Dec 23, 2008 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) –
— Novartis has announced that its Gleevec tablets have received approval from the FDA for the post-surgery treatment of adult patients following complete surgical removal of Kit-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
According to the company, Gleevec is now the only post-surgery treatment indicated to delay the return of this highly aggressive cancer, filling a major need for gastrointestinal stromal Read the rest of this entry »
With the peanut butter scare making news — the latest in a series involving salmonella-contaminated foods including tomatoes, jalapeno peppers and E. coli-contaminated spinach — there again rises the public clamor for doing something.
In the not distant past, studies have confirmed that the people reasonably enough are very much concerned about the safety of the food they eat.
Only government has the expertise and authority to do something Read the rest of this entry »
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Merced County sheriff’s officials arrested five people and seized drugs, guns and cash while serving search warrants at four Delhi homes Tuesday morning as part of a narcotics trafficking investigation. Members of the Sheriff’s Tactical and Reconnaissance team arrested Eduardo Valle Mariscal, 19; Reyna Mariscal, 50; Jorge Valle, 23; Griselda Barajas, 28; and Alberto Moreno, 24, said deputy Tom MacKenzie, Read the rest of this entry »
Cue the one-note chorus from Colorado Springs…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, chaired by Ted Kennedy,
from Health and Human Services Secretary-Nominee Tom Daschle today.
This isn’t a confirmation hearing, but it signals the high priority
that both Congress and the Obama Administration plan to give to serious
health care reform this year.
The prominence of health care on
Washington’s radar even in the midst of Read the rest of this entry »
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.
— Amidst all the frantic news about Steve Jobs and his medical leave of absence from Apple, one thought should remain paramount: Prayers for him and his family.
While Wall Street focuses on the billions of dollars of shareholder value that Apple lost Wednesday when Jobs disclosed his decision and on what his departure means for the company, let’s not forget Jobs is a human being with a family.
That said, Read the rest of this entry »
More than half of teenagers frequently discuss sex, drugs and violence on their MySpace social networking pages, according to a pair of studies released by Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
The studies were published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine. They indicated that in 500 randomly chosen MySpace profiles of self-reported 18-year-old men and women, 54 percent contained high-risk behavior information; Read the rest of this entry »
Last week, when Steve Jobs announced that his recent weight loss was due to “a hormone imbalance,” I got calls from reporters and others (which, I must admit, I ducked) asking me if that was the medical problem he had confessed to when he and I had had
last summer — the one where he called me a slime bucket and denied that he had a recurrence of cancer. The answer is no, it wasn’t. It was something else — which of Read the rest of this entry »
The Life Fitness Center, 2222 Middle Road, Bettendorf, is offering a variety of classes this winter for both members and nonmembers.
Most classes began this week, but they can be joined at any time. Twelve-class punch cards are available for nonmembers for $60. Classes include:
Active older adult fitness — A cardio class designed for those 50 and older that incorporates active movement with mild choreography and chair stretching for flexibility, Read the rest of this entry »
said Tuesday that he had chosen the head of a leading anti-tobacco organization to be the No. 2 official at the
.
The prospective nominee, William V. Corr, is executive director of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a nonprofit group that seeks to reduce tobacco use among children and adults.
, Mr. Corr has led efforts to review and evaluate the work of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Mr. Obama has selected
, a former Senate Read the rest of this entry »
Kaiser’s Cleveland Clinic-only plan didn’t work out for hospital, insurer
Kaiser Permanente’s decision to send nearly all its patients needing hospitalization to the Cleveland Clinic was designed to enhance the health-maintenance organization’s reputation and boost profits by consolidating care from 11 hospitals to one.
A decade and a half later, Kaiser has gone back to using numerous community hospitals as well as its own health centers for members Read the rest of this entry »