Snacking on shrimp and carrot sticks, doctors and nurses gathered at
Langone Medical Center to celebrate the opening of a new research center called the Center for Healthful Behavior Change.
They were tapping into the spirit of the times, and now Gov.
has done so as well, turning the familiar call for political change into an appeal for healthful living as he promotes a number of anti-
measures, from a sugar tax on soft drinks to posting calorie Read the rest of this entry »

Tucked away on Grosvenor Street, about one block east of Toronto’s famous hospital row on University Avenue, is what might well be termed a national treasure: A health care centre that is leading the way in research and treatment of a long-under-recognized but truly vital area of medicine.
Since 1911,Women’s College Hospital has been a leader in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of women’s health issues. Now, its researchers and physicians Read the rest of this entry »

Swiss-based Arpida is the latest company to be turned down by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the approval of its antibiotic that is meant to treat drug-resistant infections. Arpida's iclaprim is the most recent in a long line of antibiotics that have been sent back by the FDA for further proof that they can actually treat these killer strains of bacteria that have recently begun to infect those outside the hospital setting.
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A new study by the New York State Health Foundation shows that about one-third of enrollees in the state’s public health insurance programs, including Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and Medicaid lose their coverage because they fail to complete the annual re certification process.
Joining with Lake Research Partners, NYSHealth worked to identify the barriers and possible solutions to simplify the process. Senior VP David Sandman says efforts Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugs used by millions of patients to control epileptic seizures must carry warnings about heightened risks of suicide, federal regulators said Tuesday.
The Food and Drug Administration announcement comes almost a year after the agency first said patients taking the drugs have a slightly higher risk for suicide than those taking dummy pills.
According to the new language, only about 1 in 500 patients face an increased Read the rest of this entry »

February 24, 2009 02:30 pm
CUMBERLAND — Thieves entered 21 offices at two medical office buildings of the Western Maryland Health System sometime Monday night or early Tuesday.
Cumberland Police and C3I investigators responded to the Johnson Heights Medical Offices building on Kent Avenue and the Memorial Medical Offices building at the Memorial campus after the entries were discovered at about 6 a.m. by Memorial Hospital security personnel.
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For Mathson, who is undergoing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had knee surgery in September, the news got worse last week. The mill, which shut down, informed him it could no longer afford to offer health or welfare programs to any employees or retirees as of Jan. 1.
Two years short of Medicare eligibility and beset by health problems, Mathson’s options for health care are limited and expensive.
“There is insurance out there, but they’re Read the rest of this entry »