Bits of life through these blue eyes . .
Posted in Health and wellness, News on Feb 14th, 2010
Health insurer Anthem Blue Cross will postpone its much-criticized plan to raise rates for some California residents who buy insurance on their own, after reaching a deal Saturday with state regulators.
Anthem’s planned rate hike, which the state estimates would affect about 700,000 customers, averaged 25% and would have been as high as 39% for some.
Anthem [...]
Posted in Computers and Internet, News on Jan 20th, 2010
For any of you that still use Internet Explorer (are there any?) A F.Y.I for you.
Microsoft has told consumers it is ready patch a hole in its Internet Explorer browser. The firm, which normally issues patches each month at the same time, has decided to go ahead with a [...]
Posted in Health and wellness, News on Jan 15th, 2010
Johnson & Johnson’s consumer division said it is recalling a variety of over-the-counter products after reports of an unusual odor, expanding on an issue that led to a Tylenol recall last year.
The latest voluntary recall followed consumer reports of “an unusual moldy, musty, or mildew-like odor that, in a small number of cases, was associated [...]
Posted in Computers and Internet, News on Dec 2nd, 2009
Be aware everyone – if you see something like this in your inbox, delete it!
CDC has received reports of fraudulent emails (phishing) referencing a CDC sponsored State Vaccination Program.
The messages request that users must create a personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov website. The message then states that anyone that has [...]
Posted in Health and wellness, News on Nov 23rd, 2009
An excellent segment on last night’s 60 Minutes which I believe should be part of the health care debate and is not. It’s a topic no one wants to talk about.
Last year, Medicare paid $50 billion just for doctor and hospital bills during the last two months of patients’ lives – that’s more than the [...]
Posted in Health and wellness, News on Sep 25th, 2009
Johnson & Johnson recalls 21 types of infants’, children’s liquid Tylenol because of potential bacteria.
NEW YORK (AP) — Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil unit said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling 57 lots of infants’ and children’s liquid Tylenol products because of possible bacterial contamination.
The products being recalled were made between April and June and include nearly [...]
Posted in News on Sep 14th, 2009
Patrick Swayze, who soared to stardom as a heartthrob dancer in "Dirty Dancing" and ascended to romantic icon status as a deceased lover in "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
Posted in Health and wellness, News on Sep 10th, 2009
Shares of Vivus soared more than 70 percent Wednesday after the Mountain View company announced test data showing that obese patients who took its experimental drug Qnexa lost up to nearly 15 percent of their weight without the severe side effects that have derailed some other weight-loss treatments.
Some analysts speculated the drug could win [...]
Posted in News, Rants and Rages on Aug 22nd, 2009
Am I the only one who thinks it’s just downright creepy that Michael Jackson hasn’t been buried yet? I mean come on now, he died on June 25th and the family still can’t seem to get it together enough to give the guy a proper funeral. If the funeral does take place Sept. 3rd as [...]
Posted in Health and wellness, News, Pets on Aug 15th, 2009
I didn’t even know there was such a thing as dog flu!
Fairfax County authorities on Friday publicly confirmed at least six cases of the H3N8 virus, or canine influenza, in dogs, one of them fatal — the first identified cases in the state.
The Fairfax County Animal Shelter shut down its kennel last week, [...]
