The hospital issued a prepared statement: “We are aware of the lawsuit, however, it is hospital policy not to discuss care rendered to patients due to federal privacy laws.”
Franke was a partner in Hepler, Broom Law Firm in Edwardsville, specializing in health care negligence cases and defending personal injury claims. She also was a former St. Clair County prosecutor. Franke graduated from the Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1982. Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Food and Drug Administration officials have finalized guidelines that make it easier for pharmaceutical companies to use medical journal articles to promote drugs for unapproved uses.
The final guidelines, which have been criticized by some lawmakers as too lenient, allow companies to distribute articles about their products to doctors — even when they involve uses that have not been federally approved.
The FDA Read the rest of this entry »
For the first time in more than forty years there’s a new medication receiving FDA approval for the treatment of gout.
That often affects one joint, which is most often the big toe, but can happen with many joints in the body.
It’s the most common inflammatory arthritis is men over age 40.
The medicine is called Uloric.
It’s a once daily oral medication that works by blocking an enzyme which helps prevent uric acid production, lowering uric Read the rest of this entry »
, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, will gladly inform the public of yet another drug or counterfeit smuggling attempt they have thwarted. They’ll expose how many pounds of contraband were seized, its estimated street value, the name of the suspects involved, and the location of the failed criminal activity. They’ll answer almost any question about their cases, with one important exception: what happens to all of this seized material? Read the rest of this entry »
A mentally disabled Redwood City man who was reported missing Dec. 21 has turned up safe at Valley Medical Center in San Jose, police reported Tuesday.
Danny Benavente, also known as Danny Aguilar, actually checked into the hospital the same day he was reported missing, said Sgt. Steve Blanc. But police had entered his name as Danny Benavente, while the hospital recorded it as Danny Aguilar.
As a result of the miscommunication, authorities and Read the rest of this entry »
Shah Alam, Selangor
Couch potatoes and gym junkies alike can benefit from Fitjam Day camp presented by Fisaf-certified (Federation of International Sports, Aerobics and Fitness Inc) instructors.
Break into a sweat at the different fitness workshops available like step with plyos, fit ball conditioning, hip hop, Latino groove, four move hi lo and body balance.
The camp is from 8am-5.30pm. Fee: RM150. Call to register.
A Chingay parade will Read the rest of this entry »
Raleigh, N.C. —
Childhood obesity is a growing problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 percent of children are overweight or obese. The new
is trying to beat those odds.
“At Hi 5, we work very hard on basically getting them active, that means anything that is moving,” said Susan Caldwell, with Hi 5 Fitness.
The children in the program are from 5-years-old to 18-years-old, and are taught about living Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health care and emergency services
workers who might help sick people during an influenza pandemic
should take antiviral drugs throughout the epidemic, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services said in new guidance
released on Tuesday.
Employers such as hospitals should be responsible for
stockpiling the drugs and designating who gets them, HHS said
in its latest guidance.
People with weakened immune systems, such Read the rest of this entry »
Monday, January 5, 2009
CONOR LALLY, Crime Correspondent
THE VALUE of illicit drugs seized by garda last year exceeded €200 million. The total value of main drug types seized last year was €212.3 million, compared with €167.5 million in 2007.
The seizures in both years are well ahead of trends in the previous five years, when drugs valued at between €80 million and just over €100 million were seized annually. Read the rest of this entry »
agents seized 16 weapons and more than $100,000 worth of drugs during raids on three homes in the Armistead Gardens neighborhood yesterday.
Officials said George D. Lee, 40, Douglas Everhart, 28, and Earl E. Shifflet, 17, were arrested on felony drug and weapons charges, and police said additional arrests were pending.
Among the items seized in the 5:30 a.m. raids, carried out in the former military housing project in East Baltimore, were 2 kilograms Read the rest of this entry »