The University System of Ohio is soon to be a global hub for online medical education and videoconferencing following a decision to fund the creation of a resource center in Columbus.
“The Ohio Telehealth Video Resource Center will establish Ohio as a center of excellence worldwide in videoconferencing technologies and, at the same time, contribute to the improved health and well-being of countless people throughout world,” said Ohio Governor Ted Read the rest of this entry »
MIAMI, Feb 02, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Marvin A Sackner, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Non-Invasive
Monitoring Systems, Inc. [NIMS] (OTCBB:NIMU) announced that the FDA has
granted approval to NIMS to market Exer-Rest as a Class I (exempt)
therapeutic vibrator with the following intended uses: “as an aid to
temporarily increase local circulation, to provide temporary relief of
minor aches and pains, and local Read the rest of this entry »
Has published their annual diet love letter. Here’s what it might sound like if your diet was your boyfriend:
Dear 2009 Diet,
I come to you as damaged goods. I’ve been hurt by other diets. First there was the abuse. I mean what would you call a diet that forces you eat leak soup for an entire weekend? Or one that asks you to balance everything you eat with a Rube Goldberg system of nuts and oils. And then there’s the diet that Read the rest of this entry »
OPRAH Winfrey is the queen of yo-yo dieting. Fans of her TV show Oprah have stuck with her through thick and thin.
A multitude of diets have helped her lose weight, only to stack it back on again.
It seems Winfrey has finally had a light-bulb moment, announcing last week that she has finally decided to jump off the diet merry-go-round.
Since 2006 she has put on 18kg, despite singing the praises of personal trainer Bob Greene’s The Good Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget Barack Obama’s staff making contact with a governor charged with corruption. What’s got everyone talking is the president-elect’s fine first form.
“FIT FOR OFFICE: Buff Bam is Hawaii hunk,” the New York Post gushed on its cover Tuesday above a photo of the future president strolling without a shirt in Hawaii. The Drudge Report called him “President Beefcake” while TMZ said the president-elect is “still humble enough Read the rest of this entry »
Just as strong — albeit less commonly known — is the link between heart health and potassium. In 1997, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. compiled the results of 33 clinical trials and found that people who took potassium supplements lowered their blood pressure by 3/2 mm Hg. (Blood pressure is measured as two numbers that indicate how hard it is for the heart to pump blood through the blood vessels. Ideally, it should Read the rest of this entry »
Only about 5 percent of patients with evidence of serious illness are being routinely tested in hospital emergency rooms for the virus that causes AIDS, said Veronica Miller, director of the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, an independent public-private partnership based at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
“HIV is a life-threatening disease that is so grossly underdiagnosed and undertreated in this Read the rest of this entry »
A man who had been shot three times in his torso walked nearly two miles to a hospital in Queens early Thursday morning, police said.
Police said they received a 911 call at 4:15 a.m. of shots fired at Northern Boulevard and 102nd Street in Corona.
The man, 35, whom police would not identify, had felt pain, looked down, and discovered that he was shot, police said.
The victim walked to Elmhurst Hospital Center, about two miles away, where he Read the rest of this entry »
Governor Deval Patrick yesterday asked the state’s most prominent hospital and health insurance leaders to take quick action to hold down rapidly rising healthcare costs, suggesting that if they did not take steps on their own, they might face new government regulation.
Meeting with healthcare industry executives in response to recent articles by the Globe Spotlight Team about the cost of medical care, Patrick said he is considering holding hearings Read the rest of this entry »
Study shows more than 1.1 million people in Mich. lacked insurance in ‘07
The percentage of Michigan residents without health insurance remains lower than most states, but the gaps in health care coverage are widening rapidly, according to a report to be released today by the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation in Ann Arbor.
More than 11 percent of Michigan’s population, or about 1.1 million people, did not have health insurance Read the rest of this entry »