SEOUL (AFP) — North Korean state media Sunday reported official activities by leader Kim Jong-Il but a new report indicated his health may be worse than earlier believed following a stroke.
Kim, 66, sent birthday greetings to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, said the Korean Central News Agency, which has not reported any public appearances by the “Dear Leader” since around mid-August.
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When Karen Mitchell was first diagnosed with breast cancer, she didn’t like the idea of a support group with strangers – she preferred talking to her mother about it.
But her mother hadn’t been through the experience, and after a while, Mitchell realized she could pull strength from the people who were going through the same thing at her chemotherapy appointments.
“You realize that you’re not alone, and it’s encouraging,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell Read the rest of this entry »

Associated Press – December 15, 2008 7:43 AM ET
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – There’s evidence of a link between obesity and the way people get to work and get around in general.
The research illustrates the health benefits of regular biking, walking or taking public transportation to work, school or shopping.
The study authors say the least amount of obesity shows up in countries with the highest levels of active transportation use.
In the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »

Advance Directives Clinic, 1:30-3 p.m. today, Ozark Room, Cox Walnut Lawn, 1000 E. Walnut Lawn. This free clinic is for those who want to learn about and complete advance directives such as living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care decisions. Notary service will be provided. Call 269-3616 to register.
Living A Healthy Life With Chronic Conditions, 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Meeting Room C, The Meyer Center, 3545 S. National Ave. Individuals Read the rest of this entry »

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C. Jaishankar
Collector Pankaj Kumar Bansal inspecting a site at Kazhanivasal in Karaikudi on Sunday.
KARAIKUDI: The State Government plans to set up a district headquarters hospital here for which the process of selecting a site has been initiated.
The decision has assumed significance in the backdrop of the announcement of establishing a medical college in Sivaganga, the district headquarters, for which the foundation stone is likely to be Read the rest of this entry »

in building damage, ruined equipment, revenue losses, and cleanup and evacuation costs because of Hurricane Ike, and officials expect a “significant” number of layoffs at the 12,000-person facility, the
reports. Insurance will cover only $100 million of the damage, which far surpasses that at
after Hurricane Katrina. The damage includes campus buildings that took on as much as 8 feet of water and the destruction of the hospital’s kitchen, blood Read the rest of this entry »

(PCTS), a
subsidiary of Consulier Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSLR), today announced
that
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system to improve the efficiency and operating capacity of its
35,000-square-foot, 15-OR suite surgical services department. The hospital
will initially track surgical trays among other movable medical equipment
and has contracted with PCTS to expand its deployment to include automatic
patient tracking at a future date. PCTS will implement an active-RFID
real-time Read the rest of this entry »

How we deal with death and dying says a lot about who we are and what we value as a society. In America, we tend to focus our efforts on doing everything medically possible to prolong life until an individual’s last dying breath.
Here in Massachusetts, terminally ill patients spend more time in hospitals and receive more specialized care than patients in other states. Often, medicine is focused on a cure, but when there is no cure apparent for a Read the rest of this entry »

I’d like to think that Barack Obama will be a “great uniter,” but when it comes to his abortion policies, I’m not so sure. Stephanie Cutter, chief spokesperson of Obama’s transition team, confirmed that our next president will, as promised on the campaign trail, support the controversial
. This legislation declares that a woman “has the fundamental right to choose to bear a child, to terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability, or to terminate Read the rest of this entry »