LOS ANGELES (AP) — Awash in debt, behind on his mortgage and recently fired from his job at a hospital, Ervin Lupoe was planning on leaving California.
The 40-year-old father of five pulled his children out of school, packed his SUV with snow chains and winter clothing for him and his family and appeared ready for the trip to his brother-in-law’s home in Garden City, Kan.
It’s not yet known if he was planning on leaving for good in a bid Read the rest of this entry »
Sports, Fitness & Wellness VB Purchasing Guide February-April 2009
Compiled by Cheryl Cheng and Cindy Spielvogel — Video Business, 2/2/2009
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Fitness: New York Burlesque headliner Jo Weldon demonstrates the Showgirl Position, the Derriere Frame and the Shoulder Strap Striptease.
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Fitness: The Firm instructors show how a heart-pumping, fat-burning workout can be as much fun Read the rest of this entry »
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Northern Territory police have arrested a 49-year-old woman at Darwin International airport after finding drugs inside her teddy bear.
Police found 60 grams of cannabis inside a chip bag in her luggage and another 50 grams inside a white Christmas teddy bear.
A customs drug dog named Yoda made the bust.
Police say the drugs were detected during a screening of passengers heading for Groote Read the rest of this entry »
Gov. David Paterson’s proposal to invest more in preventive and primary medical care is just the right prescription for New York’s sick-as-a-dog health system.
Bolstering primary care makes sense in a lot of ways. People overall would be healthier and live longer. Health disparities between people of different races and incomes would become less severe. And the state would be in a better position to control the burgeoning cost of medical services Read the rest of this entry »
TACOMA — An employee at Western State Hospital pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in Tacoma and was released on $50,000 bail.
The charges filed last week against 51-year-old Ronald Maurice Roberts involve three women — two patients and a former colleague — at the state mental hospital in Lakewood.
The hospital has placed him on paid leave from his job as a mental health technician who helps nurses.
The Tacoma News Tribune Read the rest of this entry »
LEXINGTON, Ky.–(Business Wire)–
Recently approved as new partners of the Pittsburgh Steelers is the Paul family,
who are also partners with Urban Active`s CEO Royce Pulliam.
Last week, TheNFLapproved an ownership restructuring plan that permits Steelers`
Chairman Dan Rooney to buy out his brothers while still maintaining a 30%
interest with his oldest son and Steelers President, Art Rooney II.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Personal animosities at a Veterans Administration health facility led to the destruction in just a few hours of biomedical material on Legionnaires’ disease that two prominent infectious disease researchers had collected over a quarter-century, a House panel says.
“It is breathtaking that a federal health agency official would order the destruction of a human tissue specimen collection without discussing it with and receiving Read the rest of this entry »
State health officials seem intent on privatizing Georgia’s mental health services, even though there is scant evidence that having for-profit companies take over troubled state hospitals will either save taxpayers money or improve the quality of care to patients.
Still, the Georgia Department of Human Resources is pressing forward with a proposal to turn over one of the state’s seven mental hospitals to a private company as early as Read the rest of this entry »
Maryland has joined more than two dozen other states and the District of Columbia in a $7 million settlement with a dietary supplement and cold-remedy manufacturer Airborne Health Inc. over charges of deceptive advertising.
Under Maryland law, health claims in advertisements must be substantiated with adequate, well-controlled studies, the state attorney general's office said in announcing the settlement.
The complaint alleged that Airborne Read the rest of this entry »
This series of Country Health Statistical Reports is produced on behalf of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by the Analysis, Information Management and Communication Activity (AIM) Project. Each profile contains statistical data on current health conditions, population dynamics, health and family planning behavior, and health and population trends in a given developing country. Information is compiled from AIM’s Read the rest of this entry »