Since Barack Obama was elected, there has been much hopeful talk about addressing this country’s health care problems. Unfortunately, some of the ideas discussed have been bad ones and, therefore, will have predictably bad consequences.
Consider the FDA’s recent appointment of Dr. Sidney Wolfe to a four-year post at its Drug Safety and Risk Management Committee. Wolfe comes from Public Citizen, a group Ralph Nader founded.
What spurred Wolfe’s Read the rest of this entry »

For an 11 a.m. game on a Tuesday, the stands were pretty full for the Kansas University women’s basketball game against Iowa.
The attendance of more than 3,500 students, teachers, parents and administrators representing Lawrence public elementary schools helped.
Tuesday was the first time that KU planned a health and fitness day with such a large group. Students in third through sixth grades from all of the city’s 15 elementary schools cheered Read the rest of this entry »

Amid record job losses and economic distress for millions of families, the killings struck a chord.
“This was a financial- and job-related issue that led to the slayings,” said Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief Kenneth Garner. “It’s a grisly scene.”
But evidence was emerging Tuesday evening that the couple had been fired after an investigation into misconduct and had not been laid off as part of cost-cutting.
Kaiser Permanente confirmed in a Read the rest of this entry »

. According to the
, which focused on New York City, although births in city hospitals “still vastly outnumber those in its homes,” many local midwives report that their normal workloads of two to four deliveries per month have increased to as many as 10. Several certified nurse midwives who conduct home births exclusively said they have received so many requests in recent months that they have begun referring pregnant women to midwives in areas Read the rest of this entry »

By Judy Kern, 2/20/2009 8:11:38 AM
HONOLULU – The HawaiвЂi State Department of Health (DOH) is advising the public not to eat peanut products or feed them to their pets if they are unsure whether the product has been recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
To date, a total of five cases linked with the nationwide outbreak of salmonellosis have been identified in HawaiвЂi Although none of the known HawaiвЂi cases of Read the rest of this entry »

Oct. 8
Program: 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 8, Radiation Therapy Center of Morris Hospital, 1600 W. U.S. 6 in Morris. A free program for women undergoing cancer treatment. Trained volunteer cosmetologist will teach women how to cope with skin changes and hair loss. To register, call (815) 364-8915 or online at www.morrishospital.org.
Oct. 9
New siblings: 6 to 6:45 p.m. Oct. 9, Morris Hospital, 150 W. High St. Class is for children who are preparing to Read the rest of this entry »

angioplasties without on-site cardiac surgery back up.
“This is good news for our patients, who are able to receive advanced cardiac care close to home in a timely manner,” said Maureen Schneider, senior vice president of clinical development and chief nursing officer at the hospital, in a statement.
Schneider said the study may also have a far-reaching impact for cardiac patients across the country, by “helping to gather evidence-based data Read the rest of this entry »

iTech Fitness and Softkinetic announce a partnership to develop the future of Active Gaming experiences. For the first time ever, users can exercise in a virtual world by simply moving their bodies, without the use of any game controller or peripheral.
The first-ever collaboration brings the advanced gesture-based 3D gaming technology from Softkinetic onto iTech Fitness’ XRKade active gaming platform. The result is a unique, immersive active gaming Read the rest of this entry »

Now that Thanksgiving meals are behind us, you might want to consider visiting our community centers’ weight and fitness rooms before the Christmas parties begin.
Each community center is filled with treadmills, a universal weight machine and racquetball courts to help ward off those extra pounds during the holidays.
Burt Cobb Community Center at 1011 Franklin St. has three treadmills and the Airdyne bike.
The Crow Community Center at 211 Richview Read the rest of this entry »

Apple’s decision to pull out of the annual Macworld confab is not related to the health of the company’s famous CEO, a top technology analyst said in a report Wednesday. “Our reliable sources, which we spoke with this fall, indicated that [Steve] Jobs is cancer free,” said Charles Wolf, who watches Apple for Needham & Co.
Instead, Wolf speculated that Apple wants to introduce gadgets on its own schedule, and not on Macworld’s timetable. Other analysts Read the rest of this entry »