Deported in Coma, Saved Back in US

GILA BEND, Ariz. — Soon after Antonio Torres, a husky 19-year-old farmworker, suffered catastrophic injuries in a car accident last June, a Phoenix hospital began making plans for his repatriation to Mexico.
Mr. Torres was comatose and connected to a ventilator. He was also a legal immigrant whose family lives and works in the purple alfalfa fields of this southwestern town. But he was uninsured. So the hospital disregarded the strenuous objections Read the rest of this entry »

ValueClick Launches Premium Health & Wellness Network

This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risk that market
demand for on-line advertising in general, and performance based on-line
advertising in particular, will not grow as rapidly as predicted, and
the risk that legislation and governmental regulation could negatively
impact the Company’s performance. Actual results may differ Read the rest of this entry »

Fitness Expert Creates MyActivity Pyramid to Help Adults Exercise

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBIA, Mo. – The MyActivity Pyramid, a new fitness guide developed by a University of Missouri Extension fitness specialist, provides physical activity recommendations for adults in a fun and easy-to-understand format.
“The MyActivity Pyramid offers a visual representation of the new physical activity guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the recommended amounts and type of activities Read the rest of this entry »

Amedisys buys 6 Home Health Corp. locations

NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Home nursing provider Amedisys Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy six home health locations from Home Health Corp. of America for an undisclosed amount.
The agreement includes two agencies each in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Amedisys said the six locations reported approximately $23 million in revenue for the 12 months ended June 30, but the buyout will not raise its profits significantly in 2008.
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Teen talks of shocking stabbing after leaning on attacker's BMW

Thursday, December 11th 2008, 10:20 PM
driver who exploded when the youngster leaned on his luxury ride said Thursday he had to fight for his life against the knife-wielding madman.
, 16-year-old
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“I was just leaning on his car,” said Quinones, a sophomore at the
. “I apologized, and he started cursing.”
Cops said Ferguson pulled out a knife and stabbed Quinones in the chest and slashed him across his face and neck.
“I thought he was Read the rest of this entry »

New drugs spark call to review Pharmac funding

Tuesday Nov 11, 2008
A flood of new medicines due to hit the New Zealand market has sparked a call for changes to the way Pharmac goes about deciding on which ones to fund.
Technological advances in medicine mean many new cancer drugs, and others, will become available here, increasing the pressure on Pharmac in its decision making.
“But they are very expensive. So a little country like New Zealand, with a small number of taxpayers, is always Read the rest of this entry »

Walls vs. Bridges – mental health in Gaza

Israel has barred over 100 foreign experts from entering Gaza to attend an international conference on mental health. The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme and the World Health Organisation spent over a year organising the two-day meeting.
The conference, entitled “Siege and Mental Health…Walls vs. Bridges” will discuss the effects of the siege that Israel imposed on the territory in the summer of 2007 after Gazans voted the Islamist Hamas Read the rest of this entry »

Fitness calendar — Oct. 26

Fitness calendar — Oct. 26
• Published October 26, 2008
This program meets one weekend per month for a year starting Friday at Living Spirit Yoga, 911 Fifth Ave. Suite 203, Olympia. For more information, call 360-432-3635.
7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Debbi’s Dance Etc., 6715 Martin Way E., Olympia. Teens welcome. Registration required. 360-456-6350 or
7:30 p.m. Mondays or Thursdays, Studio One Dance and Acro Centre, 3660 Pacific Ave. S.E., Read the rest of this entry »

Rodale, NBC Universal, and Reveille Extend The Biggest Loser

Reveille is a leading independent production and distribution company
focused on exploitingworldwide intellectual property rightsin scripted
andunscripted televisionand digital entertainment,andthe world
leader in creating integrated marketing opportunities for advertisers.
Reveille’s innovative scripted entertainment
programmingincludes “The Office”
(NBC), “Ugly Betty”
(ABC) and “The Tudors” Read the rest of this entry »

Christmas Diet Motivation (Jig Saw puzzle)

Today’s ‘Get Jiggy’ jigsaw Our Lady of Weight Loss puzzle is inspired by the season! Yes, today is the last day of November … tomorrow is December. The holiday season is here! OH My!!!
Are you ready to rock n’ roll? Stay steady the course through-out the holiday season?
Join with me.
bandwagon! Let’s wake up thinner on New Year’s Day! Imagine that!!
Spread the word … NOT the icing!
, Cert. Hypnotist, author,columnist, seminar leader Read the rest of this entry »