WASHINGTON – The economic stimulus package now being assembled on Capitol Hill will include significant subsidies to help the newly unemployed keep their health insurance after they lose their jobs, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said yesterday.
COBRA benefits let laid-off workers keep their group healthcare coverage for up to 18 months, but the benefits are too expensive for many unemployed people because they must pay the full cost Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES—Doctors and ambulances have started moving patients out of the historic Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center and into its replacement facility.
The new Inpatient Tower is a $1 billion project that has been in the works for years. Its 600 beds and 130 emergency room bays will house patients from the old General Hospital and Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
The massive old main hospital building has loomed over East Los Angeles Read the rest of this entry »
Freetown — When Kadiatu Conteh has pain or isn’t feeling well, she buys drugs like paracetamol and antibiotics to make her feel better. The drugs come from drug peddlers who come to her compound.
“I’m tired, I don’t have money to go to the pharmacy,” she said. “The drug peddlers are cheaper.”
But sometimes the drugs are expired and don’t work as well, and she has to buy more in order to feel better. Sometimes the drugs are of poor quality, Read the rest of this entry »
The nurse suffering from viral haemorrhagic fever is still in hospital.
“She is still serious but stable,” Morningside Medi-Clinic spokesperson Melinda Pelser said on Sunday.
“She is unchanged since Friday, so it gives us hope.”
Pelser said nobody else was known to have the disease, and the hospital was still monitoring a list of people who had had contact with those known to have died from the fever – a Zambian tour operator and the paramedic Read the rest of this entry »
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 18, 2009)
— University of Liverpool scientists claim that the degeneration of sight, caused by a common eye disease, could be reduced by up to 20% by increasing the amount of fruit, vegetables and nuts in the diet.
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the UK, with 45% of those registered as blind suffering from the disease. The condition results in a gradual loss of central vision, Read the rest of this entry »
THURSDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) — The drug ustekinumab shows promise against psoriatic arthritis (PA), according to a study that included patients from 24 sites in Europe and North America.
PA affects about 11 percent of patients with psoriasis, an autoimmune disease that affects the skin and joints. Some patients don’t respond to current drug treatments for PA, so researchers are trying to find alternative therapies, according to background Read the rest of this entry »
Two London men face several charges after police seized a stash of weapons and drugs during searches of two homes.
Police seized marijuana valued at more than $350,000 and cocaine, along with a sawed-off shotgun, stun gun, brass knuckles and two throwing stars.
“This seizure is very significant, not just because of the drugs, but because of the weapons seized,” Const. Amy Phillipo said yesterday.
“Now, these weapons are off the street and out Read the rest of this entry »
ARLINGTON — A 58-year-old man died in a hospital early Saturday after he was struck by a car while trying to cross the street.
Kevin Kelsey of Arlington, was crossing the street in the 1300 block of South Cooper Street about 6:20 p.m. Friday when he was struck by a four-door Mercury Grand Marquis that had turned out of a private driveway and was traveling north on Cooper, a police report said.
No charges have been filed, the report said.
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Excessive use of antiviral drugs could aid deadly flu, says study
Columbus, Ohio: Influenza’s ability to resist the effects of cheap and popular antiviral agents in Asia and Russia should serve as a cautionary tale about U.S. plans to use the antiviral Tamiflu in the event of widespread avian flu infection in humans, scientists say.
Researchers analyzed almost 700 genome sequences of avian influenza strains to document where and when the virus Read the rest of this entry »