Articles filed under Health
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Maine lobster catch up, value downJan 04, 2013 7:43 pm - PORTLAND, Maine — The state’s lobster catch surged 18 percent last year for another record, but a marketplace glut depressed the value of its signature seafood, causing ...
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Bluefin tuna sells for record $1.76 millionJan 04, 2013 7:17 pm - Associated Press TOKYO — A Bluefin tuna has sold for a record $1.76 million at a Tokyo auction, nearly three times the previous high set last year. In the year’s first a...
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Colombia firm now makes armored clothes for kidsJan 04, 2013 6:20 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian firm that makes bulletproof vests is now creating armored clothing for children. Factory owner Miguel Caballero said he never thought abo...
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FDA proposes sweeping new food safety rulesJan 04, 2013 10:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant...
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Eli Lilly 2013 profit forecast tops expectationsJan 04, 2013 9:28 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly and Co. forecasts its 2013 earnings will grow more than Wall Street expects even though the drugmaker will lose U.S. patent protection for two m...
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Indian court to rule on generic drug industryJan 04, 2013 7:29 am - NEW DELHI — From Africa’s crowded AIDS clinics to the malarial jungles of Southeast Asia, the lives of millions of ill people in the developing world are hanging in the ...
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Kirk’s stroke draws former Porter staff togetherJan 03, 2013 11:54 am - “We should really get together,” the onetime staffers in former North suburban U.S. Rep. John Porter’s office would say, year after year. But life interceded, until news...
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Adventist names new chief medical officerJan 03, 2013 11:20 am - Adventist Midwest Health has named Dr. George Mayzell the Adventist Midwest Health senior chief medical officer and chief clinical integration officer. Mayzell, 56, join...
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Experts: Stroke could make Kirk a tougher opponent in 2016Jan 02, 2013 4:30 am - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk hasn’t said whether he’ll seek re-election in 2016, but experts say if he does, his recovery and return to Congress could make a campaign challenge b...
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Senator Kirk speaks for the first time about his strokeJan 02, 2013 4:00 am - For Mark Kirk, there was no white light, no tunnel. What Illinois' junior U.S. senator experienced was three angels standing at the foot of his bed. "You want to come...