Most people know to get a second opinion, but what happens when both your
first and second opinions leave vital information out? WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY
NOT TELL YOU ABOUT DIABETES (Dr. Steven V. Joyal, Hachette Book Group USA)
investigates the genes and changes to cells in the body that cause diabetes.
Joyal looks at ways to reverse pre-diabetes and recommends prescription drugs
that could change the course of diabetes. He also includes key self-tests,
exercise Read the rest of this entry »
Emanuel Steward was sitting at the HBO broadcast table with partners Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant on Dec. 6 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas when a piece of paper was handed him about 8 p.m. It read: “Oscar De La Hoya, 147 pounds tonight.”
“I said, `Oh my God,’ ” Steward said. “I looked at Jim and said, `This fight’s over. This guy can’t function like that.’ ”
About 45 minutes later De La Hoya was stopped by Manny Pacquiao after eight rounds. To say Read the rest of this entry »
Associated Press
10.21.08,
5:50 PM ET
TOPEKA, Kan. -
Leaders of the Kansas Health Policy Authority are well aware of the skepticism that their expensive health plan can pass the 2009 Legislature – and they share some of it.
But the authority’s executive director the chairman of its board said Tuesday that the agency will keep pushing because doing so results in incremental progress. The goal is making sure more Kansans have health insurance Read the rest of this entry »
Chicago (IL) – Steve
Jobs, Apple’s CEO currently on a six months medical leave, is seeking
re-election as board member to the entertainment conglomerate
Disney. Ahead of meeting scheduled for March 10, Jobs appears to have
already won the support of Disney’s CEO Bob Iger who relies on Jobs’
knowledge of new media platforms and experience in technological
issues. However, Jobs’ re-election bid comes in question this time
around amid broader Read the rest of this entry »
Palo Alto’s Ellin Klor would have a hard time intimidating anyone.
The 58-year-old children’s librarian is of medium height, with a physique that is more couch potato than gym rat — and a demeanor more friendly than frightening. In her free time, she knits.
But three times in the past 15 years, she’s stared down death.
Twice she battled breast cancer and won. Right before her second bout with cancer, she got stabbed in the heart by a knitting Read the rest of this entry »
ST. PAUL, Minn. – National experts gather in Prior Lake this week to focus on a stubborn racial health gap in one of the nation’s healthiest states.
Minorities in Minnesota face greater odds of dying from violence, diabetes and heart disease and less chance of having health insurance. Nonwhite teens are more likely to get pregnant than their white peers.
The “Health Equality” conference happens Wednesday through Friday at Mystic Lake Casino Read the rest of this entry »
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A former mental hospital psychologist who said he became interested in
while treating sex offenders was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison.
The man, Joseph Belanger, 61, of Jamestown, pleaded guilty last year to receiving and possessing materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
Mr. Belanger, who had worked at the State Hospital in Jamestown for more than 20 years, paid for access to pornography Web Read the rest of this entry »
: Mon Feb 16, 7.45pm; Emirates Stadium, London
The forward, who suffered a compound leg fracture at Birmingham on February 23
last year, was a surprise inclusion on the list of substitutes, at Tottenham
on Sunday, and is close to making a belated return to first-team football at
the Emirates, possibly against Cardiff in Monday’s delayed FA Cup fourth
round replay.
Eduardo, speaking on Arsenal TV Online, has battled against the Read the rest of this entry »
Ask AP: Road salt and health, an in-flight birth
A baby’s citizenship usually has something to do with the country where she’s born, or the one where her parents are citizens. But what if she begins life on a trans-Atlantic flight, thousands of feet in the air?
That’s one of the questions in this edition of “Ask AP,” a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers’ questions about the news.
If you have your own news-related question Read the rest of this entry »
The fourth annual Gay Men’s Health Summit took place in Vancouver at UBC Robson Square Oct 30-31. The focus of the summit, organized by the Community Based Research Centre (CBRC), in partnership with the Health Initiative for Men (HIM) and the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), was to develop strategies to integrate public health with community-level activism.
“The general objective is to get people working in some aspect of gay men’s health Read the rest of this entry »