GALVESTON, Tex. — Still struggling to recover from
, the battered economy of Galveston Island has suffered another severe blow with the decision by the
to lay off 3,800 people next week from the medical center, the largest employer on the island.
“It’s a gut shot,” said Jim Yarbrough, the chief executive of Galveston County. “It has longer term ramifications than Hurricane Ike, for sure.”
The university’s Read the rest of this entry »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration again is cautioning pet owners about feeding their dogs chicken jerky treats manufactured in China, as the agency continues to receive reports of kidney-related disorders in animals that ate these products.
The FDA has received 151 complaints about dogs falling sick after eating chicken jerky products since September 2007, when the agency issued its warning. Twenty-six of those pets died.
To report suspected Read the rest of this entry »
This is the second form of cancer doctors have diagnosed in Ginsburg, 75, who was treated for colorectal cancer in 1999. In a speech she delivered at a dinner of the Society for Women’s Health Research in 2001, Ginsburg revealed her thoughts about undergoing cancer treatment, remarking then that it was the first time she was ever candid about a subject so personal.
“Cancer is a dreadful disease,” she told the society. “The surgery and what I call Read the rest of this entry »
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 18, 2008
EFFORTS to combat smoking in Hawaii have been directed at creating smoke-free zones, raising tobacco taxes and keeping cigarettes away from children, but the U.S. Supreme Court has opened another avenue. By a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled this week that smoking addicts may sue tobacco companies for violating state consumer protection laws.
The ruling in a case brought by three Maine smokers departed from Read the rest of this entry »
Glaxo CEO Sees ‘Sustainable Growth’ From Deals, Drugs (Update2)
Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) –
, Europe’s largest
drugmaker, will boost its reliance on acquisitions and licensing
deals to bring new medicines to the market, Chief Executive
Officer Andrew Witty said in an interview.
The London-based company has 30 drugs in the final stage of
testing needed before approval and plans to release about five
new products a year, Witty, 44, said yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
says that fixing the health care system is a key to fixing the state’s and nation’s economy.
The report by the health care advocacy group says the increasing cost of health care is putting too much strain on families and business that provide health insurance to their employees.
“We cannot get Tennessee's economy moving again if we don't fix health care now,” says Bruce Barry of the Owen School of Business at Read the rest of this entry »
Citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, a federal judge in St. Paul on Monday dismissed dozens of lawsuits filed by patients who claimed they were injured by a heart device made by Medtronic Inc.
The patients were implanted with an electrical lead used in a defibrillator system known as Sprint Fidelis made by the Fridley-based medical technology company.
In October 2007, Medtronic’s popular Sprint Fidelis lead was recalled by the Food and Read the rest of this entry »
wants to convert a former Monroeville hotel into a full-service hospital, less than two miles from an existing 350-bed medical center and at a time of consolidation and closure of hospitals in the region.
UPMC is seeking planning commission approval to build a 333,789-square-foot hospital and 260,955-square-foot parking garage on a 16-acre plot on Mosside Boulevard. UPMC bought the hotel, the former
, for $19 million in March. The health care Read the rest of this entry »
02:16 AM CDT on Friday, October 31, 2008
By JANET ST.JAMES / WFAA-TV
Jeff Schmidt’s office is filled with awards – none better than the prize of slipping on an old shirt.
“I should be able to wrap the shirt around,” says Schmidt, as he double wraps an old work shirt. “Everybody is just amazed. People come up to me and ask how I lost the weight and I tell them about the BDA.”
The BDA is something the 43 -year-old heard Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — February is American Heart Month and 44 million American women are living with or are at risk for heart disease.
With coronary heart disease the leading cause of death in women over the age of 50, the Society for Women’s Health Research and the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today reminded women of the diagnostic technology available that can detect heart disease while it is treatable, Read the rest of this entry »