Tue, 03 Feb ‘09
Patients and families caught in a
health crisis requiring distant travel can find assistance through
a new program called Airlift Hope Southeast, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization that offers charitable and charitably-assisted medical
air transportation options in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Airlift Hope Southeast functions as a regional arm of Mercy
Medical Airlift (MMA), Read the rest of this entry »

LOMA LINDA – Loma Linda University Medical Center will hold its annual Family Health Fair Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Loma Linda University Drayson Center, at 25040 Stewart St. in Loma Linda.
The fair is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be more than 55 booths including free limited flu shots for adults and children older than 3. Free health screenings offered will include dental, vision and glucose testing.
Attendees will also Read the rest of this entry »

– Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. –
On January 29, the U.S. Senate passed the reauthorization of the
, originally enacted in 1997 as an addition to Medicaid. It would have expired on March 31, potentially leaving over 7 million children without health insurance.
The bill passed 66 votes to 32, with several Republicans joining Democrats to Read the rest of this entry »

Earlier surveys showed that students who spend a lot of time on the computer, watching TV or playing video games were more likely to engage in other unhealthful habits such as eating fast food, Ehlinger said. Now it’s clear that these activities cut significantly into their grades as well. Four or more hours of screen time a day resulted in an average GPA of 3.04 or less. Less than an hour a day bumped it up to 3.3 or better.
The same pattern held Read the rest of this entry »

Vitamin E, Vitamin C and Selenium Do Not Prevent Cancer
By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author.  Please consult with your physician before making any lifestyle or medication changes, or if you have any other concerns regarding your health.
VITAMIN E, VITAMIN C & SELENIUM DO
These past 5 years have seen Read the rest of this entry »

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis in men over age 40. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III 1988-1994, an estimated 5.1 million Americans suffer from gout. It is a chronic condition characterized by attacks, or “flares,” marked by intense pain, redness, swelling, and heat in the affected joint. These symptoms are the result of an acute inflammatory response to the presence of crystallized uric acid in the Read the rest of this entry »

by Michelle Cole, The Oregonian
SALEM — When a conflict between two patients at the Oregon State Hospital escalated to a near riot on April 11, nurse Deb Dietzel found herself surrounded by a half-dozen male patients who were threatening to kill her. “I thought I was going to die,” said Dietzel, 51.
Fortunately, another nurse arrived, and the incident ended without harm. But Dietzel said: “It took a long time before I could talk about it without Read the rest of this entry »

After about eight months of construction, the
has completed a $12 million project that added 36 beds for the treatment of neurological disorders.
In a release Tuesday, the hospital said that more than a third of the beds are in an expanded neuroscience intensive-care unit.
The beds are in two units on the sixth floor, and the hospital plans to continue expanding to meet patient demand, Tammy Peterman, the hospital’s COO and chief nursing Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is failing to keep accurate data about foreign drug facilities it is supposed to oversee and often doesn’t follow up warning letters with inspections, according to a report by the investigative arm of Congress.
The report by the Government Accountability Office, to be released Wednesday, comes amid congressional pressure for tighter oversight of foreign drug plants that supply many of the pills Americans Read the rest of this entry »

Nine people are being treated in Valley hospitals Sunday following a three-vehicle accident at South Greenfield and East Willis roads in Gilbert.
The intersection remained closed just after 4:30 p.m., as did Greenway Road from Germann to Pecos roads.
The accident occurred at about 3:15 p.m. when two SUVs collided head on and a smaller, four-door car rear-ended one of them, Gilbert fire Capt. Dan Rush said.
One person was flown to Scottsdale Read the rest of this entry »