Baby Constipation

The Anger of Exile

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:21:59 +0000

The Anger of Exile
By Colm Tóibín The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine Cockroach by Rawi Hage There is a photograph of Thomas Mann taken in Lübeck, Germany, in 1955, shortly before his death. He is standing with his wife, Katia, outside the family house, the house of Buddenbrooks, or what remained of it. He is staring straight at the camera; the expression on his face bears all the complexity of what has been lost and …

MicroDose Therapeutx to Present at the 30th Annual Cowen Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 9th

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:40:09 +0000

MicroDose Therapeutx to Present at the 30th Annual Cowen Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 9th
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J.—-MicroDose Therapeutx Inc. today announced that it has been invited to give a corporate presentation at Cowen & Company, LLC’s 30th Annual Healthcare Conference being held at the Boston Marriot Copley Place, Boston, MA from Monday March 8th through Thursday, March 11th, 2010.

Immunohealth 3-D diet scientific weight loss program

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:05:52 +0000

Immunohealth 3-D diet scientific weight loss program
LYNDHURST — What if you learned that the foods you think are good for you are actually sabotaging your weight loss goals?

Good News for Salix

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:30:42 +0000

Good News for Salix
SLXP received good news recently when a FDA committee recommended the approval of Xifaxan for the maintenance of remission of hepatic encephalopathy .

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HEALTH: Rehydrate with a smoothie

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:44:46 +0000

HEALTH: Rehydrate with a smoothie
They are full of nutritional goodness and are easy to make at home. SUZANNA PILLAY finds out more about smoothies FEELING parched and in need of a tall, cool drink to re-hydrate? Instead of a frosty frappucino or tempting milkshake, why not opt for a smoothie?

A new generation of rapid-acting antidepressants?

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:11:28 +0000

A new generation of rapid-acting antidepressants?
( Elsevier ) In a new issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, researchers from the National Institutes of Health report that another medication, scopolamine, also appears to produce replicable rapid improvement in mood.

Blood and guts

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:12:27 +0000

Blood and guts
Passing tarry black stool means bleeding from the stomach or duodenum, and this is a medical emergency.

Women and men travelers tend to get different illnesses

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:09:11 +0000

Women and men travelers tend to get different illnesses
World travel can make anyone sick but men and women tend to suffer different illnesses with women more prone to stomach problems and men at higher risk of fevers and sexually transmitted diseases, Swiss researchers found.

Drink your fibre

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:29:24 +0000

Drink your fibre
CHINESE New Year bingeing is not good for your fibre intake. No matter what you wish, bak kwa is not fibre.

Press Release

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:09:28 +0000

Press Release
Genentech Inc. Posted on:23 Feb 10 Genentech, Inc., a wholly owned member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that a Phase III study (AVAGAST) did not meet its primary endpoint of showing AvastinÂ® (bevacizumab) plus XelodaÂ® (capecitabine) or 5-FU and cisplatin chemotherapy extended the lives of people with inoperable or advanced stomach (gastric) cancer, compared …