GARFIELD COUNTY - The Colorado State Patrol says Interstate 70 could be backed up for several hours because of a rollover accident involving a semi truck.
According to the CSP, the truck’s driver lost control around 2 p.m. Saturday and the truck rolled over. There were several large metal pipes inside the truck that spilled out and smashed into seven cars.
Three people were taken to the hospital. Two of those people were said to be in critical Read the rest of this entry »
– Buncombe County Assistant District Attorney Rodney Gene Hasty resigned Monday after being charged with driving while impaired.
The N.C. Highway Patrol said Hasty, 39, displayed a thick tongue, slurred speech, red-glassy eyes, and was unsteady on his feet, after a crash Friday, according to documents filed at the Buncombe County Magistrate’s Office.
Troopers found his 2006 SAAB stopped on the northbound side of U.S. 19-23 near Woodfin Read the rest of this entry »
The big threat to growth in the next decade is not oil or food prices, but the rising cost of health care. The doubling of health insurance premiums since 2000 makes employers choose between cutting benefits and hiring fewer workers.
Rising health costs push total employment costs up and wages and benefits down. The result is lost profits and lost wages, in addition to pointless risk, insecurity and a flood of personal bankruptcies.
Sustained Read the rest of this entry »
The Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a grant application for the county’s Health and Family Services Department, authorizing the agency to apply for grant funding to address issues of women’s health.
Rick Pfeiffer, executive director of the agency, submitted the application for approval. The agency provides services to women and families of child-bearing age, including medical examinations, pregnancy testing, sexually-transmitted disease Read the rest of this entry »
Sunday, Oct 12, 2008, Page 8
THE MELAMINE-CONTAMINATED milk powder scandal has shaken Taiwan’s food industry and has scared the living daylights out of the public. However, prior to this incident, there were many warning signs such as poor quality starch, poisonous hairy crabs and grouper fish as well as pork containing ractopamine, an additive used in pig feed to tenderize pork. But what have our authorities learned from these incidents?
The Read the rest of this entry »
Boyle Heights-Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center completed its two-day move into a new facility Saturday afternoon.
The last of the 400 patients were moved after 1 p.m., and the new hospital began accepting ambulance traffic after 3 p.m., said Pete Delgado, the hospital’s chief executive officer.
The move went smoothly, Delgado said.
Even though County-USC was not accepting ambulance traffic for 36 hours, surrounding hospitals said they Read the rest of this entry »
Published: January 11, 2009
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise and so are the deaths attributed to it, according to a state medical examiner epidemiologist who compiled data for the most recent annual report, which was released last week.
According to the Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s 2007 annual report, the 388 prescription drug-related deaths accounted for more than double the illegal drug-related deaths (152) and Read the rest of this entry »
“In the clinic setting, we treat patients with acute and chronic pain,
those recovering from surgery or stroke and many other conditions with
specific balance and strengthening exercises and manual therapy, and they
respond to that,” added Sanchez. “But the Wii sports games are interactive,
fun and entertaining, and patients become more engaged playing with them. By
teaching patients how to use the Wii in a clinic setting, we empower them to
continue Read the rest of this entry »
Beginning today with a tribute at Carbondale’s Civic Center, a series of programs and events this week will celebrate the life and contributions of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968 but whose legacy endures.
Some of the programs will include presentation of awards to those whose community service exemplifies the spirit of King. And most of the events are asking those who attend to contribute non-perishable Read the rest of this entry »
Michigan’s health care industry, the state’s largest employer, desperately needs thousands of workers to fill jobs with critical shortages.
That may include you — autoworkers, social workers, accountants, computer technicians and others laid off in one of the nation’s worst recessions.
As jobs evaporate, the health care industry remains a field with job growth, benefits and, usually, stability.
“It’s a very strong forecast for health care for Read the rest of this entry »