Health is constantly in the news, but what do doctors on the frontline actually think?
This video diary is a weekly insight into the local and national issues affecting a busy GP practice.
This week, Dr Tom Coffey talks about the severe effects of food allergies he has seen working in A&E. He explains how to keep an eye out for them, especially in children.
The BBC diary doctors work at Brocklebank Health Centre in Wandsworth, London, which Read the rest of this entry »
Grand juries are usually presented with a set of witnesses and facts neatly packaged by the district attorney, with the decision to indict often an easy one.
This is not the case with the special investigative grand jury meeting now to examine the claim of a Brooklyn man that police officers sodomized him with a piece of equipment on Oct. 15. About the only facts each side can agree on is that the man,
, 24, a body piercer from the Prospect-Lefferts Read the rest of this entry »
PROMISES, PROMISES: No lobbyists except …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama promised a “clean break from business as usual” in Washington. It hasn’t quite worked out that way.
From the start, he made exceptions to his no-lobbyist rule. And now, embarrassing details about Cabinet-nominee Tom Daschle’s tax problems and big paychecks from special interest groups are raising new questions about the reach and sweep of the new president’s promised Read the rest of this entry »
Nov. 17, 2008 – 1:02 p.m.
to take office next year or for the 111th Congress to convene, Senate Democratic leaders this week are escalating discussions about an ambitious overhaul of the health care system.
, D-Mont., chairman of the Finance Committee, and
, D-Mass., who chairs the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, plan to meet Tuesday to discuss how to craft an overhaul that would fall under the jurisdiction of both committees. Read the rest of this entry »
To her fans, Oprah Winfrey is more of a friend than a talk show host.
Her intimate, heart-on-sleeve style of presenting has seen her share many personal moments with her viewers.
Her yo-yoing weight has been one such issue.
Over the years she has discussed the diets she’s tried, and the pounds shed.
Now, writing in her magazine O, she tells them she has “fallen off the wagon” and weighs 200 pounds (91kg).
“I’m mad at myself. I’m embarrassed. Read the rest of this entry »
A Lebanon man was stabbed during a domestic dispute at his home yesterday morning.
Jose T. DeJesus, 33, of 1016 Cumberland St. was stabbed in the arm by Suheily Malave-Guzman, 22, same address, said police, who arrived at the home at 6:10 a.m.
DeJesus was transported by ambulance to the Hershey Medical Center, where he was released after treatment, according to a center spokeswoman.
Malave-Guzman was charged with aggravated assault, police said.
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The 2009 Women’s and Food Expo, presented by Lutheran Health Network, is coming the weekend of March 14 & 15, to the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The admission for the event is $6. Children 12 and under are free. $1 off coupons are available on the website at www.womensandfoodexpo.com.
This extraordinary event, featuring more than 150 local and national product Read the rest of this entry »
One community health center in Mesa is having to turn people away as a beleaguered economy increases demand for its discounted health services.
The Mesa Family Health Center, part of Maricopa Integrated Health System, had been tapped for a potential expansion project along with the health center’s Chandler campus.
The center has referred people with numerous chronic health issues to other immediate sources of health care, center manager Liliana Read the rest of this entry »
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has relied on the Madoff Family Foundation for about a third of its donor-recruitment budget,
. No longer.
Yesterday, the group’s executive director said he had been getting calls all day from donors who said they wouldn’t be able to pledge to the organization because they’d lost money on Madoff investments. The group, which had planned on a roughly $7 million budget for next year, is looking for $1.8 million in additional Read the rest of this entry »
When drug companies seek approval to market new medicines, they must show the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the results of all the tests they’ve run on volunteer patients – at first on only a few, then on dozens, and finally on hundreds or sometimes thousands.
After winning approval, the companies typically sponsor reports of those tests in medical journal publications, which many doctors often rely on to determine whether to prescribe new drugs Read the rest of this entry »