Last updated September 10, 2008 8:03 a.m. PT
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Talks between the Washington County School Board and Intermountain Healthcare could bring a community health clinic to a southern Utah elementary school campus.
The Washington Elementary School-based clinic would serve students and the community, setting fees base on a sliding scale.
Dixie Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Terri Draper says an Intermountain Healthcare Foundation Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday, February 5, 2009, 2:19 PM
Senate Ag Committee Chairman Tom Harkin is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to release its records on contracts with state Departments of Agriculture to conduct food safety inspections of private companies. Harkin chaired a hearing of the Senate Ag Committee this morning Thursday where FDA officials testified about the salmonella outbreak that has sickened 575 people, and led to the deaths of eight Read the rest of this entry »
, in LaGrange, Ky., in about 30 days, according to a news release.
by the end of the year, the release said.
“During the last three years, we have determined that operating an eight-bed inpatient unit with 24-hour staffing needs has not proven to be a workable care model,” Hosparus president and CEO Phil Marshall said in the release. “Our experience with referral patterns and patient preferences indicates that we cannot operate Read the rest of this entry »
A recent investigation into medical errors in adults and children taking chemotherapy medications found that 7 percent of adults and 19 percent of children who were taking these drugs to fight cancer were given the wrong dose or had some other error in their medication.
Between 40 and 50 percent of these errors had the potential to do harm to the patient. Errors included conflicting doses, over-hydration, and abdominal pain (failure to treat constipation). Read the rest of this entry »
As times get tougher and reconfigured budgets force a cutback on eating out, taking out and buying expensive processed foods, a growing number of American families must now rely more on home cooking.
Before you despair at the prospect of spending many more hours in the kitchen, realize that there are time-honored tricks to making budget-conscious meals efficiently. There are also some very real benefits to home cooking for you and your loved ones. Read the rest of this entry »
The West Ham midfielder has been training with Blues for two weeks and was set to play for the reserves against Manchester United on Tuesday before pulling out with a tight hamstring.
Quashie spent the whole of last term on the sidelines with a foot injury and McLeish is keen to see how the Scottish international copes with regular football.
He told the club’s official website: “He has been out of football a long time.
“Nigel would have played Read the rest of this entry »
Are direct-to-consumer television ads the best way for consumers to absorb information? Maybe TV viewers don’t even hear the laundry lists of potential side effects. Perhaps they are distracted by the accompanying scenes of happy people doing fun things or snoozing contentedly.
The Food and Drug Administration has outlined a novel study designed to measure participants’ recall and comprehension of risk and benefit information in television ads. Read the rest of this entry »
Kerala comes a close second with 28.1 per cent women and 17.8 per cent men being overweight. The capital, Delhi, has 26.4 per cent women and 16.8 per cent men suffering from obesity, as per the survey.
Bihar comes last among women with 4.6 per cent of them being obese and Madhya Pradesh has the least number of overweight men – 4.3 per cent.
Expressing her concern over obesity emerging as the biggest health concern in Punjab, Kerala and Delhi, Read the rest of this entry »
For more than two years, Jody Uslan had been taking the drug tamoxifen in hopes of preventing a recurrence of
. Then a new test suggested that because of her genetic makeup, the drug was not doing her any good.
“I was devastated,” said Ms. Uslan, 52, who stopped taking tamoxifen and is now evaluating alternative treatments. “You find out you’ve been taking this medication for all of this time, and find out you are not getting Read the rest of this entry »
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole is resting at her home in Los Angeles, following a spell in hospital.
The 58-year-old sought medical help in New York after suffering health problems stemming from the hepatitis C virus, her spokeswoman said.
The daughter of crooner Nat King Cole cancelled her October tour dates and other appearances after spending about a week in the hospital in September.
The singer was diagnosed in July after a routine examination. Read the rest of this entry »