Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against TG Therapeutics, Inc. . The filed complaint is brought on behalf of all purchasers of TG Therapeutics securities between September 15, 2014 and October 12, 2016, inclusive .
Day: January 10, 2017
LIVE: Obama’s farewell address
… president touted the results of his presidency, noting the lower unemployment rate, and millions of new recipients of health insurance covered under the Affordable Care Act. But Obama warned of the foreign and domestic threats to American democracy, …
For exercise, starting off with baby steps is OK
… of vigorous exercise each week, the AP reports, spread out over the week. That’s the ideal recipe for maintaining health and reducing one’s risk of dying over the next decade. The new information should come as a relief for those busy folks who …
Using technology to advance type 1 diabetes care among women during…
The prevalence of diabetes is increasing globally. Technology to improve care among individuals with diabetes is constantly being developed.
Nebraska town’s massive beer sales likely not in danger
Officials have recommended that a small Nebraska town whose four beer stores sold the equivalent of 3.5 million cans in 2015 be allowed to maintain liquor sales despite ongoing concerns over widespread alcoholism on a bordering Native American reservation. County officials voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend that the state renew the liquor licenses of the stores in Whiteclay, a town with a dozen full-time residents that abuts the dry Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Banana Boat Australia slammed after people were left with burns…
‘They were burnt to a crisp’: Mothers slam Banana Boat after their children were left with horrific burns despite using their SPF 50+ sunscreen Furious mothers have slammed Banana Boat on Facebook after their children were left with burns, blisters and scars despite using the company’s 50+ sunscreen. Leslie Galvin, from Ipswich in Queensland, was left horrified after her sons Alexander, five, and Ethan, nine, were both left with raw skin on their face after applying the product every hour.
Bird Flu Spreads to Jeju
Bird flu has broken out on the southern resort island of Jeju, which had been one of only two remaining safe zones in Korea. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Tuesday, the National Institute of Environmental Research discovered the H5N6 strain in samples taken from a remote bird sanctuary on the island last week.
Ukiah Valley Medical Center announces influenza visitor guidelines
… until you are feeling better. •Temporary flu symptom screening has been initiated for visitors to ensure the health and well-being of visitors, employees and patients. The flu virus can be particularly difficult for young children and older …
Sen. Angus King again credits insurance with saving his life
Without health insurance as a young man, U.S. Sen. Angus King might never have had the chance to serve the state of Maine as its governor and senator. As a 29-year-old Senate aide, King beat a dangerous form of skin cancer – malignant melanoma – that was discovered during a routine checkup he may never had found had he lacked insurance.
Kennedy Jr tapped to head vaccine review
… e, who advises the federal panel that sets US vaccine policy, said the Kennedy news reinforces the concerns of public health officials, pediatricians and family doctors.
Animal Services waives some fees during January
Pinellas County Animal Services is offering waived adoption fees for all adult dogs and dogs over 25 pounds until Jan. 31. Animal Services had 31 dogs available for adoption that began 2017 in the shelter. All adoptable dogs and cats receive a medical checkup, spaying/neutering, vaccinations, internal and external parasite control, heartworm tests, feline leukemia testing and microchipping, valued at $200.
Nearly 41,000 kids have their rotten teeth taken out in hospital:…
… tax will go some way to cutting the sugar consumption that leads to tooth decay but it also needs to support public health campaigns that remind parents of good oral health. ‘We need to drum home the message that by brushing teeth regularly with …
‘Our children are dying’: Christie vows to fight addiction45 minutes ago
… his speech, Christie asked legislative leaders to pass a bill within 30 days that would “mandate that no citizen with health insurance can be denied coverage for the first six months of inpatient or outpatient drug rehabilitation treatment” – a …
Lawmakers discuss potential impact of an Obamacare change
… give us a set amount of money and we at that point would choose how to spend it,” said Rep. Sam Mims, House Public Health and Human Services chairman. “So we’re looking at ways how that will impact us. So, we’re still doing lots of research and …
Amyloid and Tau have Synergistic Effects on the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
Do you want to live a longer life in good health? Simple practices can make some difference, such as exercise or calorie restriction. But over the long haul all that really matters is progress in medicine: building new classes of therapy to repair and reverse the known root causes of aging.
Repealing Obamacare faces these 7 challenges
… believe that they can repeal Obamacare and roll back the clock. It won’t happen. Here’s why. 1. Millions will lose health insurance. Pre-Obamacare, nearly 20 percent of Americans went uninsured, and this disproportionately affected lower-income …
Whiteclay stores might get beer licenses
A small Nebraska town again is caught in the cross-hairs of a debate over alcohol sales and widespread alcoholism on a bordering the South Dakota Pine Ridge Reservation. Sheridan County officials voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend the state renew liquor licenses for four beer stores in Whiteclay.
Diluted chemo drug victims ask judge to reject settlement they call a slap in the face
… negligence by everyone involved,” said Omstead-Mullins, a Ford worker who criticized the lack of quality control in health care. One of the vocal opponents of the settlement, mother of three Sarah Johnson, 41, was unable to attend Tuesday’s court …
Senate splits 49-49 on amendment based on Trump’s entitlements campaign promise
An amendment drafted by Sen. Bernie Sanders , using language that Donald Trump used to assure voters he would not cut Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security, won 49 votes Tuesday , with Sen. Susan Collins joining every Democrat and independent to vote yes. Sanders was clear on the purpose of the amendment, one of several messaging efforts that have become part of the 115th Congress’s slow-motion debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Act quickly on Obamacare: Trump
… rid of it. The law, popularly known as Obamacare, has enabled millions of previously uninsured Americans to obtain health insurance, but Republicans condemn it as a government overreach. With Trump set to succeed Obama on January 20, Republicans, …
Comorbidity study of borderline personality disorder: applying…
… on information of 1460 patients (292 BPD patients and 1168 control patients) selected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Information on physical and psychiatric comorbidities, which were diagnosed within 3 years before and …
3 Italian doctors suspended for tending ER patients on floor
Three doctors at a Naples-area hospital have been suspended for treating emergency room patients while they were lying on the floor. Antonietta Costantini , manager of the public health district that includes Nola hospital , justified the suspensions, saying Tuesday that the physicians should have told administrators the ER had a stretcher shortage.
Trump asks vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. to lead commission on ‘vaccine safety’
Donald Trump met Tuesday with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent skeptic of vaccines for children, and asked him to chair a new commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, suggesting that the president-elect continues to believe a widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism. Speaking to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower on Tuesday, Kennedy said that Trump called him to request the meeting, and he accepted the position on the new commission.
Tragedy as graduate dies from cervical cancer – brother claims it could have been stopped
… sister in Sunderland, one he described as “the best they’d ever had”. Commenting on Josh’s campaign, Dr Jana Witt, health information officer at Cancer Research UK, said: “Cervical screening is for women who don’t have any symptoms and is an …
Justin Trudeau adds fresh faces to cabinet; Freeland up, Dion, McCallum out
OTTAWA _ Justin Trudeau is making Chrystia Freeland his new foreign affairs minister and promoting Toronto MP Ahmed Hussen to Immigration as part of a cabinet shakeup aimed in part at preparing for a Donald Trump presidency. Freeland, a former economics journalist with extensive contacts in the United States, leaves the trade portfolio to replace veteran Liberal MP Stephane Dion, whose next assignment has not been made clear.
Valeant to trim debt from US$2.1 billion sale of skincare and cancer treatments
MONTREAL _ Valeant Pharmaceuticals will pay down some of its debt after agreeing to sell off parts of the company for US$2.1 billion in two separate transactions. The Laval-Que.-based pharmaceutical company said Tuesday it will sell three skincare brands _ CeraVe, AcneFree and AMBI _ to Paris-based L’Oreal for US$1.3 billion in cash.
RKF Jr., known for anti-vaccine views, named to Trump panel, he says
… cause autism ” is the title of a web page summing up that research. Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Georgia Congressman and orthopedist Tom Price, has not spoken about vaccines. However, he has spoken in …
First flu-related death of 2017 in Georgia confirmed
… of six months should get a flu vaccine,” Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, said. “It is especially important for the elderly and very young to get a flu shot. And, when given to women during pregnancy, …
South Waco Community Center to host diabetes prevention, management program
The City of Waco Parks and Recreation Department will host For Your Family, a diabetes prevention and management program by the American Diabetes Association, at the South Waco Community Center. The program will be held from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. every Wednesday, Jan. 11, 18, 25 and Feb. 1. Sessions will include a variety of health-related topics, healthy culinary demonstrations and interactive physical activities.
Amy Schumer’s next stand-up special will premiere on Netflix
‘Very happy to be a part of the Netflix family for this special,’ the comic told per The Hollywood Reporter , before quipping: ‘Maybe now they will look at my Stranger Things audition tape to play the demogorgon for Season 2.’ Her Comedy Central sketch show Inside Amy Schumer is currently on hiatus ‘for the foreseeable future,’ as she’s written on Twitter , though the network’s renewed it. The set she’s had filmed for the upcoming special took place at the Bellco Theatre in the Colorado Convention Centre in Denver early last November.
Trump asks vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. to lead study on vaccine safety
… Kennedy, has promoted a documentary film linking autism to the vaccine preservative thimerosal and criticizing public health officials who dispute that claim. “They can put anything they want in that vaccine and they have no accountability for it,” …
Why A New Exercise Routine Makes You Unbelievably Sore
You were so enthusiastic when you started the month. You signed up for every class that sounded fun: HIIT, bikram, and rowing in one week? Sure, what could go wrong? A lot, it turns out: There are over 600 muscles in the human body and suddenly it feels like all of them are sore at once.
Planned Parenthood Says Demand For IUDs Has Gone Up 900% Since The Election
In case you still had any doubt that the presidential election has had an effect on reproductive rights, Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, says that the organization has seen a large increase in women seeking Planned Parenthood services since the election. On Monday, Richards appeared on CNN International with Christiane Amanpour to discuss the state of reproductive rights in the U.S. During the interview, Richards told Amanpour that more women than ever seem to be showing concern over losing access to reproductive health services.
Donald Trump asks vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. to lead…
Donald Trump met Tuesday with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent skeptic of vaccines for children, and asked him to chair a new commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, suggesting that the president-elect continues to believe a widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism. Speaking to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower on Tuesday, Kennedy said that Trump called him to request the meeting, and he accepted the position on the new commission.
Bendigo man sues GP over stroke
A Bendigo man is suing his GP for failing to refer him to hospital while he claims he was suffering a stroke. Anthony Gane, a 55-year-old carpet installer, went to his GP, Randall Friesen, on August 6, 2010, suffering from dizziness, a headache and blurred vision.
Global Linezolid Market 2016 – Pfizer, Daewoong, Glenmark, Optimus,…
… in the 1990s by a team at Pharmacia and Upjohn Company and first approved for use in 2000. It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system. Linezolid costs …
Low-calorie sweetener use in kids jumps 200%, study finds
The consumption of low-calorie sweeteners jumped a whopping 200% among children and 54% among adults from 1999 to 2012, according to a study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on Tuesday. “We were somewhat surprised,” said Allison Sylvetsky, assistant professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, who was lead author of the study.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Benefits of vaccines are a matter of fact
I have started, scratched out and even abandoned the writing of this essay. I couldn’t do it.
Cumberland hosts info sessions for new tech programs
… care facilities training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP). This program is approved by the N.J. Dept. of Health and Senior Services. For more information about the upcoming information sessions, or Cumberland County College’s other …
Hostess recalling Holiday White Peppermint Twinkies for Salmonella concern
Hostess Brands announced on Monday a voluntary recall of Holiday White Peppermint Hostess Twinkies because of a possible Salmonella contamination. The recall follows a recall from Blommer Chocolate Company of its confectionery coating on the Twinkies product.