: A Cincinnati teen is recovering at a Detroit hospital after getting an unexpected zap from a manhole cover in Downtown Detroit.
The 17-year-old was leaving Saturday night’s Red Wings game and stepped on a manhole cover in front of the Detroit-Windsor tunnel’s duty free shop when he reportedly got a shock.
Family members say they saw sparks just before the teen’s body fell to the ground.
EMS rushed him to Detroit Receiving where he was found Read the rest of this entry »

MCLEAN, Va.
,
Jan. 2
/PRNewswire/ — Dr. Siegal’s Direct Nutritionals, LLC,
worldwide distributor of the venerable Dr. Siegal’s COOKIE DIET(R)
hunger-busting cookies and shake mixes and the operator of web site
CookieDiet.com (
), today announced that it is
featured in the cover story of the current issue of People magazine. The story
(
) profiles six men and women who have lost half
their weight, a total of nearly 1,000 pounds.
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When Oprah Winfrey decided to go public about her latest weight gain, she didn’t hold anything back and suggested to the editors of her magazine, O, “Why don’t we just put my fat butt on the cover?”
And so, Winfrey’s 200-pound self was posed next to a picture of her skinnier self from three years ago.
The talk show queen is talking about her latest tumble off the diet wagon and “Good Morning America” showed a clip today from Winfrey’s Jan. 5 show Read the rest of this entry »

By Mitchell H. Katz, M.D.
Today is the Great American Smokeout and while San Franciscans are doing their part to help people battle nicotine addiction, recently, I became aware that not all the health insurance plans for our county workers in San Francisco — nor in many other counties around the state – were covering all of the smoking cessation benefits recommended by the Center for Disease Control.
The City of San Francisco has embraced a Read the rest of this entry »

No such luck.
Carter, a technical editor for a District consulting firm and mother of twin boys and a girl, is facing steep increases in out-of-pocket expenses for health coverage this year. What she shells out for premiums and co-pays more than offsets any fuel savings. Her employer picks up 50 percent of the coverage for her family, up from 33 percent a few years ago. But because insurance costs have soared, she says she’s actually paying $200 Read the rest of this entry »

Is the FDA Part of a Cover-up to Protect Oxycontin and Purdue Pharma, Asks the Prescription Addiction Radio Show
According to Larry G, host of the weekly Prescription Addiction Radio Show, there is “strong evidence that defective OxyContin was distributed from the Purdue Pharma's manufacturing facilities in 2002 and the company, as required by law, did not notify the FDA of this information”. Janet Woodcock, the head of the Center for Drug Read the rest of this entry »

As more Shelby County residents find themselves unemployed, health care for their families is a major concern, but even people with jobs frequently find they lack access to affordable health insurance.
In their search for health care, 125 Shelby County residents sought health care at the Hope Family Health Center in Bartholomew County in 2008, and others traveled to the WindRose Health Network clinics in Trafalgar, Edinburgh and Greenwood.
The Read the rest of this entry »

September 17, 2008 8:44 a.m. EST
Los Angeles, CA (CNS) – Toned “RocknRolla” star Gerard Butler shares his four-step foolproof plan for beating stress as he strikes a casual pose on the cover of Men’s Health October issue.
Looking slightly trimmer than his picture on the previous MH March 2007 cover, the “300″ star reveals that he hasn’t “had a drink in more than 10 years” and how he wanted to be an actor just after seeing a stage production of Read the rest of this entry »

Gilbert’s Cover Shot, Gheorghe’s Fitness Book
in which he tells jokes (“Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.”)
Gheorghe Gilbert, on the other hand, are two of the greatest things that have ever happened to D.C. pro basketball. This week provided yet more evidence. Despite being injured and sure to miss at least a month of the season,
, under the extremely unfortunate headline “Gilbert Strikes Back.” Read the rest of this entry »

Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr is now reviewing evidence of whether a pair of San Jose police officers tried to cover up the drunken driving of a former cop, the Mercury News has learned.
Carr will determine if the two officers broke a law and should be charged with a crime.
The county’s top prosecutor can decide to charge them, decline to charge or present the case to a grand jury to let it decide if charges are warranted. Read the rest of this entry »