Two Albany boys and their grandmother are recovering this week from an illness caused by eating poisonous mushrooms late last month.
The two 11-year-olds and their 72-year-old grandmother, New York resident Sarah Elbert, became violently ill after eating Amanita phalloides mushrooms — also known as Death Caps — that they picked while on a family hike at Mount Tamalpais State Park on Dec. 28.
The three ate the mushrooms later that evening Read the rest of this entry »

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FAIRMONT, Feb 15, 2009 (The Times West Virginian – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) –
— Jim Holehouse, MD, said he is thankful to be able to work in a facility like the Fairmont General Hospital HealthPlex, where he recently established his new women’s health practice.
Dr. Holehouse has been practicing in North Central West Virginia for 20 years. He worked in Morgantown from 1989 to about 2003, and during that time, he was Read the rest of this entry »

2. Calvert Pines Senior Center, 450 W. Dares Beach Rd., Prince Frederick, 410-535-4606 or 301-855-1170.
3. Calvert Memorial Hospital, 100 Hospital Rd., Prince Frederick, 410-535-8233 or 301-855-1012, Ext. 8233.
4. Calvert Memorial Hospital Annex, 120 Hospital Rd., Prince Frederick, 410-535-8233 or 301-855-1012, Ext. 8233.
5. Civista Medical Center, 5 Garrett Ave., La Plata, 888-332-4847.
6. Civista Women’s Health Center, Ambulatory Care Pavilion, Read the rest of this entry »

While losing weight and getting into shape is perennially one of the most common New Year’s resolutions, many people find it difficult to stick with a new routine that will lead them to their goal. Lynette Stupi, group fitness coordinator at the Carroll County Family YMCA center in Westminster, offers some tips on how to stay motivated to keep fitness in mind throughout the year, particularly during the winter doldrums.
Q: So, do you actually Read the rest of this entry »

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) –
, the U.S. insurer that
specializes in employer-sponsored medical benefits, said profit
declined 53 percent on falling stock values tied to its
annuities business and shrinking health-plan membership.
fell to $171 million, or 62 cents
a share, from $365 million, or $1.28, a year earlier,
Philadelphia-based Cigna said today in a statement. Profit per
share, excluding certain items, missed analysts' estimates, and
the Read the rest of this entry »

October 29, 2008 – 3:50PM
A sports masseur who indecently assaulted seven clients at a Melbourne Fitness First gym has been jailed for six years.
Adam Alikakos, 44, pleaded guilty in the County Court last week to two charges of rape and five of indecent assault between June 2006 and March 2007.
Crown prosecutor Claire Quin told the court that Alikakos was working as a masseur and renting a room at the Collins Street Fitness First when he began Read the rest of this entry »

Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (R-MT) has just unveiled a comprehensive health plan in the form of a white paper, which he sees as framing the upcoming debate on health care reform.
The introduction of Senator Baucus’s plan is a welcome development in that it puts some flesh on the bones of ideas that have been circulating in policy circles. It also indicates a more open conversation about health reform than occurred during the last major effort Read the rest of this entry »

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. Announces FDA Filings for Paliperidone Palmitate and INVEGA(R)
TITUSVILLE, N.J., Feb 06, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
— Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. (J&JPRD) today announced that the company has submitted multiple applications to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which, if approved, would broaden treatment options for patients diagnosed Read the rest of this entry »

Alliance Imaging is a leading national provider of shared-service and
fixed-site diagnostic imaging services, based upon annual revenue and
number of diagnostic imaging systems deployed. Alliance provides imaging
and therapeutic services primarily to hospitals and other healthcare
providers on a shared and full-time service basis, in addition to
operating a growing number of fixed-site imaging centers. The Company Read the rest of this entry »