DESPITE the economic downturn of recent months, it’s easy to look around the region at construction cranes and assess that hospital services are in high demand. Nearly every major medical center here is either in the midst of construction or considering facility expansion. Most of these hospitals are building new facilities to meet growing patient needs and replace out-of-date buildings unable to accommodate new technology and services.
At Virginia Read the rest of this entry »
During its regular meeting Wednesday night, the Otero County Commission discussed plans for a growth study to prepare for the population explosion anticipated at area military bases.
The discussion focused on a memorandum of understanding between Otero County, DoГ±a Ana County, the city of Alamogordo and the city of Las Cruces. The MOU is the first step in working with the Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment to ease the growing Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES, CA — Each year in the name of medical progress, scientists experiment with one-hundred million mice, rats, monkeys, fish and dogs. They expose the animals to medicines and therapies that could become the next cancer killer or depression fighter.
But are the tests a move forward or backward?
Inside the rooms, behind locked cages, 13 dogs, 13 pigs, 1,800 rats, 800 Zebrafish and 9,000 mice are all born for one purpose — medical research. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, October 17, 2008
ESCONDIDO â Tatiana Sanchez was 8 centimeters dilated and having rapid contractions as midwife Kelly Walsh coached her along.
âLargo y duramente! Largo y duramente!â Walsh said, urging Sanchez to push her baby out with strong, sustained attempts.
âWait for the contraction,â a nurse added. âThere you go, more like that.â
Walsh is one of 15 certified nurse-midwives on staff at Palomar Read the rest of this entry »
Resurrection admits no wrongdoing and settled the suit because of “the cost of litigation and the toll it takes internally on an organization,” said Jeannie Frey, senior vice president of legal affairs.
Resurrection has sent notices to 220,000 patients informing them of the settlement terms and the opportunity to apply for financial relief on outstanding or past bills. Advocate, which operates nine hospitals, has notified 170,000 patients.
Starting Read the rest of this entry »
announced plans Friday to unite 240,000 home care and nursing home workers in California in a single local union.
Leaders at SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, a feisty health care local that represents 140,000 long-term care and hospital workers in the state — and would lose almost half of its membership if the new union local is formed — immediately fired off a petition asking for a membership vote on disaffiliation from the international Read the rest of this entry »
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — The U.S. is suspending a trade deal with Bolivia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday. She called it unfortunate but necessary because Bolivian President Evo Morales has failed to improve anti-drug efforts.
Rice made the announcement just as Bolivian envoys arrived at the U.S. Trade Representative’s office in Washington to lobby for continued participation in the Andean trade pact, which lowers Read the rest of this entry »
Parents seek oversight at Neb. center for disabled
Eds: UPDATES to reflect bill was advanced to full Legislature.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Tina Manes is sure her 18-year-old daughter died because she was neglected at the troubled Beatrice State Developmental Center, and she wants state lawmakers to help prevent more tragedies.
“There’s not anyone out there overseeing what needs to be done,” Manes told a legislative committee on Monday, crying as Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Freedman says Kitt died Thursday of colon cancer and was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
Eartha Kitt was born Eartha Mae Keith on January 17th, 1927. One of her signature roles, though not perhaps one she aspired to, was on In the 1960s television campy series Batman, where she played Catwoman after Julie Newmar left the role.
While not one of my favorite actresses to play Catwoman, it is easy to see how Read the rest of this entry »
“Back then, it was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young. I was stupid. I was naive. And I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being … one of the greatest players of all time.
“I did take a banned substance, and for that, I’m very sorry, and deeply regretful.”
The revelation sent another round of shock waves through the industry, as the story has engulfed baseball since Saturday. The ripple effect went all the way to the Read the rest of this entry »