Sgt. Jim Shenay of the Myrtle Beach police said Phillips “apparently committed suicide” but officers are still investigating.
“The patient was found by a hospital nurse shortly after 4 a.m. and was unresponsive,” said Doug White, chief executive of the hospital.
White said the hospital’s alert team was informed, but Phillips could not be resuscitated.
White added that Phillips was not under arrest for any crime at the time, therefore there were Read the rest of this entry »
Saturday, December 27th 2008, 4:00 AM
what she wanted to get for Christmas and she won’t say “fat.”
Friday, she joined other iron-willed New Yorkers, dragging herself to the gym to work off the holiday calories. The 38-year-old from
explained that her husband’s talents in the kitchen are a blessing that she won’t let become a curse.
“He’s a great cook!” insisted Mayer as she left a health club on
’s East Side. “I stay out of the kitchen Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County coroner’s office is getting a face lift.
The Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to spend $32 million on renovations for the North Mission Road coroner’s facilities next to the old County-USC Medical Center.
Overcrowding will be alleviated with an additional 225 crypt spaces, bringing it up to 500 spaces. There will also be more space for autopsy, laboratory and forensic operations.
Workers complained Read the rest of this entry »
When drug companies seek approval to market new medicines, they must show the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the results of all the tests they’ve run on volunteer patients – at first on only a few, then on dozens, and finally on hundreds or sometimes thousands.
After winning approval, the companies typically sponsor reports of those tests in medical journal publications, which many doctors often rely on to determine whether to prescribe new drugs Read the rest of this entry »
Doctor, former patient now colleagues in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — When Dr. Trevor Banka treats cancer patients alongside Dr. Michael Mott he is working with not only his mentor, but the physician who helped save his life. “I wanted to work next to Dr. Mott and I wanted to train with him,” said Banka, a 28-year-old second-year oncology resident at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital. “We have a very special relationship.” That relationship started Read the rest of this entry »
DEAR Billy Graham: I’ve been in a drug rehab clinic for six months, and I’m due to get out in time for the holidays. I guess I’m looking forward to it, but frankly I’m also scared because I’m not sure I’ll be able to stay off drugs once I get around my old friends. Please pray for me. — S.McK.
DEAR S.McK.:
Have you talked about your fears with those who have helped you during these last six months? They Read the rest of this entry »
A law that lets people in pain use marijuana has left those
procuring the illegal drug in a legal haze.
The Michigan Medical Marijuana Act forces qualified patients
and caregivers to get medical marijuana and seeds from
illegal black-market dealers, proponents say.
The 13th state to do so, Michigan voters sided this month
almost 2-1 in favor of legalizing medical marijuana,
allowing possession of up to 2.5 ounces and cultivation of
12 plants. Read the rest of this entry »
., a Cambridge company that seeks to develop new drug therapies for osteoporosis and women’s health, said it has raised an additional $15 million, increasing its second round total of private equity financing to $82.5 million.
The current funding round was by the MPM Bio IV NVS Strategic Fund, said Radius, which added that it has raised $106.5 million in private equity financing since its establishment in 2003.
“We are finishing 2008 in a strong Read the rest of this entry »
The rule says providers — including hospitals, clinics, universities, pharmacies and doctor’s offices — can be charged with discrimination if an employee is pressured to participate in care that is “contrary to their religious beliefs or moral convictions.” Violators would lose their federal funds.
Critics of the rule said it was too broad and threatened the rights of patients.
They said they were particularly worried that patients would not Read the rest of this entry »
It’s unlikely that anyone will face criminal charges in the campfire flare-up that critically burned two Boston-area women during a New Year’s Eve party at a lakeside camp in Freedom, the town police chief said yesterday.
Witnesses told police the fire flared when one of the guests poured camp-stove fuel on a log of the fire, which appeared to be going out, said Police Chief Josh Shackford.
Three women were burned, and two remain at Maine Medical Read the rest of this entry »