In the wide and varied family of the thousands and thousands of funds out there, the exchange-traded fund is one of the
more consumer-friendly ones.
Unlike mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, behave more like stocks. You can buy
into an ETF at any time, and sell it whenever you feel like it. And like a stock, an ETF's value can rise and fall--depending
on what the ETF is invested in.What do Read the rest of this entry »
11:41 PM CST on Monday, February 23, 2009
The Dallas County Jail is the site of one of the most comprehensive studies ever undertaken of a dangerous, drug-resistant bacterial infection that has alarmed health officials across the nation.
Last month, the Parkland Memorial Hospital staff began handing out medicated cleansing cloths to hundreds of participating inmates to see whether the cloths will stop the spread of Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Popping a pill can cut your cholesterol. But did the doctor also prescribe cutting the stress that's eroding your immune system? Or teach you how to exercise without worsening painful joints?
Think 3 Ps: Good health care is preventive, predictive and personalized, a rarity today in a crisis-oriented care system far better at treating disease than keeping it at bay. To help change that, one of the nation's top medical groups Read the rest of this entry »
Greatly magnified, those surface proteins resemble a lollipop. And it is the globular head of the lollipop where the flurry of genetic changes occur that make flu shots an annual event.
"You can imagine one season, it's like a red lollipop. The next season, it's a yellow lollipop. And the season after that, it's a green lollipop," said Marasco, an infectious-disease doctor who specializes in treating cancer patients with compromised immune systems. Read the rest of this entry »
Medical Center in Riverhead, where he was pronounced dead at 9:46 a.m.
For many on Long Island, the Katie Beers case stands out as one of the most shocking crimes of recent decades.
In December 1992, family friend John Esposito kidnapped Beers from an amusement park and imprisoned her for 16 days in a bunker he had built for that purpose under his house.
Investigators determined that Beers had also been abused by Inghilleri, whose wife was Beers' Read the rest of this entry »
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Feb. 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMSI), a manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology and radiology procedures, today announced sales and earnings guidance regarding management's expectations for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, which includes the anticipated impact of the pending Alveolus, Inc. and Biosearch Medical Products, Inc. transactions. Read the rest of this entry »
OLYMPIA -- JoAnna McKee wakes up every day to a burning ball of pain from multiple injuries in her lower back. The pain nearly consumes her, making it almost impossible to begin her day.
"The doctors said they can't give me enough medicine to take care of the pain. So I do what I can with the pharmaceuticals, but marijuana is what keeps me from becoming totally overwhelmed by the pain," said McKee, 65.
"Without the marijuana to distract my focus Read the rest of this entry »
CLX Medical, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CLXM), which is
focused on the marketing and distribution of unique medical diagnostic
testing products including ThyroTest®, an FDA cleared screening device
for hypothyroidism, has announced that the company has been assigned a new
stock symbol and will begin trading as CLXM as of the open of trading
today. The company previously traded under the OTC BB symbol CLXNE.
In addition to its symbol change, a reverse split Read the rest of this entry »
* Sees Q1 adj EPS $0.15-$0.19, vs estimate of $0.15
* Sees Q1 revenue $117-$124 mln, vs estimate of $123.1 mln
AMMD.O
), a supplier of urological medical devices, posted a
better-than-expected quarterly profit, driven by growth in its
men's and women's healthcare business.
Shares of the company rose almost 12 percent to $11.97
after the bell.
For the fourth-quarter, the company posted a net income of
$14.6 million, or 20 cents a share, compared Read the rest of this entry »
MADISON, Wis.
- Patients cannot sue the makers of potentially unsafe medical devices approved for sale by federal regulators, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The court ruled against a Wisconsin man who had surgery to remove a defibrillator after the manufacturer, Medtronic, Inc., warned its battery had a chance of failing. The ruling is a victory for Minneapolis-based Medtronic and other manufacturers who want to limit product liability. Read the rest of this entry »