Oct. 6-12
Weekday help needed in King and Snohomish counties. Volunteers stay with patients in their homes, assisting with tasks and offering emotional support to terminally ill patients; preregistration required. (425-556-6372 or
).
Puget Sound-area residents can get a one-hour massage and help fight breast cancer; preregistration required. Various times and locations, donations accepted (877-777-ENVY or
).
A mobile mammogram program is Read the rest of this entry »
In clinical studies, common adverse events were injection-site
reactions (pain, redness, swelling, or increase in arm circumference),
headache, fatigue, and gastrointestinal symptoms. Severe allergic
reaction after a previous dose of BOOSTRIX or encephalopathy within 7
days of a previous pertussis antigen-containing vaccine is a
contraindication. The decision to give BOOSTRIX should be based on
benefits and risks if Guillain-Barre syndrome has Read the rest of this entry »
Laid-off workers in the Ozarks are also likely to lose their health coverage for lack of an affordable alternative.
Family health premiums for COBRA, a program intended to provide safety-net coverage for unemployed workers, consume three-fourths of average unemployment benefits in Missouri, according to a new study by Families USA.
In nine states COBRA premiums cost more than 100 percent of unemployment benefits, the study shows.
The report Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK – A former executive director of New York City’s
Bellevue Hospital Center has pleaded guilty to receiving bribes
from a company owner who wanted a service contract with the
facility.
Carlos Perez pleaded guilty Tuesday in exchange for a sentence
of five years probation and a $25,000 forfeiture payment. He could
have gotten seven years in prison if he had been convicted after
trial.
Perez, who’s 56, ran Bellevue from 1997 to 2005. Prosecutors Read the rest of this entry »
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Desperate patients tried to flee a hospital in Gaza City this morning as it became engulfed in flames after being earlier set on fire by an Israeli tank shell, medics and witnesses said.
In scenes of utter panic, patients who had been wounded in the ongoing war in the territory could be seen trying to struggle from their beds, an AFP photographer at the scene said.
At least three prematurely-born Read the rest of this entry »
“He (Caplan) is going to be rolling out some more of these nurse clinics which really haven’t been assessed properly in terms of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness,” Arnold said in an interview.
“We are concerned that there will be a costly and perhaps less effective delivery of health care to a number of patients,” he said.
While the nurse-led clinics have a physician they can call upon if need be, Arnold, a Thunder Bay MD, says that without Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES—Police officers stood at the front of a crowded church on Tuesday night, offering what few answers they could to explain why a father would kill his wife and five children before turning the gun on himself.
But residents of the suburban community of Wilmington have heard of such violence before. The Lupoe family, whose seven bodies were discovered shot to death Tuesday morning in their home, represents the fifth mass death of a Read the rest of this entry »
AspenBio Pharma, Inc. (
) an
emerging bio-pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel
drugs and diagnostics for humans and animals, reported enrollment levels
are approaching fifty percent in the ongoing FDA 510(k) clinical trial for
AppyScore™, the world’s first blood-based diagnostic tool for human
appendicitis.
Since the trial commenced in late June 2008, enrollment rates have
accelerated, as the number of participating Read the rest of this entry »
12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Gilda’s Club of North Texas will host two free events this week to help fight cancer. “The Team Approach to Prostate Cancer” is Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. On Saturday is a “UTSW Hereditary Colon Cancer Conference” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Reservations required for both events, which will be held at Gilda’s Club North Texas, One Works of Grace Plaza, 2710 Oak Lawn Ave. Call 214-219-8877
Doctors at Medical Read the rest of this entry »
Losing weight is not that difficult as there are several weight loss products, programs and supplements available out there in the market. But you must choose a product which ensures that the weight that you lose does not return back once you stop using it. A large number of people are looking out for diet pills that work to help them in losing their stubborn weight. It is true that not all diet pills are effective in losing weight but some of the Read the rest of this entry »