Though the famous have personal trainers and access to every “It” nutrition plan, some are human, with hunger pangs, hankerings for all things caloric and aversions to exercise like the rest of us.
Here’s a few examples of women who lost weight in 2008 and how.
–GWYNETH PALTROW: The normally pin-thin star admitted she packed on some holiday pounds (too many canapes at the Fontainebleau, perhaps?).
How she did it: The 36-year-old mother of two Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Shares of biotechnology company Targanta Therapeutics Inc. surged Monday after federal regulators posted a favorable review of the company’s antibiotic, ahead of a meeting to assess the product later this week.
Targanta shares advanced $2.62, or 40.1 percent, to $9.03 in midday trading.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based company asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve oritavancin for use against serious skin infections Read the rest of this entry »

LONG BRANCH — The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey has awarded over $2 million in grants to hospitals throughout the state, including the Monmouth Family Health Center in Long Branch.
The funds were awarded as part of the foundation’s $5 million, five-year grant initiative created to expand access to health care for thousands of uninsured and underinsured individuals throughout New Jersey, according to a press release from Horizon.
“Health Read the rest of this entry »

LONDON (Reuters Life!) – People caring for family members with dementia commonly abuse them with behavior such as swearing and shouting, researchers said on Friday in a study that shows a more widespread problem than previously thought.
“The study shows abusive behavior is very common and not something doctors are regularly asking about and therefore finding,” Claudia Cooper, a researcher at University College London, who led the study, said in Read the rest of this entry »

but administration officials announced yesterday the state will also increase welfare grants and make it easier to get state-sponsored health insurance.
Payments meted out under a new temporary assistance program will increase 10 percent annually for three years, beginning in January 2010. В This is the first spending increase for the program–which offers cash assistance to needy families–since 1990.
The state will also stop requiring a face-to-face Read the rest of this entry »

A look at Pfizer Inc.'s pharmaceutical sales last year suggests one major reason for its offer to buy Wyeth Pharmaceuticals for $68 billion: sagging revenues from its current drug offerings.
Last year's overall pharmaceutical sales were off $250 million, or about 1 percent, from the year before, according to Pfizer's unaudited year-end report. Wyeth, on the other hand, reported an increase in revenues of about 2 percent, or more than Read the rest of this entry »

Actually, there are three of them, and they’ll make their reappearance at noon today at the corner of Castro and Market. The characters will appear with a fourth, much-less-attractive buddy, Phil the Syphilis Sore.
Controversial when they debuted in 2002, the characters became popular and appeared around the city until 2006 to encourage gay and bisexual men to get tested for syphilis.
Syphilis cases dropped over those years, and the penis costumes Read the rest of this entry »

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe needs to conduct twice as many cancer screenings to prevent death rates from the disease from climbing as the population ages, the European Union’s health commissioner said Thursday.
Every year, 3.2 million Europeans are diagnosed with cancer, with breast cancer accounting for 30 percent of deaths from the disease in women, far more than cervical cancer with three percent.
Colorectal cancers account for about 13 percent Read the rest of this entry »

After several months of dealing with my kids’ Santa Claus wish lists – Lego sets! Bakugan toys! Disney DVDs! A rocket ship to the moon! – I spent the past week coming up with my own small wish list of items that I hope could magically appear this holiday season.
These aren’t the types of gifts that could fit under a Christmas tree or Hanukkah bush. But they could help add a little holiday warmth to the wintry economic chill. So here Read the rest of this entry »

There’s something about digestive difficulties that makes them hard to discuss in polite company—which leaves many of us suffering one problem or another in silence. Yet fixes can be as simple as making informed lifestyle changes or taking over-the-counter remedies. Peppermint oil and soluble fiber, for example, can help people with
published in November concludes that both should be first-line therapies for IBS. Here’s a rundown of the latest Read the rest of this entry »