Take five guys who need to get into shape, all weighing exactly the same. Send them to the doctor and a trainer to gather together their health data before they start a fitness plan—BMI, strength testing, stress hormone levels, bad cholesterol, good cholesterol, etc. Same weight, five very different fitness plans. This is why it is so important to know your own numbers when it comes to becoming financially fit. What are your interest rates on any Read the rest of this entry »
The 1.8 trillion fiscal 2008 extra budget aimed at easing the impact of rising oil prices cleared the Diet on Thursday with backing by the opposition-dominated Upper House.
However, the supplementary budget is not designed to deal with the global financial turmoil that boiled over in the United States, and thus the government is expected to take further economic measures in the coming months.
Later the same day, Prime Minister Taro Aso ordered Read the rest of this entry »
The medical residents at Physicians Medical Center Carraway
- who had virtually no notice they would lose their jobs
before the hospital filed for bankruptcy Oct. 20 – have
found new training facilities, according to hospital
officials.
But the process was far from painless, and at least a
third of the 59 doctors in training left Alabama to continue
their residencies.
The residents had to find hospitals with accredited
medical-education programs Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats appear likely to jettison family planning funds for the low-income from an $825 billion economic stimulus bill, officials said late Monday, following an appeal from President Barack Obama at a time the administration is courting Republican critics of the legislation.
Several officials said a final decision was likely on Tuesday, coinciding with Obama’s scheduled visit to the Capitol for separate meetings Read the rest of this entry »
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent for CNN, has been offered the post of Surgeon General by President-elect Barack Obama, according to sources.
Gupta, 39, has reportedly accepted the job, according to the Washington
Post,
and is already working out the details of moving his family from Atlanta to Washington.
The telegenic Gupta seems at first an unorthodox choice for Surgeon General, a position usually occupied Read the rest of this entry »
An Ohio family whose members have served their friends and neighbors with food cooperative services involving bulk and discount supplies has been targeted in a raid by armed law enforcement officers wearing black fatigues who forcibly rounded up the mom and 10 children and held them for six hours.
The raid prompted a complaint filed today on behalf of the family by the Center for Constitutional Law at the Buckeye Institute. It alleges authorities Read the rest of this entry »
Six weeks ago, renowned vegetarian author and Soquel resident John Robbins was painfully reminded of what he’s always known to be true.
Robbins, the Soquel resident who walked away from the Baskin-Robbins fortune to seek a simple life grounded in sustainable food practices, lost his entire life savings in the $50 billion Ponzi scheme allegedly headed by Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff.
“I know at this moment more than ever that our real wealth Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Health officials in China are investigating four anesthesia-related fatalities, including the death of a 3-year-old boy, at a hospital in the eastern province of Fujian.
All four patients underwent operations for various conditions at the No. 2 Hospital of Sanming City between Sept. 3 and Oct. 11, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.
In addition to the 3-year-old boy, the victims included a 26-year-old man, a 29-year-old Read the rest of this entry »
In accordance with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Amendments Act of 2007, the federal agency has just launched a new web page devoted entirely to drug safety data that both the public and the medical community can access. The object of the page is to help people, from professional to patient, make better informed decisions regarding medications at every step of the supply chain.
The web page, www.fda.gov/cder/drugSafety.htm, features links Read the rest of this entry »
PORTLAND, Maine—
A 27-year-old security guard at Mercy Hospital was fatally shot early Sunday while outdoors on his break, police said.
After hearing gunshots, hospital employees found James Angelo wounded in a fenced-in hospital parking lot. He was treated in Mercy’s emergency room before being transferred to Maine Medical Center, where he died, police said.
Witnesses told police that two people walking along Winter Street “had some kind Read the rest of this entry »