Overall, 41.5 percent of study participants took some version of a
multivitamin. Those women were more likely to be white and
college-educated, live in the West, exercise and have a lower body
mass index.
Women who took multivitamins, however, weren’t any more likely to
ward off a diagnosis of breast, ovarian, lung, stomach, bladder,
kidney, colorectal or endometrial cancer than were women who didn’t
take multivitamins. Nor were multivitamins in Read the rest of this entry »

November 01, 2008 3:50 PM
ABC News Matthew Jaffe reports: Democrats have not carried Indiana since the Lyndon B. Johnson landslide of 1964, but just 72 hours before Election Day, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., rallied voters in the Hoosier State, blasting the Republicans’ use of “Rovian”, “personally vicious” campaign tactics.
“Over the last few weeks, John McCain’s campaign has gone way over the top, way over the top,” the Democratic vice-presidential Read the rest of this entry »

Kaleida cardiac and vascular center,
A center for heart and vascular care that is to start rising on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus this spring will significantly change the hospital landscape in Buffalo.
Excluding the renovation of Roswell Park Cancer Institute, this is the first significant hospital construction project in the city in more than two decades, a period when much of the rest of the country had a hospital construction boom.
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(Feb 24, 2009)– Each year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves scores of generic drugs that treat a wide variety of conditions and help consumers save money.
In a February 2009 roundup of approved generics, the following were listed:
Risperdal Risperidone Treat schizophreia, bipolar disorder, et al
Depakote Divalproex Sodium Treat seizures, bipolar disorder, migraines
FACT is a not-for-profit association which was founded in 1984 Read the rest of this entry »

has installed a solar farm at the Wilcox Memorial Hospital on Kauai.
The project, by
, is the first of its kind at a Hawaii hospital and the second largest solar farm in the state, Sunetric said in a news release.
During peak sun hours, the 500-kilowatt solar farm will supply 52 percent of the hospital’s electricity needs.
Ray Vara, CEO of operations at Hawaii Pacific Health, said the system was installed to reduce and stabilize Wilcox’s Read the rest of this entry »

Hansen Medical sweetened its severance agreements with several top executives last week as part of its efforts to retain them. That’s right, in order to keep them around, Hansen increased how much cash it would pay them, lengthened the period during which it would pay for their medical benefits, and significantly increased the accelerated vesting of their stock-based compensation “in the event of a covered termination.”
The severance kicks in when Read the rest of this entry »

) earlier this week and received some clarity on the expected timeline for resolving the major overhang on the stock price related to the FDA warning letter over Form 483 concerns by the agency stemming from quality control issues raised during an inspection of manufacturing facilities last year.
Caraco has responded in full to the warning letter and the FDA will evaluate the corrective actions taken by the Company at its next scheduled inspection, Read the rest of this entry »

THE QUESTION: Might eating fish help prevent kidney disease in people with diabetes?
THIS STUDY analyzed data on 22,384 people (39 to 79 years old); 517 of them had diabetes. Testing revealed the level of the protein albumin in their urine, considered an early sign of kidney disease. People with diabetes who reported eating less than one serving of fish a week were four times more likely to have excessive protein levels (called persistent albuminuria) Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — New drugs to treat an epidemic of diabetes in the U.S. will have to be screened more closely for heart risks, U.S. government health officials said.
The Food and Drug Administration’s policy change should offer a greater assurance of safety to doctors and patients. But it will make it more costly and time-consuming for companies to develop drugs that lower blood sugars. Well over 100 such medications are in some stage of Read the rest of this entry »

Was your New Year’s resolution to “get fit?” If you plan to join a gym in the near future, the Better Business Bureau recommends that you do your homework before signing a membership contract.
The BBB says complaints about fitness clubs have increased in the last five years. According to an analysis conducted by the bureau, the most common complaints consumers have about such clubs focus on contract disputes and billing issues.
While some complaints Read the rest of this entry »