KENNEWICK, Wash.– Kennewick General Hospital is one step closer to a future expansion.
The hospital got its certificate of need approved from the state. Now the hospital can apply for a loan from the Federal Housing Administration for more funding.
KGH leaders plan to build a new facility on the 40 acres of land known as the Southridge campus. The hospital’s CEO says having a new facility will also help our local job market.
“We’ll be creating Read the rest of this entry »

While some experts have recently recommended more aggressive cholesterol screening in childhood, less than 1 percent of adolescents 12–17- years-old may potentially qualify for cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a new study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
According to the study, updated recommendations for cholesterol screening in childhood released last year by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Read the rest of this entry »

How Many Kids Need Cholesterol Drugs?
Feb. 16, 2009 — Following a call for more aggressive screening and
treatment of cholesterol in childhood, a new study published in the journal
shows that about 200,000 U.S. teens and preteens need
medication to lower their cholesterol.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended last summer that
doctors consider cholesterol-lowering drugs, called statins, for children aged
8 and older if a blood Read the rest of this entry »

President-elect Obama is about to take
the reins of the government and officially begin his policy of “Change.” A
central pledge of his campaign: health care reform. But with the economy mired
in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and policy makers
focusing on righting the ship, enacting meaningful reform quickly might seem
unlikely.
As business leaders, we should encourage health
care reform. Simply doing nothing about Read the rest of this entry »

The White House said no and pressed on with its doomed effort to get a bigger bill. The Republicans won control of Congress in the fall. It wasn’t until 1997, thanks to the unlikely duo of Sens. Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch, that a children’s health care program was finally passed.
One of the clearest signals President-elect Barack Obama has sent is his determination to learn from the Clinton years, and particularly from the former president’s failures Read the rest of this entry »

It is often said that to stay healthy one must eat meat; however, a combination of vegetable proteins, supplements and fortified foods can easily fulfill one’s nutritional needs.
Vegetable proteins contain small amounts of various amino acids; the right combinations of vegetables can provide the body with its required protein.
In many parts of the world, people adopt vegetable protein-based or vegan diets for religious reasons, as they consider Read the rest of this entry »

don’t really need them, and kids who eat poorly and are most likely to benefit from nutritional supplements rarely get them, a new study reports.
The results surprised researchers, said lead author Dr. Ulfat Shaikh, a pediatrician at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine who treats children with nutritional problems.
,” she said. “We actually found the opposite.”
The children who used supplements the Read the rest of this entry »

Despite a case of bronchitis,
finished last year’s ING New York City Marathon a half an hour ahead of schedule – and nearly paid for it with his health.
“An hour after [I finished], I thought I would have to go to the hospital,” Reynolds, 32, reveals in the March issue of
, on sale Feb. 10.
– the Canadian actor’s first – he fell ill. But within just a few miles, he says, he was bolstered at the sight of Michael J. Fox, on Read the rest of this entry »

Do you need to share your diet?
One of the crazy things about being on a diet, and losing weight, is that everyone around begins to feel that they should offer advice and comments. Have you heard any of the following:
1. “Should you really be eating that baked potato? It’s full of carbs you know? Carbs are the enemy!”
2. “How can you eat that rabbit food? Just eat normal food, but on saucer, then you can eat what you like!”
3. “Come on, one Read the rest of this entry »

After receiving some news releases telling sports fans how many calories are in buffalo wings and advising them to “eat like an athlete” on Super Bowl Sunday, I was mildly fed up. Yes, I know Americans are already fat. Sure, I realize that cut-up veggies and hummus are a more nutritious option than nachos and sour cream dip. And clearly, sitting on the sofa making rude comments about the commercials won’t burn as many calories as a quick outdoor jog Read the rest of this entry »