SILVER CITY — A handicapped Silver City woman says she is being discriminated against because she has medical marijuana in her home and was told to move out of her apartment as a result.
Bobbie Wooten, who lives in the Silver Cliffs apartments in Silver City, said an apartment management representative performed a surprise inspection on Tuesday and discovered two marijuana plants. According to Wooten, the representative left and came back Read the rest of this entry »
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAAY) – A lawsuit has been filed after a Huntsville police officer was accused of planting drugs in a man's car.
Quincy Turner filed suit against the city of Huntsville, Officer Wesley Little and Chief Henry Reyes.
Turner was stopped by Officer Little in September 2007.
He was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana after Little allegedly found drugs in the car.
However, Turner claims the marijuana was planted Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, PhilippinesThe third quarter 2008 Social Weather Survey, fielded Sept. 24-27, had two modules on the topic of reproductive health (RH), one module of three items done on SWS own initiative, and a second module of three items commissioned by the Forum for Family Planning and Development (FFPD), a non-government advocacy group.
Last Tuesday, Social Weather Stations (SWS) sent its own RH report to BusinessWorld newspaper, which exercised Read the rest of this entry »
Meantime those who serve those residents — local hospitals, clinics, behavioral health agencies and social service groups — will lose millions of dollars. Some may have to lay off employees because of the cuts.
The plan, announced Thursday, would fund $4.7 billion and cut $990 million in state funds to health care. It also funds $5 billion and cuts $478 million in social services.
Reaction to the budget from health and social service Read the rest of this entry »
Being in remote areas where there are limited medical equipment, people in the isolated region feel left behind as they do not have access to medical treatment.
In a bid to improve the standard of living of people in the rural areas and eliminate health care divide between the isolated region and the rest of the country, Public Health Ministry has introduced the so called “Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Private Sector Collaboration to develop Read the rest of this entry »
(abatacept), compared to placebo, significantly improved multiple
aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL): physical and
psychosocial well being, pain and sleep quality in juvenile idiopathic
arthritis (JIA) patients between the ages 6 and 17 years. These
improvements with ORENCIA were maintained throughout the 10-month study
period, during which the first four months included an open-label
lead-in period and the last six months comprised Read the rest of this entry »
received $500,000 from Lori Gardner Sommer for its expansion of its
emergency department and level one trauma center.
Orlando Health officials declined to release specifics on the cost or any details of the center expansion.
The number of trauma patients treated at the only level one trauma center in the region has tripled over the past 10 years. The hospital’s emergency department’s central desk, which is where emergency staff coordinate Read the rest of this entry »
Any New Year’s resolutions may seem like a distant memory, but it’s still January and thus not too late to start that exercise regimen you’ve been promising to begin. Now it’s time to find a gym. You won’t be alone in that quest.
January is a huge month for health clubs, with about a million people joining nationwide – 50 percent more than during any other month of the year, according to the International Health, Racquet and Sportclub Association. Read the rest of this entry »
Hoover received a boost in its quest for a hospital Thursday when a change to the Alabama state health plan was approved by an oversight committee.
Brookwood Medical Center’s amendment to the state health plan passed unanimously by the State Health Coordinating Council in Montgomery. The vote will allow health care providers to build hospitals in cities with at least 60,000 residents that don’t currently have hospitals and are in counties Read the rest of this entry »
Anodyne Health, Inc. (
) delivers revenue cycle
solutions to healthcare provider organizations including physician billing,
medical coding, business intelligence software and practice management
services. The company’s billing solution helps practices drive greater
revenues, minimize compliance risk and gain a deep understanding of the
business side of their practice. Anodyne’s unique, easy-to-use web-based
business intelligence software revolutionizes Read the rest of this entry »