On Jan. 28, a coalition of advocacy groups representing 15,000 doctors and more than 50,000 nurses, met at the Capitol to present a new study asserting that the Conyers’ bill, called the National Health Insurance Act (HR 676), could create 2.6 million new jobs and would cost far less than the private insurance currently paid for by individuals and employers.
Only Congressional Quarterly covered it. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s daily online report Read the rest of this entry »

The next time you’re in a hospital, they may be watching you.
Hospitals are increasingly relying on electronic tracking systems to keep tabs on equipment and lab specimens, and even to monitor the location of patients and staff. But the heightened surveillance is raising some safety and privacy concerns.
Automatic-tracking software programs were introduced more than a decade ago to help hospitals prevent infant abductions. Now, institutions are Read the rest of this entry »

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—A Patton State Hospital patient has died 15 days after he was severely beaten by a fellow psychiatric patient at the San Bernardino mental facility.
Gilbert Mendoza was beaten Nov. 24 and the 49-year-old man died Monday afternoon at St. Bernardine Medical Center. The coroner’s office hasn’t determined a cause of death.
Last week, San Bernardino County prosecutors charged 25-year-old Terence Robinson with battery causing Read the rest of this entry »

papers, I wrote about David Coronado Jr., an infant who authorities say was severely abused and who may be taken off life support. A doctor at Children’s Medical Center reported the infant had 42 separate skeletal injuries.
Some who I’ve talked with wonder if some sort of brittle bone disease, rather than the parents, might be the culprit.
I don’t have a good way of checking that out, but you can read more about the doctor who assessed the baby
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After years of fighting for survival, Lee Memorial Hospital in Fulton will close this Spring. Those who live near the hospital are afraid it could be a matter of life or death.
The State’s decision to close Lee Memorial Hospital has nothing to do with a bad economy, but rather the facility is underutilized as a hospital. Today, the reality of its closing set in with a formal announcement to employees and the public. For any of the 40,000 people Read the rest of this entry »

Carlos Daniel Meza, 20, of 218 A S. Broad St was charged with driving without a license and following too closely, after a two-car crash on
at 12:30 p.m. this afternoon, according to Rome police reports.
Contrary to reports in other media, no pedestrians were involved in the wreck, which sent a passenger to Floyd Medical Center.
Police said the information was initially called out incorrectly on the radio but officers on the scene found a minor Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 24 – At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on Feb. 17, 2009, entered an order of permanent injunction against seafood processor Captain’s Select Seafood Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., and its co-owners Carolyn M. Young and William J. Young.
The defendants are charged with repeatedly violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) and the FDA’s Hazard Analysis Read the rest of this entry »

Fairfield police are investigating a shooting outside a sports bar Friday night that hospitalized a man with non-life-threatening injuries.
The shooting was reported at about 11:30 p.m. near the intersection of Delaware and Jackson streets, according to police.
Arriving officers found several bullet casings and expended rounds in the parking lot at the corner of those streets and behind the Sportsman Bar.
The victim was taken by friends to the Read the rest of this entry »

Beattie – brace at the weekend.
Sheffield United striker James Beattie reckons he is closing in on full fitness after undergoing knee surgery in the summer.
The former Southampton and Everton striker missed the first five games of the season, but looked back to his best last week, scoring twice in a 3-0 victory over Bristol City.
Beattie’s opening goal was particularly impressive, as he latched onto David Cotterill’s corner with a thunderous Read the rest of this entry »

Are you looking for great stocking stuffers that will motivate you or your favourite wannabe fitness guru to be even healthier in 2009?
These three books aren’t new, but they are good. They will put facts into simple messages that will show any reader how to achieve their wellness goals.
Younger Next Year for Women (Workman Publishing Co., 2007, $17.95) by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge, MD is a concise road map for taking charge of your heath Read the rest of this entry »