The Food and Drug Administration went into crisis mode this year as, short-staffed and underfunded, it scrambled to track tainted vegetables and medical products. Officials apparently came away as worried about the agency’s tainted image as they were about suspect jalapeños. A decision was made to hire outside public relations specialists — at a cost of $300,000 — to “create and foster a lasting positive image” for the Read the rest of this entry »
Folks in Green Acres, Wallace Towers, and Main Street can now avail themselves of medical treatment that will come to them in the form of a doctors office on wheels.
We call her Maggie, said family nurse practitioner Rosemarie Spaulding of the 40-foot mobile health van that brings medical attention to seven sites in Fitchburg, Leominster, Gardner and Winchendon every week.
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Erika Mangrum, co-chair of Raleigh’s Speaking of Women’s Health Conference (www.swhraleigh.com) and CEO of Aesthetic and Medical Practices, LLC (www.aestheticmedicalpro.com), has announced that Lori Lee, executive director of Me Fine Foundation, was recognized as the organization’s Friend for Life Honoree on Sept. 27 at the 2008 conference held at the Raleigh Convention Center.
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For women, switching over to the traditional Mediterranean diet, can almost double their fruit and vegetable intakes and dramatically increase their consumption of “good” fats, according to a new study.
During the study, 69 women were divided into two groups. In one group, registered dieticians used an “exchange list” of foods that are common in a Mediterranean diet to make a plan for each participant.
The new plan maintained Read the rest of this entry »
“Universal” government-run health care proved too ambitious even for FDR, who stripped it out of the Social Security Act of 1935. Lyndon Johnson settled for Medicare and Medicaid. Now liberals think the political moment has finally arrived to achieve what has eluded every other Democratic President from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton.
One signal is yesterday’s news that Barack Obama has selected Tom Daschle, the very liberal former Senate warhorse, Read the rest of this entry »
Officials at Renown Health confirmed Monday they will soon shut down the medical center’s fitness center in order to expand cancer treatment services.
The center, which contains cardiovascular and other fitness equipment, will be closed Dec. 31, said Don Butterfield, director of communications for Renown.
The space will be used for an expanded cancer infusion treatment facility made necessary by increasing demand for comprehensive cancer services, Read the rest of this entry »
Patricia Boiko became a family doctor because she liked the connection with patients — she enjoyed delivering babies and knowing people into their old age — but she wanted to quit.
The practice had become a dismal treadmill, with too many patients and not enough time, double-bookings and harried visits, and paperwork lugged home every night.
“It was an assembly line of people,” said Boiko, a doctor of 28 years. “You were just slammed. You had Read the rest of this entry »
| Saturday, November 29, 2008, 11:49 PM
Shrinking call volumes and growing payment delinquencies are driving some emergency medical services to scale back ambulance service in some East Texas counties.
Victor Wells, executive director of Champion EMS, said delinquent payments are a national problem. “Many people believe it’s a free service,” Wells said. “but it’s not, and at times we have to bear the costs.”
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It doesn’t take a Stanford MBA to figure out why Tenet Healthcare wants to close Los Gatos Community Hospital as quickly as possible. The Dallas-based corporation is losing about $1 million a month.
But Tenet must not be allowed to ignore its ethical responsibility to the Los Gatos community in order to protect its bottom line. If Tenet follows through on its surprise announcement to close the hospital April 10, six weeks earlier than planned, then Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, November 14, 2008
Dr. John Moore, director of Skaggs Community Health Centers Wound Care Clinic, shows off a new, free medical clinic in Branson that he and other doctors opened this week to treat uninsured residents.
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A group of doctors has opened the areas first medical clinic in which visits and medication are free for the uninsured.
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