With the recession in full swing, more and more Americans seem to be putting their health-care needs on the back burner as they struggle to handle monthly bills and day-to-day expenses.
About one in three Americans say their family has had problems paying medical bills in the past year, according to a recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group focused on health care. More alarming, almost half of those surveyed said Read the rest of this entry »

Universal health care was the dominant theme during a public forum held this morning to gather recommendations for improving health care in the United States.
, U of L Health Care,
and Save the Children.
Attendees of the forum, held at the Brown & Williamson Club at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, offered suggestions and grievances regarding the quality, access and affordability of health care in the United States.
Comments made at the Read the rest of this entry »

MADISON, Wis. – A national magazine has named Madison the
No. 1 place in American for men, while a second magazine names the
city No. 8 in the U.S. for women.
Men’s Health magazine ranked cities based on 38 factors,
including cancer rates, air quality and the number of gym
memberships. It ranked
’s capital No. 1 overall, and No. 7
for best quality of life for men.
Women’s Health magazine says Madison is No. 8 in America for
women, and ninth Read the rest of this entry »

LAKELAND, Fla. – A Polk County sheriff’s deputy who just wrapped up her training is being called a hero after she subdued a man who was wielding a machete inside a local hospital.
Deputy Kimberly Tuck, 22, was sworn in last October.
Tuck was off duty and visiting a friend at Lakeland Regional Medical Center Friday night, when a hospital security guard came running for help.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said 46-year-old James Donald Craft Read the rest of this entry »

Cresco, Iowa -
A group of Cresco residents have formed a committee to explore the possibility of opening an outdoor water park in Cresco.
The proposed water park would be located on the west side of the Cresco Fitness Center. It could include amenities such as water slides, water guns, dump buckets, pooling water, a lazy river and a sunbathing area.
“The committee is very aware of the great features our indoor pool already provides and Read the rest of this entry »

INSIDE WASHINGTON: Who's minding your food?
WASHINGTON (AP) — So, a guy walks into a restaurant. Who makes sure his food is safe?
It depends on what he eats.
A cheese pizza that arrived at the restaurant frozen? The Food and Drug Administration is in charge of inspecting it.
A frozen pepperoni pizza? That’s the Agriculture Department.
A fresh pizza, made at the restaurant? Both departments would be responsible for the original Read the rest of this entry »

BOSTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Giving steroids to children who
are wheezing because of viral or other infections does not
help, researchers reported on Wednesday.
And an experimental treatment designed to prevent wheezing
may be effective, but it seems to pose too many risks to be
recommended, according to studies published in the New England
Journal of Medicine.
About one-third of preschool children develop wheezing,
which can worry parents. At least Read the rest of this entry »

12:00 AM CST on Saturday, January 17, 2009
stevethompson@dallasnews.com / The Dallas Morning News
Tanya Eiserer contributed to this report.
The parents of a 6-month-old Dallas boy are accused of abusing him so cruelly that he has severe brain damage, dozens of bone fractures and scars too numerous to count.
Now a court must decide whether he should be taken off life support.
David Cesar Coronado Sr., 23, and Ruthy Marie Chabolla, 22, took Read the rest of this entry »

NIAGARA FALLS — As if Stephanie C. Turk and her family didn’t have enough to worry about after a shooting last weekend that caused her critical injuries, someone broke into her home while she has been hospitalized, city police said Tuesday.
Turk, 27, was stabbed in the stomach and shot by Adam J. Hamilton, 34, the father of her two sons, early Saturday, police said.
Hamilton also has been charged with shooting two officers who responded Read the rest of this entry »

Ontario’s doctors have just ratified a new contract which the health minister says includes initiatives to help the 500,000 without doctors to find one.
Jana Chytilova, The Ottawa Citizen
Health Minister David Caplan said the agreement reflects the shared vision of the government and the province’s doctors to improving the delivery of health care.
“We expect significant progress to be made in the next few years in family health care becoming Read the rest of this entry »