It was in March, in the drizzle, that I realized my brain was burned out. Like a rusty engine, I could hear it chug-chug and splutter – but it would never quite start running at top speed. I had just come back from a rough month-long work-trip to Bangladesh, and I had an Everest of work in front of me. It was all fascinating, and all urgent – but I was plodding though it at half my normal speed. I needed to be performing at my best; instead I was Read the rest of this entry »
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continues to weaken.?We expect online advertising will increasingly become a smaller part of our Naming business?currently these names make up 7 percent of the adjusted zone for registered names and .com and .net names?.As a result we plan to
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LONDON (Reuters) – Adding nuts to a traditional Mediterranean diet rich in fruit and vegetables appears to provide extra health benefits, Spanish researchers said on Monday.
A daily serving of mixed nuts helped a group of older people manage their metabolic syndrome, a group of related disorders such as obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and abnormal blood sugar, Jordi Salas-Salvado of the University of Rovira i Virgili in Spain and Read the rest of this entry »
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Miami, FL (AHN) – The federal government will subject makers of certain prescription pain medications to a risk-management program designed to prevent the abuse of the drugs and ensure they are being prescribed properly.
The Food and Drug Administration said abuse of time-released pain killers like oxycodone, morphine and fentalyn patches has been on the rise over the last 10 years, and the agency sent letters Read the rest of this entry »
Raleigh, N.C. —
Former state Insurance Commissioner Jim Long was taken to Rex Hospital Wednesday afternoon after he suffered a stroke at the Legislative Office Building.
Long was outside the office of state Rep. Cary Allred, R-Alamance, when he collapsed. Legislative assistant Nancy Garriss said she saw Long writing on top of a file cabinet when he fell “like a tree” to the floor.
Garriss and other legislative aides rushed to his assistance Read the rest of this entry »
The state’s Health Care Facilities Financing Authority will
discuss the project at a hearing Thursday.
So far, Virtua has funded the $463 million project with cash,
spending $70 million as of mid-February, according to Bob Segin,
the firm’s chief financial officer.
Virtua hopes to sell roughly $600 million worth of bonds by the
end of spring.
“No health system could finance a large project such as our new
hospital entirely using cash,” Fred Read the rest of this entry »
Metabolic syndrome in adults occurs when they have at least three risk factors from among abdominal obesity (waist circumference more than 35 inches for women; 40 inches for men); low HDL (“good”) cholesterol; high triglycerides; high fasting glucose; and high blood pressure.
Although sometimes difficult to diagnosis in children, similar clustering can appear in childhood. The report, published online Jan. 12 in
, called for clinicians to measure Read the rest of this entry »
An Aurora family has been awarded a $6.5 million settlement in connection with a brain injury to their son caused by alleged negligence.
The settlement was reached on behalf of a now-7-year-old child who allegedly suffered a brain injury at birth at Provena Mercy Medical Center, the Beacon News reports.
Attorneys for the boy, Roberto Morales, Jr., say the attending obstetrician, as well as the labor and delivery nurse, failed to respond to the Read the rest of this entry »
Walk Across Arkansas is an eight-week health program sponsored by University of Arkansas Baxter County Cooperative Extension Service to spark friendly competitions in Baxter County. Teams of up to eight will compete to see who can log the most walking miles. The winning team will receive a prize. The walking program will be March 8 through May 2.
To participate, form a team and choose a team captain and name. Fill out a registration form available Read the rest of this entry »
Michigan, longtime home of some of the best health benefits in the nation, has fallen below the national average of companies offering health insurance, a new report to be released today finds.
The number of people without insurance also grew, particularly among those ages 35 to 64 and those without a college education, the report found. Black and Hispanic people are disproportionally affected, the report said.
The number of uninsured people increased Read the rest of this entry »