Brownwood, Texas, doctor who pleaded guilty to sex assault allowed limited practice
07:48 PM CST on Saturday, December 20, 2008
A Brownwood, Texas, doctor who pleaded guilty in October to aggravated sexual assault of a child has been allowed to continue his practice – with restrictions – but state medical board officials could soon revoke that privilege.
Donald Delmer Pope, entered the plea in Tarrant County Read the rest of this entry »
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched.
Gov. Linda Lingle’s administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan.
“People who were already able to afford Read the rest of this entry »
Alzheimer’s disease is a serious yet incurable brain disease affecting an estimated 4.5 million Americans. A recent study suggests that taking ginkgo biloba supplements is useless in helping the elderly prevent the disease.
The finding does not apply to all people at all ages although it does suggest that ginkgo may not be effective against the development and or progression of Alzheimer’s disease in people age 75 or older, at least Read the rest of this entry »
Doctors will decide on Tuesday whether to operate and separate a pair of newly-born conjoined twins.
Laura Williams, 18, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, gave birth to the girls, named Faith and Hope, at University College Hospital, London on Friday.
They are joined from their breastbone to their navel, so share a liver but have separate hearts.
Their mother told the Mail on Sunday that her babies, who are now at Great Ormond Street Hospital were Read the rest of this entry »
The hospital treated 17 passengers in the Sept. 12 Metrolink crash, which killed 25 people. Seventeen more patients were treated for injuries and illnesses from last month’s wildfires. But on Tuesday, Kurcz said 23 of the hospital’s 31 emergency room beds were already occupied.
“God forbid, if today was the Metrolink day, we wouldn’t be able to do that,” she said.
Already, the hospital is regularly turning away ambulances, she said. Although there Read the rest of this entry »
The state medical board is seeking to revoke the license of a former UC Santa Cruz psychotherapist who authorities say admitted to having a brief sexual relationship with a 21-year-old student whom he was treating for relationship issues and an eating disorder.
Milton Peechuan Huang, 45, of Scotts Valley, was a staff psychiatrist at the Student Health Center during the alleged affair that began in November 2007 and ended the next month, according Read the rest of this entry »
, there would be no need to wait a million years for the trees to be buried and become oil. Wood is indeed convertible to useful chemicals, because termites do it every day, causing $1 billion of damage every year in the United States. But to live on a diet of wood is challenging, not least because wood contains so little nitrogen. So how do termites do it?
The trick lies in a cunning triple symbiosis, a team of Japanese scientists report in Friday’s Read the rest of this entry »
Illegal sales of expensive cancer drugs could multiply in hospitals across the country, putting patients’ lives at risk, according to Health Ministry documents and a report recently filed by the ministry comptroller.
Doctors and patients are already selling surplus drugs to patients who need them, ministry officials said. Some of the drugs, such as those sold by doctors contrary to medical regulations, were intended for patients who died before Read the rest of this entry »
that men get sleepier post-orgasm than women do. Is this a bunch of bull? It’s not like men crash after masturbating. Could it be attributed to physical exertion, rather than some hormonal response?
– name withheld,
This is actually a well-documented phenomenon, complete with hundreds of Yahoo! Answers queries (my favorite response: “well probly idk mayb there jus bored lol”) and a book called, yup,
Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?
(“Men Read the rest of this entry »
LINDENHURST – Vista Surgery Center – a stand-alone, same-day surgery center – is hosting a open house and fall family health exposition from 11 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19.
“We are very excited about hosting this family-friendly event,” said Barbara J. Martin, president and chief executive officer of Vista Health System, in a release. “We hope to make more residents who live in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin aware of the extensive Read the rest of this entry »