WASHINGTON (AP) — Cosmetic surgery patients who think facial fillers are a magical antidote to aging must be better informed of possible risks, government health advisers said Tuesday.
A panel of independent advisers urged the Food and Drug Administration to revise information for consumers and doctors — called the product label — to include the risk of long lasting reactions such as bumps under the skin, blotches and scars. Read the rest of this entry »
WOONSOCKET Dr. Troyen A. Troy Brennan, a former hospital administrator and chief medical officer at insurance giant Aetna Inc., has been selected by CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) for the new post of executive vice president and chief medical officer.
Troy Brennan is a highly regarded national health care expert who not only understands the challenges of health care today, but has hands-on experience with all aspects of the health care Read the rest of this entry »
ReportMyHealth is an online system that has a very specific aim: enabling individuals to assess their health in an easy and cost-efficient fashion. Through this site you can find out all about disease risks and health conditions that run in your family, and act in consequence.
Signing up comes at a cost that is fixed, and if you want to see for yourself if this system is what you need or not you can always resort to the free tour. This touches on Read the rest of this entry »
THE clinical director of the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) has complained that
the government misrepresented him by suggesting he supported its transfer to
the site of the new prison in Thornton Hall, north Dublin.
Harry Kennedy, director of the CMH, wrote to John Moloney, the minister with
responsibility for mental health, last month to “put the record straight”,
saying that the plan for Thornton Hall was presented to him as a fait
accompli. Read the rest of this entry »
Faced with worsening forecasts for the economy, President-elect Barack Obama is expanding his economic recovery plan and will seek to create 3 million jobs in the next two years, up from a goal of 2.5 million jobs set just last month, several advisers to Obama saidSaturday.
Even Obama's more ambitious goal would not fully offset as many as 4 million jobs that some economists are projecting might be lost in the coming year, according to the Read the rest of this entry »
Elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park are slimming down. The seven elephants have collectively lost more than five tons of fat since 2000.
Never has the big boned excuse been more accurate, but the elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park no longer need it. They're slimming down as part of a nutrition and exercise routine.
“They haven't really been on a diet per say cause they still get the same amount of food, Read the rest of this entry »
People in the Panama City community are grooming a little less these days, and it’s not for insulation from the cold!
They’re doing it for Movember!
Nope, that’s not a type-o.
The Movember Foundation is working in conjunction with the Prostate Cancer Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) organization, sponsoring Movember. Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a charity event held during November each year.
At the start of Movember guys register Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. hospitals and long-term care facilities annually flush millions of pounds of unused pharmaceuticals down the drain, pumping contaminants into America’s drinking water, according to an ongoing Associated Press investigation.
These discarded medications are expired, spoiled, over-prescribed or unneeded. Some are simply unused because patients refuse to take them, can’t tolerate them or die with nearly full 90-day supplies of multiple prescriptions Read the rest of this entry »
Newsom has ordered all city departments to submit midyear cuts to eliminate a deficit that could reach $125 million. The Public Health Department has been told to cut the most because it is the city’s biggest agency, but so far officials have come up with only $17.7 million in savings.
Health commissioners said Tuesday that an agency whose mission is as vital as the health department’s should bear disproportionately less of the burden.
“We’re Read the rest of this entry »
Published September 11, 2008
GALVESTON The skies over the island were humming with aircraft Thursday as jets and helicopters helped evacuate about 260 patients from the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Scholes International Airport intended to stay open until tropical storm force winds forced its closure, which was expected by about noon Friday.
At about noon Thursday, 20 jets were lined up at the airport preparing to take adult medical Read the rest of this entry »