in Nestle’s (NESN.VX:
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,
,
) Good Start Supreme with
Iron formula, said Stephen Read the rest of this entry »
hold house parties to discuss ways of fixing the health care system over the next two weeks, they may find some unexpected guests.
industry is encouraging its employees and satisfied customers to attend. A trade group representing some of the nation’s largest health care businesses, including drug companies, is organizing several meetings. The
and other medical societies are encouraging doctors to get involved.
The Maine Medical Association Read the rest of this entry »
Like most modern men, I like to keep myself in shape. After much self-
examination I have chosen the shape of a comfortably upholstered sofa,
split at the seams and leaking stuffing.
My dear mother, a woman not usually given to personal remarks was once moved to describe me as “nine pounds of shite in an eight pound bag”. Not to put too fine a point on it, I’m not svelte … which would not, in itself, be a problem, had I not chosen my particular Read the rest of this entry »
Yonkers, NY – infoZine – In a letter to HHS secretary-designate Daschle and current FDA commissioner Von Eschenbach, (PDF of letter available here) CU called FDA’s November risk assessment, which allows infant formula containing up to 1 part per million of these chemicals on the market “highly flawed.”
Consumers Union noted that FDA posted new test data on infant formula on December 22, which showed that a melamine derivative, cyanuric acid, Read the rest of this entry »
researchers have known for years that it was possible in rare cases for some cancers to go away on their own. There were occasional instances of melanomas and kidney cancers that just vanished. And
, a very rare childhood
, can go away without treatment.
But these were mostly seen as oddities — an unusual pediatric cancer that might not bear on common cancers of adults, a smattering of case reports of spontaneous cures. And since almost Read the rest of this entry »