Fitness buffs must be hard to buy gifts for. Shopping for
some of them, I imagine, is like working out too much –
there comes a point beyond which the effort is futile.
Consider that plateau shattered. In recent weeks, I’ve
been trying out all kinds of fitness gear, with the goal of
helping those looking to stuff athletic stockings.
Not every product here is new. Some have been around for
months. But I can vouch that each is something any fitness
enthusiast Read the rest of this entry »

Bryant Steele, Rome News-Tribune Business Editor
The new Shorter University College of Nursing will be located in the Riverbend Medical Center, the new medical building developed by R.H. Ledbetter Properties Inc.
Ledbetter Properties and Shorter College don’t have a signed contract yet, but it is in the process and will be done, Dawn Tolbert, director of institutional relations at Shorter, said Tuesday.
“That will be the home of Read the rest of this entry »

Smaller town has better feel for Dr. Chris Loman
Dr. Chris Loman is the new medical director of Major Hospital’s emergency room, but he will continue to see patients at Shelby County Family Medicine.
Loman said that after he announced that he was taking on new duties at the hospital, many of his patients were worried he would no longer be available as their family medicine doctor. He also is slated to oversee Priority Care, the urgent-care facility Read the rest of this entry »

New findings are grim for women and their loved ones. Women who have the most serious type of heart attack and get to the hospital in time are less likely to get proper treatment and are less likely to survive than a man.
Guidelines have been created by the American Heart Association for hospitals to follow, which include specific protocols for optimal diagnosis and treatment to save the lives of patients who are having heart attacks.
. Dr. Hani Read the rest of this entry »

A study of 1,900 men published in this month’s Journal of Men’s Health shows that careful follow up after prostate cancer is critical for those who are younger or African-American.
As part of this trial, researchers were looking at prostate cancer and its connection to the Gleason Score and any connection with ethnicity and the score.
On a scale of one to ten, the Gleason score measures the aggressiveness of the cancer and the risk of return. Read the rest of this entry »

An FDA advisory committee decision tomorrow on Eli Lilly’s blood-thinning drug Prasugrel will be closely studied by developers looking for some insights into how the agency will handle potential blockbusters that are linked to dangerous adverse events.
In a new analysis released on Friday, FDA staffers concluded that the drug is better than Plavix at preventing a heart attack, but can also trigger fatal bleeding. That could make it possible for Read the rest of this entry »

revealed an interesting tidbit of information: Men may not be as irresponsible and cavalier as they sometimes seem when it comes to their health—it’s just that we need a little extra info to understand how to be healthy.
In the survey conducted by the American Diabetes Association, a mere 30 percent of men with diabetes who responded claimed to know “a lot” about their condition and only 25 percent reported eating nutritious meals. Ouch. Yet—and Read the rest of this entry »

The American College of Nurse‐Midwives (ACNM), the nation’s oldest women’s health organization, applauds Rep. Ed Towns (D‐NY) and Rep. Fred Upton (R‐MI) on the bipartisan introduction of their legislation, the “Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009,” (H.R. 1101). This legislation will improve access for Medicare beneficiaries to the vital women’s health services offered Read the rest of this entry »

funding after regulators found it violated conditions for participating in Medicare.
The hospital, saying the move would force it to shut down, on Wednesday sought and obtained a temporary restraining order barring the government from acting until a hearing could be held later this month.
If Two Rivers’ Medicare certification is terminated, the hospital stated in a complaint it filed in federal court Tuesday, its Medicare and Medicaid patients, Read the rest of this entry »

Couple find future dim as health care costs rise, home value falls
(EDITORS: This is another in the McClatchy Washington Bureau’s series “Fallout on Main Street,” a look at how Americans are coping with the economic crisis.)
QUAKERTOWN, Pa. – These are scary times for David and Karen Hammerschmidt.
Like most Americans, they’re improvising their way through the economic downturn.
When cash was short, they rented out their two guest bedrooms. Read the rest of this entry »