SANA’A, Sep. 07 (Saba) – President Ali Abdullah Saleh gave Sunday his orders to build a school, medical center and a mosque in al-Dhafir village.
During his inspection visit to al-Dhafir village of Bani Matar district at Sana’a governorate, President Saleh get acquainted with the implantation progress of the 100 housing units being built at the village.
The achievement percentage of the housing units that is being built at the expense of Saudi Read the rest of this entry »
Thumbs up to the 30 Milford police officers who call themselves The Mustache Team, who have grown mustaches to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. November is the month of the international campaign called “Movember.” The Australian slang word for mustache — “mo” — inspires the name for the program whose challenge is to “change the face of men’s health.” Prostate cancer is a top men’s health issue in America and the second most common Read the rest of this entry »
ByDavid Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD,
Diet is one of the major risk factors for cancer in Western societies. But it’s not just about what we eat too much of. It’s also about the foods we should learn to add to our table every day.
In his $40M laboratory at the University of Montreal, Dr. Richard Beliveau used to test new drugs that may help treat cancer. One day, tugged by children with leukemia who stopped him in the corridor of the hospital to Read the rest of this entry »
LAS VEGAS, Oct 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Bryan Bledsoe, D.O., F.A.C.E.P., a Clinical Professor of Emergency
Medicine at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, has been named
one of “Twenty Heroes of Health and Fitness”
by Men’s Health magazine. The article
is the cover story in the magazine’s 20th
anniversary collector’s issue that recently
published. In addition to Dr. Bledsoe, the article Read the rest of this entry »
What’s in a name? Plenty, or so those involved with women’s health issues in the Texas Panhandle hope.
Planned Parenthood doesn’t enjoy much good will in the Panhandle. Why? For starters, it is linked too closely with abortion.
Planned Parenthood opponents contend that the Amarillo branch of the organization condones the practice. Local Planned Parenthood officials have stated repeatedly that they do not provide abortions locally.
Well, Planned 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 »
After years of planning, the new recreation center will finally open Thursday.
An indoor pool, a climbing wall and updated exercise equipment are among the new features. More than 60 fitness classes will be open to students, offering a wide variety of ways to get fit and be active.
With so many additions and such a wide range of exercise options, students should be excited to take advantage of the new recreation center.
The gym facilities in Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 8, 2008 10:24 AM
A Hamilton man suffering carbon monoxide poisoning has been
transferred to Auckland’s North Shore Hospital after spending
Sunday night at the naval decompression chamber.
Two other men died when the trio took a portable cooker into
their cabin while on a fishing trip.
The men were staying at a motor camp in Ruapuke just south of
Raglan and fell asleep after taking a charcoal BBQ into their small
cabin.
A friend noticed Read the rest of this entry »
What was the “treatment” that resulted in this success? Their move to Section 8 housing.
The children’s parents have been lost to the drug world, and their grandmother recently died of liver disease; they are in the care of their 65-year-old, disabled great-grandmother, Carolyn Beane. With few resources, the family moved twice in the past year, ultimately crowding into a friend’s house. They were discouraged by the long waiting list for housing. Read the rest of this entry »
(RTTNews) -
Thursday, Natus Medical Inc. (BABY:
) said that its third-quarter net income increased to $4.8 million or $0.17 per share from $3.2 million or $0.14 per share last year. However, the company’s earnings fell short of Wall Street’s expectations of $0.18 per share.
Quarterly revenues increased 45% to $41.7 million from $28.8 million in the comparable quarter of the previous year. FirstCall/Thomson Financial Read the rest of this entry »