@ 10:41 PM Mon, Nov 03, 2008
It would be real nice to see Gov. Palin’s actual medical records. She said she would release them weeks ago.
What is she hiding?
Does she take medication for depression, mania, schizophrenia or some other mental illness? She obviously has delusions of grandeur if she actually believes she is qualified to be president.
Does she have a life threatening illness that voters have a right to know about?
Has she been Read the rest of this entry »
Superheroes Wear Pink: Local groups team up to fight breast cancer, raise awareness
Even tough guys wear pink. If it’s for a good cause, anyway.
Huntley Fire Protection District firefighters have been wearing pink T-shirts while on duty this month in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Inspired by a firefighter’s mother, they’re also selling the shirts to raise money for women who can’t afford mammograms.
Some Read the rest of this entry »
For more information contact: Jennifer Farrell, 518-457-8299
State Unveils New Hopeline for Drugs, Alcohol, Problem Gambling
ALBANY, NY (01/26/2009; 0938)(readMedia)– State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo today unveiled a new toll-free telephone hopeline service
offering help for alcoholism, drug abuse or problem gambling.
The new hopeline, which takes effect starting Feb. Read the rest of this entry »
Ski Utah Promotes New Game to Foster Youth Fitness for Skiing, Snowboarding
Published on Friday, November 28, 2008 – 06:00 AM
Salt Lake City, UT -
The national Winter Feels Good initiative of SnowSports Industries America has posted a new game called Snow Sports UNO on its website. The game was developed by Jo Garuccio, administrator for Ski Utahs successful Learn to Ski & Ride, Ski & Snowboard Fitness and School Assembly programs and Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Injuries in pro fishing continue to mount. After legends like Mark Davis, Larry Nixon, Zell Rowland and Denny Brauer had their go-round with orthopedic problems, the next generation of anglers began to suffer fishing-related injuries.
Luke Clausen, Mark Tucker and Dustin Wilks are but a few examples. All had surgery within the past year or two to fix elbow or rotator-cuff problems.
Fact is, there are a lot of techniques Read the rest of this entry »
President Obama’s repeal of the Global Gag Rule ends eight long years of policies that have blocked access to basic health care for women worldwide. No longer will health care providers be forced to choose between receiving U.S. family-planning funding and restricting the health care services they provide to women.
Expanding access to family planning is not only good, basic health care; it saves women’s lives. In some parts of Africa, women have Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — India’s largest pharmaceutical maker lied about test results for more than two dozen of its generic drugs, according to U.S. regulators.
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it will halt any consideration of new drugs from Ranbaxy’s Paonta Sahib plant, saying officials there falsified data on drugs submitted to the agency.
The action comes six months after the FDA closed U.S. borders to more than 30 generic Read the rest of this entry »
Orthovita, Inc. (NASDAQ:VITA), a spine and orthopedic biosurgery
company, announced that it recently submitted its response to the
initial set of comments received from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration to its 510(k) application for the use of CORTOSS Bone
Augmentation Material in vertebral augmentation.
s initial comment
letter in March 2008, Orthovita requested a 180-day extension from the
FDA for its response in order to collect and submit Read the rest of this entry »
Kaiser Permanente received the most stars in the just released HMO Quality Report from the California Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA).
Kaiser Permanente's Southern California Region and Northern California Region each received seven of eight possible stars in the report — more than any other health plan.
The two Kaiser Permanente plans were the only California health plans to receive an excellent rating, four stars, for meeting national Read the rest of this entry »
One community health center in Mesa is having to turn people away as a beleaguered economy increases demand for its discounted health services.
The Mesa Family Health Center, part of Maricopa Integrated Health System, had been tapped for a potential expansion project along with the health center’s Chandler campus.
The center has referred people to other immediate sources of health care, center manager Liliana Orta said.
“All of the sudden Read the rest of this entry »