You can eat your holiday favorites and follow your diet, too
Sunday, November 02, 2008
A nip here, a tuck there — no, we’re not talking plastic surgery, but rather making your favorite dishes healthier. And you can do it without losing all the flavor, simply by swapping out ingredients.
Sharon Amelunke, a former Family and Consumer Science agent for the McLennan County office of the Texas Agrilife Extension Service, says it’s Read the rest of this entry »
ALMOST TWO years ago, a guy walking his dog in Southwest Philadelphia stumbled upon the charred remains of a man in a vacant lot just off Lindbergh Boulevard, near the airport.
With help from a forensic anthropologist, investigators from the Medical Examiner’s Office determined that he was an Asian in his 20s or 30s. He had a steel plate in his right arm and a small scar on his forehead.
But, despite nearly two years of effort, they don’t know Read the rest of this entry »
NOVEMBER 7, 2008 –
(Sun Valley, CA), provider of equipment for laser surgery,
, and other medical-laser procedures, has been approved for listing on the NYSE Alternext US. The company anticipates trading on the exchange, formerly known as the American Stock Exchange, to begin the week of November 10 under the ticker symbol “LZR”.
“Our presence on NYSE Alternext US will recognize Emergent Group’s increasingly important role in the provision Read the rest of this entry »
Standard & Poor’s has upgraded its outlook for St. Clair Memorial Hospital bonds and reaffirmed its A- rating, the agency announced Thursday.
The rating agency’s outlook changed to positive from stable for the hospital’s $29.5 million series 2002A bonds. The outlook reflects an increasingly strong overall financial profile, which Richard Chesnos, senior vice president and CFO, attributed to a concerted effort by the board, employees Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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Corp. out of Irvine, California, maker of intravascular heating/cooling systems powered by the company’s proprietary Intravascular Temperature Management (IVTM™) technology, has received 510(k) FDA clearance to market the first heat exchange catheter designed for jugular insertion. The catheter is indicated for temperature management of cardiac and neurosurgical procedures, and for patients in critical Read the rest of this entry »
Medical copter crash kills little girl, crew of 3
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — A medical helicopter carrying a 1-year-old patient crashed and burned in a suburban Chicago forest preserve overnight, killing all four aboard. The aircraft apparently clipped a radio tower, and authorities Thursday were investigating whether the tower’s lights had been on.
It was the sixth fatal crash involving medical helicopters this year, according to federal data, Read the rest of this entry »
– The McCain tax credit will weaken families’ ability to afford
coverage for children, as it is insufficient to make coverage affordable
and does not keep pace with growth in the cost of health care premiums.
Specifically, the tax credit fails to adjust for family size and the
added cost when children are born or adopted. Therefore, the credit
provides assistance for a significantly smaller share of health Read the rest of this entry »
As summer ends the FCMC Auxiliary has been very busy with its traditional fund raising activities this time of year – the Fulton Fall Folk Festival in October and the Tree of Love Ceremony in December.
As in prior years during the Fall Folk Festival, the auxiliary sponsored a one-day crafts and bake sale along with a lunchtime meal of soups, sandwiches and desserts. Hospital staff and fall festival attendees enjoyed fresh, homemade goodies and Read the rest of this entry »
Oh, THE FRENETIC LIFE of a soap opera star.
I’m inside the Prospect Studios near the Silver Lake area of L.A. watching Martinez native Maurice Benard — better known to “General Hospital” fans as the dashing crime lord Sonny Corinthos — do his thing.
One moment he snarls fiercely in the face of a Russian mob boss (“Don’t make the mistake of threatening me!”) and just minutes later he totally shifts gears to make goo-goo eyes at his Read the rest of this entry »
3:05pm UK, Monday October 06, 2008
A 77-year-old granny has been jailed for 13 years for smuggling £1m of drugs into the country.
Ambrozine Heron used her mobility vehicle to bring the huge cocaine stash from France into Dover.
The drugs, weighing 16kg, were hidden on the backseat of the vehicle in palm oil tins by her daughter Paulette Chambers, Canterbury Crown Court was told.
She was jailed for 14 years for her role in the crime.
The Read the rest of this entry »