Study: Leaner nations bike, walk, use mass transit
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jim Richards is no kid, but he loves to ride his bike. At 51, he has become a cycling commuter, pedaling 11 miles from his home in the suburbs to his job in downtown Knoxville.
“It really doesn’t take that much longer” than driving, he insists.
And he gets 40 minutes of exercise twice a day without going to the gym, which he attributes to a 20-pound weight loss. Read the rest of this entry »
TOWNSHIP 13, RANGE 5, Maine (AP) — Game wardens say poor visibility and high speed were possible contributing factors in the death of a 15-year-old Windham teenager who was killed when he crashed his snowmobile into a tree in northern Maine.
Wardens says 15-year-old Kyle Rogers was among a group of eight snowmobilers riding on a trail west of Portage at the time of the crash at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Lt. Doug Tibbetts says the riders were contending Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec 11, 2008
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2 dead, 7 injured in northwest Miami shooting
MIAMI (AP) — Two people were killed and seven injured during a shooting Friday night in a residential area in northwest Miami, authorities said.
One of the wounded was still in critical condition at a hospital Saturday morning and the others were also still recovering, police spokeswoman Kenia Alfonso said. Authorities didn’t have anyone in custody and didn’t know how many people were involved Read the rest of this entry »
The Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Northern California Grantmakers presented the awards Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero.
— The Distinguished Achievement Award went to the California Academy of Sciences and Contemporary Jewish Museum. The Academy of Sciences was honored as being “one of the world’s pre-eminent natural history museums and is an international leader in scientific research about the natural world.” The Read the rest of this entry »
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February 24, 2009
The U.S. FDA is pursuing new labelling for the epilepsy drug zonisamide following a review of updated clinical data. According to the agency, treatment with zonisamide can cause metabolic acidosis in some patients. Zonisamide is indicated as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures in adults with epilepsy. The drug regulator has recommended that health professionals measure serum bicarbonate before starting treatment Read the rest of this entry »
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of
A glitch during an annual software upgrade last August at Veterans Affairs health centers around the country exposed some patients to incorrect drug doses, delayed treatments and other medical errors, according to internal documents obtained by the
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While no evidence of serious harm was shown, the VA only began issuing safety alerts to medical centers on Read the rest of this entry »
By Mitchell H. Katz, M.D.
Today is the Great American Smokeout and while San Franciscans are doing their part to help people battle nicotine addiction, recently, I became aware that not all the health insurance plans for our county workers in San Francisco — nor in many other counties around the state – were covering all of the smoking cessation benefits recommended by the Center for Disease Control.
The City of San Francisco has embraced a Read the rest of this entry »
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Medical device maker China Medical Technologies, Inc. (CMED:
) Wednesday said it completed the earlier announced sale of its High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, or HIFU, tumor therapy system business to one of its major shareholder, Chengxuan International Ltd.
On December 18, Beijing-based China Medical agreed to sell this business to Chengxuan for US$53.5 million in cash. At that time, the company Read the rest of this entry »
comedy “Speed-the-Plow.”
Mr. Piven, the actor and “Entourage” star, left the production this week after having previously sought an early release from the play. Mr. Piven’s doctor said he should not continue to perform because he was suffering from elevated levels of mercury, which may have been the result of large amounts of fish in his
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On Thursday the producers of “Speed-the-Plow” said that Mr. Read the rest of this entry »