By the looks of swimming pool supplier Swim Clean Utah’s busy calendar, pool owners are rushing to comply with a new federal law requiring systems to prevent swimmers from becoming trapped, injured or killed by drains.
Pools that do not comply by Friday, when the law takes effect, risk being closed.
From 1999 to 2007, 18 people died from entrapment in drains and 56 people were injured, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court said Friday that it will review whether a strip search for prescription-strength Ibuprofen violated a 13-year-old student’s constitutional rights.
The justices said they will hear arguments in April in the case from Arizona. The court also will consider whether, even if it upholds an appeals court decision that the girl was subjected to an unconstitutional search, a school vice principal is financially liable Read the rest of this entry »

Movember is an annual charity event held during November, where participants are encouraged to grow a moustache to raise money and awareness to benefit men’s health – specifically prostate cancer and male depression.
According to the Movember Foundation, men lack awareness about the very real health issues they face. The average life expectancy for men is five years less than for women. There is an attitude that they have to be tough – “a real Read the rest of this entry »

Health Net Federal Services is the government operations division of
Health Net, Inc.
,
,
. Health Net, Inc. is among the nation’s
largest publicly traded managed health care companies. Its mission is to
help people be healthy, secure and comfortable. The company’s health
plans and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to
approximately 6.7 million individuals across the country through Read the rest of this entry »

Conn. Attorney General Blumenthal Plans To Challenge HHS ‘Conscience’ Rule
, which he said could override a Connecticut law that requires hospitals to provide emergency contraception to women who have been raped, the
, 12/20). The rule, which will take effect on Jan. 18, 2009, allows employees of entities that receive federal grants to refuse to provide medical information and services they object to based on moral or religious beliefs. The more Read the rest of this entry »

When a colleague asked me if exercise might alleviate her menopausal symptoms, I jumped to find the answer to a great question.
About 1.5 million American women enter menopause each year and an estimated 80 percent experience one or more symptoms: vaginal dryness, insomnia, hot flashes, weight gain, loss of bone density and mood swings. “There is research showing the benefit of exercise on most of those things,” particularly the last four, said Read the rest of this entry »

Last week, the Chicago Tribune reported that 12-year-old Dontae
Adams, a Medicaid patient, had to ride a bus to a county hospital
for surgery after he was refused admission at the medical center.
The doctors’ group said the hospital, located on Chicago’s South
Side near impoverished neighborhoods, has drastically reduced
inpatient beds for emergency patients, a claim the hospital denies.
Dr. Nick Jouriles, ACEP’S president, criticized the hospital’s
Urban Read the rest of this entry »

State senator Margaret Carter and representative Tina Kotek were elected to represent the interests of the Portsmouth neighborhood.
On two major issues, public housing and health care, Carter and Kotek have failed all of their constituents in North and NE Portland.
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Both Carter and Kotek support the discredited and abhorrent policy of UNLIMITED neighborhood concentration of public housing.
The request for legislative relief below challenges Read the rest of this entry »

Following new research which suggests Plavix may be ineffective in as many as 30% of heart patients with certain genetic factors, the FDA is considering updates to the drug’s warning label.
(clopidogrel bisulfate) is a widely used blood thinner prescribed to prevent blood clots and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. It is currently ranked among the top selling drugs in the world, with as many as 25 million prescriptions written Read the rest of this entry »

unfolded on campus this week, the student-run
clocked overtime to ensure the health and well-being of the campus community.
GERMS — a 125-member volunteer ambulance service for Georgetown University and the surrounding neighborhood — responded to many of the more than 175 norovirus-related cases among the student body.
“Until this week, our record number of calls in a 12-hour shift was 11,” said GERMS Vice President
on Thursday. “We Read the rest of this entry »