WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she has had no conversations with President Barack Obama about possibly joining his Cabinet as health secretary.
Sebelius (seh-BEEL’-yuhs) was in Washington on Sunday for the winter meetings of the National Governors Association.
Administration officials have said she is near the top of the list of people being considered to run the Health and Human Service Department. But Sebelius tells Read the rest of this entry »
If a weight-loss supplement does contain an undeclared active
pharmaceutical, the F.D.A. considers the product to be an illegal,
unapproved drug. Doctors said undeclared drugs could cause problems on
their own, like elevated blood pressure or seizures, could have toxic interactions with other medications people take and
could make it difficult for physicians to diagnose patients.
As the F.D.A. continues to investigate, many questions remain Read the rest of this entry »
State Police have charged a CVS pharmacy technician with stealing more than $9,000 worth of drugs from the Pembroke store during a three-year period.
Cheryl L. Pascarelli, 45, of 10 Lydon Lane, Halifax, pleaded innocent to larceny of drugs on Wednesday in Plymouth District Court.
Police said Pascarelli stole Vicodin, Valium, Suboxone, antibiotics and antiviral medications and sold them to help pay her bills. A CVS loss-control agent discovered Read the rest of this entry »
Starting Wednesday, millions of American children can have the health care they need, thanks a the bill signed into law by President Barack Obama. This fulfills one of the promises he made on the campaign trail.
It’s called the S-CHIP program, designed to provide health insurance to low-income families. Even better news: The bill continues coverage for seven million children already receiving care under the legislation and adds coverage for an additional Read the rest of this entry »
It was in March, in the drizzle, that I realized my brain was burned out. Like a rusty engine, I could hear it chug-chug and splutter – but it would never quite start running at top speed. I had just come back from a rough month-long work-trip to Bangladesh, and I had an Everest of work in front of me. It was all fascinating, and all urgent – but I was plodding though it at half my normal speed. I needed to be performing at my best; instead I was Read the rest of this entry »
(RTTNews) -
Vital Images Inc. (VTAL:
) said it signed a co-development and collaboration agreement with Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. in which the companies would enter into a mutual license of intellectual property.
Vital noted that the two companies would jointly invest to develop and deliver innovative technology advancements for Toshiba’s modalities, including the Aquilion ONE CT scanner, and Vital Images’ Read the rest of this entry »
,
Feb. 5
/PRNewswire/ — MinuteClinic, the pioneer and largest provider of retail health care in
, announced that it has become a participating provider in the Preferred Blue network of BlueCross BlueShield of
.
markets. BlueCross BlueShield of
is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
“By offering quality treatment in a convenient setting, we can work with BlueCross BlueShield of
to help reduce health Read the rest of this entry »
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -
Press release, regulated information – UCB announced today that it met the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and clarified the
requirements for the approval of the Biologics License Application
(BLA) for Cimzia®, the first PEGylated anti-TNF, for the treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
During the meeting, the FDA communicated that they require further
analysis of existing data and a new safety update. No additional
studies Read the rest of this entry »
Dallas workout groups combine fun, fitness
11:33 AM CST on Monday, January 12, 2009
By ELSA K. SIMCIK / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
When it’s time to exercise, you could grab your iPod, head outside and go for a run. You might even consider it your “me time,” a chance to be alone with your own thoughts. But if you were to go to, let’s say, soccer practice for your workout or meet up with your inline skating Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES—The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week conceived all 14 of her children through in vitro fertilization, is not married and has been obsessed with having children since she was a teenager, her mother said.
Angela Suleman told The Associated Press she was not supportive when her daughter, Nadya Suleman, decided to have more embryos implanted last year.
“It can’t go on any longer,” she said in a phone interview Friday. Read the rest of this entry »