Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:11 PM EST
New Year’s resolutions are too often made of wind. Many people pledge to become fit and eat healthier at the dawn of a new year, but soon let their goals slide.
Swain County Human Resources Director Elise Bryson thinks one reason why people often let their healthy resolutions slide is because they go at them alone. That’s one reason the county administration has opted to participate in a 12-week “fitness Read the rest of this entry »

Health officials not for
Govt. project work – ACHSU
The All Ceylon Health Service Union (ACHSU) has written to
Secretary- Ministry of Healthcare, Dr. Athula Kahandaliyanage,
requesting him to halt the involvement of Family Health Officers
(FHO) in duties apart from attending to pregnant mothers and
infants.
Chairman, ACHSU, Gamini Kumarasinghe told The Nation that there
are only 7,000 FHOs to serve the entire Read the rest of this entry »

Paula,- so you are saying that this little girl’s mother should have used a condom regardless of the circumstances (Like Mel said). How can you say that….? Maybe the mother was happy to have her and now has post natal depression or has panicked, there could be a million reasons… you do not know what happened, you do not know what the circumstances were, you don’t know why the mother abandoned her little girl, and you do not know if the pregnancy Read the rest of this entry »

After being told by several veterinarians that the dog should be euthanized, the Bethesda resident turned to holistic medicine to cure Buster’s ills. According to Shoulet, holistic treatments, including acupuncture, have worked wonders for her furry friend.
“He usually goes right to sleep as soon as the needles go in,” Shoulet said.
She takes Buster to Veterinary Holistic Care in Bethesda for the acupuncture treatments. A specialist places tiny Read the rest of this entry »

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Deaconess Hospital in Evansville is
without its principal water supply after a break to a city water
main.
The hospital remained open Wednesday, although spokesman San
Rogers says elective surgeries have been canceled and bottled water
is being distributed to its 350 patients. He said no patients have
had to be transferred and that emergency care was available.
The water main broke about 1 a.m. Wednesday, and Rogers said
repairs Read the rest of this entry »

DES MOINES, Iowa –
A Des Moines police report shows that a toddler apparently ate rat poison while at a childcare center at a fitness club Tuesday night.
The report shows that Gustavo Martinez was working out at the Aspen Athletic Club on SE 14th St. when the incident happened.
Martinez told police that when picked up his 15-month-old daughter, Bianca, and noticed blue stuff on her clothes and around her mouth, but figured it was a marker Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 3 2008, 5:41 PM EST
Baltimore, MD. Knowing how an investigator is paid for running a research study surprisingly plays a small role in patients’ willingness to take part in clinical trials. However, according to a new Johns Hopkins University study more participants are troubled when they are told that the investigator could profit or lose money depending on the results.
In an effort to learn more about the effects of disclosing an investigator’s Read the rest of this entry »

Man arrested after 4 killed at NY hospital, home
BROCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A man was charged with murder after two people were shot dead outside a hospital and a couple were killed in their home hours later, authorities said.
Frank Garcia, 34, of Hamlin, was charged Saturday with two counts of first-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the shootings outside Lakeside Memorial Hospital in Brockport, Monroe County Sheriff Patrick Read the rest of this entry »

Ride the bike: Unique marathon combines library, fitness
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla.
–They rode 2,650 miles in 140 hours. When one person tired, another jumped onto the bicycle. No one got sunburned or rained upon or stuck in traffic. That wasn’t difficult because the entire grueling journey took place inside a library. It was the Library Fitness Cycle Marathon Challenge atHurlburt Field, a unique collaboration between the base’s library and fitness Read the rest of this entry »

isn’t going to let generic competitors take over its turf without a fight.
On Wednesday, biotech drug maker
) filed a patent-infringement suit against two companies that applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for permission to sell generic versions of the extended-release muscle relaxant Amrix.
) claimed in its FDA application that it would not be infringing the patent for Amrix,
) maintained in its application the patent was invalid Read the rest of this entry »