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conference in Hong Kong said that the region is facing a resurgence of HIV cases among men who have sex with men that will not subside without increased government efforts, the
reports (Freeda,
, 2/19). The conference was organized in partnership with Hong Kong’s
, the
and included about 50 government officials responsible for HIV/AIDS and MSM programs, as well as other experts.
According to officials at the conference, discriminatory laws, Read the rest of this entry »
North Dakota’s Health Department is reporting 245 confirmed cases of the flu this week. It’s 95 more than last week.
Health officials say 27 counties report flu activity. Cass County has 61 cases, followed by Burleigh County with 34, Ward County with 24, Grand Forks County 23 and Morton County with 15.
Health officials say two people have been hospitalized because of the flu this season. Officials say 138 of the flu cases are people 19 years old Read the rest of this entry »
DENVER
— More people in Colorado have been sickened by tainted peanut butter, and the six new cases are linked to a shuttered Texas plant.
The Oregonian newspaper in Portland reports that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has linked the cases to the Plainview Peanut Co. in the Texas Panhandle. The Colorado victims were between the ages of 2 and 60. One had to be hospitalized, the newspaper reported.
The peanut Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Rodriguez has bolstered his legal team, adding Jay Reisinger, who has represented a number of high-profile baseball players who have been confronted about performance-enhancing drugs.
Medical liability cases posted some of the highest average jury awards in the nation in 2005 compared with other types of civil cases, according to an October report by the U.S. Dept. of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics.
The study also showed that average damages in medical liability trials more than doubled from 1992 to 2005, while average awards for all civil cases declined 40%.
During the same period, the overall number of civil trials, Read the rest of this entry »
No, you’re not seeing things. Osteoporosis drugs have been in the news
quite a bit lately and this time the bisphosphonates — like Fosomax,
Actonel, Didronel, and Boniva — seem to have been related to at least 50 cases of esophageal cancer since 1995.
In a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, Diane Wysowski of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) division of risk assessment called for research on the potential links between the Read the rest of this entry »
Residents, like Sheila Debo who grew up near Fort Leonard Wood, say the word of two soldiers dying from meningitis is disturbing.
“They say the meningitis symptoms are very flu-like, which frightens me because how do we know if a person’s got the flu or meningitis,”asked Debo.
Inside Fort Leonard Wood, the Army Community Hospital’s commander says steps like vaccinations and tests have been taken to stop the spread of this fatal disease.
“We Read the rest of this entry »
(live-PR.com)
– New York, NY, December 05 2008 — Effective public speaking is a critical communication skill in business, not only for large presentations, but also internal meetings with as few as 2-3 people. But when speaking fear strikes a majority of adults fear speaking more than death itself the results can be disastrous: lost business, promotions, jobs and self-esteem.
provides the solution to the really serious problem of extreme Read the rest of this entry »
Seven percent to 12% — that’s the dismal survival rate for children who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Children in the hospital don’t fare much better; only slightly more than a quarter (27%) survive to discharge. Those who do survive frequently have serious neurological problems.
How can survival rates be increased and kids’ brains protected from harm? One innovative approach for pediatric patients is therapeutic hypothermia. Read the rest of this entry »
Health officials in Kentucky on Wednesday reported an increase in the number of new HIV/AIDS cases recorded in Louisville between 2006 and 2007, the
reports. According to state health officials, new HIV diagnoses in Louisville increased by 11% between 2006 and 2007, from 155 to 172, and new AIDS diagnoses increased from 86 to 97 in the same period. New HIV diagnoses statewide decreased from 347 in 2006 to 327 in 2007, and new AIDS diagnoses decreased Read the rest of this entry »