As The Globe and Mail moves towards selecting our Nation Builder of 2008 at the end of December, we will be highlighting nominations from our readers on who they believe deserves special recognition for making a major contribution to Canadian society this year. Today, you have suggested Dr. Samantha Nutt, founder and executive director of War Child Canada.
Albert einsteen from Toronto, Canada writes:
I nominate Dr. Samantha Nutt, founder and executive Read the rest of this entry »

The mother, who has not been identified, gave birth to six girls and two boys weighing between 1.8 pounds and 3.4 pounds, doctors at Kaiser Permanante hospital told KCAL9.
“It’s a surprise,” Dr. Karen Maples said. “Eight newborns are in stable condition and they’re doing quite well.”
Doctors estimated the delivery of the babies lasted only a few minutes — from 10:43 a.m. to 10:48 a.m.
“They were all screaming and kicking around very vigorously,” Read the rest of this entry »

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Medpedia wants to become the Wikipedia of health and medicine, with entries written and edited only by expert, pre-screened professionals.
is to create pages for more than 30,000 medical conditions, more than 10,000 medications, thousands of medical procedure, and millions of medical facilities.
Contributors will come frommedical schools — Harvard, Stanford and the University of Michigan are apparently all on board –schools of public health, Read the rest of this entry »

Garfield County eyes $1.8 million from severance tax revenue
Monday, November 17, 2008
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Garfield County will seek as much as $1.8 million in state energy impact funds to help pay for sheriff, human service and medical facilities that could end up costing more than $8 million to build.
But county officials say their chances of getting the grants may be made more difficult by a new $20 million statewide cap per grant Read the rest of this entry »

LONDON (Thomson Financial) – Advanced Medical Solutions Group Plc. said its
silver anti-microbial wound gel has received U.S. Food & Drug Administration
(FDA) approval, allowing the product to be marketed in the United States.
The gel, which contains silver, has gained approval for the management of
wounds including pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, diabetic ulcers, graft and donor
sites, post-operative surgical wounds, trauma wounds, first and Read the rest of this entry »

The fact that the U.S. ranks highest in infant mortality among industrialized nations is not coincidentally related to our solitary failure to guarantee comprehensive health care for everyone – rich or poor, citizen or visitor.
correctly criticizes the fragmented series of uncoordinated federal, state and local public health programs that address the health of women and infants.
But rather than seek new buoyancy for these sinking ships, why not Read the rest of this entry »

Ranked as one of the nation’s top pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World
Report, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford is a 272-bed hospital
devoted to the care of children and expectant mothers. Providing pediatric and
obstetric medical and surgical services and associated with the Stanford
University School of Medicine, Packard Children’s offers patients locally,
regionally and nationally the full range of health care programs and Read the rest of this entry »

With each new year, there is a new resolution — or an old resolution.
Who hasn’t had a fitness resolution? Whether it be getting off the couch, into the skinny jeans or completing an Ironman Triathlon. After a month of fudge and sugar fixes, the desire for fitness propels us with promise into a new year.
Even for the everyday fit types, the resolutions of others are easy to see. Your spot in the yoga class is gone. Your gym locker has been adopted Read the rest of this entry »

Even the growing availability of flexible work and leave options doesn’t always help such families. Such benefits often “are used on a short-term basis, such as when a mother gives birth or for short-term, easily resolved issues,” says Rosenzweig, an associate professor of social work at Portland State University in Oregon. “They are not designed for parents with children with disabilities” who often need unpredictable, crisis-driven care.
As a Read the rest of this entry »

University Hospital in Salt Lake City was recently designated “baby friendly” by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund for its efforts to promote breast-feeding.
The U. is the first hospital in Utah and the 73rd in the nation with the designation, which is more than four years in the making.
To earn the distinction, the hospital had to complete 10 steps, including writing a breast-feeding policy, training all staff Read the rest of this entry »