• Published October 27, 2008
We all live within a watershed. In fact, wherever you are standing (or sitting) right now is within a watershed. Thurston County has eight watersheds, at Totten Inlet, Eld Inlet, Budd/Deschutes, Henderson Inlet, Nisqually, Skookumchuck River, Chehalis River and the Black River.
Watersheds indicate a drainage pattern, or where water flows. For instance, if you live in Henderson Watershed, the rain that runs off Read the rest of this entry »
“I haven’t talked to the hospital; I haven’t talked to the caseworkers,” he said.
Kaiser officials declined to comment on Suleman’s case.
“Any conversations that the mother may or may not have had on this topic are private and we could not discuss them,” Jim Anderson, director of media relations for Kaiser Permanente Southern California, said in a statement to The Times.
“In general, mothers with multiple births who have babies in the neonatal Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON | Much talk this election season, from both candidates, has centered on change — and when it comes to health care, each is likely to attempt to bring just that.
If implemented, plans from both Barack Obama and John McCain might hasten the end of Americans getting health insurance through their employers.
That’s how most working Americans have gotten health insurance for more than 60 years. The practice dates back to World Read the rest of this entry »
Hey parents, if you EVER doubted that it’s your fault that your kid is fat, now there’s even more proof that it is.
for inflicting their poor, lazy, disgusting, obesity-inducing eating habits on their children. Well, now I am happy to say that I have even more proof that parents are pretty much solely to blame (except in the small instances of genetic issues or illness) for their kids packing on the pounds.
According to a recent study, it’s not Read the rest of this entry »
The following summarizes recent women’s health-related blog entries.
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Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
: Social issues, such as abortion and sex education, are “certain to come up” during Thursday’s vice presidential debate between Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) and Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska), Swenson writes in a blog entry. He adds that it “would be refreshing if social conservatives would stop focusing on imposing one narrow religious interpretation Read the rest of this entry »
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pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management’s current
expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-
looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are contained in the
Corporation’s Read the rest of this entry »
Ore. marijuana center closes over squabble
02:06 PM PDT on Sunday, September 7, 2008
EUGENE, Ore. – The medical marijuana group Compassion Center is trying to regroup after an internal power struggle that peaked when one board member removed patients’ medical files, sued to dissolve the organization and tried to start her own rival group.
The center, founded in 2001, closed in July, leaving about 2,000 area marijuana Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers inched closer Thursday to giving President Barack Obama an early health care victory as they considered extending government-sponsored health insurance coverage to about 4 million uninsured children.
The Senate was expected to pass the legislation late Thursday after Democrats spent much of the day fending off Republican amendments. The House plans to take up the same measure next week.
The bill calls Read the rest of this entry »
BRUSSELS (AFP) — NATO’s top commander in Europe called for a decisive assault by international forces on drug trafficking in Afghanistan, a major source of funds for the Taliban.
“The current counter-narcotics effort is not effective. NATO must step up to this task,” US General John Craddock, NATO’s supreme allied commander in Europe, told a seminar in Brussels on the situation in Afghanistan.
“I’m not talking about crop eradication but Read the rest of this entry »
: Real estate attorneys and environmental testing companies say they know of 20 Southwest Florida builders that used Chinese drywall. Now homeowners are worried the defective drywall could be hazardous to their health.
The Chinese drywall was made in China and has sulfur in it. It makes houses smell like rotten eggs and the gas it can emit corrodes metal.
Just as little Sofia Consolo came into the world, her mom Alana began questioning if the Read the rest of this entry »