TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes’ childhood was much like that of any other youngster in rural south Florida. He played backyard football. Chased squirrels. Ran around with his friends.
This was different: Despite being a promising athlete, Holmes also spent a year selling drugs on a street corner in his small hometown.
He chose to make his surprising admission at the Super Bowl, knowing millions of impressionable Read the rest of this entry »
ALBANY — Gov.
’s appointment of Antonia C. Novello, a former surgeon general, as state health commissioner in 1999 was seen as something of a coup for New York.
who was the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as surgeon general, Dr. Novello was praised even by the Clinton administration for her “vigor and talent” and promised to bring new attention to pediatric health.
But the New York State inspector general’s Read the rest of this entry »
, currently pitching in the
, was interviewed nearly two weeks ago by federal agents to determine if free-agent SP
was committing perjury after he denied using performance-enhancing drugs, according to The Associated Press. Nitkowski never played with Clemens, but worked out alongside him and
, as well as Brian McNamee, at Clemens’ home in Houston. He said he willingly answered all of the FBI’s questions, but claimed he didn’t have much to offer Read the rest of this entry »
CHICAGO (AP) – It may not sound like ideal health care, but here’s a solution to crowded emergency rooms: Move patients to medical wards, even if their beds have to be in a hallway.
Some hospitals are trying it, and a study will be presented tomorrow at a meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Dr. Peter Viccellio (vih-CHEL’-ee-oh) is an emergency room doctor at Stony Brook University Medical Center on Long Island, New York. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) –
saw so much potential
in a new way of tweaking the brain's circuitry that he left a job
he'd had for 15 years to bet his future on a start-up.
The ability to move fast and take a risk on a hunch in his
six-year-old venture, Geneva-based Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd., is
paying off. The company has signed licensing deals with Johnson &
Johnson and
to make schizophrenia and Parkinson's
disease medicines, and Addex's Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) — Gender definitely makes a difference when it comes to stroke, new research shows.
Not only can stroke show itself in slightly different fashion in women than it typically does in men, but women also don’t get the gold standard of treatment for stroke as often as men do.
Those are two of several findings on women and stroke that were presented Thursday during a news conference at the International Stroke Conference Read the rest of this entry »
November 25, 2008 07:55 EST
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Five workers at Central Regional Hospital suspended for strapping a patient face-down on a bed say they lacked the manpower and training to deal with a difficult patient.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Tuesday the mental health workers were involved in an incident with a 24-year-old man last week who resisted having his blood drawn.
A nurse and four health care technicians are on paid Read the rest of this entry »
I’m a health care provider. I’ve been in the field in various capacities since 1981 and as a licensed professional since 1990.
When we talk about the “health care system” in America we have to be very clear about what we are talking about. There are two halves to this system- health care providers and health care finance. The main problems in the US health care system are in health care finance, since this is what determines access to health Read the rest of this entry »
NASHVILLE — Although the number of uninsured and the cost of coverage have ballooned under his watch, President Bush leaves office with a health care legacy in bricks and mortar: he has doubled federal financing for community health centers, enabling the creation or expansion of 1,297 clinics in medically underserved areas.
For those in poor urban neighborhoods and isolated rural areas, including Indian reservations, the clinics are often the Read the rest of this entry »
A farcical play in which the Democrats do everything right to win the White House, Senate, and House, and then run for cover from the big bad (minority status) Republicans as soon as they go on television and say the words: “family planning,” “contraception,” or “abortion.”
The Democrats cave as quickly as you can say Mirena, give away the store, and still don’t gain any Republican votes.
This is now the longest running performance in Washington Read the rest of this entry »