A timeline of important events in the salmonella outbreak linked to tainted peanuts at a Blakely, Ga., plant.
_2006 — Four inspections by the Georgia Department of Agriculture cite numerous, repeated violations at the Blakely, Ga., plant of the Peanut Corp. of America, a peanut processing company and maker of peanut butter for bulk distribution to institutions, food service industries, and private label food companies. The violations include Read the rest of this entry »
Blood Clot Drug Causes Higher Death Rate in Elderly Patients, Maker Says
A drug used to treat blood clots formed primarily from deep vein thrombosis or in kidney failure increases the death rate among elderly patients, its maker has warned physicians.
, the biotech company Celgene Corp. has alerted doctors in a letter also posted on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site, stating that clinical trials using the drug Innohep showed a death Read the rest of this entry »
SYDNEY (AFP) — Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber broke his leg after being hit head-on by a car while competing in a multi-sport charity event in Tasmania, police said Saturday.
Webber, 32, who drives for the Red Bull team, was cycling near Port Arthur in southern Tasmania when the collision happened just after midday, police said.
A member of the rescue team, police sergeant Damien Bidgood, said the incident appeared to have been Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON: If you ‘re really fond of
eggs, then you need not worry about relishing one too many. An egg a day’s
contribution to the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy adults is
just one percent, according to a new study funded by an industry
body.
Poor diet, smoking, obesity and physical inactivity contribute
a whopping 30-40 percent to heart disease risk, depending on gender.
The study, funded by the Egg Nutrition Centre and Read the rest of this entry »
Our weekly roundup of the latest news in the world of health.
This week we learn that some women with small breast tumors may benefit from Herceptin therapy and that a combination of radiation and drugs could cut the death rate from prostate cancer. We also get further confirmation that post-menopausal hormone replacement increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer, and learn about a new warning for epilepsy drugs.
Stay well.
Some women with small Read the rest of this entry »
Even before the national economy took a nosedive, San Mateo County leaders faced a daunting task in convincing local businesses to help fund a plan to extend health care coverage for up to 44,000 uninsured adults.
With businesses now facing a deepening recession, there is still no clear answer on how the coverage plan would be paid for, more than two and a half years after the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Adult Health Care Coverage Expansion began Read the rest of this entry »
James D. Nadauld, Vice President of Genstar, said, “Long Term Care Group is a strong company whose experienced and talented management team, led by Bruce Baude and Peter Goldstein, successfully built this business, and we are very enthusiastic about partnering with them to build on that growth. Genstar has a successful history of investing in healthcare services and earlier this year we agreed to leverage that expertise and develop an Independent Read the rest of this entry »
County officials knew more than 14 years ago the creek was a special place. They vowed to protect its fragile ecosystem even as they allowed major development, including a new jail and dense housing, in nearby rural Clarksburg. But now they face a daunting challenge.
County scientists, in a detailed report that crunches thousands of bits of data about sediment and runoff, microscopic organisms, water speed and unhealthy chemicals, suggest that the Read the rest of this entry »
Baptist Health Cares top executive made it official Thursday, confirming the bitter end of plans to buy West Florida Hospital.
In a statement, CEO Al Stubblefield noted the highly publicized $245 million deal fell victim to the nations weakened economy and national financial meltdown.
Stubblefield said West Floridas parent company, HCA, informed Baptist executives early Thursday morning it was exercising its option to terminate the Asset Read the rest of this entry »
LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL has stood at the northwestern corner of Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, overlooking the harbor for 150 years, so its presence in the surrounding neighborhoods cannot be boiled down to a single anecdote. It has been there for births and deaths and the large and small crises in between: a case of a school principal with whooping cough, say, or a professor with a sprained ankle.
Now it is the hospital that is in danger. Continuum Read the rest of this entry »