BELLINGHAM – One person was treated for minor injuries Wednesday night following a car accident on Standish Road, police said.
The person, who was not identified, was taken by ambulance to Milford Regional Medical Center at about 5:40 p.m., police said.
MILFORD – A 19-year-old Holliston woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with shoplifting by concealing merchandise, police said.
Sarah M. Cady, of 32 Jerrold St., was arrested around 8:15 Read the rest of this entry »
REDDING, Calif.—James E. Swett, a Marine Corps pilot who received the Medal of Honor for shooting down seven Japanese bombers, has died at age 88.
Swett died Jan. 18 at Mercy Medical Center in Redding after a long illness.
Swett was a 22-year-old first lieutenant leading his first combat mission on April 4, 1943, when he earned the Medal of Honor.
He brought down a Japanese Val dive bomber and then two more. One of the wings of his plane Read the rest of this entry »
A record number of deaths and serious injuries associated with prescription drugs were reported in the first quarter of 2008.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration received 20,745 new cases of serious injuries during the first quarter, an increase of 38 percent over 2007. The number of deaths reported is 4,824, a 2.6-fold increase from the previous quarter.
For a second straight quarter, varenicline (Chantix, Champix), an aid to help stop smoking, Read the rest of this entry »
Dozens of incentive schemes have been uncovered which allow GPs to profit by
slashing the number of patients they refer for hospital care.
Under one scheme, GPs stand to gain 59 for every patient not referred to
hospital, if they cut an average referral rate by between two and eight per
cent.
Torbay care trust in Devon will pay up to 15,000 to the average-sized GP
practice if it hits a swathe of targets, including reducing hospital Read the rest of this entry »
Monday, February 16, 2009
NEW YORK — Results of a study provide “convincing evidence,” researchers say, that douching increases the risk of sexually transmitted diseases.
Among a group of sexually active adolescent girls, those who said they always practiced vaginal douching were nearly two times more likely to have a sexually transmitted disease (STD) than girls who said they never douched, the researchers found.
“Douching is a harmful Read the rest of this entry »
When times are tight, some people sacrifice health care to save money. Every year, women die from cancer and other diseases because they couldn't afford the proper screenings.
The Southeastern District Health Department wants to make sure women know there is help available.
When times are tight, cancer screening doesn't have to be a luxury. The Southeastern District Health Department offers free breast and cervical cancer screenings to Read the rest of this entry »
09:45 PM CST on Friday, February 13, 2009
Just last month, attorneys were considering whether to withdraw life support from 7-month-old David Coronado Jr., whose parents are accused of inflicting scars too numerous to count.
Now the brain-damaged Dallas boy is breathing on his own, and authorities are looking into who might eventually get custody of David should he survive.
“He is off life support at this time, but Read the rest of this entry »
Published: December 26, 2008
Money is a tight topic for some health plan officials in our state.
The health plan that covers teachers and state employees in North Carolina could run out early next year.
Health plan directors have started operating under emergency measures, delaying $45 million in payments to key vendors.
A financial officer says the system will need around $500 million added over the next two years to keep the health plan. Read the rest of this entry »
Published: October 23, 2008
Selina and Anthony Hames are working hard to get their GED’s, after Anthony’s job cut back his hours they say it’s the only way they’ll be able to provide for their family.
Anthony says, “I was five days a week now it is two days a week. We are pretty much just scraping it is putting a toll on the family a lot.”
They make 500 dollars a month and they say that’s not enough,especially Read the rest of this entry »
Is the pharmaceutical industry’s drought ending because more drugs made it to market in 2008 than the previous year? No.
Even if scads of new medicines make it through the Food and Drug Administration, it wouldn’t solve another problem made clear by an analysis provided to Forbes by
), which tracks prescription data for drug companies. The amount of revenue generated by the average new medicine is dropping.
In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration Read the rest of this entry »