Dr. Stuart Lacey stood over the table and looked down at the boys.
Around him, Operating Room 5 at Phoenix Children’s Hospital was a blur.
Nurses finished draping the patients, anesthesiologists monitored their vital signs, scrub techs checked, and checked again, that all the equipment was ready.
Lacey stood perfectly still.
He was saying goodbye.
In the five months since Alex and Angel Mendoza were born, their bodies fused together below Read the rest of this entry »
Health and fitness calendar — Feb. 8
• Published February 08, 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 »
Open any magazine or watch any news report and you’re almost guaranteed to see something about the demise of the family unit, family activities or obesity in our nation.
However complex the problems may seem, the answers are sometimes easier than we think. For example, the simple act of running presents an inexpensive, enjoyable and healthy activity that the family can participate in together.
Compared with other sports, running cuts through differences Read the rest of this entry »
“We’ve known for years that mercury is toxic to the brain and other organs in varying amounts depending on the individual’s status. For FDA to suddenly change the equation to say that benefits outweigh risks is like once again declaring the earth is flat after discovering it was round,” concluded Jane M. Hightower, M.D., an internal medicine physician in San Francisco, CA, who published a landmark study that brought the issue of mercury in seafood Read the rest of this entry »
Olathe, KS – infoZine – Area health departments applaud improvements but urge additional steps be taken to protect and improve health in response to a report released yesterday by the New England Journal of Medicine. The report discussed a study of fine-particulate air pollution and average life expectancy from 1980 to 2000 in 51 U.S. metropolitan areas, including the Kansas City metro. The study found that reductions in ambient air pollution in that Read the rest of this entry »
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Eli Lilly & Co.
(LLY) expects to swing to a profit in
2009 from an anticipated loss in 2008 but sees sales growth slowing due to less
favorable currency exchange rates as well as generic competition for one of its
cancer drugs.
$6.5 billion
acquisition of ImClone Systems would result in a large charge for the fourth
quarter, causing the full-year net loss. The Read the rest of this entry »
BSN Supplements, the leader in cutting edge physique and sports performance nutrition will be featuring Team BSN Athlete and Fitness Celebrity Jennifer Nicole Lee in an in-depth multi-episode series showcasing her multi-dimensional lifestyle and her latest lifestyle fitness tips. JNL's rise to celebrity stardom was created out of her amazing and inspirational 70 pounds+ weight loss success after the birth of her children. This once fat and frumpy Read the rest of this entry »
Even though heart disease is the No. 1 killer of American women, female patients don’t always receive the same aggressive treatment that their male counterparts do for heart attack, new research suggests.
The researchers further conclude that among patients who have major heart attacks, women are more likely to die — a disparity that heart doctors say must stimulate change.
“The fact that nothing has changed over the years and that disparities Read the rest of this entry »
Four men seeking treatment for erectile problems were exploited by a doctor who treated them as customers rather than patients, a report by the Health and Disability Commissioner has found.
The four men complained to the commissioner after they were seen at four different branches of the New Zealand's Men's Health Clinic which specialises in erectile dysfunction.
Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson said the doctor, who was Read the rest of this entry »