The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world’s largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is a renowned medical solutions provider with core competence and innovative strength in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as well as in knowledge engineering, including information technology and system integration. With its laboratory diagnostics acquisitions, Siemens Healthcare is the first integrated healthcare company, bringing Read the rest of this entry »
Dr. Todd Mitchell was awakened by a phone call at 8 a.m. on the Tuesday after Christmas.
A woman and her twin 11-year-old grandsons had eaten soup made from deadly mushrooms they picked in the woods. Dr. Kent Olson of California Poison Control was asking for the phone number of the German company that makes a drug used to treat death cap mushroom cases in Europe.
The call gave Mitchell chills.
He knew mortality from death caps is higher for Read the rest of this entry »
Health and fitness calendar — Dec. 28
• Published December 28, 2008
7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Debbi’s Dance Etc., 6715 Martin Way E., Olympia. Teens welcome. Registration required. 360-456-6350 or
7 p.m. Tuedays, Studio One Dance and Acro Centre, 3660 Pacific Ave. S.E., Suite B, Olympia. 360-412-8225.
A.M. Booty Camp:
5:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 9 a.m. Saturdays, The Strong Center, 1820 Black Lake Blvd. S.W., Olympia. Read the rest of this entry »
Solis Women’s Health is a specialized
healthcare provider focused exclusively on the screening and diagnosis
of breast cancer. Headquartered in Austin, TX, Solis operates nine North
Central Texas facilities; the Solis-Bertrand Breast Center in
Greensboro, North Carolina; Solis-BenOra Imaging in Phoenix, Arizona;
ten Solis/MedTech Mammography Centers in Greater Phoenix and Tucson,
Arizona; Indianapolis Read the rest of this entry »
Additional drugs, vehicles and weapons have been seized this week by police who made arrests last week in a marijuana distribution case that stretched from Florida to California, Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford said Thursday.
Investigators confiscated $573,000 in cash and arrested three Jacksonville men in breaking up the distribution operation that has been in place for years and moved thousands of pounds of marijuana into the city, the sheriff Read the rest of this entry »
I was totally and 100 percent dumped by my boyfriend last month, and my heart is broken. I’m sure it will get better in time, but how should I act when I see him now?
Jessica, Atlanta
I’m sorry for your troubles, Jessica. But you are right: You will get better in time.
Meanwhile, it’s my sad duty to inform you that when you see your ex, neither teary-eyed pleading nor sloshing Diet Dr. Pepper in his face will do you much good Read the rest of this entry »
NYACK, N.Y., Nov 25, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) –
The prestigious 2008 Compass Award from Press Ganey Associates for outstanding improvement in Emergency Department patient satisfaction was awarded to Nyack Hospital on November 18, 2008. Press Ganey recognizes organizations that demonstrate a commitment to improving patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction is one measure of high quality healthcare, and the Compass Award distinguishes facilities Read the rest of this entry »
NORTH COUNTY: The Palomar Pomerado Health district is preparing to sell up to $110 million of voter-approved bond money for construction.
In 2004, voters approved Proposition BB, a $496 million bond measure for the expansion and renovation of the public health district's facilities. The district's board of directors approved issuing the next series this week.
To date, under Proposition BB, the district has issued an $80 million bond Read the rest of this entry »
The governing board of the University of Texas voted this afternoon to lay off 3,800 employees at Galveston’s University of Texas Medical Branch in the wake of devastating damage from Hurricane Ike.
But several regents reaffirmed their commitment to keeping the medical school on the island.
“We have a medical school that will continue to operate … and a foremost research enterprise,” regent Colleen McHugh said. “We’re going to keep UTMB on Galveston Read the rest of this entry »
idea, according to the Associated Press. Apparently the FDA and manufacturers had been privately discussing such a move since earlier this year. Once the parties reached an agreement, drug makers publicly announced the “voluntary” move.
While there is little evidence that children’s OTC cold medicines are effective, it is becoming apparent that the drugs often put kids in danger. Earlier this year, the FDA issued a warning advising that over-the-counter Read the rest of this entry »