Fourteen unconfirmed cases of E. coli O157: H7 contamination are being investigated by the Snohomish Health District.
Spokeswoman Suzanne Pate said the district’s nurses noted two cases last week and on Friday asked Snohomish County physicians to do further testing if any patients came in with bloody diarrhea for at least two days — a symptom of E. coli.
By noon Monday, medical professionals in the county had reported a total 14 cases, none Read the rest of this entry »
Women may cut their risk of premature death from cancer and heart disease in half by following a healthy lifestyle, a new study suggests.
Researchers at Harvard University looked at the combined benefits of eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking. Previous studies that established the benefits of a healthy lifestyle looked at only one of these measures.
In Wednesday’s online issue of the British Read the rest of this entry »
Years ago a diabetic Tri-Cities man in insulin shock was mistakenly sent to a mental hospital in Knoxville instead of being treated for his physical ailment.
Frontier Health Chief Executive Officer Doug Varney remembers that instance well.
Years later, a school-age boy lost consciousness after a seizure and didn’t awaken for about two hours, and his parents couldn’t immediately be located.
But because emergency physicians had access Read the rest of this entry »
APIPA, a unit of AmeriChoice, a UnitedHealth Group company, has served
the needs of medically underserved Arizonans since 1982, including
beneficiaries of the State’s AHCCCS program
and other government sponsored programs such as the Medicare Advantage
Special Needs Plans, developmentally disabled, premium share and
Medicaid in the Public Schools. APIPA currently serves nearly 200,000
AHCCCS members, Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Widely used epilepsy drugs must
carry a warning that the medicines increase the chances of
suicidal thoughts or actions, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Manufacturers also need to develop pamphlets to alert
patients to the risks of the medicines, which include Pfizer
Inc’s (PFE.N:
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) Lyrica and Neurontin, GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s
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) Topamax.
The Read the rest of this entry »
“No parent wants their child in the hospital
any longer than necessary,” said Paul Sharek,
MD, MPH, medical director for quality management and chief clinical
patient safety officer at Lucile Packard Children’s
Hospital at Stanford. Sharek is the primary author of a new study,
detailing the first large multicenter trial in children to show a
decrease in harm from pain medications. It shows how simple Read the rest of this entry »
FERNLEY–The Fernley Swimming Pool is offering a National Certification Course for Water Fitness Instructors.
The course will be held at Fernley Swimming Pool located at 300 Cottonwood Lane in Fernley, Nevada on Sunday, February 22, 2009, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Water Fitness Instructors are needed.
Water fitness is one of the fastest growing fitness activities throughout the country.
John R. Spannuth, President of the United States Water Fitness Read the rest of this entry »
IF you go down to the woods today,you’re in for a big surprise.If you fancy getting fit, your woodland areas are the perfect green gyms guaranteed to boost your health and get you active.
Forestry Commission Scotland is encouraging people to put their best foot forward and make use of woodlands and forests for exercising. It can often be just as effective as exercising in a gym – and it’s free.
More than 50 per cent of Scots live less than two Read the rest of this entry »
Founding director of UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. John Durant, cultivated growth wherever he served
When Dr. John R. Durant came to the University of Alabama at
Birmingham 40 years ago, the medical center’s
cancer-fighting arsenal consisted of a worn-out,
high-voltage machine kept in a basement and used for
delivering radiation therapy. And that was the only one in
the state, he said.
But Durant, a young oncologist from Temple University
Medical Read the rest of this entry »
Health Minister David Caplan yesterday defended nurse practitioner-led health clinics against criticism that they’re unproven.
“It’s a model that’s 40 years old and has a lot of support and a lot of evidence,” Caplan said in a visit to London to open a neighbourhood health centre run by the University of Western Ontario.
Caplan recently announced Ontario is going ahead with three new nurse practitioner-led clinics, including one in the Chatham-Kent Read the rest of this entry »