Looking to “catch the dream girl”? Men’s Health’s February issue has tips on how to lure her in, with the help of Arielle Kebbel (she had a supporting role in “Gilmore Girls” and is in the new film “The Uninvited”). Start with dropping the games, presenting a challenge and reading the tips below.
» Opposites attract, right? So you don’t have to laugh at all the same things or always agree ideologically. In fact, Kebbel says she wants someone who Read the rest of this entry »
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The current worldwide financial crisis is transforming the problem of rising U.S. healthcare costs into a dire threat to our entire economy, making healthcare reform an increasingly urgent priority. Any potential approach to restructuring healthcare must include universal electronic medical records so that both patient care and policy decisions are fully informed. In his weekly address to the nation on Dec. Read the rest of this entry »
The nation’s third largest, non-profit, secular healthcare system, the North Shore-LIJ Health System cares for people of all ages throughout Long Island, Queens and Staten Island — a service area encompassing more than five million people. The health system consists of 15 hospitals, 17 long-term care facilities, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, five trauma centers, five home health agencies, a hospice network and dozens of outpatient Read the rest of this entry »
Physicians in India are highly trained, but medical experts
say there aren’t enough of them to reach 500 million
rural villagers, some of whom still die of fevers from
malaria and dehydration from diarrhea.
Dr. B. Babu Paidipaty, the director of critical care and
respiratory therapy at St. Mary’s of Michigan hospital
in Saginaw, returns to his home country every year to train
doctors and work on a rural health initiative.
Paidipaty now is using Read the rest of this entry »
If the CNN medical correspondent Dr.
becomes surgeon general, who will replace him as the pre-eminent doctor on television news? As any hospital would, CNN apparently has interns waiting in the wings.
Four doctors are moonlighting for CNN on the company’s new health site,
. While each has a day job and probably would not replace Dr. Gupta directly if he departed CNN, they are supplementing the network’s medical reporting.
CNN had Read the rest of this entry »
Insurance often feels like a waste of money or a “hedge your bets” gamble that something bad will happen. While there may be a thousand ways to spend your hard earned cash, going without health insurance can be the costliest gamble you’ll ever make. The law forces us to purchase car insurance, but health insurance is voluntary. Health insurance, however, protects our most valuable asset, our health. The question is, what is the best way to protect Read the rest of this entry »
Pregnancy places substantial demands on the availability of iron in the body. Pregnancy diet plans give your baby the best chance for a healthy beginning. Pregnancy diet plans provide the extra nutrition and calories needed by your body and the baby. The fetus takes nutrients from the mother; therefore if the mother does not eat properly, both may suffer the consequences. Pregnancy Nutrition refers to the intake of nutrients as well as the planned Read the rest of this entry »
By Andrea V. Hernandez -
For the new year, Lisa Baldridge has promised herself she will lose “belly flab and arm flab.”
Lucky for Baldridge, a Blue Cross Blue Shield operations liason, her employer is helping her.
Blue Cross Blue Shield has opened a 24/7 fitness center for its workers at the Columbus location on Warm Springs Road.
Officials on Thursday unveiled the 5,702-square-foot gym, which boasts more than 18 exercise machines, Read the rest of this entry »
(Actually, I added improve shoe collection to my list, but my husband doesnt have to know that.)
Anyway, we each tackled our list in our own ways. I reached for books to tell me how to proceed, and my husband waited for me to tell him how to proceed. Gradually, we got the long-term house chores under control and our finances well, we only can hope for the best.
But the health part was tough.
The book I went to most often for our 50-year Read the rest of this entry »
Clad in a bright yellow smock indicating his confinement in the county jail’s mental health ward, former SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu was formally charged Wednesday with three counts of murder in the gunshot slayings of colleagues who met with him after he was fired.
Wu, 47, kept his head bowed during the entire five-minute hearing, and spoke only one word, “yes,” in Santa Clara County Superior Court when asked to verify his true name. He did Read the rest of this entry »