MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) — Free prescription drug samples distributed to pediatric patients may be unsafe, research suggests.
The study, published in the October 2008 issue of
, examined data on 10,295 children and adolescents from the 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
The researchers found that one in 20 American children received free drug samples in 2004. And among those who took at least one prescription drug that year, nearly Read the rest of this entry »

from a jury. Candida Diego, 71, had fallen down stairs at the pharmacy where she worked as a cashier and cracked her skull. She was taken to NY Hospital Medical Center of Queens, where she waited two hours for a brain scan “less than an hour before she lapsed into a coma in the emergency room,” the Daily News reports. Diego has no movement on her left side and uses a wheelchair and her husband had retired but returned to work as a butcher to support Read the rest of this entry »

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Michiganders who lose jobs often can’t afford to buy temporary policies that extend workplace health benefits because the cost eats up nearly all of their monthly unemployment checks, a report released Friday concludes.
Only one in five unemployed workers have health insurance, says a new report from FamiliesUSA, a Washington, D.C., research and advocacy organization. As a result, many delay care for themselves and their families, making it more Read the rest of this entry »

Friday, December 26, 2008
Preparation is everything for the Sun Valley Junior Nordic ski team.
Under the leadership of 22nd-year coach Rick Kapala, the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s cross-country ski squad has become one of the five or six best training and competitive programs in the U.S.
It hasn’t happened by chance. Strong parental support, a community that values fitness, and up to 150 kilometers of groomed trails have set the foundation Read the rest of this entry »

In response, ConAgra remodeled the entire plant, separating the areas for raw peanuts from finished peanut butter and paste, which must remain sterile. With the source so difficult to trace, that was the safest way to assure it didn’t happen again, experts said. No ConAgra products are named in the current outbreak.
“They put about $50 million into completely reconstructing the place – new roof, new separation area between the roaster and production Read the rest of this entry »

Up, up and away: Health care premiums rising
BY COURTENAY EDELHART, Californian staff writer
Friday, Nov 28 2008 8:00 AM
Last Updated: Monday, Nov 24 2008 4:39 PM
It’s that time of year again. Time to find out how much your health insurance premiums will rise.
Not if they’re rising, but rather how much more you and your employer will pay next year, because at this point, some increase is almost a given.
“If we were back in the Roman Read the rest of this entry »

PARENTING has never been an easy job, but mothers and fathers today face challenges in raising their children that their own parents may never have had to address.
While children have always been picky eaters, for instance, parents today are trying to supply healthful food in a world dominated by chicken nuggets, processed snacks and soft drinks. Bike riding and hopscotch have given way to video games and text messaging. And working parents have Read the rest of this entry »

A lawsuit filed in Denver District Court on Wednesday contends that two nonprofits used state taxpayer dollars to fund abortions, which would be a violation of the Colorado Constitution.
Mark Hotaling, plaintiff in the lawsuit, said contracts showed Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains and Boulder Valley Women’s Health got $4.5 million each over the course of last year and 2008. And he said that money is going toward funding abortions.
“This Read the rest of this entry »

Of commonplace chemicals and their contact with our food.
I HAVE a one-year-old baby and I am extremely frightened of the melamine tainted milk scare from certain Chinese products. I read that melamine actually comes from plastic. What is melamine?
Melamine is an organic compound that is often combined with formaldehyde to produce a resin. Melamine can be found in daily household items such as your kitchenware, floor tiles, upholstery fabrics, Read the rest of this entry »