WASHINGTON (AP) — Three decades after removing lead from gasoline, the Environmental Protection Agency is slashing the amount of the toxic metal that will be allowed in the nation’s air by 90 percent.
EPA officials, who were under a federal court order to set a new health standard for lead by midnight Wednesday, said the new limit would better protect health, especially children’s health. Children can inhale lead particles released into the Read the rest of this entry »
Gay people are more likely to molest children and cheat on their partners than those in “natural” relationships.
Oh, and they are more likely to beat their partners, have mental disorders and die at a younger age than heterosexuals.
So says a paper authored by two of the federal government’s much-touted new men’s health ambassadors.
In a major embarrassment to Labor and Health Minister Nicola Roxon, two of the government’s health ambassadors, Read the rest of this entry »
Pharmacist Charged With Stealing, Dealing Drugs
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STNG) ―
A west suburban pharmacist turned himself in to police Monday after being charged with illegally possessing and delivering prescription drugs originally sold legally to the pharmacy where he worked.
Mark L. Burger, 41, of the 1400 block of Melbourne Street in Elburn, was indicted Friday by a Kane County grand jury on three counts of unlawful possession of a controlled Read the rest of this entry »
Greenwald Campaign: Would Tom Latham vote for John McCains radical health care plan?
Des Moines Tom Latham is not only trying to run from George Bush and John McCain these days, he now appears to be running from his own tired Washington rhetoric.
Yesterday, 4th Congressional District candidate Becky Greenwald asked Tom Latham how he could support John McCains health care plan, which would institute the first-ever tax on health benefits Read the rest of this entry »
The first reality series where everybody “loses,” The Biggest Loser offers
severely overweight participants the opportunity to undergo a radical physical
makeover without any kind of surgery. Alison Sweeney (Days of Our Lives) is
back to host the sixth season of the series, which challenges and encourages
overweight family members to shed pounds in a safe and recommended manner
through comprehensive diet and exercise as they compete for a grand Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found. Millions of private patients are taking such drugs, as well.
The availability of unapproved prescription drugs to the public may create a dangerous false sense of security. Dozens Read the rest of this entry »
She can eat pizza. And hamburgers. She can smell perfume, drink coffee from a cup, and purse her lips as if to blow a kiss.
Except that one lip is hers, and the other is from a dead woman. She is the nation’s first face transplant patient, and on Thursday night, she went home from a Cleveland hospital.
“I’m happy about myself,” she told her doctors.
“She accepted her new face,” said Dr. Maria Siemionow, Read the rest of this entry »
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Allan Soriano needed a new kidney. His wife, Josephine Soriano, was willing to donate one of hers if it would get him off dialysis. But their blood types were incompatible.
It appeared Soriano would have to wait on the eight-year-long regional list to receive a kidney from a deceased donor. Or the San Jose couple could move to Florida, where the waiting list was closer to two years. But that would mean leaving their home and jobs. Allan, 44, is Read the rest of this entry »
It made little difference, that day 10 years ago, that Mary Ann Young
was Utah Valley Regional Medical Center’s operations officer or that she
sat on the hospital’s executive board.
There had still been an accident. Her son was still dying. The on-call
surgeon still wasn’t answering the phone.
“I was frantic,” said the mother, recalling her feelings as she watched
her now-28-year-old son writhe in pain. “For whatever reason, our system
was failing.” Read the rest of this entry »