reports that Phillip Terrence Ragon will announce the gift to Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday.
The hospital will get $10 million a year for the next decade to bring together doctors, engineers and biologists from Massachusetts General as well as other research institutions, including Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The 59-year-old Ragon is the founder and sole owner of InterSystems Corp., a company Read the rest of this entry »

SPPI.O
) said
U.S. regulators have extended the review date of its
experimental cancer drug, Zevalin, to July 2.
The decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration comes
after the regulator received a major amendment to the
Supplemental Biologics License Application for use of Zevalin
as a treatment for patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma (NHL), the company said.
The drug has received priority review status from the FDA.
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February 15, 2009 15:55 EST
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Achieving a goal of getting some 2,500 Kentucky women to take a health survey for the first time won’t be a problem after all for the Kentucky Women’s Health Registry.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the numbers were languishing at around 860 with a month to go and a deadline looming. Project officials then sent an e-mail to women who have taken the survey before, asking them to urge Read the rest of this entry »

· If your spouse has a separate plan, act quickly to get on it.
· Ask about your COBRA rights. With some exceptions, laid-off workers can continue their coverage for 18 months by paying its full cost. (Congress is considering a temporary, 65 percent premium subsidy.)
· If COBRA coverage isn’t an affordable option, explore non-group plans. Make sure that any coverage meets the requirements to protect you against preexisting condition exclusions Read the rest of this entry »

LONDON (AFP) — Ronnie Biggs, Britain’s notorious Great Train Robber, is in hospital with pneumonia, his son told AFP on Saturday.
The 79-year-old has been taken from prison to a nearby hospital in Norwich, eastern England, Michael Biggs said, adding that his father’s health was poor.
Biggs is among Britain’s most notorious criminals, with the Great Train Robbery of 1963 holding legendary status.
He was jailed for 30 years in 1964 but Read the rest of this entry »

-(Dow Jones)- U.S. federal regulators on Monday acknowledged it was
a mistake to “dis-invite” a leading cardiologist to a panel that was deciding
whether to recommend approval for a controversial anti-clotting drug made by
Eli
Lilly & Co.
(LLY).
Dr. Sanjay Kaul, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in
, was scheduled to participate in a
Feb. 3
Prasugrel, an anti-clotting drug that has been linked
to dangerous internal bleeding.
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A package of measures to boost child health and learning in the early years is to be unveiled by ministers.
The Child Health Strategy is expected to promise a boost in health visitor numbers as well as expanding a free school meals pilot across England.
A programme of intensive one-to-one work with new parents will also be extended to tackle health inequalities.
Campaigners said the focus was welcome, but large investment was essential if the Read the rest of this entry »

Unsuccessful in reaching a critical mass of members,
Health Plan of Arizona is pulling out of the Arizona market.
The health plan serves 16,000 Arizona members, but needed at least 50,000, said Cliff Klima, Arizona market relations executive for LifeWise.
Klima retired from LifeWise as Arizona president and CEO in 2007, but he was lured out of retirement last May when his replacement, Tom Dameron, returned to his roots at
Klima plans to stick Read the rest of this entry »

With an eye to the future, Women’s Healthcare of Illinois hosted a free educational event at the Tinley Park Convention Center.
More than 100 people attending the event Saturday were instructed by four medical professionals on women’s health, ranging from bladder issues and office-based procedures to healthy pregnancies, genetics and ultrasounds.
Each of the four doctors, led by Dr. Kenneth Finkelstein, encouraged questions from the audience Read the rest of this entry »

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — South Africa’s
, a
double amputee who made history by winning an appeal to allow him
to compete against able-bodied athletes, was admitted to a
Johannesburg hospital last night after he was injured in a
boating accident.
“At this point he’s in a critical but stable position in
intensive care,” Amelda Swartz, a spokeswoman for the Millpark
Hospital said today. It was too early to say whether he would
make a full recovery, Read the rest of this entry »