Seeking to squelch persistent rumors that Sen. Barack Obama isn’t eligible to become president because he allegedly was born outside the United States, a Hawaiian official has confirmed she has “personally seen and verified” that the state “has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate” – meaning Obama was born in the Aloha state, and is therefore an American citizen.
“There have been numerous requests for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama’s official birth Read the rest of this entry »
Leaders of New Hampshire health and human service providers are breathing a little easier knowing that state support for their services won’t be cut under Gov. John Lynch’s proposed budget for fiscal years 2010-11.
“The governor said one of his goals was to protect our most vulnerable citizens,” said Jack Lightfoot, advocacy director for Child and Family Services, a nonprofit that provides children’s services statewide. “He’s laid out a road map Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, November 25,
2008
By STEVEN M. ELLIS,
Staff Writer
A medical marijuana
supplier must have provided patrons some previous, other form of caregiving in
order to qualify as a “primary caregiver” immune from prosecution for growing
or possessing the drug for sale, the California Supreme Court held yesterday.
Reversing a decision by
the Sixth District Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a
Santa Cruz County Read the rest of this entry »
withdrew his nomination as secretary of health and human services on Tuesday after weathering four days of scrutiny over unpaid taxes, prompting
to concede having “screwed up” in undermining his own ethical standards by pushing the appointment.
“I’ve got to own up to my mistake, which is that ultimately it’s important for this administration to send a message that there aren’t two sets of rules,” Mr. Read the rest of this entry »
December 31, 2008 05:21 am
DANVERS — Starting tomorrow, residents seeking to safely get rid of leftover or expired medication can drop their pill bottles in an old mailbox inside the police station.
“They can anonymously drop off their pills, no questions asked,” Sgt. Robert Bettencourt said.
The drop box will be available around the clock in the station at 120 Ash St.
Unused or expired drugs lingering in medicine cabinets is a real Read the rest of this entry »
Blogs Comment On Global Health, State Ultrasound Bills, Natural Family Planning Research, Other Topics
The following summarizes recent women’s health-related blog entries.
,”
Maurice Middleberg, RH Reality Check
: Although President Obama “took a huge first step” in addressing the health needs of low-income women, children and families by
the “global gag rule,” it is “time to get to work on elevating what has been a stagnant American response Read the rest of this entry »
“I’m mad at myself,” Winfrey writes in an article provided early to the Associated Press. “I’m embarrassed. I can’t believe that after all these years, all the things I know how to do, I’m still talking about my weight. I look at my thinner self and think, ‘How did I let this happen again?’ ”
In the piece, Winfrey, 54, details her recent struggles with an out-of-balance thyroid and how the condition made her develop “a fear of working out.” She Read the rest of this entry »
-(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday
it’s continuing a safety review of Singulair and similar asthma medications to
see if they are linked to mood and behavior changes including suicide.
The agency said the safety review, first announced last March, “may take
months to complete.”
Merck & Co.’s
(MRK) Singulair and asked the company to submit additional
information. The agency also asked the manufacturers of drugs that Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco Challenges Calif. Law Allowing Women To Be Charged More For Health Coverage
The city of San Francisco is challenging a California state law allowing “gender rating,” a practice that permits insurance companies to charge women higher rates than men for policies in the individual health insurance market, the
reports. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sent a letter to the state attorney general indicating that the city intends Read the rest of this entry »
The researchers from Rockefeller University in New York City said their finding is an important advance in understanding mechanisms of fetal programming. It also sheds light on the production of new brain cells, helping to explain the dramatic rise of childhood obesity in the United States over the past three decades.
“We’ve shown that short-term exposure to a high-fat diet in utero produces permanent neurons in the fetal brain that later increase Read the rest of this entry »