DALTON — The Hulse family staggered into North Georgia in January with $630 and hope for better times. Gary Hulse had lost his plumbing job in Arkansas, and the family had lost their home there.
After arriving in Georgia, Melissa Hulse applied for Medicaid health insurance coverage for her four children. Three were accepted. But Avery, who has juvenile diabetes, wasn’t approved — the result of bureaucratic misinformation, says Read the rest of this entry »
Or consider treatment for early breast cancer: Is saving the breast worth all the extra doctor visits for radiation or would you prefer the whole breast removed in one trip?
There’s no single right answer for everyone yet patients often are ill-equipped to weigh increasingly complex medical options. Now there’s a small but growing movement to get unbiased reports of the pros and cons of different tests and treatments into patients’ hands before Read the rest of this entry »
It’s billed as a hospital without beds.
The newly christened Westerville Medical Campus, however, isn’t missing much else. OhioHealth’s
largest outpatient center is a three-story, 173,000-square-foot collection of three buildings that
will cater to patients and the Westerville community in unusual and sometimes surprising ways.
The Columbus health-care company is unveiling the $36 million campus this week even though some
of its offices won’t Read the rest of this entry »
FRESNO, Calif.—Fresno County leaders are set to meet next month to consider closing the region’s only 24-hour psychiatric-treatment center.
County health officials say the closure would save the county $2.5 million as its mental health department faces a budget shortfall.
With no similar urgent care centers in neighboring counties, family members of the mentally ill say the closure would leave them with few options. They say the burden would Read the rest of this entry »
Among the thousands of canoes on the Umsinduzi River on Thursday as the Dusi Marathon gets under way will be a bright pink one – a token of awareness of breast cancer.
The winner of the Men’s Health Look 2008, fifth-year Wits medical student Brendan Currin, of KwaZulu-Natal, and his paddling partner, Alice Rawlinson, will wear pink kit to match.
Working at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, Currin’s passion to save lives led him to Read the rest of this entry »
FORT WORTH — A Keller miniature train operator who was found incompetent to stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted several young children at his backyard facility is under house arrest, and it could be weeks before he is taken to a state hospital, county officials said Thursday.
A shortage of state hospital beds and an influx of patients being committed from all over the state have contributed to the wait, which could sometimes Read the rest of this entry »
LAS VEGAS, NV –
Lisa Tenner, President of Tenner &
Associates, Inc., today announced the transition of the “Queens of Heart”
Tournament to Harrah’s World Series of Poker.
Co-founded in 2005, “Queens of Heart” was created to raise awareness around
key women’s charities through poker — specifically, the World Series of
Poker (WSOP) — a vehicle with a promotional “good health for everyone”
message.
After producing “Queens of Heart” in cooperation Read the rest of this entry »
In an effort to bring families closer and encourage healthy habits, city schools and the Department of Recreation and Parks are collaborating for the second year on the “Not Your Average Walk in the Park” family fitness program.
“It came about because Staunton City Schools and Staunton Recreation and Parks wanted to collaborate in order to tackle the obesity problem,” said Claire Anderson, recreation program specialist with the city.
In January, Read the rest of this entry »
January 14, 2009 1:57 PM PST
That`s OK , because Jon Rubinstein is “The New Steve Jobs” 
Sound familiar ? A brilliant guy saving a company from extinction (Apple 1987) (Palm 2009) Watch and be amazed.
January 14, 2009 2:00 PM PST
Crap. I’m not his biggest fan but I do appreciate what he’s done for the industry. Best of luck to him.
January 14, 2009 2:00 PM PST
AAPL shares will almost certainly Read the rest of this entry »
A 20-year-old Frederick man who stole cash and property from dozens of victims to buy drugs pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Frederick County Circuit Court to two counts of first-degree burglary.
When Gary Allen Robinson is sentenced Feb. 3, Assistant State’s Attorney Jason S. Shoemaker will recommend that Judge Theresa M. Adams impose a 25-year sentence with some time suspended.
Defense attorney Chad W. Weddle will argue for a lighter sentence.
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