| One more for ardent stamp collectors | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 1:16:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | PHILATELICS will be able to add to their collection as Pos Malaysia is launching the XVIII FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics' special stamps and first day cover tomorrow. The stamps, to be launched by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, will feature a collection of images related to the field of gynaecology and obstetrics, said Pos Niaga Philately senior manager Wong Lai Kim. The stamps and first day cover, designed by Dr T.P. Baskaran from Kuala Lumpur Hospital, will be issued to the public on Monday. .... | |
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| | | Institute Practices Reproductive Medicine -- and Catholicism | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:59:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | OMAHA -- Craig Turczynski traveled from Texas to find ways to help infertile women that do not conflict with his religious beliefs. Cherie LeFevre came from St. Louis to learn how to treat her OB-GYN patients in obedience to her Catholicism. Amie Holmes flew from Ohio so she could practice medicine in conformity with church teachings when she graduates from medical school. On a journey that would blend the aura of a pilgrimage with the ambience of a medical seminar, the three arrived at an unassuming three-story red-brick building on a quiet side street in this Missouri River city. .... | |
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| | | Hormone drugs stir menopause dispute | | Posted Monday, August 21, 2006 3:01:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | Like a cook making a stew, Dr. Laura Burlen added a pinch more of the hormone progesterone to Mary Larrow's prescription this week, after Larrow told her she still had trouble sleeping. "One size doesn't fit all," says Burlen, a pharmacist and physician who owns her own compounding pharmacy. She recently opened Balencia Wellness Spa ("balance," in Italian) in Luna Pier, Mich. It offers customized hormone consultations, facials, massages and pedicures for women, couples and girls-night-out parties. "Bioidentical hormones are a way of bringing back our bodies to a hormonal balance," Burlen says. "The key is we have to monitor it." Compounded bioidentical hormones are the latest rage and controversy in the world of menopause. They come from plant-derived sources of estrogen, like yams and soy products, and are called bioidentical because they act the way a woman's natural hormones do.... | |
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| | | E*Trade in the Green | | Posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 4:57:43 AM by Blog57 Team | | Online financial services firm E*Trade Financial (ET - commentary - Cramer's Take) reported a 54% jump in second-quarter profits, fueled by big gains in commission revenue and interest income. In the quarter, E*Trade earned $156.5 million, or 36 cents a share, including a charge of 1 cent a share for acquisitions, up from $101.6 million, or 27 cents a share. Net revenue surged 58% to $611 million. Analysts, most of whom excluded the acquisition expense, were forecasting earnings of 35 cents a share on revenue of $596 million, according to Thomson First Call. E*Trade's strong results were similar to the better-than-expected earnings posted by its online rival TDAmeritrade (ATMD - commentary - Cramer's Take). The two big online brokers showed few ill effects from the stock market turmoil of the past few months.... | |
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