> How long he’s kept it off: “I’ve been on my weight-loss challenge since Jan. 1, 2008,” Coffield said. “Along the way, I’ve had several goals that I have achieved. Currently, I’m not trying to necessarily lose any more weight, just continue to be healthy and active.”
> Personal life: Coffield is a Web developer. “My wife and I have been married for 12 years and have two kids, Jackson, 8, and Read the rest of this entry »
Power3 Medical Products, Inc.
,
,
),
is a leading Bio Medical company engaged in the commercialization of
cancer and neurodegenerative disease biomarkers, pathways, and
mechanisms of diseases through the development of diagnostic tests and
drug targets. Power3's patent-pending technologies are being used to
develop screening and diagnostic tests for the early detection and
prognosis of disease, Read the rest of this entry »
Ocean Medical will exhibitits new specialised medical kits for Cruising sailing yachts, Sport Fish vessels and even a Paediatric Kit.
Ocean Medical provides the most comprehensive & organised MCA class medical kits available.
Accompanied by a unique one-of-a-kind yacht orientated medical response system, supported by comprehensive Instruction Manuals & Guides, all incorporated into an interactive USB device.
The Instruction Manuals not only Read the rest of this entry »
With a new legislative session in Austin just beyond the new year, Southeast Texans are looking for bold ideas and leadership to solve many issues, including a worsening health care crisis. Harris County leads the nation in rates of uninsured adults and children, a situation that is straining hospital emergency rooms as patients seek help for problems that could have been dealt with at clinics or private doctors. The Chronicle believes the following Read the rest of this entry »
UnitedHealth, WellPoint Earnings May Fall as Employers Lop Jobs
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The $800 billion-a-year U.S. health-
insurance industry, led by
, is bracing for slower growth as workplace health plans
shrink in the economic slump.
Employers eliminated the most jobs in five years in
September, when payrolls fell by 159,000, and economists forecast
cash-squeezed companies will continue to cut back. At the same
time, workers who keep their Read the rest of this entry »
By LINDA A. JOHNSON –
KENILWORTH, N.J. (AP) — Schering-Plough Corp. has many promising drugs in late testing, three awaiting approval, plus years of patent protection for its key products, unlike most of its competitors, Chief Executive Fred Hassan told analysts Monday.
The drugmaker has three drugs awaiting U.S. approval and nine more in final human testing — including a new type of anticlotting drug that could grab some Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is failing to keep accurate data about foreign drug facilities it is supposed to oversee and often doesn't follow up warning letters with inspections, according to a report by the investigative arm of Congress.
The report by the Government Accountability Office, to be released Wednesday, comes amid congressional pressure for tighter oversight of foreign drug plants that supply many of the pills Americans Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK - A police officer who survived a shooting in a
Queens subway station has been released from the hospital where he
was in critical condition for days.
Officer Shane Farina walked out of Elmhurst Hospital Center on
Friday to the applause of colleagues and music from bagpipes.
Farina said he felt "very good."
Farina was wounded along with Officer Jason Maass as they tried
to arrest a man on Oct. 21 who had illegally used a child's student
fare Read the rest of this entry »
Family health insurance premiums soared nearly five times faster than wages for Colorado workers from 2000 to 2007, according to a study released Tuesday.
Annual job-based health insurance premiums - including worker and employer share - jumped nearly 75 percent to $11,878 during that eight-year period, while the median income of Colorado's workers grew 16 percent to $30,476, Families USA said in report. That's slightly better than the national Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Dec. 28, 2008)
— Indulgence in a high-fat diet can not only lead to overweight because of excessive calorie intake, but also can affect the balance of circadian rhythms – everyone’s 24-hour biological clock, Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have shown.
The biological clock regulates the expression and/or activity of enzymes and hormones involved in metabolism, and disturbance of the clock can lead to such Read the rest of this entry »