Soon it will be another page turned on a new year again. And if you are like many out there, New Years fitness goals are often distant memories by mid-year. Let me give you some advice though.
Your ambitions could be well thought out, doing the Stanchart Nairobi city marathon come October, climbing Mount Longonot in April and so on. Basically for every fitness goal, the first step is to gain some physical fitness as you gouge out the practicalities Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, January 23, 2009 11:04 AM EST
CASSOPOLIS – Isolated Cass County Medical Care Facility “experienced one of its most difficult years” in 2007-2008, Administrator Merri Terborgh and Dowagiac certified public accountant Rebecca L. Moore acknowledged to the Board of Commissioners Thursday night.
A Sept. 30, 2008, audit conducted by Plante Moran chronicles alarming financial swings.
Cash decreased $451,000, from $1,971,866 on Sept. 30, 2007, Read the rest of this entry »
A fire Tuesday night at a Lexington hospital caused quite a scare.
It happened at Saint Joseph’s Hospital.
Fire officials say a dumbwaiter, which is used to move patients from floor to floor had a bad motor and started to burn.
LEX 18 is told 13 patients had to move from the floor while fire crews investigated.
No one was hurt, but still, it is not the kind of call firefighters want to hear from a hospital.
The patients taken from the floor Read the rest of this entry »
Shopping for lower prices isn’t necessarily the first step you need to take if you want to lower your prescription drug bill, says Michael Cohen, president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices in Horsham, Penn. First, review the drugs you take (a good practice once each year regardless, doctors say), to determine whether you still need the drug or that dose and whether you could safely substitute a less expensive option for the drug.
A Read the rest of this entry »