NEW YORK (Reuters) – New data do not signal any heart risks with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd’s experimental drug to treat acid build-up in patients with gout, a top U.S. Food and Drug Administration official said in a document released on Thursday.
Takeda is seeking U.S. approval to sell its drug febuxostat for chronic gout patients with hyperuricemia, a build up of uric acid that can lead to swollen joints and arthritis flare-ups. The company Read the rest of this entry »
In a time when health insurance is becoming even more difficult to afford, Caring Ministries of Morgan County is offering free blood pressure checks and cardiac risk profiles to the community this month.
Provided through partnerships with Salud Family Health Center and the Health Science Technology program at Morgan Community College, the screenings are being offered from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday in February. The final two sessions will be Read the rest of this entry »
The financial crisis roiling Wall Street and Main Street will make wide-ranging health reform all but impossible next year and perhaps for years to come.
So warn a growing number of policy analysts, including Joseph Antos, the Wilson H. Taylor scholar in health care and retirement policy at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
I asked Antos if he thought the presidential candidates leveled with the American people this Read the rest of this entry »
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Local hospitals and nursing homes began accepting medical evacuees from coastal areas Wednesday evening and continue to do so.
“We’re working with state agencies to accept medical evacuees on a case-by-case basis,” said Jim Kendrick, administrator of Longview Regional Medical Center. “We’re anticipating a possible surge of local patients, so we want to be careful not to overload our capacity.”
The center had accepted Read the rest of this entry »
The future of Santa Clara County’s two most valuable health care institutions — Valley Medical Center and Stanford Medical Center — will be determined in short order, one through a ballot measure and the other by the Palo Alto City Council. With so much sound and fury over other issues this fall, it’s easy to lose sight of them. But the health of Silicon Valley is at stake.
Both hospitals are working to meet the valley’s future needs. Read the rest of this entry »
Walgreen Co. has pulled its offer to buy Longs Drug Stores.
Walgreen said it was doing so because Longs had refused to hold, what the company called, constructive talks. It also cited the deterioration in the U.S. Economy outlook over the past few weeks.
“We do not believe it would be in the best interests of the shareholders, customers, or employees of either Walgreens or Longs to allow this situation to remain unresolved for an extended period Read the rest of this entry »
The hospital treated 17 passengers in the Sept. 12 Metrolink crash, which killed 25 people. Seventeen more patients were treated for injuries and illnesses from last month’s wildfires. But on Tuesday, Kurcz said 23 of the hospital’s 31 emergency room beds were already occupied.
“God forbid, if today was the Metrolink day, we wouldn’t be able to do that,” she said.
Already, the hospital is regularly turning away ambulances, she said. Although there Read the rest of this entry »
I practice and preach toeveryone the importance of eating healthy foods and exercising regularly, but like many people I became bored. A few years ago I came across the book titled
, written by Bill Phillips and Michael D’Orso.
After reading the book and understanding the concepts, I began the program along with my husband. The essential guidelines to Body for Lifeare to eat 6 meals a day, which includes 3 main meals and 2 to 3 snacks. Each meal Read the rest of this entry »
Published November 2, 2008
GALVESTON Whether they realize it or not, Galveston County residents face a hard and momentous question: Would they pay a tax to restore University of Texas Medical Branch health services to pre-Hurricane Ike conditions?
If the answer is no, the countys largest employer, which included a 550-bed hospital, numerous clinics and medical sub-specialities, likely would be reduced to a small community hospital. Read the rest of this entry »
The Internet can be a valuable medical tool, helping many patients learn about symptoms and treatments.
According to one survey, 80 percent of Internet users in the United States have searched the web for medical or health information.
The problem is, much of the medical information on the Internet is dangerously incomplete or flat out wrong.
— the official site for The National Cancer Institute.
— operated by the American Academy of Family Read the rest of this entry »