Today, Kennecott Land and University Health Care announced plans to
construct a 150,000-square-foot healthcare center in the Daybreak
Community to serve the southwest valleys growing population. The
multi-specialty health center, located at 11400 South Daybreak View
Parkway, will be conveniently located next to the future Mountain View
Corridor and Mid-Jordan TRAX extension, allowing convenient access for
patients and employees.
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St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center has been a symbol of quality healthcare in the Phoenix Valley for 113 years. The hospital offers a wide range of services to treat the most severely ill and injured in the community. St. Joseph’s is home to Barrow Neurological Institute, which is annually recognized as one of the top 10 neuroscience centers in the nation, and the Children’s Health Center, which offers a full range of specialty pediatric services. Read the rest of this entry »
But in 1997, a contagious bacterial epidemic raced through hundreds of thousands of Chinese hives, infecting bee larvae and slashing the country’s honey production by two-thirds.
Chinese beekeepers had two choices: They could destroy infected hives or apply antibiotics. They chose to do the latter.
That was a mistake, said Michael Burkett, a professor emeritus at Oregon State University and an internationally known authority on bees and honey. Read the rest of this entry »
As this newspaper reported Tuesday, University Hospital officials “went into damage control mode” this week following a scathing report on the institution by The New York Times.
That’s certainly understandable; they have reason to be upset. For one thing, the Times article wrongly implied that a state commission had recommended that University and Crouse merge because of quality of care, when the commission’s recommendations were based only on capacity Read the rest of this entry »
The agency has been reviewing its risk assessments for bisphenol A, a chemical used to harden plastic that is found in a wide variety of products, from baby bottles to compact discs to the lining of canned goods. The chemical, commonly called BPA, mimics estrogen and may disrupt the body’s carefully calibrated endocrine system.
BPA is found in the urine of more than 90 percent of the U.S. population, according to data from the
. Scientists believe Read the rest of this entry »
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GENEVA (AFP) — About 500 people including patients were huddled in a Gaza City hospital that suffered a “direct hit” in an Israeli air strike Thursday, the international Red Cross said, condemning the incident as unacceptable.
In an unusually sharply-worded statement, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said that the situation in Gaza was “completely and utterly unacceptable based on every known standard of Read the rest of this entry »
PATIENTS who have difficulty swallowing vital medication are set to benefit from a new piece of equipment donated to Burnham Medical Centre.
The £1,000 syringe driver, a battery operated clockwork pump, administers drugs to patients who find swallowing uncomfortable, as an injection into the skin.
Members of the Burnham and Highbridge Medical Equipment Fund set about raising cash for the pump to be put to use at the town’s health centre.
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The body of 43-year-old Jody Ira Reynolds was found at 7:49 p.m. Jan. 20 inside a mobile home on the 200 block of Mountain View Drive, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department. An autopsy revealed that he had been shot twice, authorities said.
On Tuesday, Ernest Paul Cassidy III, 27, Eric Manual Duran, 38, and William Sylvester Hammack Jr. , all from Santa Rosa, were arrested in the slaying.
On Wednesday, sheriff’s detectives arrested Read the rest of this entry »
Fitness calendar Jan. 4
• Published January 04, 2009
7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Debbi’s Dance Etc., 6715 Martin Way E., Olympia. Teens welcome. Registration required. 360-456-6350 or
7 p.m. Tuedays, Studio One Dance and Acro Centre, 3660 Pacific Ave. S.E., Suite B, Olympia. 360-412-8225.
A.M. Booty Camp:
5:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 9 a.m. Saturdays, The Strong Center, 1820 Black Lake Blvd. S.W., Olympia. Total body Read the rest of this entry »