SUNDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — A new scientific discovery could someday lead to medications to fight the flu as well as a vaccine that would not have to be changed every year because it could target a broad range of flu strains.
“We identified new human antibodies that inactivate influenza, not just bird flu, but any of the seasonal influenza viruses that affect us in the winter,” said researcher Dr. Wayne A. Marasco, an associate professor Read the rest of this entry »
OMAHA, Neb. –
Omaha police were investigating a Monday morning hit-and-run collision that sent two people to the hospital.
The collision happened just before 1:30 a.m. near Interstate 480 and Arbor Street.
Police said a black SUV made contact with a Mercury Sable, causing the Sables driver to lose control. The Sable hit a light pole, went over the Arbor Street bridge guardrail and ended upside down on an embankment. Meanwhile, the SUV left Read the rest of this entry »
RACUT – A Dracut man who uses a wheelchair is suing Massachusetts General Hospital for what he calls his “humiliating” treatment at the facility.
Dino Theodore tells The Sun of Lowell that he was trapped in his hospital bed for five days as he was undergoing cancer testing in April because the room was too small for his wheelchair. He did not have cancer.
The 48-year-old Theodore’s lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston asks the court Read the rest of this entry »
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Seattle Department of Transportation announced today (Jan. 23) its decision to change Fauntleroy Way Southwest to one travel lane in each direction, including a center turn-lane and bike lanes, often called a “road diet.”
Between California Avenue Southwest and Southwest Edmunds Street, Fauntleroy Way will be converted from two travel lanes in each direction to one lane in each direction, a center two-way left turn Read the rest of this entry »
Deciding on grad school? In addition to taking on six-figure loans, late nights and ramen dinners, would-be students now must add in another challenge: family health insurance.
Increasingly, universities are dropping family health insurance programs, saying soaring costs make them a money-losing option. That’s forcing more families onto government programs like Medi-Cal or Healthy Families while moms and dads earn their law degrees or doctorates. Read the rest of this entry »
In the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony, the 44th president began setting the stage for health reform.
Many health policy leaders praised his nomination of former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle, who is also leading the Obama administration’s newly created White House Office of Health Reform, is thought to have a solid grasp of health policy, having outlined his vision for Read the rest of this entry »
OXNARD, Calif.—Two men floating next to a capsized boat off the Ventura County coast have been taken to a hospital after rescuers found them unresponsive.
Oxnard fire spokeswoman Deborah Shane says rescue crews responded to the scene Tuesday and performed CPR on the men, but they did not immediately respond.
She says they were transported to a hospital but did not know if they survived.
Shane says a third middle-aged man from the 20-foot Read the rest of this entry »
Given that
the flu season is nearing rapidly,
health officials have reiterated
their strong advice to Americans to start getting vaccinated against influenza.
At the end
of September, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
expanded their recommendations concerning flu shots, stating that all children
between the ages of 6 months and 18 years should get vaccinated, which
translated as an increase by 30 million in the number Read the rest of this entry »
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon State Hospital’s “J” building, made famous in the 1975 Jack Nicholson film, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” was opened for a weekend tour to visitors. State employees guided about 200 people through vacant, decaying sections of the building and the sprawling tunnels under it, where some psychiatric patients had to live.
Many of those who got in Saturday considered themselves lucky to get a detailed, inside look Read the rest of this entry »
Digging into the causes of young male heart attack yields some interesting paradoxes. We all know that exercise is good, but we’ve also heard of teenagers dropping dead on the football field or the basketball court, often victims of sudden arrhythmia death syndrome (SADS).
Experts agree that many of these cases were due to an undiagnosed abnormality that became evident with vigorous exertion. Often it turns out to be genetic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Read the rest of this entry »