Variety a Hit with Czech Beer Enthusiasts

The brewer that prides itself as the creator of the best and original lager is building up two local niches by broadening its offer of acclaimed non-alcoholic beer to include a semi-dark version and also tapping into craft beer interest with the further rollout of its distribution of beer via tanks. Plzensky Prazdroj AS — theCzech brewer that created modern beer as we know it in 1842 when it first brewed a bottom-fermented, golden beer called Pilsner Urquell — this autumn has introducedBirell...

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'World's best gluten-free beer' released in the US

'World's best gluten-free beer' released in the USOn October 18, one of Spain's biggest brewers, Estella Damm, introduced its gluten-free "real beer tasting" Daura, originally Estrella Damm Apta Para Celíacos, to the US market.Daura is presently available in twelve nations around the world (Australia, UK, Germany) and holds the title of "World's Best Gluten-Free Beer" for 2008 and 2009.The makers explain their proprietary brewing process is what sets Daura apart from other beers in this category...

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Dr Pepper wins in customer satisfaction survey

That's the message from a closely watched survey of 1,000 soft drink shoppers conducted recently by Michigan-based American Customer Satisfaction Index. Soft drinks are one of the best-liked industries out of dozens covered by the national survey.Pepsi dropped two points to 84 on a 100-point scale, placing it in a tie with Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. Dr Pepper Snapple claimed the top spot with an 85. The survey, conducted in June and July, asked questions about value for money, a topic...

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Self-examination - key to the fight against breast cancer

The fight against breast cancer begins with the individual's initiative to examine herself on regular basis, Ms Alberta Dela of the Cancer Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, has stated. She said early detection is critical to the fight against the disease and advised women to frequently examine their breasts as a means of prevention.Ms Dela was speaking at a District Forum to sensitise women on the effects of breast and cervical cancer as well as their rights to sexual reproductive health...

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Detecting Breast Cancer Early Doctors Catch Cancer Earlier with Special MRI

A new kind of MRI machine helps doctors diagnose breast cancer earlier. Patients lie on their stomach and their breasts are placed in two coils, which focus radio waves and allow for more complete images that give a three-dimensional look inside the breast. Two-hundred thousand women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year in the United States. Mammograms, however, may not be the best way to detect it. Now, there's a new test to help doctors pinpoint and treat breast cancer.Suzette Lipscomb...

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Cold-Activated Beer Bottles: Is Busch Light Onto Something?

Anheuser-Busch wants to heat up the competition by cooling down with new packaging. At a distributor meeting in New Orleans, the company revealed plans to unveil new cold-activated bottles for the Busch Light label that will turn blue when the temperature is optimal for drinking.The "ice cold easy indicator," as it's called, isn't exactly original — it was just used on Coors Light bottles, which have mountains that turn blue, as the company says, "when it's as cold as the Rockies." The...

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California can't stop some Medicaid services without U.S. approval, judge rules

A Sacramento federal judge has ordered the state to keep providing adult dental, podiatric and chiropractic services to poor people in underserved rural areas until it gets permission from federal heath authorities to discontinue the benefits.U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. ruled Wednesday that, while the services are not mandatory under the federal Medicaid program (Medi-Cal in California), the Legislature's decision to end them last year as a cost-saving measure was unlawful without federal approval.Damrell issued an injunction barring...

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How To Win Doctors And Influence Prescriptions

Mathew Webb left a sales job in menswear for a sales job in pharmaceutical drugs 10 years ago and suddenly found himself surrounded by money.As a sales representative for a major drug company, he was expected to entertain doctors two or three nights a week. There were seats in elaborate sporting events in private stadium suites at major games and dinners at five-star restaurants.At that point, openly using gifts and money to influence doctors was considered standard practice.But much of that came...

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Doctors cash in on speeches

New Jersey-based doctors received more than $8.3 million in payments from pharmaceutical companies over the past 18 months for speeches promoting brand-label drugs to fellow doctors. They were among the 17,000 doctors nationwide who were paid a total of $257.8 million by seven companies in 2009 and the first two quarters of 2010, according to data collected by ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news organization. One doctor in Wayne — internist Thomas Dayspring — pocketed $203,200 during that...

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AP-GfK Poll: Americans split on health care repeal

First it was President Barack Obama's health care overhaul that divided the nation. Now it's the Republican cry for repeal.An Associated Press-GfK poll found likely voters evenly split on whether the law should be scrapped or retooled to make even bigger changes in the way Americans get their health care.Tea party enthusiasm for repeal has failed to catch on with other groups, the poll found, which may be a problem for Republicans vowing to strike down Obama's signature accomplishment if they gain...

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As Breast Cancer Awareness Month continues, a new law is about to go into effect in New York that will help patients make the best decision with all their post-surgery options.A new law passed that will require hospitals to give women undergoing mastectomies all their options when it comes to reconstructive surgery, CBS 2’s Cindy Hsu reports.State Senator Malcolm Smith (D) said there’s a huge disparity on what information and treatment women are getting depending on their health coverage.“You have...

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