10% of U.S. Hispanics Have Type 2 Diabetes
U.S. to Detain Milk Products From China
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of
Hurricane’ Ike’s devastation is still being felt, even though the storm hit Galveston Island more than two months ago. The latest fallout, the
reports, is the loss of 3,800 jobs from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston’s largest employer.
Those jobs represent Read the rest of this entry »

EDINA, Minn., Sep 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Universal Hospital Services (UHS) , a leading equipment lifecycle
management company, and Memorial Herman Health Care System
announced today a pact for UHS to implement and manage state of the art
infusion systems across Memorial Herman’s system of hospitals. The pact
anticipates that UHS will manage all infusion devices, freeing Memorial
Herman nurses and staff Read the rest of this entry »

Frontline Insurance and Financial Services Announces 40 Percent Savings on Family Health Insurance Plans, California Area
Offering some of the best health insurance products on the market, Frontline Insurance and Financial Services announces 40% savings for health insurance plans. Frontline Insurance also offers insurance plans for auto, home, life, and business.
) September 11, 2008 — A reliable team that can help with obtaining health insurance Read the rest of this entry »

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii, the state that adopted the nation’s first “defense of marriage” constitutional amendment a decade ago, has now become the latest battleground in the fight for same-sex civil unions.
It would become the fifth state to legalize the alternative to gay marriage if the Democrat-dominated Legislature and Republican governor approve a civil union law. The measure was passed by the state House this month but it now faces the Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 4:08 p.m., EDT
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday removed its regulation that established restrictions on the capture, transport, sale and distribution of African rodents, prairie dogs and certain other animals within the United States.
The restrictions were lifted because the FDA believes they are no longer necessary to prevent the further introduction, transmission and spread of monkeypox, Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines —
Unidentified thieves stole critical medical equipment after sneaking into the intensive care unit of a government hospital in Batangas province, a radio report said Wednesday.
Radio dzXL reported that the thieves managed to get to the ICU of the Batangas Regional Hospital in Batangas City and took three medical cardiac monitors.
Initial police investigation showed the thieves gained entry to the hospital building through Read the rest of this entry »

Sorry for the length between posts. Earlier this week I mentioned
, working in Denver and commuting commuting from and to Colorado Springs. My new job is great, but
is more brutish than I imagined—an average of 2 hours each way. As a result, my plans to exercise this week were balled up and tossed into the trash. Between the stress of the commute and the job, I lost my appetite and promptly dropped 5 pounds in two days. Even I know that’s Read the rest of this entry »

SEATTLE — People love to point out Edith Macefield’s tiny house in the old fishing village of Ballard and recount how she refused an offer of $1 million from developers who wanted to buy it. They had planned to level her home to make way for a boutique supermarket and a health club.
The project, in faux industrial concrete and steel, is more evidence of change in a city whose growth and economic success over the past two decades have Read the rest of this entry »

Denver firefighter Jason Cole was standing with his captain, waiting to help a woman who had taken ill on a flight coming into Denver International Airport on Saturday night, when their radios crackled with a different call.
“Airplane has crashed on runway.”
The two men looked at each other for a split second with a look of “Did we just hear that?”
Then came word that the plane was a 737. The two men turned their medical call over to paramedics Read the rest of this entry »

Ladies, have fun while melting away pounds and inches and getting fit! Come to Rae’s Shape-Up: Winter Meltdown 2009, a Minority Health Partnership program designed to decrease the health disparities that exist in Calhoun County; Located at Burnham Brook Center 200 W. Michigan Ave. in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Nutrition education and strategies that you can incorporate instantly into your daily life!
Great low-fat and fat-free recipes that you can Read the rest of this entry »