On a medical mission Rotarians bring help, education to farmers in Nigeria
From lancing boils and extracting infected teeth to making fuel discs from garbage and eyeglasses from bicycle spokes, Libertyville Rotarians have made an impact in Nigeria.
Nurse Teri Dreher, Dr. Anthony Collins and his 11-year-old daughter, Shea, and Bob Zamor recently returned from Umuagwo, Nigeria, where they spent an intense two weeks providing care and instruction Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama and his team have signaled that they plan to work jointly with Congress to overhaul the healthcare system, rather than produce a separate White House bill that would be sent to Capitol Hill, according to people involved in healthcare strategy discussions.
The Obama team is determined to avoid the mistakes of the early 1990s, when the Clinton White House created a healthcare policy team that had more than Read the rest of this entry »

– Mission Hospital’s 700-member medical staff has elected Dr. Alan Baumgarten chief of staff and Dr. William Hathaway as vice chief of staff.
Baumgarten is a member of the Asheville Family Health Center specializing in family practice and nutritional medicine. He was elected vice chief of staff at Mission in 2007.
Hathaway is a cardiologist and has been on the medical staff at Mission since 1999. He serves on the quality committee of the Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines -
Unfazed by threats from the communist New People's Army (NPA), United States troops will push through with their civic mission in Capiz in Western Visayas.
reported that Capt. Renante Besa, Army 3rd Infantry Division spokesman downplayed the threat of NPA attacks.
“There's no problem with the medical mission,” he said, adding the threats are “usual” and “expected.”
About 141 troops from the Army's 3ID are Read the rest of this entry »

The hospital treated 17 passengers in the Sept. 12 Metrolink crash, which killed 25 people. Seventeen more patients were treated for injuries and illnesses from last month’s wildfires. But on Tuesday, Kurcz said 23 of the hospital’s 31 emergency room beds were already occupied.
“God forbid, if today was the Metrolink day, we wouldn’t be able to do that,” she said.
Already, the hospital is regularly turning away ambulances, she said. Although there Read the rest of this entry »

Medieval arist, mad skills
They are 300 students on a mission.
Get fit, teach others about eating smart – and win the rematch of the Operation Tone Up contest against a Phoenix school they beat last year.
All the students in the third, fourth and fifth grades at Mission Manor Elementary School spend 20 to 30 minutes a day four days a week exercising.
They also have fitness lessons integrated into their reading, writing and math classes.
Read the rest of this entry »

The hospital treated 17 passengers in the Sept. 12 Metrolink crash, which killed 25 people. Seventeen more patients were treated for injuries and illnesses from last month’s wildfires. But on Tuesday, Kurcz said 23 of the hospital’s 31 emergency room beds were already occupied.
“God forbid, if today was the Metrolink day, we wouldn’t be able to do that,” she said.
Already, the hospital is regularly turning away ambulances, she said. Although there Read the rest of this entry »

Medieval arist, mad skills
They are 300 students on a mission.
Get fit, teach others about eating smart – and win the rematch of the Operation Tone Up contest against a Phoenix school they beat last year.
All the students in the third, fourth and fifth grades at Mission Manor Elementary School spend 20 to 30 minutes a day, four days a week, exercising.
They also have fitness lessons integrated into their reading, writing and mathematics classes.
Read the rest of this entry »

Newcastle striker Michael Owen is doing everything possible to return to peak physical condition, according to Chris Hughton.
Owen is feeling his way back to action following a groin injury and he featured from the bench in last weekend’s defeat at Fulham.
The 28-year-old is again expected to be named among interim manager Joe Kinnear’s substitutes when Wigan arrive at St James’ Park on Saturday.
But assistant boss Hughton insists Owen is on Read the rest of this entry »

UCSF Medical Center will be one step closer to breaking ground for a new hospital complex on the UCSF Mission Bay campus when an agenda item on the project’s design, budget and environmental certification comes up for approval by the University of California Board of Regents this week.
The new facility is designed as a 289-bed integrated hospital complex with three specialty hospitals – for children, women, and cancer patients – located on land Read the rest of this entry »