February 03, 2009 08:00 AM ET
Janet M. Barth – Vice President of Investor Relations
Robert J. Bertolini – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Carrie S. Cox – Executive Vice President and President, Global Pharmaceuticals
Thomas P. Koestler – Executive Vice President and President, Schering-Plough Research Institute
Chris Schott – J.P. Morgan
Good morning. My name is Jennifer and I will be your conference operator today. Read the rest of this entry »

February 17, 2009 11:00 AM ET
Keith A. Katkin – President and Chief Executive Officer
Christine G. Ocampo – Vice President, Finance
Randall E. Kaye, M.D. – Senior Vice President Clinical Research and Medical Affairs, Chief Medical Officer
Ronald L. Chez – Chicago Investor
Good morning. My name is Joshua and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the AVANIR Pharmaceuticals Fiscal 2009 First Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, December 8th 2008, 9:43 PM
Cute-as-a-button Audrey Sussmann is a real charmer.
2-year-old clambering over furniture or with cupcake frosting smeared over her face.
So when her parents decided on the spur of the moment to enter her in the Gap’s annual online casting call contest, they had to move fast to clean up her act.
“I took a few snapshots of her after her bubble bath,” said
. “It was the last day [to enter] the contest.”
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It was Democracy 101 — nine citizen-soldiers responding to a battle call for government reform, gathered around lattes and quiche in a downtown San Jose cafe, brainstorming ways to help President-elect Barack Obama ride to the rescue of an expensive, bloated and inequitable health care system.
At the invitation of the Obama-Biden Transition Project, the grass-roots gang, most of whom had never met, filled a corner of Caffe Trieste for two Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to the state of women in the state of Tennessee, there is much work to be done.
In national rankings on women’s health, well-being, economic equality and education, Tennessee fares poorly — but an organization named All About Women (AAW) aims to do something about it.
This Saturday will be the first of three All About Women events across Tennessee this year. The Jan. 24 event, set for 9 a.m.-9 p.m. at the Nashville Convention Center, Read the rest of this entry »

Too many infants in Calhoun County are dying. 9.6 infants, out of every 1,000 births, died in Calhoun County in 2004-2006, compared to the Michigan rate of 7.6.
The Maternal and Infant Health Commission (MIHC), an Issue Action Group of the Regional Health Alliance (RHA), is researching the details behind infant deaths in Calhoun County. They look at causes of death and factors associated with those deaths. This means understanding the infant’s Read the rest of this entry »

IT COULD be awhile before Hep Cahill plays first grade for
Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League season proper given
the quality back-row that he finds ahead of him.
But the 22-year-old, who was recruited from the Sydney Roosters
feeder system, has caught the attention of the Storm powerbrokers,
having shown himself as one of if not
fittest players at
the club.
Granted, big-name teammates such as Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater
and Greg Inglis, Read the rest of this entry »

The Lee Memorial Blood Center is calling on donors to once again help offset possible blood shortages.
Nancy Hendrick, community relations director for the blood center said: “If all who are eligible to donate would do so on a regular basis, blood needs could be met and shortages could become a thing of the past.”
January also is national blood donor month.
With so many demands for our time and attention, it’s very easy to lose sight of the Read the rest of this entry »

“He cannot eat seafood. If anyone sees him eating seafood, tell them to call my office.”
Two days after Piven pulled out of his starring role in David Mamet’s Broadway play “Speed-the-Plow,” Dr. Carlon Colker, the primary internist treating the “Entourage” actor, detailed his debilitating condition.
“This is a situation of mercury toxicity,” Colker, the medical director of Peak Wellness of Greenwich, Conn. (and a champion competitive bodybuilder) Read the rest of this entry »

11-09-08, 9:17 am
15,000 physicians urge enactment of single-payer system
A group of over 15,000 U.S. physicians has called on President-elect Barack Obama and the new Congress to “do the right thing” and enact a single-payer national health insurance plan, a system of public health care financing frequently characterized as “an improved Medicare for all.”
“Our country is hailing the remarkable and historic victory of Barack Obama and the mandate Read the rest of this entry »