The controversial rule empowers federal health officials to cut off federal funding for any state or local government, hospital, clinic, health plan, doctors’ office or other entity if they do not accommodate employees who exercise their “right of conscience.” It would apply to more than 584,000 health care facilities.
“Doctors and other health care providers should not be forced to choose between good professional standing and violating their conscience,” Read the rest of this entry »
Our weekly roundup of the latest news in the world of health.
This week we learn that some women with small breast tumors may benefit from Herceptin therapy and that a combination of radiation and drugs could cut the death rate from prostate cancer. We also get further confirmation that post-menopausal hormone replacement increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer, and learn about a new warning for epilepsy drugs.
Stay well.
Some women with small Read the rest of this entry »
ATLANTA (AP) — Children in Georgia families living below poverty are almost five times more likely to suffer poor health than their wealthier counterparts — among the biggest income-based gaps in children’s health in the nation, according to a new report that found similar disparities across the South.
Georgia ranked 41, near the bottom, with one of the highest gulfs between the health status of poor and well-off children in the Read the rest of this entry »
ENCINITAS –
Christopher Greenslate and Kerri Leonard wanted to see if they could eat on $1 a day – a generally accepted measure of extreme poverty globally – and the challenge led to a discussion about food among their friends and people around the world.
The Encinitas couple, both high school teachers, spent $60 on food for the entire month of September. In a blog, they documented their meals of bean burritos, peanut butter cookies Read the rest of this entry »
Six weeks ago, renown vegetarian author and Soquel resident John Robbins was painfully reminded of what he’s always known to be true.
Robbins, the Soquel resident who walked away from the Baskin-Robbins fortune to seek a simple life grounded in sustainable food practices, lost his entire life savings in the $50 billion Ponzi scheme headed by alleged Wall Street fraud baron Bernard Madoff.
“I know at this moment more than ever that our real wealth Read the rest of this entry »
Fazil was taken to Edward Hospital for observation and has been released, his family said.
The children had left a family Thanksgiving gathering with another cousin and tried to walk across the partially frozen retention pond near the 3100 block of Aviara Court in the White Eagle Club subdivision. Maheen and Fazil had inched out about 10 feet, and Maheen was testing the ice’s strength by tapping her foot when the thin ice cracked and she fell in, Read the rest of this entry »
, I covered boot camp workouts as a low-maintenance, free way to increase your fitness and running level. Boot camp exercises are becoming especially popular because they require little to no equipment and are a great way to get overall strength and toning exercises.
In addition to the basic boot camp-style exercises from last week, you can add burpees to your boot camp training routine for added strength and explosiveness, which can be especially Read the rest of this entry »
MONDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Monday to avoid more than two dozen products marketed for weight loss because they contain undeclared ingredients that could pose serious health risks.
The products are sold in some retail stores and on the Internet and some claim to contain only “natural” or “herbal” ingredients. But the undeclared ingredients (not listed on labels) range from an anti-seizure Read the rest of this entry »
Of all the tonics going in all the gins in all the world . . . she puts diet into mine.
She walked onto the veranda, dropped the drink and walked off. I didn’t ask questions. Eight ounces later, I was cool as Peter Lorre in a crowd.
When she came back, she delivered the news.
“That one was made with diet.”
In this era of slimmer sipping through chemistry, it’s a wonder the folks in the adult-beverage industry don’t dream up more options Read the rest of this entry »
LAS VEGAS—Proposals to step up state inspection of outpatient surgical centers and some doctors’ offices drew concerns on Saturday from the doctors’ lobby, which said the regulations went too far and could force some physicians to stop offering pain medication.
Larry Matheis, executive director of the Nevada State Medical Association, told a joint meeting of the Assembly and Senate health committees that the increased regulation as written Read the rest of this entry »