Up to 50 students may be infected at Normandy H.S. n testing underway
By Sandra Jordan Of the St. Louis American
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:24 PM CDT
Monday night stunned students and parents at Normandy High School learned from health officials that as many as 50 students may have been exposed to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Confirmed findings of disease investigation specialists working for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Read the rest of this entry »

GALVESTON – Employees at Shriners Hospital for Children-Galveston reacted with anger and sadness today during a staff meeting to announce that the 42-year-old hospital, known internationally for burn research, will suspend operations indefinitely.
Administrators told employees at the end of the meeting to go home and not return until a 1 p.m. meeting on Monday with Shriners International President and CEO Ralph Semb at William C. Levin Hall, Read the rest of this entry »

Radiology and cardiovascular researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., have presented new data that shows the risk of cancer from exposure to radiation during computed tomography for cardiovascular disease has been overstated and that new estimates are several times lower than previously published conclusions. The MUSC researchers presented their findings at the American Heart Association’s meeting in New Orleans.
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Diabetes is wreaking havoc among blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans in America. But it doesn’t have to.
Jessie Jackson, a 68-year-old black Kalamazoo resident who has Type 2 diabetes, has kept his disease under control for almost 25 years. He credits his wife, Doicenell Jackson, with helping him manage it.
“My wife fixes me the types of food I need,” Jackson said. “She’s worked in medical fields, and she knew how to keep me regulated. She Read the rest of this entry »

Bridger Hunt is on his way home.
    Seven weeks after shrapnel from a homemade firework ripped open his abdomen and nearly severed his left leg, the 12-year-old boy was released Friday from Primary Children’s Medical Center.
    The boy left the hospital about 2:15 p.m. in a Mercedes-Benz convertible driven by his mother.
    He will stay at his grandmother’s Utah County home, where family members have converted the basement into Read the rest of this entry »

Food and Drug Administration regulators have approved
Forest Laboratories Inc.
Cypress Bioscience Inc.
’s drug Savella as a treatment for fibromyalgia, the companies said.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that causes pain, depression and fatigue.
Late Wednesday, New York-based Forest and San Diego-based Cypress said the drug received clearance. They expect Savella, or milnacipran, to be available in pharmacies by March.
The FDA had Read the rest of this entry »

Kansas City, MO – infoZine
– The Expo is the prelude to the Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon, which follows the two-day Expo on October 18. Located in the heart of the Marathon course at Crown Center Exhibit Hall A (connected to Hyatt Regency Crown Center at Pershing and McGee), the Expo is free and open to the public.
The Expo begins at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 and closes at 9 p.m. The event continues Friday Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. concluding at Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Delaware and Thomas Jefferson University formalized a health education partnership Friday that leaders of both schools said marks the beginning of new research and academic collaborations.
The schools already partner to offer the Medical Scholars program, which allows students who earn bachelor’s degrees at UD to attend medical school at Thomas Jefferson if they meet certain requirements. Earlier this year, the institutions announced Read the rest of this entry »

November 15, 2008 11:19 pm
By Kasey Fowler, Staff Writer
By 2012, Oklahoma will face a shortage of 3,000 nurses, or about 12 percent of the current work force, along with hundreds of lab technicians, physical therapists and other medical professionals, according to Oklahoma Healthcare Workforce Center.
Jeff Tarrant, president of Integris Bass Baptist Health Center, said he thinks the shortage is hitting the entire nation, not just Oklahoma.
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In a practice known as gender rating, women in California pay up to 39 percent more than men for coverage in the individual insurance market, which is where people who aren’t covered by employer plans or state health programs get their insurance. Nationwide, about 7 percent of women buy their health coverage directly from insurance companies.
Gender rating is illegal in 10 states and restricted in two more, but in California, state legislation allows Read the rest of this entry »