The Northwest Kidney Centers organization is reminding dialysis patients to stick to an emergency diet if they cannot make it to their dialysis treatments because of the region’s snowstorm.
Dialysis patients are at risk of dying if their bodies build up too much potassium, which comes from eating fruits, vegetables and protein.
The organization recommends that patients who cannot make it to their dialysis treatments switch to a low-protein diet Read the rest of this entry »
In early 2005, FDA commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct
a study to examine the US drug safety system. In September 2006, the
Institute of Medicine Report entitled, “The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting
and Protecting the Health of the Public” was released and outlined numerous
ongoing and future activities designed to continue to strengthen the FDA’s
drug safety program. The Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology (OSE)
contributes Read the rest of this entry »
NFL defensive lineman Antwan Lake is co-owner of youth-focused gym opening January 2009 in Atlanta. International kids' fitness club franchise combines video games and other interactive technology with exercise to offer a fun, positive solution to the health challenges today's kids face, including the growing problem of childhood obesity.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 11, 2008 — NexGym (
), the innovative new fitness club for kids aged Read the rest of this entry »
Burglars cut a hole in the roof of the Walgreens store in the Swampscott Mall at 450 Paradise Road sometime between late Saturday night, Nov. 8, and the store opening Sunday, Nov. 9, and escaped with prescription drugs, according to Swampscott police.
Detective Sgt. Tim Cassidy said the suspects first cut a hole in the roof and then cut a hole in an inside wall to gain entrance to the pharmacy area of the store.
“A large quantity of pharmaceutical Read the rest of this entry »
state’s top health official appears in a
5-minute YouTube video promoting Gov.
’s controversial “fat tax” on soda and other sugary soft drinks.
Health Commissioner Richard Daines is seen on the video standing behind a kitchen counter holding an array of props, including cans of soda, glasses of milk and a football-sized lump of fake fat.
On the video, Daines defends the tax proposal, saying it will help the state fight the spread of childhood Read the rest of this entry »
Gift cards for birth control? Foes say bah humbug!
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Christmas for many is the season of giving. At Planned Parenthood of Indiana, it’s about giving the gift of health care and contraception.
The network of 35 health centers across Indiana has begun offering holiday gift certificates for basic health care services “or the recipient’s choice of birth control method,” it announced this week.
Nearly 800,000 Indiana residents Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher M. O’Connor, the president of Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, is leaving the hospital immediately to pursue other opportunities, according to a spokeswoman for the six-hospital chain.
O’Connor, 38, who was head of the flagship hospital of Caritas Christi Health Care for 2 1/2 years, will continue in a limited consulting role at the Brighton institution. His photo and greeting to visitors were still on the St. Elizabeth’s website Read the rest of this entry »
12:00 AM CST on Saturday, February 14, 2009
stevethompson@dallasnews.com
Just last month, attorneys were considering whether to withdraw life support from 7-month-old David Coronado Jr., whose parents are accused of inflicting scars too numerous to count.
Now the brain-damaged Dallas boy is breathing on his own, and authorities are looking into who might eventually get custody of David should he survive.
“He is off life support at this time, Read the rest of this entry »
Last March, Suleman filed bankruptcy, claiming nearly $1 million in liabilities — mostly because of a bad house investment, her attorney said. Countrywide Home Loans approved a $492,000 mortgage for Suleman in 2006 for a second home she bought in Whittier for $615,000. In 2008, the bank began foreclosure procedures. The house was sold in August for $369,375.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, Suleman said her daughter did Read the rest of this entry »