Like many residents of Atlantic County, Sue Boisvert was blindsided when she received a letter telling her the family medical practice she had used for years was shutting down.
Boisvert, who lives in Mays Landing, received a letter sent out in November stating that AtlantiCare Family Medicine in Egg Harbor City was closing at the end of the year. The patients were told their records were being sent to the family medicine center in Hammonton, Read the rest of this entry »
TORONTO, ONTARIO and GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES –
KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, a partnership of 11 Canadian churches and church organizations, learned today that a community health clinic in Gaza City that is co-funded by KAIROS and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) was destroyed January 10 in an Israeli aerial bombing attack.
An Israeli telephone warning was given to the building’s owners, notifying Read the rest of this entry »
“It helps to have someone pushing you on days when you don’t want to leave the house,” said Julio Hernandez, who has dropped 30 pounds since meeting his wife. “And there’s always someone there to support you and celebrate your success.”
Chicagoans Robin Karlov, 44, and Jeff Hansen, 41, say their mutual love of exercise affects almost every part of their marriage, including dinner menus—organic mac and cheese for the kids—and family vacations, Read the rest of this entry »
The FDA is taking its licks in North Carolina today, where a leading newspaper reports the agency ignored reports of contamination at a syringe facility. Not just any facility, but AM2PAT, whose tainted heparin and saline syringes were linked with five deaths before they were pulled from the market.
reports that the FDA received “numerous complaints” about sediment and debris in the medicine, beginning as early as 2005. Besides the five patients Read the rest of this entry »
“While the diagnosis sounds scary, the prognosis is excellent,” he wrote. “The disease was caught extremely early, I am in a good risk group and this form of leukemia has a 90 percent cure rate. And, since I am receiving my treatment here at Hartford Hospital, I will have the very best doctors and medical staff in the world.”
Joseph came to Hartford Hospital last year after serving as a senior executive with St. Louis-based Ascension Health, the Read the rest of this entry »
Officials from the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture issued a product warning after preliminary laboratory testing indicated the presence of salmonella in a 5-pound container of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter, according to published reports. The product is distributed in Minnesota to long-term care facilities, hospitals, schools, universities, restaurants, delis, cafeterias and bakeries, but is not sold Read the rest of this entry »
MONROE — Straubs Fitness Monroe will participate in Cycle for Survival on Sunday, Jan. 25.
This indoor cycling challenge benefits research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on “orphan cancers,” which are forms of the disease that often lack the funding needed for breakthroughs in treatment.
Rose SantaTeresa, an avid cycler, a Straubs member and a registered nurse at Sloan Kettering, said, “We ride to support the Read the rest of this entry »
Published Thursday, December 11, 2008
When you look at your food, some ingredients are easy to see. For example, there is obviously milk in your cereal, cheese on your pizza and peanut butter on your toast.
But your meals are also filled with ingredients you can’t see. And you might be surprised to learn just how much those hidden items affect your health.
Salt is a perfect example of an ingredient that you might not notice, even when you Read the rest of this entry »
The National Basketball Association is launching a new fitness initiative in collaboration with the Got Milk? Body By Milk Campaign, with NBA star Chris Paul and WNBA star Diana Taurasi as the poster players.
Paul and Taurasi, both All-Stars in their respective leagues, are the latest athletes to wear the tell-tale milk moustaches in the familiar TV spots. They will be the point players for the NBAs Get Fit By Finals Challenge Read the rest of this entry »
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