Americans have long been fascinated by the vigor – or lack thereof – of its leaders. From Teddy Roosevelt’s wrestling and boxing to
’s grueling bike rides, when a president breaks a sweat, cameras inevitably start clicking. In fact, in the television age, it’s hard to imagine
of someone like Howard Taft, who tipped the scale at well over 300 pounds and got stuck once in the bathtub.
Obama, a tall, slim, 47-year-old, works out, runs, rides a Read the rest of this entry »

Following new research which suggests Plavix may be ineffective in as many as 30% of heart patients with certain genetic factors, the FDA is considering updates to the drug’s warning label.
(clopidogrel bisulfate) is a widely used blood thinner prescribed to prevent blood clots and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. It is currently ranked among the top selling drugs in the world, with as many as 25 million prescriptions written Read the rest of this entry »

“APWU Health Plan will provide a new hearing benefit for 2009 that covers diagnostic hearing tests and hearing aids,” said William J. Kaczor, Jr., Director of APWU Health Plan. “The National Institutes of Health reports that twenty-two million American adults between the ages of twenty and sixty-nine have permanent hearing damage from exposure to loud sounds, and thirty million are at risk. We are pleased to take the lead in the Federal Employees Read the rest of this entry »

UPLAND, Calif., Oct. 6 CA-Liv.com-Imaginis

UPLAND, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Four-time Grammy winner Olivia
Newton-John’s new Liv.com Web site and Imaginis.com, the award-winning online
women’s health resource, are collaborating to increase awareness among women
about early detection and good breast health.

Liv.com leverages the inspirational power of Newton-John’s personal battle
with breast cancer with the extensive, credible content from Read the rest of this entry »

Olympia, WA
February 19, 2009 2:29 p.m.
A bill in the Washington Legislature would expand the number of health care professionals who can recommend medical marijuana to patients.
Currently, only doctors can make that recommendation. The proposal would allow physician assistants and advanced registered nurses to make the call.
Joanna Mckee with the group Green Cross says the proposal would make medical marijuana more available to patients in Read the rest of this entry »

Daschle called health care reform “one of the greatest challenges of our time,” in words echoed by Democrats and Republicans on the committee, including chairman
, D-Mass., who presided over the hearing after returning from treatment for a malignant brain tumor.
Few lawmakers appeared eager to jump into what are expected to become contentious debates about how millions more people will get coverage and who will pay for it.
“It’s going to be Read the rest of this entry »

At least 11kg of amphetamine with a street value of more than £110,000 was seized in Fife at the weekend.
Police also recovered almost £8,000 pounds in cash during the raids at a house and an office in Kirkcaldy.
The operation brings the value of drugs recovered by the police in Fife to more than £750,000 in seven months.
A married couple are due to appear later at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on charges of possessing Class B drugs with the intent Read the rest of this entry »

Pat McCrory has the lead in a new poll.
According to a recent poll by SurveyUSA, the Republican gubernatorial candidate had 49 percent, Democrat Beverly Perdue had 41 percent and Libertarian Mike Munger had 5 percent.
Five percent of respondents were undecided.
“Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released four weeks ago, McCrory is up 5 points and is in the lead for the first time; Perdue is down 6 points and trails for the first time,” Read the rest of this entry »

BOTHELL, WA
,
Oct. 13
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:
) today announced that it concluded a meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on
October 7, 2008
, and that the FDA agreed that “durable pain palliation is an acceptable and desirable study endpoint” to support a product marketing approval for OGX-011 as a treatment for hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). In addition, OncoGenex Read the rest of this entry »

Personalized Medicine Will Lead To Changes In FDA Approval Process For New Medications, Von Eschenbach Says
Personalized medicine — the ability to predict how patients will react to certain medications based on their genetic profiles — will lead to changes in clinical trials and the business model for the pharmaceutical industry, as well as the
approval process for new treatments, agency commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach said on Friday during Read the rest of this entry »