Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 1:14 PM
’s failing health, worry not: Jackson’s rep says the singer is “in fine health” and vehemently denied reports that he was seriously ill.
“Wild allegations concerning Mr. Jackson’s health are a total fabrication,” says
, a man who IDs himself as Jackson’s “official and sole” spokesperson.
as saying Jackson’s grave health had left him nearly blind in one eye and in need of a lung transplant, “but may be Read the rest of this entry »
OREM — Police arrested two women suspected of pulling off six thefts at local fitness centers in November.
In a statement, Orem Police Lt. Doug Edwards said the women, ages 19 and 20, targeted the two Gold’s Gym locations in Orem as well as the Orem Recreation Center. They opened unlatched lockers in the women’s dressing rooms and took car keys and other valuables, police said. They then found the cars in the parking lot, unlocked them and Read the rest of this entry »
Quantities of mercury have been found in high fructose corn syrup, the ingredient that has replaced sugar in many of our processed foods. Reports have also come out that the
about traces of the toxic substance in food, and sat on the information. This news comes out just as we’ve learned that the peanut butter factory responsible for the salmonella outbreak has a
. What a week for food safety.
Mercury in high fructose corn syrup affects many Read the rest of this entry »
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Giving thanks for health, family
ditor’s Note: In honor of Thanksgiving, we solicited thoughts from the Editorial Board Reader Advisers and Midwest Voices columnists. Readers also contributed many letters, which fill today’s letters page. We hope you enjoy the sentiments as much as we enjoyed getting an early peek at such heartfelt insights. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
More than 1 million Americans have lost their jobs so far this year. Read the rest of this entry »
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc.
Reconciliation of Reported Net Income to Non-GAAP Adjusted Net
Income from Continuing Operations
(Adjustments are presented on a pre-tax basis)
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September Read the rest of this entry »
Associated Press – February 6, 2009 5:05 PM ET
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Attorney General Drew Edmondson says Oklahoma’s war on drugs is suffering because a source of federal funding is drying up.
Edmondson joined with attorneys general of 50 other jurisdictions this week in asking the U.S. Congress to restore federal funding to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants program.
Edmondson says Oklahoma received nearly $4.2 million in 2007, Read the rest of this entry »
Making good on a longtime Democratic goal, federal lawmakers and President Barack Obama have approved an expansion of the state Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP. The measure will continue health-care coverage for about 7 million children already enrolled in SCHIP and extend coverage to another 4 million children.
The SCHIP expansion, costing $35 billion over five years, is worthwhile given rising unemployment and an increasingly bleak Read the rest of this entry »
Six years after landmark research uncovered breast cancer risk in the nation’s most popular menopause treatment, two new Stanford University analyses show that using hormone replacement therapy long-term poses a far greater risk of cancer than previously thought.
The research concludes that a woman who stays on the therapy for at least five years doubles her risk of breast cancer every year. This 200 percent elevated risk is much greater than the Read the rest of this entry »
The Samuel Dixon family Health Center
has been operating out of a school, but that is all about to change.
,
which provides low cost medical care to Santa Clarita residents, has found a
new home to better serve the Newhall area.
and will house five exam rooms, two dental rooms and an office for counseling
sessions.
The new location has allowed the SDFHC to expand their
services from health care to dental as well.
The SDFHC has currently Read the rest of this entry »