Police suspect house fire in New Jersey used to conceal homicide, 3 dead
IRVINGTON, N.J. — Officials in New Jersey say a house fire in which three people were found dead and a fourth wounded was started in an attempt to conceal a homicide.
A woman found alive in the house in the Newark suburb of Irvington underwent surgery at University Hospital in Newark for a gunshot wound. Her condition was not immediately available.
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LHC Group, Inc. (LHCG:
) announced that it has entered into a joint venture with Southeast Alabama Medical Center to provide home nursing services, effective December 31, 2008. This joint venture includes two home nursing agencies in Dothan and Eufaula, in the Certificate of Need state of Alabama.
However, the joint venture is not expected to add materially to LHC Group’s earnings in 2009.
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Published: December 01. 2008 12:01AM
It’s December now and you’re probably starting to think about your New Year’s resolutions. Let me guess, improving your fitness or losing weight is near the top of the list, right? Unfortunately, if you’re like most people, you’ll have given up by March.
It doesn’t have to be that way. Instead of focusing on quick fixes, such as losing a specific number of pounds or fitting into a size 6 by Valentine’s Day, Read the rest of this entry »
Ralphs Fund, the philanthropic arm of
, is making a $5,000 donation to the
's pediatrics department to purchase gifts for children being treated at the hospital.
The gifts purchased with the donation will be distributed at the CHMC holiday party on Tuesday.
“During this season of giving, we cannot think of a better way to invest in our community than by giving families with children in the hospital a reason to celebrate, and look forward Read the rest of this entry »
The end of the road for diet drug Acomplia (rimonabant) was effectively reached on Nov. 5th when French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis announced it was halting all further research on what it once expected to be the next blockbuster diet pill.
“It’s over,” Sanofi spokesperson Jean Marc Podvin told Bloomberg News.
More than 700,000 people around the world have taken Acomplia either as part of trials or during the time it was on sale.
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San Mateo is considering an ordinance that would regulate the cultivation of medical marijuana and the cooperative groups who band together to produce the substance.
At a study session Monday night, members of the San Mateo City Council voiced their support for the legal production and use of medical marijuana but agreed the city should establish clear rules for those activities and educate the public on local and federal law.
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John Terry will only have one training session to prove his fitness to Fabio Capello ahead of England’s trip to Belarus.
Captain Terry missed the 5-1 victory over Kazakhstan at Wembley on Saturday with a back problem which first flared up during Chelsea’s UEFA Champions League draw with CFR Cluj.
With the Three Lions flying out to Minsk on Tuesday morning, the influential centre-back is facing a race against time to convince the Italian that he Read the rest of this entry »
SACRAMENTO – Assembly member Patty Berg's end-of-life information bill is waiting – along with numerous other bills by the legislature – for the governor's signature, but a state senator is calling for the bill to be vetoed.
On Aug. 28 the state Assembly approved AB 2747, the Terminal Patients End of Life Information Act,” which Berg's office reported is meant to give patients the right to receive a candid assessment Read the rest of this entry »
Sometime between Turkey Day and ringing in the New Year, our over indulgences get the best of us. Ahhhh. New Year’s resolutions. The problem is, our go-get-em spirit about diet and exercise, fades away once we realize we can’t change everything overnight. So, be patient, you can goof proof your way into your skinny jeans by following the simple three step plan in a program I’ve adopted for my clients called Lean in 13.
STEP 1: Eject the junk. For Read the rest of this entry »
Anti-Flu Drug May Not Work Against This Year’s Strain, CDC Says
Zimbabwe’s Cholera Epidemic Death Toll Passes 1,000: U.N.
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of
Anti-Flu Drug May Not Work Against This Year’s Strain, CDC Says
This year’s version of the flu just threw a monkey wrench into the effectiveness of a leading flu medicine, the
reports.
At a news conference Friday, Dr. Julie Gerberding, Read the rest of this entry »