Six weeks ago, renown vegetarian author and Soquel resident John Robbins was painfully reminded of what he’s always known to be true.
Robbins, the Soquel resident who walked away from the Baskin-Robbins fortune to seek a simple life grounded in sustainable food practices, lost his entire life savings in the $50 billion Ponzi scheme headed by alleged Wall Street fraud baron Bernard Madoff.
“I know at this moment more than ever that our real wealth Read the rest of this entry »
A delegation from Envita Asia Hospital Corp. was in Phoenix Monday to sign a joint venture with John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital.
This was the first time either hospital signed an international agreement.
The joint venture will provide the Vietnamese hospital’s most seriously ill and injured patients access to American health care expertise and technology. An estimated 60 percent of the population in Vietnam has no access to medical Read the rest of this entry »
Food prices are skyrocketing, the stock market has plunged and home values are dropping. Many of us are hoping things will get better, but if the future is worrisome, making ends meet right now has become a terrifyingly difficult task. One of the biggest concerns is the soaring cost of health care.
We need a president (and a governor) who is going to make smart decisions about health care. Both John McCain and Dino Rossi have shown that making affordable Read the rest of this entry »
Saturday, October 25, 2008
, the Republican challenger in the second district of Maine. We’ve posted an overview of his campaign
, his campaign videos
, and even conducted an
, where we discovered that he was already familiar with the
. He said he checks us out “quite regularly” and that we give him “much satisfaction.”
We’re happy to say that his campaign is one we’ve been following, and it’s given us much satisfaction as well. In no Read the rest of this entry »
Published November 24, 2008
GALVESTON Just hours after opening for the first time since Hurricane Ike, John Sealy Hospital at the University of Texas Medical Branch closed again, citing poor air quality in its operating rooms as the reason.
Tests of air samples revealed unhealthy levels of mold spores in operating rooms, said David Marshall, interim chief operating officer. The medical branch had taken two sets of air samples.
Results from Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. residents, or 14% of the population, lack insurance, according to the
.
among worries on the minds of registered voters, after the economy and Iraq, according to an October Kaiser Family Foundation
. By party affiliation, it remains third among Democrats, but Republican voters put it at worry No. 6, after the economy, gas prices, Iraq, terrorism and taxes.
how each presidential candidate’s proposed health reform plan will affect them Read the rest of this entry »
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Autopsy of John Travolta's son, Jett, performed in front of family doctor
Monday, January 5th 2009, 2:54 PM
John Travolta prepared Monday to bury his only son, who underwent an autopsy under the watchful eye of the actor’s family doctor.
“There is a lot of grief, a lot of pain, a lot of tears,” said Bahamian lawmaker Obie Wilchcombe, a friend of John Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston.
“John and Kelly are two crying human beings, not Read the rest of this entry »
Published November 22, 2008
GALVESTON The University of Texas Medical Branchs John Sealy Hospital, which was flooded by Hurricane Ike and rocked by a mass layoff as a result, will open at 7 a.m. Monday with 200 beds, officials said Friday.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hospital, where state prison inmates receive medical care, also will reopen Monday with 32 beds. John Sealys emergency room will not reopen Monday, a spokeswoman Read the rest of this entry »
Six weeks ago, renowned vegetarian author and Soquel resident John Robbins was painfully reminded of what he’s always known to be true.
Robbins, the Soquel resident who walked away from the Baskin-Robbins fortune to seek a simple life grounded in sustainable food practices, lost his entire life savings in the $50 billion Ponzi scheme allegedly headed by Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff.
“I know at this moment more than ever that our real wealth Read the rest of this entry »