Vote for Johnson for Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Week

led the Ravens to a 17-10 win over the division rival Cincinnati Bengals. Flacco
completed 15 or 29 passes, threw for 129 yards, had no turnovers and ran for a
38-yard third-quarter touchdown to secure the Ravens’ win.
rushed for 123 yards over 23 carries and scored one 50-yard touchdown in the
Bears’ 29 – 13 win over the Indianapolis Colts. Forté also made three catches
for 18 yards to contribute to the Bears’ total 319 yards.
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The time has come for universal health care

McCain proposes that health insurance be treated like car insurance, every person buy their own. This would freeze out most people over 45 or so and millions more due to chronic illness from having health care insurance due to pre-exiting conditions or cost.
This is all part of the GOP agenda of making health care a privilege of wealth.
He would also tax employer health care benefits as income. This would result in about a $12,000-a-year increase Read the rest of this entry »

HEALTH CALENDAR

Sept. 10
Seven most common sports injuries: 7 to 8 p.m. Sept. 10, Silver Cross Hospital Conference Center, 1200 Maple Road in Joliet. Dr. Girdhar Burra will share what weekend warriors need to know about preventing and treating common sports injuries. Free. To register, call (888) 660-4325 or visit www.silvercross.org.
Sept. 10-12
American Red Cross blood drive: 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 10-12. Sponsored by Pipefitters Local 597 at the training center, Read the rest of this entry »

Galveston's Largest Hospital Says It's Prepared for Emergency Patients

Saturday, September 13, 2008
A spokeswoman for Galveston’s largest hospital system says it is prepared to provide emergency care as needed.
“We are prepared to see patients and we are gearing up to do that at this time,” Chris Comer, vice president of public affairs for the
, to FOXNews.com at just after 1 p.m. Central time.
And city emergency responders have warned the hospital that many residents will need treatment.
“We’ve heard that Read the rest of this entry »

Effectiveness of Mediterranean diet confirmed for chronic disease

It is effective in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, hypertension or osteoporosis. Experts have insisted that it is possible to prevent 80% cardiovascular diseases and 40% different types of cancer through diet, physical exercise and other healthy habits. Scientists of the
are specifically analysing how cells react against aggressions which cause pancreatic alterations and result in cancer.
Scientists of the Instituto Read the rest of this entry »

Main Line dentist admits to dumping medical waste at the shore

WYNNEWOOD – New Jersey officials last Friday charged a Wynnewood dentist with illegally dumping into Townsends Inlet the medical waste that washed ashore in the days leading up to the Labor Day weekend.Investigators identified the suspect as Thomas McFarland, 59, of the 300 block of Penn Road in Wynnewood.
“Thanks to the great work done by this multi-agency team of investigators, we can say with confidence that this defendant's dental practice Read the rest of this entry »