VOLUNTEERS working with the elderly have long enjoyed the side-benefit of seeing how much joy their children bring to old and infirm people.
It’s a shared joy, across generations. There could not be a more secure and peaceful situation.
Yet these scenes are now under threat due to insurance worries.
We’re talking here about such circumstances as a 95-year-old woman being denied the pleasure of holding and caring for an infant.
This isn’t an Read the rest of this entry »

Established in 2005, Bellevue, Wash.-based Healia is a patent-pending
health-optimized search engine and online health community that
guides people to trusted health information and personal support so
that they can make the best health decisions for themselves and their
loved ones. Healia is a division of Meredith Corporation
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The parents of the 13-year-old Southfield boy left in Nebraska under the state’s expansive and controversial safe haven law have temporarily lost custody of their three other children, an Oakland County probate referee ruled Thursday.
Referee Karla Mallett ruled that the three children would remain at the Southfield home with an unidentified relative. The father, who is in the area, cannot stay at the home. The mother, who has been in contact with Read the rest of this entry »

Nutrition bars became the latest food products to be recalled as a result of the ongoing salmonella outbreak that has now sickened more than 470 people. The Food and Drug Administration’s
names certain types of Clif and Luna Bars, made by Clif Bar & Co., and some varieties of ZonePerfect bars, made by Abbott Nutrition. Other products added in the past few days include some kinds of ice cream and peanut butter crackers. Peanut butter products made Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, September 15, 2008
Jennifer Lopez completed the Nautica Malibu Triathlon on Sunday in two hours, 23 minutes and 38.8 seconds, Usmagazine.com reported.
The singer, 39, pumped her arms in the air and smiled broadly as she crossed the finish line of the swimming-running-biking event.
“Thank you guys so much,” she told the crowd. “This is an amazing day.
“I feel really great and so glad I finished and that I made it out of the water but Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — Many doctors may lose their ability to prescribe 24 popular narcotics as part of a new effort to reduce the deaths and injuries that result from these medicines’ inappropriate use, federal drug officials announced Monday.
A new control program will result in further restrictions on the prescribing, dispensing and distribution of extended-release opioids like OxyContin, fentanyl patches, methadone tablets and some morphine Read the rest of this entry »

More than 150 women (and one man) attended a free “Women at Heart” series of seminars Thursday night to promote women’s heart health.
The event was sponsored by Woodland Healthcare and held at the Woodland Community Center.
One of the best-attended presentations was that of Dr. Kathy Glatter, a Harvard-educated cardiologist, who made it clear that cardiovascular disease is the No. killer of women over age 25, causing 500,000 deaths annually.
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) is making an impact in the NFL. Philadelphia Eagles kicker David Akers recently credited the system’s combination of intense workouts, muscle confusion, and nutrition guide for his improved performance.
New York, NY – October 6, 2008 – It’s no secret that a strong and healthy body comes from the right diet and fitness regimens. But how does someone find the right mix for extreme results? Philadelphia Eagles kicker Read the rest of this entry »

Dallas County collects $80 million to build new public hospital, Parkland Memorial
07:12 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Nearly $80 million in private pledges have been collected to help build Dallas County’s new public hospital, Parkland Memorial Hospital officials will announce today.
The donations will represent the largest private gifts for a public hospital capital campaign in the nation, the hospital Read the rest of this entry »

Rockville, MD (Jan. 9)
—The US Food and Drug Administration announced that it had filed a Consent Decree on Dec. 23, 2008 and was awaiting the court’s entry of a permanent injunction that bars Actavis (Hafnarfjordur, Iceland), its officers Sigurdur Oli Olafsson and Douglas Boothe, and its subsidiary Actavis Totowa (Totowa, NJ) from manufacturing and distributing drugs at the Actavis Totowa facilities.
in the United States. Actavis Read the rest of this entry »