As the end of the year approaches, many start thinking about New Year’s resolutions. Losing weight is a perennial favorite, and the diet industry is well aware of this. Ads for prepackaged food plans, diet pills, exercise equipment and gym memberships abound in print and on the air waves this time of year. Unfortunately, most of them will not help you lose weight, and some are an outright rip off.
Dr. Barry Groves, author of Eat Fat Get Thin and Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ — For over a decade, Equinox Fitness Clubs has been known for getting people into ultimate shape. National Director of Group Fitness and Exercise Physiologist Carol Espel offers tips and advice to get even a couch potato started on a fitness routine in 2009.
“The most successful results occur when our goals are gently incorporated into our existing lives,” says Espel. “The
piece should come in later, once new behavior Read the rest of this entry »

Green, black or white — whatever your pleasure. Tea shops are almost as common as coffee shops. Tea is considered a super food of our generation. We may have all heard that tea is full of antioxidants (natural substances that prevent cell damage), but it has also been linked to heart health, cancer protection and improving the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. It’s also calorie-free and considered part of our daily fluid requirements. Next time you Read the rest of this entry »

Happy 2009 … will it be yet another year of unrealistic and unfulfilled fitness goals?
Your annual wish list?
1. Squeeze back into high school jeans.
2. Showcase that ab six-pack.
3. Run a marathon.
But then come the hurdles — putting down the Doritos and actually making time — that trip us up.
Keeping your fitness resolution is the focus of this month’s Healthline, sponsored by The Daily Journal and South Jersey Healthcare.
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“As the Greater New Orleans area continues to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, it is important that those entrusted with providing our community with critical health care have the capability to meet those needs,” said Jim Letten, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. “This successful civil resolution of serious allegations of abuse of the Medicaid Program should send a strong message to the health care community that Read the rest of this entry »

(RTTNews) - 
Rochester Medical Corp. (ROCM:
) said that it has reached a settlement with Tyco Healthcare Group L.P., now operating as Covidien Ltd., to resolve a litigation filed against C.R. Bard Inc., Tyco International (US) Inc., Tyco Healthcare Group L.P., Novation LLC, VHA Inc., and Premier Purchasing Partners L.P.
Under the settlement, Rochester Medical is dismissing Tyco International, Tyco Healthcare Read the rest of this entry »

DALLAS – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and 33 other state attorneys general today reached a $60 million settlement with Pfizer Inc. Today's agreement resolves an enforcement action involving Pfizer of New York and subsidiary, Pharmacia, Inc., which unlawfully marketed two prescription pain medicines – Bextra and Celebrex. Under the settlement, the state of Texas will receive $3.8 million.
The states' enforcement action charged Pfizer Read the rest of this entry »

UnitedHealth, Aetna pay to resolve claims disputes
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Managed-care company UnitedHealth Group said Thursday it will pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit over out-of-network medical claims. The deal comes two days after the insurer pledged $50 million to set up a new database to determine payments for those claims.
Another health insurer, Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna Inc., also agreed Thursday to pay $20 million toward the Read the rest of this entry »

The degree of final year MBBS students of the Ghulam Mohammed Mahar Medical College, Sukkur will be recognized, while the efforts are underway to fulfil the requirements of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) so that the college could get its recognition for saving the future of students, said Minister for Health Dr Sagheer Ahmed.
Chairing a meeting at his office on Friday, the minister said that professors, associate professors and assistant Read the rest of this entry »