For the first time in at least a decade, the nation’s consumers are trying to get by on fewer prescription drugs.
As people around the country respond to financial and economic hard times by juggling the cost of necessities like groceries and housing, drugs are sometimes having to wait.
“People are having to choose between gas, meals and medication,” said Dr. James King, the chairman of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Read the rest of this entry »
LIMA – The YWCA will keep its pool and fitness center open this year and wants to harness the energy generated by its proposed closing.
The YWCA board of directors released its response Wednesday to the Save the Fitness/Aquatics Center Task Force, saying it would keep open the facilities, generate new programs, increase membership fees and need members to volunteer and serve on new committees.
With the pool and fitness center losing nearly $127,000 Read the rest of this entry »
Alot of my patients are fed up with drugs. They’re tired of having no choice but to take a pill for every problem. They ask me, “Can’t we try something more natural first?”
I got my M. D. 25 years ago. And since then, I’ve prescribed a lot of drugs. I’ve also studied homeopathy and nutrition, so I can give my patients something more natural.
For me and my patients, drugs are not the only answer. And my patients Read the rest of this entry »
No one was surprised that playing Ultimate Frisbee increased students’ heart rates more than archery.
The spikes on the heart-rate patterns proved what Hungary Creek Middle School physical-education teacher Paul Matts already knew. But the process was valuable to show students how to select activities for target heart performance.
Matts recently received a grant to collect, assess and monitor student activity. That augments a push to increase Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:16 AM CST
DECATUR – Next month, the American Heart Association will encourage area residents and businesses to paint the town, and themselves, red.
National Wear Red Day, which will be observed Feb. 6, seeks to raise awareness of and combat the problem of heart disease among women. And to mark the occasion, WSOY, Comcast Spotlight and downtown merchants will partner with the association for a special Steppin’ Out Read the rest of this entry »
MONDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) — U.S. doctors in clinics that serve primarily minority patients often face challenging workplace conditions, which may affect patient care, a new study finds.
Researchers analyzed data from surveys of 96 clinic managers, 388 primary care doctors and more than 1,700 adult patients with chronic diseases. Minority patients accounted for at least 30 percent of the patient base at 27 of the 96 clinics that took part Read the rest of this entry »
In another sign of the economy’s toll on the nation’s health care system, some
say they are seeing fewer paying patients — even as greater numbers of people are showing up at emergency rooms unable to pay their bills.
While the full effects of the downturn are likely to become more evident in coming months as more people lose their jobs and their insurance coverage, some hospitals say they are already experiencing a fall-off in Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Santa Claus, you passed your NCT
What is Mr Claus’s prognosis? His continued good health has medics baffled
“Many health-conscious children have started to leave a glass of milk (excellent for his calcium intake) but more traditionally he was offered a mind-numbing concoction (literally) of alcoholic beverages such as sherry, whiskey and beer
OVER A 24-hour period starting tomorrow evening, Santa Claus will deliver Read the rest of this entry »
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Power Medical Interventions, Inc. (PMII:
) said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its 510(k) application for marketing its patented i60RL Intelligent Surgical Instrument.
The i60RL Intelligent Surgical Instrument is designed to improve medical outcomes by providing surgeons with greater access to important anatomical sites that are currently difficult to reach.
The company said Read the rest of this entry »
On October 22, 2008, the company received from the Nasdaq Stock Market a Staff Deficiency Letter notifying the company that it was not in compliance with the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market because the company’s market value of listed securities had been below the minimum $50,000,000 requirement for continued listing set forth in Marketplace Rule 4450(b)(1)(A) for ten consecutive trading days. Under applicable Nasdaq rules, if the Read the rest of this entry »