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Published January 8, 2009
SYLVANIA—Between $5,000 and $10,000 dollars worth of drugs were stolen in Sylvania over the weekend, according to Police Chief Brad Gregg. The drugs were stolen during a break-in at Sylvania Pharmacy that lasted only about 10 minutes.
Most of the drugs taken were narcotics. The drugs missing included Lortabs, a brand-name pain killer; Methodone, a narcotic used to treat addiction to other drugs; and Hydrocodone, a Read the rest of this entry »

01:00 AM EST on Sunday, February 1, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO — For most newly unemployed workers, maintaining family health coverage through an extension of workplace benefits is a prohibitively expensive proposition, a recent study suggests.
With unemployment hitting a 16-year high in December, measures such as federal subsidies to help jobless people afford coverage are all the more urgent, argues Families USA, a national advocacy organization Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a Girl… No Wait, Hospital Sends Mom Home With Boy Instead
Friday, November 07, 2008
A woman who gave birth to a baby girl had the shock of her life when she went home from the hospital and changed the baby’s diaper for the first time — and discovered nurses had given her a boy instead.
Cristina Zahariuc, 35, from Horlesti in Iasi County, Romania, said she hadn’t suspected a thing because the baby was handed over wearing the clothes Read the rest of this entry »

Figuring out which Medicare drug-insurance plan is right for you is confusing enough. Now, complaints are mounting about an obscure drug-pricing system that can force many older Americans to pay stiff penalties when they opt for brand-name drugs instead of a generic.
The system, known as reference-based pricing, is used by dozens of plans offering coverage through Medicare’s Part D drug-insurance program. Under reference-based pricing, patients Read the rest of this entry »

* Fun and creative health challenges, including the 2008
“Go Green With Your Routine” walking competition. ASH
employees collectively logged over 70,962,027 steps.
That’s roughly equivalent to walking around the world–
and then some.

* Holiday health challenges that encourage employees to
maintain their weight during the holiday season from
November through January.

* Healthy vending machines–all Read the rest of this entry »

With only a few days remaining before Election Day, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation, writing for the November 6, 2008,
, find that seven in ten registered voters say major changes are needed in the U.S. health care system.
The article, written by Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D., Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health, Drew E. Altman, Ph.D., President of Read the rest of this entry »

'Jocjoc' Bolante brought to St. Luke's for medical check-up
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn ‘Jocjoc’ Bolante was taken to the St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) in Quezon City shortly after his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 late Tuesday.
Col. Jaime Dimacali, head of the arresting team from the Senate’s Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms, said Bolante’s lawyer Atty. Antonio Read the rest of this entry »

is buying.
The deadline for approval of Gestiva was Friday but has now been pushed back to Jan. 25, 2009, KV said Tuesday. The expected launch, however, will still occur in the second half of fiscal 2009, said KV, which is acquiring the rights to the drug from Bedford, Mass.-based
for $82 million.
“The 90-day extension is in line with the FDA's standard operating procedure when it receives updated data from the applicant,” KV Read the rest of this entry »

Big Bend residents will lace up their sneakers for the 2nd Annual Tallahassee Fitness Festival at the Civic Center.
The festival, which will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, is supported in part by the Tallahassee Sports Council, a division of the Tallahassee Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Two local event planners, Felina Martin and Crystal Green, have partnered on this year’s festival.
“It is not enough to talk about the epidemic of childhood Read the rest of this entry »