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is a 498-bed, not-for-profit, acute care hospital located in Newport
Beach, Calif. Fully accredited by The Joint Commission and designated as
a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC),
Hoag offers a comprehensive mix of health care services, including
Centers of Excellence in cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences,
orthopedics and women’s health. Recent
studies Read the rest of this entry »
Gaza / PNN – The Popular Committee against the Siege is accelerating work to finalize a memorial for victims of the two-year Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. Tomorrow is the unveiling in conjunction with the year anniversary of the committee.
As part of a week’s worth of events to commemorate the founding of the Popular Committee, the memorial will be unveiled in western Gaza City’s Square of the Unknown Soldier.
Committee Read the rest of this entry »
The Food and Drug Administration has been busy this week, and I think what it is saying warrants a wake-up call—especially for women. Yesterday, the agency said it issued a
noting that its Diet Coke Plus soft drink had nutritional claims that shouldn’t be placed on an utterly nonnutritious soft drink. Those added vitamins and minerals don’t make the beverage any more healthful than, say, Diet Pepsi, the FDA says.
like Coke Zero, whereas Read the rest of this entry »
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — President-elect Barack Obama will
reverse U.S. family-planning and AIDS-prevention strategies that
have long linked global funding to anti-abortion and abstinence
education, a public-health adviser said.
Public-health policies of President George W. Bush's $45-
billion PEPFAR program have brought AIDS drugs to almost 3
million people in poor countries such as Rwanda and Uganda, more
than under any other president. Still, Read the rest of this entry »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling several thousand mislabeled ReliOn single use, disposable, hypodermic, insulin syringes. The ReliOn insulin syringes involved in the recall are labeled ReliOn 1cc, 31-gauge, 100 units for use with U-100 insulin, and are from Lot Number 813900. Approximately 471,000 syringes are subject to this recall.
The recalled syringes were sold at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores from August 1, 2008 Read the rest of this entry »
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New York, NY (Sports Network) – New York Yankees star closer Mariano Rivera underwent surgery on his sore right shoulder Tuesday and is expected to resume throwing in three months, a month before spring training is set to begin.
Dr. David Altchek performed the operation at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
The 38-year-old pitched through discomfort throughout the 2008 campaign but was still dominant, converting 39-of-40 Read the rest of this entry »
Not many people are buying cars built 60 years ago. No one is watching TV on a set manufactured in the 1940s. Patients are not lining up to see a doctor who hasn’t cracked a book since before the polio vaccine was discovered. Why, then, do millions of Americans get their health care through an employer-based system from the 1940s?
Employers didn’t start offering health benefits roughly 60 years ago because they were experts in medical decisions. Read the rest of this entry »
Young woman slain, companion hurt in West Side shooting
party on 14th St.
A West Seneca family spent Christmas mourning the death of a young woman who was fatally shot early Thursday as she left a holiday party on Buffalo’s West Side.
Police identified the victim as Sarah Ernst, 18, of Seneca Street, West Seneca.
An acquaintance — Breion Collins, 19, of Esperar Street in Buffalo— also was shot and was listed in serious Read the rest of this entry »
Orlando M.E. links child’s remains to missing toddler Caylee
Utility workers found child’s remains on Thursday near Caylee Anthony’s home. Orange County Medical Examiner links evidence to Caylee’s home.
December 12, 2008, West Palm Beach, FL (JusticeNewsFlash.com)–Criminal legal experts for JusticeNewsFlahsh.com (JNF), located in West Palm Beach, Florida alert consumers the Orlando Sheriff’s Department are investigating the remains Read the rest of this entry »