A FORMER New South Wales doctor has been charged in relation to alleged sexual assaults and genital mutilations of patients who were undergoing surgery.
Graeme Reeves, 58, who was banned from practising obstetrics by the Medical Board in 1997, has been charged with 17 offences against 10 women, Detective Superintendent John Kerlatec said.
Mr Reeves was arrested in the Sydney suburb of Baulkham Hills this morning after extensive investigations Read the rest of this entry »
The family of a woman killed by a man released from a mental hospital will receive a $1.75 million settlement from the state.
The Wenatchee World reports that 70-year-old Marcille Robbins was beaten to death with a bathroom scale and a coffee pot by Todd Marsh, who had been released from Eastern State Hospital just hours before the murder in June of 2000.
Mark Leemon, the Robbins family lawyer, says Marsh told hospital workers that he was going Read the rest of this entry »
The FDA is calling for comments on a new Web portal that would allow users to report adverse reactions, product complaints and other safety problems linked to regulated products. The MedWatch/Plus/Portal’s system will compile all collected data into a standardized report that will be evaluated by the agency, according to an FDA notice.
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Jockey John Velazquez, who was onboard Tap Dancing in yesterday’s Seventh Race at Keeneland was hospitalized after a collision with Whacka Whacka and jockey Jamie Theriot.
The accident occurred in the early stretch of the 6.5 furlong race which was the Maiden Special Weight race on Friday October 3, 2008.
The accident started when Theriot and Whacka Whacka clipped hooves with Rapid Mon. Unfortunately for Tap Dancing and Velazquez, the collision Read the rest of this entry »
Health & Diet Manager version 3.0
, which in addition to the
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) version,
. And best of all, both the Palm OS and Windows Mobile versions synchronize with the Desktop.
Health & Diet Manager is an indispensible assistant allowing to easily track food intake, calorie consumption, and exercise regimen. The software has been designed with ease of use and mobility in mind, and at the same time allows for a through tracking Read the rest of this entry »
H5N1 already has been a disaster for poultry farmers in Asia. Public health officials estimate that as many as half a billion fowl have been killed by the virus or culled to contain its spread, causing enormous economic strain and food shortages. But the bigger fear has always been that H5N1 would give rise to a human pandemic like the so-called Spanish flu of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide.
It was in Hong Kong in Read the rest of this entry »
Gridley, Calif. -
Eating right is vital according to the American Heart Association in the prevention of heart disease. The Dietary Department at Biggs-Gridley Memorial Hospital is cognizant of this 365 days a year, not just during February,which is Heart Month. Each day, the dietary department cooks many different types of meals, according to patient’s special diets, whether it be low fat, low sodium, diabetic, renal or low cholesterol. Dietary Read the rest of this entry »
Mike and Karen Small began the Fife Diet project a year ago with the support of 14 volunteers who promised to eat only local food for a year.
It has since become so popular that there are around 600 families around the world pursuing the diet – you don’t have to live in the Scottish county – in a bid to reduce food miles and greenhouse emissions.
The Small family has also decided to make the switch to local produce a permanent change after losing Read the rest of this entry »
INDIANA, Pa.—Airport officials say a small plane with three people aboard has crashed about a mile north of Jimmy Stewart Airport in western Pennsylvania.
A nursing supervisor at Indiana Regional Medical Center says one of those involved in the crash is in critical condition and two others are in guarded condition.
Airport manager Todd Heming says visibility was low at 6 p.m. Sunday when the single-engine Piper Cherokee missed its approach Read the rest of this entry »
San Diego, California – UC San Diego Medical Center is currently enrolling patients in a Phase 2 clinical trial of an investigational drug for the treatment of advanced heart failure. The “Calcium Up-Regulation by Percutaneous Administration of Gene Therapy in Cardiac Disease,” or CUPID, study is evaluating a new gene-based therapy designed to stimulate production of an enzyme that enables the heart to pump more effectively.
Initial Read the rest of this entry »