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Northeast Georgia Medical Center isn’t the only local hospital that’s undergoing major changes.
Habersham Medical Center in Demorest is putting the finishing touches on a $38.6 million expansion that includes a dramatic new entrance, a 17-room emergency department and a 24-bed outpatient surgery center.
To match its new image, the hospital has dropped the word “county” from its name.
“We felt the name was no longer reflective of Read the rest of this entry »
State Committees Advance Bills To Require Reporting Of Abortion Data, Ultrasounds
The following summarizes recent news coverage of abortion-related legislation in Oklahoma and Kentucky.
~ Oklahoma: In a 20-2 vote on Tuesday, a state House committee approved a bill (
) that would prohibit physicians from performing an abortion solely on the basis of the gender of the fetus and require physicians to report certain information about abortions to Read the rest of this entry »
MONDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) — Children who are allowed to watch R-rated movies are more likely to smoke, say researchers who analyzed data from a four-year study of more than 1,200 Massachusetts youngsters.
“We don’t know why this is so. It may have to do with a parenting style that is permissive of activities that are not age-appropriate. Or it may be an outcome of all the smoking scenes in R-rated movies,” lead author Chyke Doubeni and colleagues Read the rest of this entry »
FACED with calorie counting, gym sessions and fad diets, it is no wonder women
are seduced by quick-fix diet pills sold online.
The manufacturers claim the drugs will burn fat and halt hunger pangs but
experts say they are addictive and harmful.
Because they are classed as supplements, the pills don’t have to conform to
regulations governing medicines.
But research has linked their use to long-term problems such as heart disease,
raised Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:46 AM PST
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Medical Association opposes any attempt by lawmakers to tell doctors how to fight a drug-resistant infection known as MRSA.
A bill sponsored by Rep. Tom Campbell of Roy would require doctors to screen vulnerable patients for the germ. The bill was prompted by a Seattle Times investigation that found hospitals often have ignored steps to control MRSA.
A bill sponsored Read the rest of this entry »
In a survey of 34 South Florida companies by Fort Lauderdale’s Seitlin Benefits, 41 percent said they would change benefit levels to keep increases in their medical plans to a minimum. Does that mean skimpier coverage? Some experts say it could, but employers say they’re offering choices that turn workers into better health consumers.
Nationally, health premiums are rising by 5 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. In South Florida, Read the rest of this entry »
The battle against superbugs in Scotland took on a new urgency yesterday with the announcement that a team of inspectors is to be set up to conduct random checks on hygiene standards in hospitals.
The move by Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish Health Secretary, follows the deaths this year of nine patients at the Vale of Leven hospital in Dunbartonshire after an outbreak of Clostridium difficile. The number of deaths involving the superbug has almost Read the rest of this entry »
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GAZA CITY: Israel announced an all-out war on Hamas yesterday as it flattened buildings that housed government departments in a third day of bombings in the Gaza Strip. US-supplied F-16s also bombed homes of at least two top Hamas commanders. They were not at home at the time but several family members were killed.
The death toll since Saturday's massive air attacks reached 327 yesterday.
Palestinians retaliated with firing a salvo of rockets Read the rest of this entry »