Did Apple Lie About Steve Jobs’s Health?
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Jan 14, 2009 12:49 PM
Update, 5 pm EST: Several hours after I posted this blog, Apple announced that Jobs is
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Apple seems to have learned from Bill Clinton. Like our randy former chief executive being questioned about his sex life, Apple handled Steve Jobs’ ongoing health problems by making statements that were literally true, but ultimately misleading. That’s going to have Apple watchers taking Read the rest of this entry »
Managed-care-industry bellwether UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) posted a 40% decline in fourth-quarter profit, weighed down by legal settlement charges, rising costs and lower enrollment in lucrative commercial risk health plans, capping a rough year for the company and the sector.
The Minneapolis area health insurer, the largest U.S. managed-care organization by revenue, reaffirmed its 2009 earnings forecast and continues to expect enrollment in Read the rest of this entry »
has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin a clinical trial of a product candidate to treat Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease (PMD), a fatal brain disorder that affects mainly young children.
Palo Alto-based StemCells (NASDAQ: STEM) designed the Phase 1 trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its HuCNS-SC product candidate cells as a treatment for PMD. Currently, there are no approved treatments for this disease, the company Read the rest of this entry »
If stimulants such as Ritalin and Adderall can help children with attention-deficit disorder perform better in school, should adults be allowed to take them freely too, to gain a mental edge at work?
A group of experts is arguing, in an essay in the
that we should acknowledge the fact that a growing number of healthy college students and adults are already buying, selling and using mind-enhancing drugs to improve their performance. Instead of Read the rest of this entry »
January 23, 2009 09:04 am
Greater New Bethel AME Church will be sponsoring a health education and fitness program focusing on weight loss and spiritual growth for a prosperous new year. The orientation meeting will be held Saturday, Jan. 24 at 9 a.m. in the church fellowship hall. All ages, male and female, are welcome. Doctors Tommy and Athena Randolph will be coordinating. The church is located at the corner of Glass and Lisle Avenue in Live Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec 9 (Reuters) – Targanta Therapeutics Corp said U.S. health regulators declined the approval of its antibiotic and raised questions about the safety of the drug, triggering a 63 percent drop in its shares.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked the company to perform an additional clinical study to show efficacy and safety of the drug, oritavancin, for treating complicated skin and skin Read the rest of this entry »
Starting Jan. 1, Massachusetts hospitals can’t send ambulances elsewhere when their emergency departments back up, a previously standard practice that often increased ride times and restricted patient choice.
“It’s not the best thing for the patient and it’s not the best thing for the hospital,” Marlborough Hospital executive Candra Szymanski said. “I won’t tell you it will be particularly easy for any hospital, but we’re ready.”
Faced with an Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Living in a stressful household may raise a child’s risk of becoming obese, according to findings from a study of Swedish families.
Compared with 5- to 6-year-old children living in families with low stress levels, age-matched children from “high-stress” families had about twice the risk for obesity, the study team found.
“Families can probably deal with some stress or stressors, but not with several at the same time,” Read the rest of this entry »
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A national men’s magazine has named St. Paul the No. 2 place in American for men, while a women’s magazine ranks Minneapolis No. 6 overall for women.
Men’s Health magazine ranked 100 cities based on 38 factors, including cancer rates, air quality and the number of gym memberships.
It ranked St. Paul 12th in fitness and 13th in quality of life for men, and 2nd overall. Minneapolis was No. 9 in health and 10th overall.
Women’s Read the rest of this entry »
GLASGOW, Mont. – Authorities were investigating yesterday the link between a shooting suspect and the woman he allegedly killed outside a hospital.
The suspect also wounded two people who came to the victim’s aid late Saturday. Officers found him after following a trail of blood, and the suspect was killed in a shooting involving police. Police declined to identify him.
At least 50 federal and local agents using tracker dogs followed the suspect Read the rest of this entry »