The metro Detroit woman who drove 12 hours and about 725 miles to give her teenage son to the state of Nebraska under its safe haven law did so because she was stressed out and was trying to teach him a lesson, according to the youth’s affidavit to authorities in Douglas County.
The 13-year-old told officers his mother said as she left him, “Just do what you have to do, and I’ll check back with you soon.” He had luggage, extra clothes and $10, according Read the rest of this entry »
Willamette Falls Hospital in Oregon City, one of the
region’s last independent hospitals, has signed a
letter of intent to merge into Providence Health &
Services.
“This is very exciting,” said Russ Reinhard, chief
executive of Willamette Falls. “This is going to allow
us to grow with the community, bringing new services and
more doctors to the community.”
Financial terms will be hammered out during the next 90 days
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If all goes as planned, Read the rest of this entry »
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– Oridion Systems Ltd. (SIX Swiss Exchange: ORIDN). Oridion Systems Ltd. has
received an FDA 510(k) clearance for its Capnostream(TM)20 Monitor with
Integrated Pulmonary Index(TM).
The Integrated Pulmonary Index(TM), the latest Oridion Smart
Capnography(TM) initiative, utilizes sophisticated algorithms to integrate
the real time measures and interactions of four complex parameters – end
tidal Read the rest of this entry »
A new study found that a diet of “low-glycemic foods” — such as beans, nuts, peas, lentils and pasta — was superior to a high-cereal-fiber diet — think pumpernickel, rye pita, quinoa, large flake oatmeal and oat bran — when it comes to lowering blood sugar and other risk factors for heart disease in people with diabetes.
“These findings fit with the general tenor of what’s gone before. The trouble is that those studies tended to be considerably Read the rest of this entry »
Now that election excitement has died down, the attention of the politically obsessed has turned to speculation about who might be tapped to fill key leadership positions in President-Elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet. For the sexual and reproductive health community, the past eight years has made it clear that we have to worry about much than just who fills the secretary position at the Health and Human Services.
First, it’s important to remember exactly Read the rest of this entry »
The owners of a Lubbock fitness club and health spa agreed to an injunction and asset freeze sought by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott earlier this year.
Last August, the state charged Extreme Fitness and Wellness Inc., and its owners, Shon and Desiree Perez, with defrauding its customers. According to the Attorney General's enforcement action, the defendants accepted pre-paid membership dues from about 800 Lubbock-area residents, but never Read the rest of this entry »
What is Alli?
Alli is a weight loss program that basis itself around a weight loss pill. That in itself is nothing new. What is new is that it is the first FDA approved weight loss pill for over-the-counter use. I am not going to input to much of my thoughts on the FDA, I will just say that looks like that they want their cut in this over-the-counter market too. The active ingredient in Alli is Orlistat. How it works is simple.
How does it work? Read the rest of this entry »
Health Highlights: Oct. 4, 2008
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of
More than 170 Georgetown University students in Washington D.C. have become ill from a norovirus that caused nausea, diarrhea, and dehydration during the past week, the
reports.
So concerned with the viral infection were school and health officials that Georgetown’s football game Saturday against Colgate University in Read the rest of this entry »
Winston-Salem, NC– Students from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine will open a free evening medical clinic.
The clinic will operate out of the Community Care Center on New Walkertown Road in Winston-Salem. It starts Wednesday, September 17th and will run from 6:00pm-9:00pm on Wednesdays.
The clinic also known as the DEAC Clinic (Delivering Equal Access to Care) will be free for any patients who are not eligible for Medicare, Medicaid Read the rest of this entry »
With results expected to influence future public health decisions, area hospitals are taking part in a statewide effort this week to discern the prevalence of the headline-grabbing, drug-resistant bacterium known as MRSA.
“I think it’s going to lead to more insight into what else we could do to reduce the rate of transmission of any hospital infection,” said Infection Control Practioner Donna O’Connor of Marlborough Hospital, which will conduct Read the rest of this entry »