Still no Medical Records from Palin; What’s the Hold Up?
October 29, 2008 1:20 PM
ABC News Kate Snow reports: Governor Palin’s campaign still has not released any information regarding her medical records despite frequent requests from the news media and the campaign’s own assertion that they would release this information soon.
On Sunday morning, Palin spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt told ABC News that the campaign had planned to release information Read the rest of this entry »

Not every leafy green winter vegetable has to be from the Brassica family. Spinach is available year-round, and those ubiquitous bags of baby spinach have transformed this nutrient-dense vegetable into a convenience food. I used to spend hours stemming and washing spinach, and after all that work, it was so disheartening to get so little cooked spinach out of a 12-ounce bunch. Recently I bought both a bunch and a bag, and after stemming all of the Read the rest of this entry »

– Mission Hospital’s 700-member medical staff has elected Dr. Alan Baumgarten chief of staff and Dr. William Hathaway as vice chief of staff.
Baumgarten is a member of the Asheville Family Health Center specializing in family practice and nutritional medicine. He was elected vice chief of staff at Mission in 2007.
Hathaway is a cardiologist and has been on the medical staff at Mission since 1999. He serves on the quality committee of the Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines -
Unfazed by threats from the communist New People's Army (NPA), United States troops will push through with their civic mission in Capiz in Western Visayas.
reported that Capt. Renante Besa, Army 3rd Infantry Division spokesman downplayed the threat of NPA attacks.
“There's no problem with the medical mission,” he said, adding the threats are “usual” and “expected.”
About 141 troops from the Army's 3ID are Read the rest of this entry »

President-elect Barack Obama’s universal health insurance plans would look a lot like the program being tried in Massachusetts. It would cost $75 billion a year and $1 trillion over the next decade, according to a new analysis.
placed those price tags on Obama’s plans in a report released Wednesday. Obama wants to expand some government health programs and mandate and subsidize coverage in other areas to provide insurance for the 46 Read the rest of this entry »

“We wanted to offer people of all physical conditions an inexpensive ‘personal trainer’ that could help them reduce stress and improve their health during these pressure cooker days,” says Dr. Heiden. “Exercise, when done properly and in a specific order – combining flexibility, aerobic, strength training and balance – can help you beat weight loss and training plateaus, gain greater exercise benefits in a fraction of the time, live longer and improve Read the rest of this entry »

Health and fitness calendar — Jan. 11
• Published January 11, 2009
7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Debbi’s Dance Etc., 6715 Martin Way E., Olympia. Teens welcome. Registration required. 360-456-6350 or
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7 p.m. Tuedays, Studio One Dance and Acro Centre, 3660 Pacific Ave. S.E., Suite B, Olympia. 360-412-8225.
A.M. Booty Camp:
5:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 9 a.m. Saturdays, The Strong Center, 1820 Black Lake Blvd. S.W., Olympia. Read the rest of this entry »

Former senator Thomas A. Daschle, nominated to become secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, skipped the inauguration of his close friend Barack Obama in order to be with an ailing family member. A Daschle spokeswoman refused to release details, except to confirm that Daschle was outside of Washington today because of a family emergency.
Two other sources said that one of Daschle’s three younger brothers has been diagnosed with Read the rest of this entry »

Public hospital births double risk for mother and baby, says report
February 16, 2009
WOMEN who give birth in public hospitals are twice as likely to suffer serious complications and their babies are at greater risk of death, research shows.
An analysis of more than 780,000 full-term births in Australia between 2001 and 2004 found one in 1000 babies died in private hospitals, compared with three in 1000 in public hospitals.
It also concluded Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, “Men’s Health” magazine ran a story called “The ten dirtiest foods you eat,” which had a list of unsurprising foods like eggs or chicken but very surprising items like cantaloupe and peaches. Though they are out of season right now, we do often pick up these items even in winter where they are grown in warmer climates and shipped to local grocers.
Cantaloupe and peaches among the dirtiest though? Giving it more thought, maybe that shouldn’t Read the rest of this entry »