Several Connecticut health plans fared well in the fourth annual America’s Best Health Plans rankings released today, and the state’s Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield made the Top 10.
Anthem of Connecticut took seventh place among 239 commercial (employer-based) health plans with a score of 87.8 of a possible 100, according to the rankings by U.S. News Media Group and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The committee is an accrediting Read the rest of this entry »
An equal rights group wants to overturn a policy that bans gay men from being allowed to donate blood.
Members of the group Human Equal Rights Organizers said the Food and Drug and Administrations guidelines for donating blood are outdated and discriminatory.
They said Thank you for coming in and we departed, said Abraham Kaufman, who tried to donate blood at United Blood Services on Saturday.
Kaufman was one of the men who HERO organized Read the rest of this entry »
If you throw all the products we buy and the services we use in one basket, then add up the price tag, that’s the Gross
Domestic Product, which is the primary metric economists use to assess the economic health of a country or region.
The
easy part of calculating GDP is the calculation itself: C+I+G+(X-M)=GDP. Got it? No? Well, add Consumption, Investment by
companies, Government purchases, and then take Read the rest of this entry »
Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended November 30, 2008 and 2007
2008 2007
USD USD Change
Net Sales
Beauty and Spa $ 3,427,099 $ 3,206,655 $ 220,443
Fitness and Yoga $ 752,706 $ 87,212 $ 665,494
Others $ 428,486 $ Read the rest of this entry »
Associated Press – February 22, 2009 3:55 PM ET
EPPING, N.H. (AP) – A small but growing number of New Hampshire law enforcement officers have joined a group that supports legalizing drugs.
The group, called Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, says it has 11,000 members in 90 countries. There are 132 members in New Hampshire, including 20 who joined in the last three months.
Epping Police Officer Bradley Jardis joined two years ago. He enforces Read the rest of this entry »
The company announces that SOKO raises FY2009 pro forma net incomeguidance, from previous $6 million to a range of $6.5 to $7.1 million andprovides revenue guidance in a range of $16.3 to $18.3 million.
SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc. (SOKF) is presenting at the following times:Nov 21: from 11:00 to 11:30 AM in Palmer 1 – Track 1. The Company will beavailable to meet with analysts and investors during the conference.
The Roth Capital “China Comes Read the rest of this entry »
10:55 a.m. A medical study group needs volunteers to help find the genetic causes of diabetes and kidney disease.
The National Institute of Health and the Micronesian Institute of Prevention and Research hope to test 70,000 Pacific Islanders and Filipinos in the next two years.
Research Coordinator Tanisha Franquez said the study is intended to better understand why the conditions are so prevalent in the Pacific.
“We are looking for the particular Read the rest of this entry »
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Premier Inc., a huge U.S. hospital purchasing group, said Thursday that it has
signed new agreements for drug-coated stent heart devices with
(JNJ).
The tiny devices prop open clogged arteries, use medication to fight
renarrowing and represent a roughly
domestic market. Owned by non-
profit hospitals, Premier runs a purchasing network that serves more than 2,100
U.S. hospitals and Read the rest of this entry »
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ZOLL Medical Corp. (ZOLL:
) said on Thursday that HealthTrust Purchasing Group, a leading healthcare group purchasing organization, has entered into a purchasing agreement with ZOLL.
HealthTrust members are able to purchase medical devices from ZOLL, initially including the R Series and M Series professional defibrillators, and the AED Plus and AED Pro, effective October 1. The contract portfolio consists Read the rest of this entry »
12:35 a.m. A medical study group needs volunteers to help find the genetic causes of diabetes and kidney disease.
The National Institute of Health and the Micronesian Institute of Prevention and Research hope to test 70,000 Pacific Islanders and Filipinos in the next two years.
Research Coordinator Tanisha Franquez said the study is intended to better understand why the conditions are so prevalent in the Pacific.
“We are looking for the particular Read the rest of this entry »