BioTime to Present Data at the Military Health System Research Symposium

BioTime, Inc. , a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing products addressing degenerative diseases, today announced that it will be presenting one podium presentation and two abstracts at the Military Health System Research Symposium August 27-30, 2017 in Washington, D.C. BioTime has recently released data from its two lead programs in medical aesthetics and ophthalmology and is now exploring ways to address serious unmet needs for trauma and combat-related injuries.

Top Drug Manufacturer To Florida: Don’t Use Our Drugs For Executions

A subsidiary company of Johnson & Johnson , the world's largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, came out in protest Monday against Florida using its drugs to perform lethal injection executions. Florida resorted to using J&J's etomidate anesthetic after the state ran out of the more traditional sedative midazolam earlier this year.

LA Times ousts editor-publisher and other top managers

The Los Angeles Times' parent company is bringing in a new publisher, editor and other top newsroom managers in a shake-up it says is part of a plan to move one of the nation's flagship newspapers more quickly into... The Los Angeles Times' parent company is bringing in a new publisher, editor and other top newsroom managers in a shake-up it says is part of a plan to move one of the nation's flagship newspapers more quickly into the digital age. Officials have suspended the search for five Army soldiers who were in a helicopter crash during offshore training in Hawaii last week.

It’s time for the feds to stop micromanaging birth control in the US

It might surprise American women to learn the process most of them have to undergo to access hormonal birth control - which requires an annual screening and a prescription from an obstetrician-gynecologist - is fairly unusual in most countries around the globe. A 2012 survey conducted by researchers at Ibis Reproductive Health and published in the journal Contraception looked at rules in 147 countries and found that only 31 percent of them required a doctor's prescription to obtain oral contraceptives.

“An Inconvenient Sequel” conveniently leaves out one big truth

In this Jan. 26, 2015 file photo, a hornless cow stands in a dairy barn at Fair Oaks Farms in Fair Oaks, Ind. Fair Oaks, one of the nationA's largest dairy farms with 36,000 cows, is phasing out the use of milk cows with horns _ unruly cows can be hazardous because they can gore farm workers or other animals.

Trego Manor will be closed

Following months of concern about the facility's financial situation and fines for health inspection violations, Trego County Manor will be closing in approximately 30 days. The decision was made official Tuesday evening during a joint meeting of the manor's board of directors and the Trego County Commission.

UPDATE 1-Merck CEO pulls out of Trump panel, demands rejection of bigotry

The departure of Kenneth Frazier from the president's American Manufacturing Council added to a storm of criticism of Trump over his handling of Saturday's violence in Charlottesville, in which a woman was killed when a man drove his car into a group of counter-protesters. Democrats and Republicans have attacked the Republican president for waiting too long to address the violence, and for saying "many sides" were involved rather than explicitly condemning white-supremacist marchers widely seen as sparking the melee.

Merck CEO leaves Trump council over far right march

Merck & Co chief executive Kenneth Frazier has resigned from US President Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council, saying he was taking a stand against intolerance and extremism. A gathering of hundreds of white nationalists in Virginia took a deadly turn on Saturday when a car ploughed into a group of counter-protesters and killed at least one person.

Global War on Smoking Fired Up by U.S. Proposal to Cut Nicotine

After FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb suggested mandating drastic cuts in nicotine levels, public-health experts in New Zealand last week published an action plan recommending such reductions within five years. Finland's Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is looking into regulating amounts of the drug in tobacco products, while officials in the U.K.'s Department of Health have discussed the U.S. proposal with FDA representatives, according to a person familiar with the matter.

North Carolina leaders put more meat on Medicaid proposal

Gov. Roy Cooper's administration wants the state's pending Medicaid overhaul to integrate physical and mental health treatment more quickly and expand coverage to more of the working poor in North Carolina, according to its plan unveiled Tuesday. The Department of Health and Human Services released a report explaining how it wants the Medicaid program to look when a 2015 state law directing the reorganization takes effect, possibly in July 2019.

Forging ahead: Us M&a H1 2017: Healthcare deals flourish, but uncertainty looms large

Dealmaking in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare sector saw a rebound in H1 2017, with deal value increasing 51.8 percent compared to the preceding half-year. The sector delivered 244 deals worth US$98.2 billion during the period, making it the third-largest industry by deal value and fourth-largest by deal volume.

Letter: Veto hearing aid bill

TRICARE's website states the company's mission is to "enhance the Department of Defense and our nation's security by providing health support for the full range of military operations and sustaining the health of all those entrusted to our care." I am a married 66-year-old veteran with three grown children.

9th Circuit rejects argument that ‘No Added Sugar’ means ‘healthy’

The relationship between "added sugar" and adverse health outcomes has been a subject of debate. When the FDA proposed adding a line for "added sugar" to the nutrition labels on packaged food , some argued that the label could send a message that naturally occurring sugar meant "healthy" and "added sugar" meant unhealthy .

Dr. Gilmore Honored at MDI Hospital’s Annual Meeting

Dr. Edward Gilmore will be honored for more than 46 years of service at Mount Desert Island Hospital's Annual Meeting on Monday, August 7 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Bar Harbor Club on 111 West Street in Bar Harbor. All are welcome and encouraged to attend this community celebration, which is free to the public.