PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) – Mother and daughter Spanish instructors Melissa DeAngelo and Dolores Keenum say there are certain Spanish phrases every doctor should know. They say when it comes to healthcare, you just can't afford to get lost in translation.
“In the medical profession, it's imperative [to cross language barriers] because it's so fast paced and such an adrenaline rush in certain circumstances, that both languages need to Read the rest of this entry »
RENO, Nev.—As long as Janet Simpson heard the familiar beep of the brain scan monitor, everything was OK.
But the wrong beep could signal too much pressure on her son’s brain—too much stimulation for a young brain that had experienced severe trauma. The wrong beep could’ve been triggered just by touching her son’s hand.
“We couldn’t talk more than a whisper,” she said.
Reno High graduate and baseball fanatic Drew Simpson was barely Read the rest of this entry »
SACRAMENTO—Over the past three decades, California lawmakers and voters have sought to combat crime with an ever-expanding list of sentencing laws, adding years to inmates’ terms and returning parolees to prison more often.
That get-tough approach has led to a ballooning prison population with unintended consequences—prisons commanding an ever larger share of the state’s budget and unconstitutional conditions for inmates.
The federal Read the rest of this entry »
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) sent a letter on December 3 to President-elect Barack Obama encouraging him to “seek meaningful reform at the FDA.” He said he believes that means a complete change of leadership at the agency. Citing his past twelve years on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce committee–the most recent two years as chairman of the subcommittee–during which time he has held 16 hearings into the Read the rest of this entry »
BROCKPORT — A Lakeside Memorial Hospital official was tight-lipped during a Tuesday afternoon press conference regarding the fatal shooting of one his former employees, Mary Silliman, and Randal Howard of Orleans County.
The two were killed Saturday morning in the parking lot of the hospital.
Michael Stapleton, Lakeside’s interim chief executive officer, said the Monroe County District Attorney instructed him to not answer any questions Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Australian company CSL Ltd
(
CSL.AX
) won U.S. approval on Friday to sell an intravenous
treatment for a bleeding disorder seen in patients with a rare
genetic defect.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the product,
Riastap, for people with congenital fibrinogen deficiency. The
disorder limits the blood’s ability to clot and puts patients
at risk of life-threatening bleeding without treatment, the FDA
said.
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We’re frequently reminded that 47 million Americans lack health insurance. Their number has fluctuated between 14 percent and 16 percent of the population for the past 15 years, yet left wingers insist that only a government-managed universal health care system can resolve this crisis.
But who are the uninsured? The answer may surprise you — and lead to much different conclusions about what to do.
For starters, the lack of health insurance Read the rest of this entry »
, a disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the lining of the joints.
As an individual’s rheumatoid arthritis progresses, his or her joints can become swollen and stiff, reducing mobility. While treatments are available to relieve some of these symptoms, no cure exists.
Although sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis have turned to a variety of special diets, the new review of 15 studies found little evidence that changing their Read the rest of this entry »
In the blink of an eye the last few holiday shopping days are upon us and some of us are still thinking about what to get our loved ones. Well, if your loved one is a fitness enthusiast then here are a few suggestions:
1. A gym bag – for the guy/gal that loves to go to the gym a snazzy gym bag may be just what they need
2. A
– for the fitness enthusiast that means business, a heart rate monitor can help him/her track progress and Read the rest of this entry »
But ever since she got sick after getting a shot a few years ago, she’s sworn off the vaccine.
“I rarely get sick. The only thing I could narrow it down to is that I had gotten this shot,” said Taylor, who works at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. “I know that it’s not a live virus. It just seemed pretty coincidental.”
Such stories frustrate Dr. William Schaffner.
As chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt Read the rest of this entry »