spinoff that will include the company’s operations in the Granville County town of Creedmoor has a name: CareFusion.
Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH), the Ohio-based health care giant, announced the name Monday.
CareFusion will be a separate publicly traded company and will include Cardinal’s clinical and medical products business. That business
, which manufacturers components as part of Cardinal’s intravenous infusion business. Read the rest of this entry »
Personal Training Institute the Personal Fitness Training & Nutrition Centers Annouces Franchise Rollout After Overwhelming Research Findings that Shows Its Program is Better Than Traditional Gyms for Fitness Management. Company Launches National Franchise Sales Program; Names VP of Franchise Development & National Director of Training & Development
Jericho, NY (
) November 3, 2008 — Personal Training Institute (PTI), a unique fitness concept Read the rest of this entry »
Three out of five seniors living in California had high blood pressure in 2005, up from half in 2001. Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sacramento, Yolo, Madera, Merced, Tulare, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties all saw statistically significant increases in high blood pressure, according to a
.
“If those trends continue . . . we’re going to come up against a wall as to what medicine can do to keep these people alive,” said Steven P. Wallace, Read the rest of this entry »
‘m willing to try anything at least once when it comes to working out – embarrassing, or not. I’ve stumbled through a hip-hop dance class and flailed through deep-water aerobics.
I’ve had a spandex-clad fitness instructor of minor celeb status (I think he was big in the ’80s) poke at my flabby abs during a packed weightlifting class and declare, “Are you pulling those abs in?!?”
But what’s nice about walking into a gym’s big room full of exercise Read the rest of this entry »
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Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (EYE:
) reported fourth-quarter GAAP net income of $25.06 million or $0.40 per share, compared to a GAAP loss of $12.3 million or $0.20 per share in the year-ago quarter.
On average, 8 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters estimated the company to report $0.14 per share for the quarter. Analysts’ estimates typically exclude special items.
Fourth-quarter net sales declined Read the rest of this entry »
Tue, 24 Feb ‘09
Children who have lost a parent in an air medical accident may
now be eligible for financial assistance through a scholarship fund
developed by the Foundation for Air-Medical Research &
Education (FARE), the charitable arm of the Association of Air
Medical Services (AAMS).
Beginning this year, the FARE Children’s Scholarship Fund will
award two scholarships, of $2,500 each, to deserving high school
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HANOI (AFP) — A Vietnamese girl has tested positive for bird flu, health officials said Tuesday, in the first reported human case of the deadly virus in the Southeast Asian country since early last year.
The eight-year-old girl from northern Thanh Hoa province fell ill with serious pneumonia on December 27 after eating poultry and was admitted to a provincial hospital on January 2, said health officials.
“The test result was available on Read the rest of this entry »
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There are still no confirmed cases of E. coli in the Windsor area associated with iceberg lettuce imported from Michigan, Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj said Sunday.
He said the hospital has contacted every patient who ate salad made with lettuce from Aunt Mid’s Produce Company in Detroit – which has been linked to an E. coli outbreak in Michigan – and so far, none of those who sought medical attention have tested positive for the bacteria.
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Barring change, Alaska babies born today will find themselves in one of two socio-economic groups when they reach their early 20s: those struggling to make ends meet, and those who work in health care.
An exaggeration? Yes, but it dramatizes the fact that in 25 years, continuation of current trends in health care costs and income will force more than one-half of Alaska households either to do without all but the most basic medical and dental care Read the rest of this entry »