Medical device maker
Stryker Corp.
lowered its financial guidance Friday, saying the weakening economy has hurt sales of surgical equipment to hospitals.
Stryker blamed the sales shortfall on contracting hospital budgets, which has reduced demand for the company’s MedSurg products, which include hospital beds and endoscopes.
As a result of the reduced sales, currency rates and other restructuring costs, Stryker now expects net earnings to Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: Jan. 19, 2009 5:00 p.m.
“T’ai Chi Introductory Workshops,”
demonstration, discussion, participation and rare film of Grandmaster Cheng Man-Ching, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Jan. 20 and 27, T’ai Chi Center of Milwaukee, 733 E. Locust St. $10. Call 453-9901 or go to
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,” part of the Pathways to Wellness program presented by Jewish Family Services, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jan. 21, Gilda’s Club, 4050 N. Oakland Ave., Milwaukee. Free. Read the rest of this entry »
Several Connecticut health plans fared well in the fourth annual America’s Best Health Plans rankings released today, and the state’s Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield made the Top 10.
Anthem of Connecticut took seventh place among 239 commercial (employer-based) health plans with a score of 87.8 of a possible 100, according to the rankings by U.S. News Media Group and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The committee is an accrediting Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A spokesman for Michael Jackson released a statement on Monday denying as a “total fabrication” a report claiming that the former King of Pop needs a lung transplant due to a rare respiratory disease.
The statement, attributed to Jackson’s “official and sole spokesperson, Dr. Tohme Tohme” and issued by Los Angeles firm Scoop Marketing, cites an interview with writer Ian Halperin in the Sunday Express in which Halperin said Read the rest of this entry »
SUNDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — Perhaps five years from now, you might actually hear your doctor casually say, “While we’re at it, let’s do a blood test to see if your genetic makeup puts you at high risk of having a heart attack.”
So says Dr. Sekar Kathiresan, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of preventive cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the leader of a group that has identified three Read the rest of this entry »
PARIS (AFP) — Inspired by animal experiments showing that underfeeding enhances vitality and prolongs life by 30 percent or more, the US-based Calorie Restriction Society is slashing calorie intake in a bid to beat back the clock and halt the ageing process.
Society member Bob Cavanaugh said: “Some people are doing it strictly to enhance longevity,” Cavanaugh said by phone from his home near Moorehead City in North Carolina.
“Others do Read the rest of this entry »
has bought the land to move forward on long-awaited plans for a second Greene County hospital.
The network, an umbrella for six area hospitals, bought a 35 acre parcel of land Oct. 28 on New Germany Treibein Road in Beavercreek for $13.9 million. The location — near Commons Boulevard and visible from Interstate 675 — has been earmarked for a new $100 million campus that will bring 150 to 200 additional jobs to Beavercreek.
Network Read the rest of this entry »
“Even in the face of dwindling government revenues, we need to make critical investments to ensure that people don’t go hungry and families receive proper health care that is centered on prevention,” Paterson said.
declined to comment.
Paterson also will propose expanding the state’s Family Health Plus insurance to more people and eliminating vetting requirements for Medicaid applicants such as fingerprinting and in-person interviews. “This will Read the rest of this entry »
Compiled from wire and Web reports.
“This is not a state government matter,” proclaimed
, spokesman for Alaska Gov.
.
Maybe so, but it’s all they’re talking about in The Last Frontier.
, whose son, Levi, is having a baby with Palin’s daughter,
, was arrested last week on drug charges, Alaska State Police said.
Johnston was arrested in her home in Wasilla, Alaska, on six felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance, police Read the rest of this entry »
Hamilton County – Students at Carmel High School can be proud. Their dance marathon Saturday night raised more than $159,000 for Riley Hospital, a $30,000 increase from last year.
Purdue University students also raised more than $100,000 and Ball State students raised over $10,000 for Riley at concurrent events throughout the state.
The Riley Dance Marathon Program is the nation’s largest Children’s Miracle Network-affiliated dance marathon program. Read the rest of this entry »