Health
Why Health Is an Important Factor in Your Finances
Money matters have a huge impact on human beings and when you are wrapped up in the middle of financial matters that are difficult, it can be easy to forget about the other important aspects of your life. Your health is obviously important but what you may not realize is just how much damage your [...]
How to Get a Living Will
A living will is a legal document that allows you to state your wishes ahead of time about what type of medical treatments you do and do not want, as well as whether or not you want life-prolonging procedures performed on you. This document will go into effect if you can’t communicate your wishes in [...]
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Recalling Sudafed Products
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) have announced they are recalling 667,632 Sudafed tablets in the United States due to a typographical error on the packing. The company announced it will be recalling Sudafed 24-Hour Extended Release products which are sold on a wholesale level. The tablets were sold in packages of 10, 240mg each. There [...]
AT&T (NYSE: T) Announces ForHealth Practice
AT&T announced a new “practice area and portfolio of specialized services that will harness innovative technology to help improve patient care and reduce medical costs nationwide.” This new practice area is called AT&T ForHealth and will speed up the delivery of innovative wireless, networked, and cloud-based solutions for the healthcare industry. Some examples of the [...]
Unusual Move By FDA for Diabetes Drug, Avandia
The Food and Drug Administration has announced today that the controversial diabetes drug Avandia will no longer be available everywhere. According to the announcement from drug regulators in the US and Europe, Avandia will no longer be sold in Europe. Patients in the United States that use Avandia will be allowed to fill Avandia prescriptions [...]
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) Pulls Out of Agreement with Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CLDX) for Developing Brain Tumor Vaccine
Global drug developer, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) returned the rights for developing and selling a cancer vaccine, rindopepimut, to Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CLDX), effective November 1, 2010. All development rights and commercialization of rindopepimut reverts back to Celldex as of November 1st. This announcement resulted in Celldex stocks dropping 36% to $3.05 on Friday, September 3rd. [...]
No Medical Exam Life Insurance Page Added to FedPrimeRate.com Website
The United States Prime Rate (FedPrimeRate.com) has added a new feature which discuses health insurance for those that do not want to take or would otherwise be unable to pass a medical exam. Here’s the press release:PHILADELPHIA, PA–(Marketwire – June 20, 2010) – The United States Prime Rate website at www.FedPrimeRate.com now features an in [...]
Target Provides Prevention and Treatment Headquarters For Flu Season (NYSE: TGT)
Target is a nationwide retailer that is offering expert advice, over the counter solutions and even flu vaccines at the same low price they offered last year – no appointment necessary. Target is helping their customers reach their well-being goals this year by serving as a prevention and treatment headquarters for this coming cold and [...]
GE Foundation Gives $2 Million Grant as Part of Developing Health Program (NYSE: GE)
GE Foundation announced that they are giving a $2 million grant to Louisiana Public Health Institute. This is a part of GE’s Developing Health program and will underwrite a program that is being led by School Health Connection located in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. This will provide students with an increased access to healthcare at school [...]
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) gets Thumbs Up for Pre-Loaded Syringes
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) announced recently that FDA regulators approved the company’s pre-filled syringes for hemophiliacs. Hemophilia, an inherited disease which prevents blood from clotting properly, is treated with the drug Xyntha which is now included in a dual chamber syringe. Emil Andrusko, vice president of marketing for Pfizer’s specialty biologics unit said, “The approval of the [...]
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) Targeted in BPA Health Concerns
Next time you head to a check out counter and the cashier hands over your receipt, you might want to think twice about the affect it can have on your health. As a society we have been conscience of using recycled materials and companies are proud to admit when they do use eco-friendly products. However, [...]
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) Reduces Cost While Increasing Sales on HIV Treatments
According to the second quarter earnings reports for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, (NYSE:BMY) the well known New York City based global biopharmaceutical company has succeeded in increasing sales for Plavix and other such treatments for HIV and hepatitis, while at the same time reducing the cost of many of these medicines. These figure that show the [...]
Victoria’s Secret Bed Bug Infestation (NYSE: LTD)
Victoria’s Secret is an upscale lingerie so it came to a surprise when the Victoria’s Secret store on Lexington Avenue and East 58th Street in Manhattan was closed and treated for bed bugs. A spokeswoman for Victoria’s Secret parent company said that only a small and isolated area of the Lenox Hill store was affected [...]
Corporate Donations Remind for Haiti Need
Cycdor, a provider of outsourced, face-to-face sales team, has made a donation of 25 large boxes of items including clothing, shoes and first aid supplies to earthquake survivors in Haiti through Haiti Gospel Mission, a non-profit located in Despinos, Haiti. Although the Haitian earthquake is several months behind us, there is still substantial long term [...]
Kellogg Issues Voluntary Cereal Recall (NYSE: K)
In a voluntary recall issued today, the Kellogg Co. has stated 28 million boxes of cereal should be pulled from shelves and pantries due to an “uncharacteristic off flavor and smell” that appears to be coming from the packaging, not the cereal itself. The recall affects products sold in the United States; products sold in [...]
Walmart Foundation Helping Hunger Relief Organizations (NYSE: WMT)
According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released last year, just under 50 million Americans face a daily struggle in keeping food on the table. Lack of healthy food to eat is not just a problem facing adults, in fact our children are the most vulnerable. Approximately 17 million school age children receive federally [...]
FDA Says Female Sex Drug Results Unconvincing
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) created Viagra, a drug developed to help men facing sexual dysfunction. Now the new female equivalent is not showing the results many were hoping to achieve in women. The Food and Drug Administration has released information about the drug Flibanserin, a pill meant to be the first ‘female Viagra’ and the outlook [...]
BP’s (NYSE: BP) Slippery Oil Spill
Since April 20 British Petroleum (NYSE: BP) and the United States Coast Guard have been battling with the oil spill resulting from the oil rig, “Deepwater Horizon”, explosion. Estimates are that about 5,000 barrels a day are leaking, and threaten to hit Louisiana and Florida shores. Louisiana’s wetlands have already made contact with oil. On [...]
Walmart’s Commitment to Help End Hunger in the United States (NYSE: WMT)
On May 12, 2010 Walmart and the Walmart Foundation announced their plans to provide $2 billion cash and in-kind to help end hunger in the United States. According to their press release, this five year project called “Fighting Hunger Together” includes four main components: Donating more than 1.1 billion pounds of food from Walmart and [...]
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) Stops Cancer Drug Testing, Remains Confident in Sutent
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has had to stop another cancer drug during a late stage in the process. This time the company halted testing on therapy Sutent has failed due to a high rate of serious problems in patients with liver cancer after taking doses of the medication. The announcement of the failure is happening at [...]
Breast Cancer Patients Dropped By WellPoint (NYSE: WLP)
A recent Reuters report has stated that government regulators and investigators have discovered WellPoint is dropping the policies of breast cancer patients. The largest health plan company in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, WellPoint is also the largest health benefits company in America by membership according to information available on the company website. [...]
Pfizer Receives Warning From FDA (NYSE: PFE)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to the Senior Vice President of Pfizer, Inc. on April 9, 2010 regarding several concerns resulting from a prior FDA investigation. Two representatives from the FDA who were part of a Bioresearch Monitoring Program conducted this inspection between May 4, 2009 and June 3, 2009. [...]
Rite Aid Wellness+ Program (NYSE: RAD)
In a press release issued earlier this week, Rite Aid announced it is launching a nationwide Wellness+ program that will provide members with shopping discounts and free health and wellness benefits. Consumers across the nation who shop at Rite Aid pharmacies are now able to sign up for the new Wellness+ customer rewards program. According [...]
How Do I Find Affordable Health Insurance?
If you do not have health insurance through your employer, then you are at a huge disadvantage from a cost standpoint. We all know people who do not have insurance, and frankly, do not know how they can stand being in that position. But it appears to be all too common of a problem. If [...]
Allergy Sufferers Find Relief At Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD)
After a long winter, spring has finally arrived to much of the United States. When the weather turns warmer, most people breath a sigh of relief in anticipation for the long days of summer. Of course, that is unless you are an allergy sufferer. If that is the case you might find yourself having difficulty [...]
Should Ronald McDonald Retire? (NYSE: MCD)
For almost half a century, Ronald McDonald has been the face associated with one of the world’s largest fast-food chains. It appears that run may soon be over if the Corporate Accountability International activist coalition has anything to say about it. The reason for this push for retirement of the iconic clown representing McDonald’s is [...]
Health Care Reform Legislation Passes, Now on To President Obama’s Desk
Democrats in the House of Representatives delivered a hard-fought victory in President Obama’s year-long fight to overhaul the health care system by passing the Senate’s version of healthcare reform legislation on a 219-212 vote, placing the bill square on President Obama’s desk for a signature. Although the majority of the of the bill has passed [...]
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