by Paul Abbandonato, Western Mail
WALES are today sweating on the fitness of star fly-half James Hook who will have a hospital scan on the knee injury which forced him out of last night’s lacklustre Millennium Stadium victory over Canada.
Warren Gatland’s men stumbled to an unimpressive 34-13 win over a Canadian side who had been battered 55-0 by Ireland in Limerick only six days earlier.
The most worrying sight of the night came Read the rest of this entry »

recently announced six new hires on its medical staff.
Dr. Jean A. Frazier has been appointed vice chair of child and adolescent psychiatry for both the Medical Center and
. A graduate of Dartmouth Medical School, she previously directed pediatric mental health programs at Harvard medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance.
Dr. David Carlson of Worcester joined the primary care team at UMass Memorial’s Children’s Medical Center, and will see Read the rest of this entry »

Now, I don’t blame Baskin Robbins for selling this. No one’s forcing you to buy a Chocolate Oreo Shake in any size, let alone large — unless you’re a food blogger desperate for content on Friday, that is. Frankly, I bet Baskin Robbins will sell more of these now that Men’s Health has declared it the country’s “worst food” than it ever did before. I mean, I never would have thought to buy one.
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Drugs Delayed in U.S. as Regulators Struggle With New Duties
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — The Food and Drug Administration is
missing target dates to act on new drug applications because the
agency doesn't have enough staff to handle them after getting
new duties from Congress a year ago, an FDA official said.
The U.S. regulators failed to meet their own timetables for
decisions on at least 15 drugs so far this year, according to
data compiled by
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- RAPAFLO launch anticipated in early 2009 – CORONA, Calif., Oct. 9

CORONA, Calif., Oct. 9 /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.

BPH is the number one reason patients visit urologists and Read the rest of this entry »

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OREM — Police arrested two women suspected of pulling off six thefts at local fitness centers on Friday.
In a statement, Orem Police Lt. Doug Edwards said the duo, ages 19 and 20, targeted the two Gold’s Gym locations in Orem as well as the Orem Recreation Center. They opened unlatched lockers in the women’s dressing rooms and took car keys and other valuables. They then found the cars in the parking lot, unlocked them and stole pursues.
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Statements herein relating to future financial or business
performance, conditions or strategies and other financial and business
matters, including expectations regarding future revenues and operating
expenses, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. GenVec cautions that
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“This is a very exciting day for our company.
We are proud to relocate key functions of Take Care Health Systems,
including the legacy CHD Meridian business, to Franklin to support the
future growth of Walgreens Health and Wellness division,”
said Peter Hotz, divisional vice president of Walgreens and president of
Take Care Health Employer Solutions. “Further,
we are excited that our workplace health Read the rest of this entry »

10:46pm UK, Sunday November 09, 2008
The head of one of Britain’s leading children’s hospitals has hit back at a highly critical doctors’ report that claimed some treatments were worse than in the developing world.
The report into care at Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH) obtained by The Observer newspaper revealed that doctors felt they received better theatre support when performing kidney transplants during a charity visit to Lagos, Nigeria, Read the rest of this entry »