A pedestrian killed when he was hit by a stolen car in Bedfordshire died from multiple injuries to head and chest, an inquest has heard.
David Gaylor, 25, of Moulton Avenue, Bedford, was struck when two cars crashed into flats in London Road in Bedford early on Sunday morning.
He was on his way home from a night out. Coroner David Morris opened and adjourned the inquest into his death.
Four men arrested after the crash have been released on Read the rest of this entry »
Health care reforms intended to provide medical coverage to legions of poor Americans could have a serious, unintended fallout for Canada, worsening the already dire doctor shortage here, experts warn.
The reforms promised by president-elect Barack Obama would offer insurance to 45 million U. S. residents who have no coverage. The resulting surge in demand for doctors’ services is likely to trigger a drain on Canada’s already meagre supply of physicians, Read the rest of this entry »
The tightly-stocked drugstore shelves of colorful vitamin bottles in varying sizes seem to engulf you in confetti of pills and gummies and liquids and tablets of many different flavors. With so many kinds of vitamins and mineral supplements available, choosing the right ones, especially for your children, can be a very daunting task.
Underweight children and those with healthier, more active lifestyles have the highest use of vitamin and mineral Read the rest of this entry »
Criticism of her fitness has Silver Ferns defender Sheryl Scanlan putting in some extra effort ahead of the netball series against England.
England arrives tonight for the three match series, starting in Auckland on Monday.
The Silver Ferns have been pounding the pavements ever since the second test win over Australia last month. Scanlan says her fitness was not the best earlier in the year and it is something she is continually working on. She Read the rest of this entry »
Not only can eating an unhealthy diet make you fat, it can also send your sex drive crashing, as nutritional deficiencies wreak havoc with your hormones and vital organs.
Not only that but carrying too many excess pounds can kill your confidence and leave you feeling a flop in the bedroom.
Research has found that eight out of 10 of us suffer from a diminished libido at some point.
It could be that since the kids were born just finding enough Read the rest of this entry »
Several readers have contacted me to ask who qualifies for COBRA coverage. Is it only workers who lose their jobs during a workplace downsizing?
The simple answer is no. People who quit their jobs qualify for COBRA, just like those who are fired. And spouses and dependent children qualify too.
Under COBRA, workers at firms with 20 or more employees can continue employer-sponsored health care coveragefor 18 months when they leave their jobs. The Read the rest of this entry »
That’s the conclusion of the latest data from the Women’s Health Initiative, the landmark trial most noted for the 2002 finding that hormone replacement therapy increases the risk of heart problems.
The new finding on the condition called abdominal aortic aneurysm comes from an analysis led by Dr. Frank Lederle, an internist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Minneapolis and a professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota. 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 investigated Thursday whether the tower’s lights had been on.
It was the sixth fatal crash involving medical helicopters this year, according to federal data, including Read the rest of this entry »
For Jeff Palumbo of Grant, Minn., the epiphany came this year when he took his son in for ringworm. Palumbo had just switched to his employer’s high-deductible plan. Despite multiple phone calls to his clinic and his insurer to ask the price of a doctor visit, he kept getting the same maddening answer: It depends. Finally, someone told him it would cost at least $85. When Palumbo ended up getting billed $125 for the visit — “For seven minutes!” — Read the rest of this entry »
Gold’s Gym will begin construction soon on a $5 million state-of-the-art fitness center next to Ashley Furniture Homestore in Ashwaubenon.
Jamie Nelson, a partner in the local franchise, said the building will be 45,000 to 70,000 square feet, depending on if they sign a co-tenant.
The gym is expected to open during the first half of 2009.
Amenities will include two swimming pools, a basketball court, a cardio-exercise movie theater, a 140-piece Read the rest of this entry »