For most professionals, an acceptable excuse is required to miss work: a swollen appendix, ailing grandmother, whiplash, at the very least.
Pharmacists, on the other hand, may refuse to do their jobs for any old reason — or for none at all. We’re talking about birth control, of course. In the District, for example, pharmacists are not required to provide such products, especially if their “personal views” won’t allow it. According to NARAL Pro-Choice Read the rest of this entry »
Pastors Form Group To Support S.D. Abortion Ban Ballot Initiative
Several South Dakota church leaders pledged Wednesday to show support for Measure 11, an abortion ban ballot proposal, through an organization called the Lampstand Project, the
reports (Gabrukiewicz, Sioux Falls
, 9/11). The proposal, which will be on the state’s ballot in November, would ban abortions except in cases of rape or incest, to save a woman’s life or a “substantial Read the rest of this entry »
Medical center closing NY nursing home
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) _
’s Westchester Medical Center says
it will close a nursing home and cut 400 jobs to deal with
reductions in Medicaid and other funding.
Beds will be found in other nursing homes for the 100 residents
of the Taylor Care Center by the time it closes in April.
The president and CEO of the hospital in Valhalla, Michael
Israel, says Taylor’s 190 employees will lose their Read the rest of this entry »
ASPEN — John Jellinek, a board member for Aspen Valley Hospital since 2002, the board’s treasurer and one of those credited with saving the hospital from financial ruin, resigned his seat Thursday in the wake of a series of accusatory stories in a local newspaper.
In a telephone interview, Jellinek said he has hired an attorney to monitor the situation.
But he would not say whether he is contemplating legal action against the Aspen Daily News, Read the rest of this entry »
It was a B & B Saturday for the opening day of the Bass Pro Outdoor Fitness Festival, said the somewhat stunned organizers of the weeklong event.
That’s because biking and boating will be bigger and better additions to the event that started with an emphasis on running, according to people like Martin MacDonald.
MacDonald expressed surprise at a higher-than expected turnout for the inaugural Tour de Bass bike rides that drew over 550 cyclists. Read the rest of this entry »
Since I’ve started writing this column, people have been asking me if I’m out of debt. The want to know how it’s going, which makes sense since I sure am giving a lot of advice (and trying really hard to sound like I know what I’m talking about).
So most of the time, I respond to these questions by looking at my shoes and mumbling, “Ummm, not exactly,” or “I’m working on it.”
But here’s the cruel truth: I blew my budget. I fell off the bandwagon. Read the rest of this entry »
Two weeks before Election Day, and two days into the World Series, the house at Brookway and Montgomery Avenue in Merion was flying its partisan colors: Obama/Biden placards on the lawn, Phillies game on the tube.
The place bore all the signs of suburban Guyville: high-def television, copy of Men’s Health on the coffee table, smell of mashed potatoes from the kitchen.
But the rancher, known as HomeWorks to its occupants, is no ordinary house. Read the rest of this entry »
Betty Bailey was struck by a heart attack even though her cholesterol and blood pressure levels were normal. Research shows women and men get different symptoms of the same disease, but neither doctors nor their female patients are as aware of that research as they should be.
“There’s still a lot of education of women about their bodies and their health that we can do,” said Gillian Einstein, a senior scientist at Women’s College and a professor Read the rest of this entry »
December 22, 2008 03:55 am
Mass. man guilty of selling drugs in Pelham
By James A. Kimble
A Dracut, Mass., man admits he sold thousands of dollars worth of oxycodone pills in Pelham in June.
Victor Giglio of 253 Broadway pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of conspiracy to possess drugs and three counts of drug distribution.
A federal judge will sentence Giglio on March 27.
Giglio confessed to authorities he sold oxycodone Read the rest of this entry »
You cannot taste them. You cannot see them. But scientists say they are there: traces of prescription drugs in the water that comes from many people’s faucets.
“Everything from antidepressants to heart medication to birth control pills to caffeine” has been found in certain drinking water, said Dr. Brian Buckley, environmental scientist at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
In his lab in New Brunswick alone, Buckley has found acne medication, barbiturates, Read the rest of this entry »