Govt, ruling parties eye extra budget in next Diet session
The government and ruling parties on Wednesday began work on submitting a second supplementary budget to the ordinary Diet session to be convened in January, sources said.
This means the government and ruling parties will delay submitting a supplementary budget covering fiscal resources for a flat-sum cash benefit even though the current Diet session has been extended beyond its scheduled Read the rest of this entry »

Last year, a Rossmoor couple – we'll call them Joe and Mary Clark – wandered into the Health and Information Fair at Gateway, mainly out of curiosity. The Clarks happened to stop at the Rossmoor Bone Health Club exhibit and picked up some literature.
“May I help you?” asked the representative behind the table.
“No, not really. But thanks,” said Mary Clark, who then added, “It's just that Joe gets occasional Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON-A proposal to give the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products appears dead for the year, but anti-smoking advocates say they expect it to pass in 2009.
The measure passed the House this summer with overwhelming support, but a threat from Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., to block it and a veto threat from the White House helped stall it in the Senate.
The Senate left town last week without bringing it up for a Read the rest of this entry »

The FDA could respond as soon as next week to filings for stevia-based sweeteners that Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo hope to use in their drinks, Beverage Digest reported Friday. Beverage Digest, a trade publication, cited unnamed sources in both the sweetener and beverage industries. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola has been working with Merisant, a food products company, on a sweetener called Truvia. PepsiCo, based in Purchase, N.Y., has been working with Whole Read the rest of this entry »

MADRID (AFP) — Severiano Ballesteros continues to make “favourable” progress and will probably leave the intensive care unit next week, according to the hospital caring for the Spanish golf legend, who underwent three operations last month to treat a brain tumour.
“The neurological evolution of the patient Severiano Ballesteros remains favorable. He continues to receive rehabilitative treatment and will probably leave the intensive care unit Read the rest of this entry »

Macomb County budget cuts expected today could eliminate health programs for children, pregnant teens and lower-income families; increase waiting times at health clinics, and curtail efforts to reduce euthanasia rates at a tax-funded animal shelter.
The Budget Committee is to debate chopping more than $2 million from its estimated record $34-million deficit next year.
Nearly $1 million would come from the Health Department, which provides clinics, Read the rest of this entry »

Co. is expected Monday to name its president, Gregory D. Wasson, as chief executive, after conducting the first external CEO search in the drugstore chain’s 108-year history.
The choice of Mr. Wasson, who began his career at Walgreen 29 years ago as a pharmacy intern, may disappoint some investors looking for an executive with a deeper financial background to cope with the turbulent economy.
At the company’s annual meeting two weeks ago, a shareholder Read the rest of this entry »

Potential For Judicial Appointments By Next President Puts Women’s Rights At ‘Crossroads,’ Opinion Piece Says
The power of the next president to make appointments to federal courts places women “at a crossroads in our struggle for legal equality as a means to social equality,” including on policies related to reproductive health, Catharine MacKinnon, a professor of law at the
, writes in a
opinion piece. MacKinnon notes that the next president Read the rest of this entry »

Health-Care Focus Next for Obama in Speech, Budget Proposal
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — With the economic stimulus package
signed, President
this week will outline how he
plans to provide affordable medical coverage for all Americans,
an administration official said.
Obama tomorrow will tell a joint meeting of the House and
Senate that revamping the U.S. health system is a priority,
according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Read the rest of this entry »

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements by Oxygen
Biotherapeutics, Inc. that involve risks and uncertainties and reflect
the company’s judgment as of the date of this release. These statements
include those referring to plans for the commencement of new clinical
trials in Traumatic Brain Injury, hoped-for outcomes, plans to study
thrombocytopenia, hopes for obtaining orphan drug designation Read the rest of this entry »