One of the world’s richest actors, Bollywood’s megastar Amitabh Bachchan, is in a Mumbai hospital after suffering severe abdominal pain over the weekend.
A family statement says Bachchan is in the Lilavati Hospital and will be there for the next two days undergoing tests.
Mumbai media says Bachchan, who turned 66 on Saturday, may be suffering from incisional hernia, a recurring problem that has been troubling him since the near-fatal Read the rest of this entry »
CHICAGO, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Hospitals in Texas that used
computers to keep track of patient records and manage care had
lower rates of deaths, complications and costs, U.S.
researchers said on Monday, offering a strong argument for
hospitals to go “paperless.”
They said patients treated in hospitals that ranked highest
in use of health information technology to manage patient
records and physician notes were 15 percent less likely to die
compared Read the rest of this entry »
The concept is simple. A health clinic for men from men.
The results are admirable.
Since opening the Male Health Center in July, its operators have been surprised by the number of young men, a segment that typically shuns health care, who have scheduled appointments.
Planned Parenthood of Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle treated 700 men in 2007 at its regular clinic at 1501 S. Taylor St. Its new men’s clinic next door had 1,053 visits from Read the rest of this entry »
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — Women who took the osteoporosis drug Fosamax for up to three years saw an increase in their number of osteoclasts, or cells that remove old, brittle bone, a new study says.
These women also had “giant” osteoclasts — single cells fused together — with as many as 40 nuclei. Normally, one would see only seven or eight nuclei in one grouping, the study authors said.
At this point, it’s unclear what these findings Read the rest of this entry »
But Dr. Terry Mason, Daley’s health commissioner, said Hoffman’s assertions about missing medicine and poor record-keeping were “not quite true.”
“It’s not my belief that anything has been stolen,” Mason said. “Every dose of vaccine, we know where it went, so none of that was wasted.”The city last year lost its license to handle powerful drugs that are regulated by the federal government, such as the generic equivalent of Valium, in part because Read the rest of this entry »
By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent
TOKYO, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp (
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Executive Vice President Akio Toyoda declined on Thursday to
discuss the possibility of his taking over as president after
media reports he could fill the post as early as April.
“Today, these two cars are the stars,” Toyoda, a grandson of
company founder Kiichiro Toyoda, told a news conference to unveil
two compact cars under the Toyota and Daihatsu Read the rest of this entry »
WEST PALM BEACH, FL, January 31, 2009
— In these tough economic times, it’s nice to know that you don’t have to join a pricey weight loss program or hire a personal trainer to shed pounds.
“You don’t have to shell out major bucks to lose weight,”claims natural health expert Jordan Rubin. (www.JordanRubin.com) The New York Times best selling author’s latest book, The Maker’s Diet for Weight Loss, recently hit newsstands nationwide and Read the rest of this entry »
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is venturing into the advertising industry.
, Bayer AG, produce for its oral contraceptive, Yaz. Bayer must also produce $20 million in “corrective” advertisement, after the FDA says it misled consumers into believing the product should be used for conditions it is not approved to treat.
The agreement was reached between Bayer and 26 states. The agreement was announced by Massachusetts Attorney Read the rest of this entry »
CALGARY — Crashing into a C-train sent a woman to hospital with life-threatening injuries yesterday.
The woman, in her mid-20s, was the only occupant of a Dodge Neon that collided with the light rail train at 7 Avenue and Macleod Trail S.E. about 9:45 a.m.
Police say the woman driving the Neon ran a red light and was hit by the train on the front passenger door.
The victim suffered severe head and chest injuries, said an EMS spokesman. Damage Read the rest of this entry »
Nip, Tuck: SF Leads Nation In Plastic Surgeries
The city of San Francisco appears to be a cut above the rest — when it comes to plastic surgery.
ranks San Francisco as first in the nation for cosmetic procedures.
The magazine survey asked surgeons how many procedures they perform-and San Francisco was at the top. Honolulu finished second and near-by Sacramento was third.
Sacramento plastic surgeon Dr. Donald Hause Read the rest of this entry »