The morning quickie: the perfect way to start your day. Read on for three interesting love and sex tidbits.
recently published a list of women’s sexual fantasies that weren’t so sexy. The Frisky wrote a hilarious rebuttal about how we don’t actually want to do naked yoga poses or be eaten like an apple. [
Perhaps this woman didn’t understand what she was saying when she said that Barack and Michelle Obama enjoy fisting. Or perhaps she has special Read the rest of this entry »

Clayton County’s only hospital will stay open and employees will keep their jobs — with little risk taxpayers will end up paying the bill.
The Clayton County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to back a $40.2 million bond for Southern Regional Health System.
The vote means the 331-bed Riverdale hospital will not default on its loan, which is due to SunTrust Wednesday.
“We feel it is a great victory for the county and Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, I had the privilege of sharing some frank and direct conversation with state legislators regarding the proposed cut to Maine’s hospital-employed physicians. As Eastern Maine Medical Center’s vice president and chief medical officer, I make sure that EMMC has the physician work force to provide specialty medical services for the northern two-thirds of Maine. That responsibility is weighing heavily on me as I contemplate the risks involved Read the rest of this entry »

January 19, 2009
BAD timing is the most common reason for women seeking abortions at Royal Women’s Hospital, the first report on women using its pregnancy advisory service has found.
An analysis of 3018 women seeking terminations between October 2006 and September 2007 showed 1026, or 34 per cent, listed their primary reason as “does not want children now” or “not the right time”.
Another 547, or 18 per cent, said they already had enough children, Read the rest of this entry »

Three years ago, Pawlenty vowed that all Minnesota children should have health care coverage. But an estimated 77,000 children (along with 300,000 adults) remain uncovered, and that number could skyrocket as moms and dads lose their jobs and their insurance. So it’s puzzling that Pawlenty’s main fix now is to cut tax rates on Minnesota corporations in half. Even if such a plan paid off in the long run with new jobs, it ignores the present crisis.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nadya Suleman has voiced concern that the hospital where her octuplets are being cared for may prevent her from taking them home when they’re healthy enough in coming weeks. But in reality, hospitals don’t prevent healthy children from going home — child protective services do.
And that’s only if a complaint has been filed. Hospital employees are mandated to report to county authorities any concerns they have about Read the rest of this entry »

However, women who took multivitamins weren’t any more likely to ward off a diagnosis of breast, ovarian, lung, stomach, bladder, kidney, colorectal or endometrial cancer than were women who didn’t take multivitamins. Nor were multivitamins in general helpful in preventing heart attacks, strokes, blood clots or reducing the risk of death from any cause during the study period.
The research team, led by scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Read the rest of this entry »

CINCINNATI – Firefighters were called out to Jewish Hospital on Saturday afternoon due to a fire.
Administrators said that part of the hospital was being evacuated.
Hospital security was able to put the fire out quickly but the halls were still clogged with smoke, firefighters said.
Firefighters said that fire was caused by a broken motor in the ventilation system. When it blew, the motor sent smoke throughout the system.
Fire crews were able Read the rest of this entry »

Hospitals around the country are struggling to stay afloat amid the recession, although many have had financial problems for years, often blamed on Medicare, Medicaid and other government health programs that don't fully cover the costs of care for millions ofpatients.
_In mid-December, the prestigious Cleveland Clinic started a hiring and salary freeze across the 33,000-worker health system; it also restricted travel and use of consultants Read the rest of this entry »

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which is aimed at families earning too much money to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private insurance, currently covers close to 7 million youngsters at a cost of $25 billion.
Lawmakers voted 66 to 32, largely along party lines, to renew the joint state-federal program and spend an additional $32.8 billion to expand coverage to 4 million more children. The expansion would be paid for Read the rest of this entry »