The Coalition to Protect Women's Health & Safety commends the Madison Surgery Center Board for unanimously voting to provide second trimester abortions.
Following a public hearing and an 11 to 3 vote held by the UW Hospital and Clinic Authority Board on Wednesday, the final vote to provide services was taken by a six member board of the Madison Surgery Center today. Both the Meriter Hospital and the UW Medical Foundation boards had already voted Read the rest of this entry »
MINNEAPOLIS, MN –
The way you choose to live your life can
have a dramatic impact on the health of your heart. That’s why Health Fair
11, a partnership of KARE TV, UCare, and Cub Pharmacy, is launching the
Know Your Numbers: Healthy Heart campaign for people 18 and older during
American Heart Month.
As part of the campaign, free Healthy Heart screenings will be offered at
63 Cub Pharmacy locations across Minnesota on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009.
Screening Read the rest of this entry »
The company, which has several business units in the pharmaceutical and health care industries, is encouraging employees to participate in a “Walk Around America” program, which gives them a goal of taking 770,000 steps in 90 days. The company also has a two-year fitness challenge with cash rewards up to $3,000.
“We truly want healthy employees,” said Rhonda Lockhart, director of human resources for JM Smith.
JM Smith has more than 1,100 employees, Read the rest of this entry »
The New York attorney general began sending subpoenas and document requests this month to colleges including Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown and several
campuses as part of an investigation of relationships between the colleges and health insurance companies that cover students.
The investigation by the attorney general,
, appears to be focused on the adequacy of disclosure of policy terms and costs to students. Investigators also appear to be Read the rest of this entry »
Relatives are working with consular officials in Venezuela to bring home the four children of a British couple detained for alleged drugs offences.
Paul Makin, 31, and his wife Laura were held on 16 February on Margarita Island for allegedly carrying cocaine.
The four children were placed into the care of Venezuelan social services.
British Embassy officials travelled to the island to ensure the children’s welfare and provide consular services Read the rest of this entry »
I always say I believe in miracles and this is one as far as I am concerned. Six year old Cole Puffinburger was
from his family’s home in Las Vegas allegedly by two men posing as police officers but they were actually drug dealers. They tied up Cole’s mother and her fiancé and ransacked the home looking for money. When they couldn’t find any they took Cole by gunpoint and left.
and well in a neighborhood northeast of Las Vegas. Las Vegas Read the rest of this entry »
to reappoint an official to coordinate health programs for workers at ground zero — a job that has been vacant since the official was removed by the Bush administration last July.
The two representatives,
and Jerrold L. Nadler, both Democrats from Manhattan, say the Obama administration should put Dr. John Howard back in charge of coordinating federal health monitoring and treatment programs for those who worked at the World Trade Center Read the rest of this entry »
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Miami, FL (CNS) – Jessica Simpson raised eyebrows and made headlines for a questionable outfit and a possible weight gain was noticed at an appearance at the Kiss Country Chili Cook-Off in Pembroke Pines, FL. But instead of Simpson using the SpeedFit Company’s program for weight control, according to reports, she and manager/father Joe Simpson used them…to the tune of $1 million dollars.
Back in 2004, the SpeedFit Read the rest of this entry »
Weight-conscious readers, slogging their way through holiday feasts and dreading the perennial New Year’s diet resolution, may find welcome relief in the new book “Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight,” by Linda Bacon, a UC Davis nutritionist and independent nutrition consultant.
“‘Health at Every Size’ is not a weight-loss book, a diet book or an exercise program,” said Bacon. “It Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The smarter the man, the higher the quality of his sperm, new research published in the journal Intelligence shows.
But women having difficulty conceiving shouldn’t question their partner’s intelligence and men who aren’t quite geniuses should not worry about their ability to father children, lead researcher Rosalind Arden of Kings College London told Reuters Health. “This is scientifically interesting, but unimportant Read the rest of this entry »