December 21, 2008 – December 27, 2008
December 14, 2008 – December 20, 2008
December 7, 2008 – December 13, 2008
November 30, 2008 – December 6, 2008
November 23, 2008 – November 29, 2008
November 16, 2008 – November 22, 2008
November 9, 2008 – November 15, 2008
November 2, 2008 – November 8, 2008
October 26, 2008 – November 1, 2008
October 19, 2008 – October 25, 2008
October 12, 2008 – October 18, 2008
October 5, 2008 – October Read the rest of this entry »
Amgen Inc.
said Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration accepted its application for the bone loss drug candidate denosumab, and the company expects the agency to make a ruling by Oct. 19.
) asked the FDA to approve the drug in December in a Biologics License Application. Regulators did not accept the application until Wednesday, but they intend to make their ruling 10 months from the date of the submission.
The biotechnology company wants Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON, N.J. – A Jersey City hospital has been fined more
than $20,000 for violating state procedures after the remains of a
stillborn baby were mistakenly thrown out with its trash several
weeks ago.
Christ Hospital was notified of the penalty in a Jan. 20 letter
from the state Department of Health and Senior Services.
State officials said the body of Bashere Davon Moyd Jr. was put
in the hospital’s morgue after he was stillborn Dec. 21. It Read the rest of this entry »
I’ll never forget the time in high school when one of my buddies and I went with our friend to visit his grandma in the nursing home. On the day we went, they were cleaning all of the residents’ rooms, so all of them were hanging out in the lobby.
When we asked our friend which resident was his grandma, he replied, “The one in the wheelchair.” That wasn’t very helpful, as he only narrowed it down to about 37 people.
When my grandma had to go into Read the rest of this entry »
Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — U.S. regulators are examining
’s
health problems to ensure investors weren’t misled, a person
familiar with the matter said.
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s review doesn’t
mean investigators have seen evidence of wrongdoing, the person
said, declining to be identified because the inquiry isn’t
public.
Bloomberg News reported last week that Jobs is considering
a liver transplant as a result of complications Read the rest of this entry »
In 2008, the financial services sector alone shed 148,000 jobs, according to the latest figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For these laid-off workers, losing their salaries had to hurt; losing their employer-sponsored health care benefits could hurt more.
Whether it’s paying the full cost of the premium or buying insurance independently, trying to find the right health coverage after being thrust into unemployment can be Read the rest of this entry »
IOWA CITY, Iowa -
physicians would be
prohibited from giving free drug samples to patients under a new
set of restrictions.
The new policy, according to a copyright story in the Des Moines
Register, would end a long-standing practice that hospital leaders
and consumer advocates say contributes to the rising cost of health
care.
U of I Health Care employees would also be prohibited from
accepting gifts and meals from private companies. The policy Read the rest of this entry »
The US Food and Drug Administration has given marketing approval to a new drug that lowers levels of uric acid in the blood of patients with
gout: the current treatment for the condition was developed over 40 years ago. The new drug is called ULORIC (generic name febuxostat) and Takeda
Pharmaceuticals North America is the sole developer and marketer of the product in the US.
According to a statement from Takeda, febuxostat is a new highly potent Read the rest of this entry »
, Western Mail
A MOBILE health clinic in Gaza City funded by Welsh churchgoers was last night feared destroyed by Israeli missile strikes.
The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, yesterday expressed his fury at the apparent bombing, and has written to the Israeli Embassy in London demanding answers.
The dental clinic van, with its Welsh red-dragon stickers, has been funded to the tune of 100,000 thanks to a 10-year appeal run by the Church Read the rest of this entry »
MASON CITY — Kits are readily available for parents to test their children at home for illegal drug use — but should they be used? Under what conditions is it worth raising serious issues about trust?
“I think they have their place,” said Tim Leibrand, pharmacy manager at Hy-Vee Drugstore in Mason City. “But like everything, they can probably be abused.”
Hy-Vee Drugstore has carried the kits for at least five years, Read the rest of this entry »