NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men at higher-than-average risk of prostate cancer are more likely to seek regular screening if they are married or live with a significant other, a new study finds.
Researchers found that among more than 2,400 men ages 40 to 79, those with a family history of prostate cancer were more likely to be regularly screened for the disease over a decade. However, a closer look at the data showed that this was only true of men Read the rest of this entry »

The new year brought a breath of fresh air to Santa Rosa Medical Center.
After months of alerting employees and visitors to the coming change, Thursday –Jan. 1 — marked the transition to a tobacco-free building and grounds at the hospital.
The change comes in an effort to promote healthy lifestyles, according to Larry Meese, Santa Rosa Medical Center administrator.
“This is a medical institution trying to promote better health, and tobacco Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ANGELES—A former UCLA Medical Center employee has pleaded not guilty to charges that she sold information from Farrah Fawcett’s medical records to a celebrity gossip tabloid.
U.S. attorney’s spokesman Thom Mrozek says Lawanda Jackson entered the plea at her arraignment Monday in U.S. District Court.
Jackson is charged with illegally accessing Fawcett’s medical file and selling information about the actress’ cancer treatment for $4,600 Read the rest of this entry »

Just two days after losing his 16-year-old child,
’s role as a health advocate and protector to his son is described in detail from the people who know him best.
tells ET in a long-form interview from the Bahamas, “John not only dealt with his sons condition on a day-to-day basis, having nannies and qualified people who have been working with him, non-medical personnel working to help him in the capacity of overseeing his son’s every move, but Read the rest of this entry »

Another child has been abandoned at a Nebraska hospital under the state’s much-criticized safe-haven law.
Alegent Health spokeswoman Kelly Grinnell said a child was abandoned at Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha Monday afternoon. But Grinnell said she couldn’t provide any details about the case, including the child’s age or who left the child.
If the child’s status is confirmed by the state, it would be the 27th child dropped off under provisions Read the rest of this entry »

The hospital has hired Jensen + Partners, a downtown project management firm, to oversee two dozen urban planners, architects, geologists, traffic analysts, civil engineers, historians and others who have begun piecing together preliminary ideas for the site.
Sarah Jensen, the president and founding partner of Jensen + Partners, said when she started, she attempted to find what are known in the world of real estate as “comps” — comparable properties Read the rest of this entry »

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:31 PM CDT
By ROB STROUD, Staff Writer
KANSAS — Butch Lockley faced harsh living conditions and tough competition as a final four contestant on “Survivor: The Amazon.”
Lockley, an Olney school administrator, faced a new challenge Wednesday during the kickoff of the Project Fit America program at the Kansas School. He joined with a group of elementary school students in demonstrating how to use the Read the rest of this entry »

Opposition lawmaker Yukio Hatoyama, meanwhile, demanded that Aso resign and call for snap elections, which must by law take place by September this year.
Hatoyama, a leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, demanded Aso scrap a plan to give a cash payout to every household, calling it “a great folly.” The government hopes the cash payout, worth 2 trillion yen ($22 billion) – or 64,000 yen ($700) per household of four – will spur consumer spending.
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As the Obama administration takes power and begins a series of ambitious reforms, it’s time to start
assessing the damage done by the Bush administration and plotting ways to reverse it. In the field
of sexual health, one of the most aggravating problems the Bush administration
left for others to clean up is the insertion of right wing radicals
into foreign aid programs, radicals who happily use the cover of doing
good to unleash grievous harm, Read the rest of this entry »

The heavily discounted fee makes 23andMe of Mountain View the cheapest by far among competitors that have leapt into consumer genome testing over the past year with prices ranging from about $1,000 to as much as $2,500. These kinds of companies, which include Navigenics of Redwood City, analyze a sampling of genes along a customer’s DNA and point out variations that might influence disease risks or behavioral traits to some degree.
“We’re really Read the rest of this entry »