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Scolr Pharma Inc. (DDD:
) announced that the U. S. Food and Drug Administration requested additional information for Abbreviated New Drug Application or ANDA for pseudoephedrine. The company noted that none of the issues cited by the FDA involve the safety or efficacy of the product.
The application seeks approval to market a 120 mg 12 hour pseudoephedrine tablet based on its patented Controlled Delivery Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, December 26, 2008
If you’re looking for a place to hold a children’s birthday party, you might consider the Blaine County Recreation District’s new fitness studio at the Community Campus in Hailey.
Parties are only one of the activities available at the studio. Martial arts are taught there and various other classes are being organized to help Wood River Valley residents stay physically fit.
The fitness studio, adjacent to the Recreation Read the rest of this entry »
Montgomery County United Way funding is helping things grow at Lone Star Family Health Center.
An MCUW grant enabled Lone Star to purchase “Medicaider” software to help staff members expand financial options so more services are available to the nearly 45,000 patients the center sees annually.
“We are a comprehensive family medical clinic, which means we can provide a wide array of services to all age groups,” said Jay Jezierski, Lone Read the rest of this entry »
GATE CITY — A small group of medical professionals met in Scott County last week to take part in nationwide series of meetings initiated by the Barack Obama-Joe Biden transition team to collect ideas for national health care reform.
Held Dec. 26 at Scott County Administrator Rufus Hood’s residence, attendees discussed various ways to solve the nation’s mounting health care problems. After the meeting, those possible solutions were Read the rest of this entry »
A 16-year-old girl was being released from Madigan Army Medical Center today, after she was admitted early Sunday when she was found unconscious in a Fort Lewis barracks, a hospital spokesperson said this afternoon.
Another 16-year-old with her, Leah King, died Sunday in the case authorities say is drug-related.
Also today, a base spokesperson said the Army on Tuesday began inspecting more cars coming into the base — and doing more thorough Read the rest of this entry »
Look for these warning signs of an unhealthy fad diet, courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians:
A diet that promises very fast weight loss — anything more than a pound or two per week.A diet that promises weight loss without changing diet habits or engaging in an exercise program.A diet that is promoted by “scientific” testimonials and pictures of “before” and “after” success stories.A diet that involves expensive seminars, medications, Read the rest of this entry »
Just when you think the never-ending saga of one Heidi Kimberly Diaz and her Kimkins diet scam couldn’t get any stranger–well, that’s out the window! Just a few weeks ago I told you about the
and is now on the verge of being the subject of a major class action lawsuit against Diaz without the services of her attorney Bert Cottle. That was minor news compared to what is happening now.
to learn about how Heidi Diaz filed for Read the rest of this entry »
He doesn’t just play a doctor on TV. Sanjay Gupta could soon be the nation’s chief doctor — on TV and off.
Gupta,
a practicing neurosurgeon, assistant professor of neurosurgery andchief medical analyst for CNN,is expected to
become the nation’s next surgeon general.
The position would make him the uniformed head of the 6,000-member Commissioned
Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service — a job that carries the rank of vice admiral Read the rest of this entry »
In 2008, the NJ National Guard deployed the highest number of troops in it’s history. This information was given to Ryan Toth, the founder of Total Core Fitness Boot Camp, by a boot camper who is in the Guard. To help the families of the Guard, toys which are collected for the Annual Boot Camp For Toys workout, would be donated to them.
“When word got out that we were collecting for the families of our troops, people opened up their pockets and Read the rest of this entry »
COLUMBIA — The American Cancer Society, in conjunction with local and state corporations and community organizations, will hold the African-American Men’s Health Forum from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia.
The goal of the forum is to help men understand and take proactive roles in their health. All health checks will be conducted from 7:30 a.m. to noon.
The conference will provide information Read the rest of this entry »