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The JFK Fitness center is now introducing Integrative Therapy Workshops/Qigong Series. Sign up soon as slots are filling up fast.
Workshops include “Wellness through Tai Chi” beginning Oct. 6, “Mind/Body Fitness” on Oct. 13 and “Qigong for Health: Exercises /Lungs and Kidneys” on Oct. 20. The workshops will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Fitness Center Studio, 70 James St., Edison.
The cost of the program is $20 for each segment Read the rest of this entry »

used for pain, colds, and other problems, the Associated Press reports. The Food and Drug Administration says that it is trying to squeeze unapproved drugs from the market, but certain federal laws allow Medicaid to continue to cover the drugs. Officials in charge of the Medicaid program say they are aware of the issue, but they say congressional assistance is needed to fix the problem. Both Medicaid and the FDA are under the umbrella of the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »

CELL-DYN Emerald Designed to Deliver Quick, Reliable Results for Small to Mid-Sized Laboratories
Abbott Park, Illinois (
) — Abbott today announced it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new, compact hematology instrument, CELL-DYN Emerald™. Abbott’s CELL-DYN Emerald will expand the company’s hematology platform by offering a high performance, affordable solution for small to mid-sized clinical Read the rest of this entry »

For her part, Kozloff said, “I saw my sister through endless tests and treatments. We walked, we shopped, we watched movies and we ate. I’d watch her knit, and we talked. Together, we listened to the doctors and got strength from each other.”
Her sister died a year after her diagnosis.
Walk into any doctor’s waiting room, and you probably wouldn’t be surprised to see an elderly patient with a companion. A study exploring the efficacy of companions Read the rest of this entry »

WORTHINGTON, Minn. – Cattle rendering businesses in southwestern Minnesota are getting ready for a new Food and Drug Administration rule aimed at preventing mad cow disease from reaching the food supply.
Some say the rule, which takes effect in April, will lead to higher costs for beef and dairy producers who will be required to clearly mark animals that are 30 months of age or older.
Rendered cattle product ends up in numerous places — Read the rest of this entry »

CDC Director Julie Gerberding’s controversial tenure will end Jan. 20 — after Barack Obama is sworn in as president, employees of the Atlanta-based agency were informed in an email sent late Friday evening.
Until a new director is named, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s chief operating officer, Bill Gimson, will be acting director, the email said.
Gerberding and Gimson were returning from Africa on Friday Read the rest of this entry »

Police seized drugs, worth more than RM500,000, and detained three suspects in two separate raids in Kuala Lumpur since Friday.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Wira Muhammad Sabtu Osman said a 29-year-old Bolivian man and a Thai woman, aged 37, were detained in the Friday raid at a hotel in Brickfields at 9.15pm.
Following a search, he said, police found 94 packets cocaine, weighing 938gm and valued at RM300,000, on the man.
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The campus of Laughlin Memorial Hospital is turning pink this month.
Volunteers and staff members with the Laughlin Center for Women’s Health, the Laughlin Hospital Volunteers and the Laughlin Health Care Foundation have teamed up to “paint” the hospital pink with ribbons and posters to help raise awareness of breast cancer.
The effort is being done in conjunction with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The pink ribbon is the signature symbol Read the rest of this entry »

Does Food and Drug Administration approval guarantee safety? If the Supreme Court rules as expected, patients might have no legal recourse if they are harmed by an FDA-approved medicine.
The case that will soon be decided by the Supreme Court involves a musician who was treated for a migraine. The medicine that was injected to stop her nausea was administered incorrectly. This led to gangrene of her arm and eventual amputation just below the elbow.
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