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price.)
Eli Lilly & Co.
(LLY) expects to swing to a profit in
2009 from an anticipated loss in 2008 but sees sales growth slowing due to less
favorable currency exchange rates as well as generic competition for one of its
cancer drugs.
$6.5 billion
acquisition of ImClone Systems would result in a large charge for the fourth
quarter, causing the full-year net loss. The Read the rest of this entry »
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 18, 2008
EFFORTS to combat smoking in Hawaii have been directed at creating smoke-free zones, raising tobacco taxes and keeping cigarettes away from children, but the U.S. Supreme Court has opened another avenue. By a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled this week that smoking addicts may sue tobacco companies for violating state consumer protection laws.
The ruling in a case brought by three Maine smokers departed from Read the rest of this entry »
I especially love February for several reasons: the box of chocolates, Heart Health Awareness Month and my personal favorite, the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign.
I have a personal interest in heart health for women based on an encounter I had last year. I met a woman at a local community center where I was volunteering to check blood pressures. She looked healthy to me, but she was 58 years old, had no primary care physician, Read the rest of this entry »
Ala. charge dropped against civil rights activist
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A trespassing charge against civil rights activist Dorothy Tillman was dropped as part of a settlement with an Alabama hospital, her lawyer said Tuesday.
Municipal Judge Les Hayes had found the former Chicago alderman guilty last October of trespassing at the Jackson Hospital in Montgomery during a dispute over medical records.
She appealed that conviction, and Read the rest of this entry »
– Links to the corruption scandal involving Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
SEIU is Blagojevich’s top campaign contributor, with donations
totaling over $1.8 million. Blagojevich helped SEIU by ordering the
state to negotiate with SEIU to represent 49,000 in-home child care
workers.
— Corruption charges involving leaders of major SEIU locals in Los Angeles
and Michigan. The president of SEIU’s largest Read the rest of this entry »
WHITE PLAINS – A Connecticut doctor accused of having sexually explicit online conversations with an undercover investigator posing as an underage boy has agreed not to practice medicine in New York state.
According to the state Health Department, Dr. Clifford Berken agreed yesterday not to practice in New York “or any other jurisdiction where the practice of medicine is predicated on his New York State medical license.” The agreement goes into Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Phelps has gone from hero to zero in the last 48 hours after his drugs scandal went public – and now the star may even face charges.
Phelps, who issued an apology after a photo of the
was published, could even go to jail if the Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott has his way.
Lott said that he will charge Michael Phelps with a crime if he can prove that the Olympics hero smoked marijuana in Richland County, reports
.
“This case Read the rest of this entry »
Cardinal Health Inc.’s
(CAH) fiscal second-quarter net income dropped 2.5%,
amid a charge related to plans to spin off its clinical and medical products
business and as hospitals delayed purchases amid the recession and tight credit.
Spending delays by its hospital customers prompted Cardinal early last month
to lower its fiscal-year earnings outlook. Nevertheless, the company is sticking
with its plan to spin off its clinical and medical-products Read the rest of this entry »
9:00am UK, Thursday September 18, 2008
Actor Ryan O’Neal and his son have been arrested on suspicion of possessing the drug crystal meth.
Malibu home during a routine check associated with his 23-year-old son Redmond.
Redmond is on probation for three years after pleading guilty in June to possessing drugs.
He admitted driving under the influence and possession of heroin and methamphetamine, known as crystal meth.
He avoided prison in exchange Read the rest of this entry »