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RetireSafe Blasts AARP for Supporting Plan to Pay for Health Care on the Backs of Seniors

Seniors Group Calls AARP's Support of Obama's Rationing-by-Bureaucrat Proposal an Outrage to Older Americans WASHINGTON, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the 400,000 strong senior-citizen group RetireSafe blasted AARP for endorsing the plan presented by President Obama...

Government Must Not Balance Budget on the Backs of the Poor

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Escalating funding issues challenge social service providers in today's economy. Catholic Charities agencies across the country indicate that decreasing funds impact both those they serve and those they employ. As state governments face new bud...

National Restaurant Association Backs Bipartisan Senate Agreement to Empower Consumers Nationwide With More Nutrition Information

WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Restaurant Association today released the following statement from President and CEO Dawn Sweeney about a bipartisan Senate agreement on a national nutrition information standard: "Today, Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Tom Carper (D-D...

Artificial pump effectively backs up failing hearts

Patients with severe heart failure can be bridged to eventual transplant by a new, smaller and lighter implantable heart pump, according to a just-completed study of the device. Results of this third-generation heart assist device were reported at the 58th annual meeting of the American College of...

FDA Panel Backs New Anti-Clotting Drug

Rivaroxaban could replace heparin after hip- or knee-replacement surgery ,,,, THURSDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- The benefits of the experimental blood-thinning drug rivaroxaban outweigh its risks, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said Thursday. Rivaroxaban (X...

Weak Evidence Backs Most Heart Guidelines, Report Finds

Experts agree that field needs more rigorous trials to aid doctors,, TUESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- A majority of the guidelines for cardiac care issued by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology are not supported by the kind of gold-standard evidenc...

Obama Backs Health Care Reform

Public concern over cost, availability of care could lead to real change, experts say TUESDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- President Barack Obama vowed during his campaign to expand access to health insurance and reform health care. Early indications now suggest that, despite an ailin...

FDA Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin

Review says it lowered bad cholesterol more effectively than Zocor THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- After nearly a year of review, U.S. health officials said Thursday that they supported the continued use of the controversial cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin. The U.S. Food and ...

Lt. Gov. Quinn Backs Patient Care Reforms

Coalition Launched to Lobby for Improved Nurse Staffing in Hospitals CHICAGO, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn announced his support for state legislation that would increase the number of nurses at the bedside in Illinois hospitals. Speaking at a press confe...

Olympic Sailing Hopeful Backs Hospital Ship Charity

Laser Sailor Paul Goodison goes for gold and aims to give back to Mercy Ships Garden Valley. TX (Vocus) August 5, 2008 -- Reigning four-time European Laser Champion and one of Britain's greatest medal hopes at the Beijing Olympics, racer Paul Goodison, has announced his...

Bad Backs Essential Shoulder Brace - Now Available at badbackstore.com

The Bad Backs Essential Shoulder Brace is a comfortable, wear-anywhere posture support/brace, designed to combat rounded shoulders syndrome, which can cause debilitating back and neck pain. With people spending increasing amounts of time working at a computer, more people are suffering the effec...

Clinical Guideline Backs Food, Drink During Labor

Nurses, midwives urge more reviews, but say practice provides comfort and nutrition THURSDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking and eating during labor can provide women with the energy they need and should not be routinely restricted, says a new clinical bulletin from the American C...

Democrat Mike Turner Backs Single-Payer Healthcare; Opponent Feder Undecided

PURCELLVILLE, Va., March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a panel discussion in Purcellville, VA on March 20th, Retired Air Force Colonel Mike Turner, a candidate for U.S. Congress in Virginia's 10th District, squared off against a spokesperson for Professor Judy Feder, his opponent in the Jun...

Japan Backs Away from Making Real Changes to Its Rx Pharma Pricing Mechanism

Proposed Changes Focus on Raising Price Premiums While Cutting Prices for Existing Drugs, According to a New Macroview Update from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, Inc., one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutic...

Diabetes Group Backs Low-Carb Diets

Recommendations cite importance of restricted calorie intake for diabetics wanting to manage their weight FRIDAY, Dec. 28 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has come out in support of low-carbohydrate diets for people with diabetes who want ...

FDA Panel Backs Tougher Warning on Asthma Drugs for Kids

Serevent and Advair need specific child warnings on side effects, pediatric panel says; action follows panel's recommendation to toughen label on flu drugs for kids. TUESDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday urged that stron...

FDA Panel Backs Tougher Warning for Tamiflu

Advisers say current labeling doesn't reflect reports of bizarre behaviors and sudden deaths TUESDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Tuesday that the prescription flu drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir) should have a stronger warni...

FDA Panel Backs Stronger Warning for Tamiflu

Advisers say current labeling doesn't reflect reports of bizarre behaviors and sudden deaths TUESDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Tuesday that the prescription flu drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir) should have a strengthened w...

CCRKBA Backs Sen. Coburn's Opposition to Tenets of H.R. 327

BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today agreed with Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn that there is a serious flaw in H.R. 327 -- the so-called Joshua Omvig Veterans' Suicide Prevention Act -- that could ultimately p...

Iraq and Afghanistan Military Get Complimentary Help for Aching Backs

Veterans returning with back problems can benefit from the "CINN Gives Back" program. Spine specialists at the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch are offering complimentary consultations for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans . Chicago, IL (P...

Cancer Patients Turn Their Backs on Canadian Health Minister

Medicare is a hot topic in the presidential elections in US. The issue is raging in neighbouring Canada too . And they dont allow politicians to get away with glib talk. As the countrys Health Minister George Smitherman was waxing eloquent on the governments commitment to medicare, a group ...

U.K. Backs Program To Improve Drug Access in Developing Countries

United Kingdom International Development Secretary Hilary Benn on Wednesday announced that the country will support the Medicines// Transparency Alliance -- an initiative that aims to improve access to quality medical care, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria treatment, in developing count...

AMA Backs Red Cross Blood Service Campaign For More Blood Donors

AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today urged more Australians to donate blood and donate it regularly to meet Australia’s growing demand// for blood. Dr Haikerwal said the AMA strongly supports the Australian Red Cross Blood Service’s 4 Seasons campaign, which is designed to raise the num...

E.U. Panel Backs Novartis' Mock-up Pandemic Flu Vaccine

Europe's main medical regulator said it has adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for Focetria, from Novartis //AG (NVS) Vaccines and Diagnostics unit. Focetria is a mock-up pandemic influenza vaccine, intended for the prevention of influenza durin...

Thailand Backs Off Threat to Break Drug Patents

Thailand has delayed breaking the patent of an AIDS drug and a heart medicine, and entered into negotiations with drug firms// to lower the price so that more people can be treated. The negotiation panel of the Public Health Ministry yesterday (7 February) held its first talks with US firm Abbo...

AMA Backs Advance Care Planning by Patients

The AMA has adopted a formal position on advance care planning. AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal said today the AMA supports advance care planning //as a way to provide a competent patient with the means to articulate their current health care goals and values, and to participate in future h...

Science backs the importance of vegetables in diet

According to a study by Imperial College, London a high vegetable and low meat diet is wonderful for blood pressure. It makes people less likely to have high blood pressure// The study is based on the logic that proteins from vegetable sources are better for BP than meat proteins. This ...

Seniors: Get Your Checkbooks Ready

... these critical services. "This provision does nothing but shift $24 billion in costs of laboratory tests away from the government and onto the backs of senior citizens on fixed-incomes," said Dr. Mark Birenbaum, Administrator for the American Association of Bioanalysts (AAB) and the National Indepe...

Back-to-School Parents Earn an A+ in Safety: Backpacks, Cheerleading, Football

...The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) offers timely tips and statistics to keep students safe this school year. Healthy backs Bags that are too heavy or are worn incorrectly could injure a child's bones, muscles and joints. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safet...

Armed Forces Retirement Home Selects Millennium's Pharmacy Services

...llennium combines Just-In-Time Dispensing with electronic medication and treatment ordering, administration, documentation, and reporting. Millennium backs up this commitment with delivery timeliness and medication accuracy customer guarantees. Millennium is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Please vi...

Acoustiblok, Inc. Combines Sound Abatement and Insulation Materials at Broward County Waste to Energy Plant to Reduce Industrial Noise Pollution

...sult in more sound reduction - and provide more privacy - than 12" (30.5 cm) of poured concrete. (Certified independent lab results.) Acoustiblok backs its claims with hard science and certified independent laboratory test results. The acoustical laboratory at Architectural Testing, Inc. in York, Pen...

BioFit Intensive Plus™ Chairs Meet Federal Standard for Continuous Intensive Use

...;While we were extremely confident in submitting the Intensive Plus for the GSA intensive use evaluation, meeting its strident requirements not only backs up testing conducted by of our engineering division, but gives the Intensive Plus the pedigree needed to instill an even higher level of confidence in...

Industry Veteran Stephen Duvall Joins Millennium Management Team

...eatment ordering, administration, documentation, and reporting. Millennium backs up this commitment with delivery timeliness and medication accuracy custome...eatment ordering, administration, documentation, and reporting. Millennium backs up this commitment with delivery timeliness and medication accuracy custome...

RetireSafe Blasts Plan to Pay for Health Care Reform With Huge Medicare Cuts

...ed the plan "an insult to every older American." Said Phillips, "I'm outraged that President Obama would first plan to reform health care on the backs of seniors, and secondly propose to set up MedPAC as the final Medicare payment authority with a primary mission of cutting Medicare services that sen...

Businesses, Unions, Veteran Party Leaders Unite Behind Bipartisan, Consensus Approach to Health Care Reform

...esident Terry O'Sullivan said, "In every contract negotiation, we struggle with our employers to prevent shifting of rising health care costs onto the backs of the workers we represent, but that doesn't give any of us a long-term solution. We need a health care reform that can drive down the rate of health...

Sacramento Homecare Workers' Pay, Healthcare Guaranteed

...s the model for all county officials and the state government to follow," said SEIU UHW Trustee Eliseo Medina. "The wrong place to cut costs is on the backs of homecare workers, for both moral and financial reasons. Remember, homecare saves vital taxpayer money that would otherwise be spent on more costly ...

Sporadic play activity as beneficial to child health as continuous bouts of exercise, study suggests

...stain bouts of exercise lasting five or more minutes. This is especially true for activities that are more vigorous in nature. "If future research backs up our findings, we would do better to encourage young children to do what they do naturally, rather than trying to enforce long exercise sessions on ...

Do a Show on Money, Marriage and Mental Health in a Tough Economy

...all overcome major obstacles such as homelessness, chronic illness, single parenthood, huge debt, low school grades, and childhood poverty. With their backs against the wall, these remarkable individuals took charge of their lives and built the wealth they always dreamed of. They say anyone can do the same...

GNC Helps to Raise Over $300,000 for National MS Society in First 30 Days of 'Ride Across America' by Phil Keoghan of CBS' The Amazing Race

... Groundswell of support by customers backs grueling effort by Emmy-winning TV star PITTSBURGH, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- During the first month of Phil Keoghan's 40-day bike ride across the U...

Public Health is No. 1, Says U.S. District Judge in Denial of FMC Motion to Shelve the LA-LB Clean Trucks Programs

...ies on a concession plan, but has come under fire by environmental groups because the burden of replacing some 16,000 old diesel trucks remains on the backs of individual "independent" haulers who average $29,000 a year, rather than companies who are in a financial position to replace and properly maintain...