MEMPHIS, TN – Like most 9 year-old boys, Thomas Givand is ready for a visit from Santa on Christmas. This holiday is extra special for him and his family because of what happened to him on Thanksgiving Day and the struggles he’s faced since then.
While playing football in front of his aunt’s home in Whitehaven, Thomas was hit by a stray bullet. Originally on a respirator, he fought to survive. He’s out of the hospital now and done with Read the rest of this entry »
Atkins Diet tries comeback with print, Web campaign
Actress Courtney Thorne-Smith is the new face of the Atkins Diet, which is the focus of a new print and online campaign. The effort from parent company
, which bears the tagline “Sweet, Sexy, Science,” is meant to portray the diet plan in a “more contemporary” and “less clinical” light, according to this article.
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
If wellness is the objective, “ground zero” for preventing catastrophe is right in the kisser.
We speak not just of the germs that can be spread with a kiss or a cough, but also the serious maladies that come with improper dental hygiene.
A long list of health problems, from heart attacks to rampant infections, can be triggered by poor dental health.
Dental care is one of the least appreciated and Read the rest of this entry »
BELLFLOWER — A woman gave birth Monday to eight babies in a span of five minutes, only the second time in history live octuplets have been born, doctors said.
The mother, who has not been identified, gave birth to six boys and two girls weighing between 1 pound, 8 ounces, and 3 pounds, 4 ounces, doctors at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center told The Associated Press.
The hospital had scheduled a Caesarean section for seven babies, but doctors Read the rest of this entry »
Shares of women’s clothing retailers traded mostly higher on Tuesday, despite more data showing consumers were reluctant to spend this holiday season.
The International Council of Shopping Centers said weekly same-store sales dropped 1.5 percent last week amid continued economic woes and wintry weather.
On a year-over-year basis, same-store sales fell 1.8 percent, according to the association’s weekly index, which tracks sales of about 40 retailers. Read the rest of this entry »
MONTPELIER Gov. James Douglas made his opinion known Thursday during his presentation of the proposed 2010 state budget: Vermont cannot continue to afford its current level of health-care spending.
To bring financial stability to next year’s state budget, Douglas proposed a laundry list of possible changes to Vermont’s health-care programs. These include increasing premiums for state-sponsored insurance programs, cutting reimbursement rates for Read the rest of this entry »
An estimated 10,000 people across all ages received free health checks during the month long festival while the kiosks saw a many-fold footfall of visitors who went away well acquainted with common healthcare disorders through games, counseling and distribution of educational material.
‘The tremendous response received by Family Health Festival is indeed very encouraging. The enthusiastic participation in every activity has definitely contributed Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Jobs, Patrick Swayze raise awareness of deadly pancreatic cancer
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Friday, January 16th 2009, 5:38 PM
It’s a deadly disease with a dismally poor survival rate and so few initial symptoms that sufferers often don’t know they have it until it’s too late.
– made headlines this week.
Swayze, diagnosed a year ago with the most common and grimmest form of the disease, was hospitalized with pneumonia last Friday. And Wednesday, Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES — Several times a day, Shaukat Ali prays in the garden of his daughter’s home — for his family and his health and now, for the economy.
“There is no alternative but to ask our God,” said Ali, 70.
Like many elderly immigrants, Ali dreamed of reuniting with relatives in the United States and working a few years before retiring. But since arriving legally from Pakistan three years ago, Ali has not been able to find a job and Read the rest of this entry »
It’s Easy Being Green: What’s a Climate Friendly Diet?
February 18, 2009
“Much about the typical American diet is wrong,”
food columnist Mark Bittman, author of
, in an interview with National Public Radio. “It’s damaging both individually and globally, and we can’t expect Big Food or the government to help us fix it.”
”—may be on to something. With the United States accounting for about Read the rest of this entry »