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Sagent Pharmaceuticals Launches Amiodarone HCl Injection, USP - Forbes
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., July 25 /PRNewswire/ — Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has launched amiodarone HCl injection, USP, a class III antiarrhythmic indicated for the treatment and

Co-founded weight-loss company with wife - Chicago Sun-Times
SAN DIEGO — The co-founder of Jenny Craig Inc., who built the weight-loss company with his wife, Jenny, has died, the company said Tuesday. Sid Craig died Monday in San Diego after a long illness. He was 76. Sid and Jenny Craig founded Jenny Craig

Vigilance is key to weight loss - NWI.com
Over the years, George Rosenthal had tried different diets and programs, losing weight only to gain it back. And then something changed. "I had a real big scare about two years and four months ago," says Rosenthal of Wheeling, Ill. "I was at work one

Sid Craig, cofounder of Jenny Craig Inc., is dead - Newsday
SAN DIEGO - Sid Craig, the co-founder of Jenny Craig Inc., who built the weight-loss company with his wife and was a prominent thoroughbred horse owner, has died, the company has said. Craig died Monday in San Diego following a long illness. He was

Limiting fructose intake likely to boost weight loss - New Kerala
Elizabeth Parks, associate professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Tennessee and co-author of the study, said her team's findings suggest that the right type of carbohydrates in one's diet may be just as important in weight control as

My Weight Loss Coach - Chicago Sun-Times
The fitness and weight-loss market generates billions of dollars a year. Americans — and, more chillingly specific, American kids– are some of the fattest people on the planet. Thanks to the success of "Wii Fit," "My Weight Loss Coach" will no

Experts Rate Online Calorie Counters - ABC News
Documenting your diet is known to aid weight loss. Studies have shown that food diaries help people lose twice as much weight as they would have had they not kept track of what they ate.

Sid Craig | Diet-firm cofounder, 76 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Sid Craig, 76, the cofounder of Jenny Craig Inc., who along with his wife built one of the most successful weight-loss companies in the world, died Monday in San Diego after a long illness, the company said. Mr. Craig and his wife, Jenny, developed

Firmer calves, weight loss aid: Can shoes stand on claims? - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Cecilia Gordon Kane can cancel her gym membership. Or so the claims of her new athletic shoes may lead her to believe. By just walking in her sneakers, the Marietta woman supposedly will receive a complete workout: burned calories, strengthened

IVF should be denied to people with unhealthy lifestyles, say experts - Guardian Unlimited
Nearly half of fertility experts believe fertility treatment should be denied to people with unhealthy lifestyles, such as smokers or the obese, a survey has found. More than 45% of the international experts polled, most of which work in the UK

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Cyprus to hold exercise with Greece, France despite Turkish Cypriot - PR Inside
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus will go ahead with a conflict-relief exercise joined by Greek and French forces, despite objections from Turkish Cypriots, the government said Thursday. Senior foreign Ministry official Phaedon Anastasiou said the June 2

Big Brown goes for another gallop, hoof on the mend - International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK : Big Brown went for another gallop around Belmont Park on Thursday and remains "right on target" for the Belmont Stakes even though the slight crack in his left front hoof has not completely healed. Nearly a week after the Triple Crown

SIONIX Corporation Announces Completion Of $750,000 Private Placement - MSN MoneyCentral
IRVINE, Calif., May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SIONIX Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SINX) today announced that it has completed a private placement of $750,000 in units of its securities, at a price of $10,000 per unit, with each unit consisting

Researchers to examine video games and health - Miami Herald
Why fight the proliferation of video games if you can use them to improve the nation's health? Health researchers are looking at ways that people's obsession with video games might be put to good use. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced

EADS ex-boss faces judge in probe - BBC Business
The former head of Airbus-owner EADS has appeared before a French judge as part of an investigation into alleged insider share dealing, officials say. Noel Forgeard's appearance came a day after he was detained to answer questions about his sale of

Genetic disorder ends Louisville center Holloway's career - ESPN.com
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville center Clarence Holloway has ended his career after being diagnosed with Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder marked by lengthened features and cardiovascular defects. Holloway had hoped to return to the Cardinals in the

Health Tip: Dealing With Exercise-Induced Asthma - Austin American-Statesman
(HealthDay News) — Exercise-induced asthma may be characterized by difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, fatigue, wheezing and tightness in the chest after working out. Here are suggestions for people with exercise-induced asthma, courtesy of

Somerset hit by flash floods - MSN UK News
Parts of Somerset have been hit by flash flooding, with drivers warned to exercise extreme caution. Roads are awash with water in the southern towns of Crewkerne and Ilminster. One of the county's major roads, the A303, is impassable. Four flood

Weeklong emergency exercise planned - Portland Press Herald
SOUTH PORTLAND - The city of South Portland will host a number of U.S. Army units in a 96-hour emergency exercise beginning next Monday and ending Friday, June 6. Most of the exercise will occur at Fairchild Semiconductor s facilities on Western

Wii Fit: Tipping the scales on exercise - AZCentral.com
After all the good times we've had together, it's nice to know my Wii doesn't think I'm fat. Last week, Nintendo launched an unusual product designed for use with its fast-selling game console. Called Wii Fit, the $90 package comes with a game disc

Here's a round up of some recent news stories on nutrition, health, wellness, exercise and all the rest. There's a lot out there! -

Housing crisis: First, do no harm - Detroit News
Lewis Carroll, call your office. Or, better still, the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" should call Washington, where the government's determination to solve the housing "crisis" produced this lead paragraph in a recent New York Times

Where's My Money? - The Ledger
There are plenty of books available that can help you and your children learn about money together, regardless of their age. Time and Money Flashcards ($2.95) Designed for young children, these flashcards help children learn how to add and

Nintendo set to launch "Wii Fit" exercise game - Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 (Reuters) - For years, video games have been blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda. Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS: Quote , Profile , Research ) now aims to

Despite H.I.V., Fighting to Maintain Health and a Positive Attitude - New York Times
Patricia Clouden dresses in a whirl of color, from her bright African dress to her shiny green toenail polish. She is a grandmother of eight who gets noticed in her Harlem neighborhood and is not afraid to speak her mind. I m not a Yes, ma

Myanmar cyclone: Burma junta is killing its own people, says West - Daily Telegraph
; http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid1558412620 http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1139053637 Furious at the continuing restrictions on aid workers, world leaders dropped guarded criticisms of the regime and

Freed hostage fights for those still in chains - Houston Chronicle
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA As rebel-held hostages, the Colombian politician and the American pilot lived in the jungle like Siamese twins. They had to. For eight months, Luis Eladio Perez and Thomas Howes were shackled together by the neck with a 9-foot

Exercise May Protect Girls from Future Breast Cancer - Christian Post
WASHINGTON (AP) - Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years starting as young as age 12 can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown. Middle-aged women have long been advised to get

Disaster to the Rescue - Washington Post
On my street last week, the Communist Party's neighborhood committee moved old computers out of its storage room to make way for donated materials bound for earthquake victims 2,000 miles away. Within 12 hours, the space was crammed with clothes and

Head protection push for children, the elderly - News.com.au
PROTECTIVE headgear for babies and the elderly could become compulsory in Queensland childcare centres and nursing homes amid brain injury fears. Australia's Brain Injury Centre is leading a push for a State Government trial of the headwear, which

Diet, exercise tied to cancer survivor well-being - Reuters UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just 5 percent of U.S. cancer survivors are meeting experts' recommendations on diet, physical activity and cigarette smoking, a new survey shows. But the more recommendations a cancer survivor did meet, the better his or