A 16-year-old male student in central China’s Hunan province died of bird flu Tuesday, the third bird flu death in the country this year.
A provincial government official told the Xinhua news agency Monday that the student fell ill two weeks ago in Guizhou, the provincial capital. He tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, and reportedly had had contact with poultry.
The teen is one of four confirmed human bird flu cases in China Read the rest of this entry »
They attack McCain’s plan. One ad uses a bogus tax figure; another makes a false claim about coverage.
are running ads falsely characterizing McCain’s health care plan.
spot features a woman who claims she’d pay up to $2,800 more in
. That’s a bogus figure, based on a false assumption about what McCain is actually proposing. She and families like hers would actually come out money ahead.
A Service Employees International Union ad claims McCain’s Read the rest of this entry »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to use new computer technology to simulate how some drugs in development are supposed to work, helping researchers and regulators spot safety and effectiveness issues before late-stage tests on humans are completed.
Entelos Inc., a Foster City, Calif., company that has developed the technology, said it will enable researchers to obtain computer-generated test results in a matter of days or weeks, compared Read the rest of this entry »
The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, the philanthropic affiliate of
, has approved $155,000 worth of grants to three Central Florida nonprofit organizations providing health services.
The Orange County Health Department received $100,000 to provide oral health services for uninsured black women of Orange County who are either pregnant or planning to become pregnant.
Safehouse of Seminole Inc. received $10,500 for prescription and over-the-counter Read the rest of this entry »
Think you know the facts about growing older? Think again.
Myth: Dementia is an inevitable part of aging.
“Dementia should be seen as a modifiable health condition and, if it occurs, should be followed as a medical condition, not a normal part of aging,” said Patricia Harris, MD, a geriatrician and associate professor at Georgetown University Medical Center. In other words, if you or your loved one becomes forgetful, it could be related to medication, Read the rest of this entry »
A woman who checked herself into Union Memorial Hospital for abdominal pains Saturday night admitted to doctors that she had given birth to a stillborn boy, but wouldn’t tell authorities that she had left him in a trash bin behind a
church, police said.
Instead, after hospital staff notified police about 9:30 p.m., city officers went to where she had been living — St. John’s United Methodist Church in the 2600 block of St. Paul St.– and began Read the rest of this entry »
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Tuesday, Globus Medical, Inc., a privately held spinal implant manufacturer, said that it appointed Wendy DiCicco, as Chief Financial Officer. For the last ten years, DiCicco was the CFO for Kensey Nash Corp. (KNSY:
), a medical device company.
DiCicco joined Kensey Nash in 1996 as corporate controller and became CFO in 1998. Prior to joining Kensey Nash, DiCicco was an Accounting and Audit Manager Read the rest of this entry »
The Bettendorf Life Fitness Center, 2222 Middle Road, will host its annual Wellness and Fitness Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 27.
Trinity and Genesis Medical centers will have a variety of booths offering information and screenings, such as blood pressure, body composition and heart health. Other area wellness providers will provide information on chiropractic care, massage therapy, nutrition, healthy food alternatives, acupuncture and fitness. Read the rest of this entry »
INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht has returned to his home country after being released from an Austrian hospital where he spent three weeks following a downhill training crash.
Albrecht was transferred by ambulance to an intensive care unit of Bern University’s Insel hospital Sunday to continue his recovery from brain and lung injuries. A hospital statement Monday said “his condition had improved so well over the weekend Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Oct. 20, 2008)
— A new study shows that a low-carbohydrate diet changes hepatic energy metabolism. When carbohydrates are restricted, the liver relies more on substances like lactate and amino acids to form glucose, instead of glycerol.
Over the past 30 years, the U.S. population has reduced its fat intake, and increased its consumption of carbohydrates. During the same time period, obesity has been rising along with the prevalence Read the rest of this entry »