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 »

Corp. and
said Wednesday they will work together to develop oral drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory disease.
) will fund two years of research by Lexington, Mass.-based Synta on drugs that prevent an inflammation response by blocking immune cell pathways called calcium release-activated calcium modulator channels.
The Swiss drug maker will pay Synta $25 million upfront in cash for license fees and research support, and Read the rest of this entry »

MADRID, Spain (CNN)
— Spain’s best-known investigating magistrate, Judge Baltasar Garzon, was rushed to a hospital in Madrid on Friday, where he remained under observation in the coronary unit, CNN partner station CNN+ reported.
Garzon issued a precedent-setting arrest warrant in 1998 for former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for human rights abuses. He has recently been involved in a high-profile investigation of alleged corruption and Read the rest of this entry »

February 13, 2009 07:20:00
Russia’s top anti-drugs official has revealed that more than 80 people in the country die every day from drug use and has warned that the number of addicts is surging.
Viktor Ivanov, the head of the Federal Drug Control Agency, has said the increase in the number of addicts in Russia is starting to indicate an epidemic.
He said every day more than 250 Russians are becoming addicted, and that drugs are killing more Read the rest of this entry »

HEALTH Minister Nicola Roxon has been asked to explain her ignorance of sacked men’s health ambassador Warwick Marsh’s attitudes to homosexuality after it was revealed she shared a podium with him four years ago at a forum where anti-gay views were aired.
Ms Roxon yesterday announced she had dumped the Fatherhood Foundation founder from the list of honorary men’s health ambassadors named on Tuesday after Mr Marsh failed to repudiate “extremely offensive Read the rest of this entry »

As the Obama administration takes power and begins a series of ambitious reforms, it’s time to start assessing the damage done by the Bush administration and plotting ways to reverse it. In the field of sexual health, one of the most aggravating problems the Bush administration left for others to clean up is the insertion of right wing radicals into foreign aid programs, radicals who happily use the cover of doing good to unleash grievous harm, shoving Read the rest of this entry »

This press release contains certain “forward-looking” statements as
that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 regarding, among other things, statements relating to goals,
plans, objectives and future events. Theravance intends such
forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions
for forward-looking statements contained in Section 21E of the
Exchange Act and the Private Securities Litigation Read the rest of this entry »

The local health unit is asking the province to consider using a new tool to help measure whether families with children can afford to purchase nutritious food.
At the December meeting of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Board of Health members approved a motion to send a letter to the Premier of Ontario requesting the Nutritious Food Basket be used as a tool when the government develops its Deprivation Index as part of Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a clean sweep — three
ballot initiatives on abortion, three victories for women’s health.
Despite the anti-abortion movement’s best efforts, Americans in three
states voted to protect pregnant women and their physicians from interference
by the government. Weeks — no, months — of stress and worry melted away
as the votes came in Tuesday night. I am so relieved that voters chose
privacy and empathy, science and medicine, over anti-choice Read the rest of this entry »

London, Oct 21 (ANI): Want to shed those extra pounds and look 10 years younger? Well, guess what, your desire has just been fulfilled, all thanks to a British nutritionist and his ultimate diet.
Brainchild of nutritionist Carina Norris, the ultimate anti-ageing diet will not only help you shift 10lbs but will also take10 years off your face without using any of those anti-ageing lotions.
“Food is a great way to ward off wrinkles and boost Read the rest of this entry »