Pescetarians choose diet for health, ethics
02:25 PM CDT on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Sarah Cagle, 12, wanted to be a vegetarian, yet she couldn’t bear giving up fish – her favorite food is sushi. So she announced to her mother that she would be a vegetarian who eats fish. “You mean a pescetarian,” she recalls her mother responding.
Pescetarianism is a new term for adherence to a diet that excludes meat and Read the rest of this entry »
23 people indicted for alleged roles in dealing drugs, stolen firearms
Police, FBI and other law enforcement agents scoured Allentown on Tuesday night and this morning, arresting 23 people believed to be involved in drug dealing and illegal firearm swaps.
U.S. Attorney Laurie Magid said Allentown is a safer place today now that these individuals — 10 of the 23 are alleged members of the Latin Kings gang — are off the streets.
“Two pretty evil Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, February 13, 2009
Two people are sent to the hospital after a collision in Santa Barbara County.
California Highway Patrol officers say a truck hauling a fifth-wheel trailer collided with a car on State Route 166 near the Rock Front Ranch.
The crash sent the car 20 feet down off the side of the road.
A man and woman were trapped inside and Cal Fire crews had to help get them out. One of the victims was taken to the hospital by ambulance, Read the rest of this entry »
The proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child,” is affirmed in neighborhoods all over Martin Luther King Jr. County. Part of that village is the web of community health and human services that strengthens families in need, provides opportunities for seniors and gives children a head start in life. This web of diverse housing, food, health care, youth and children’s programs are intertwined like fishing nets: If one part breaks, the harvest may Read the rest of this entry »
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Three men have been arrested after school officials say they found loaded guns and drugs at the Josey versus Laney basketball game Friday night.
Richmomd County investigators tell 26 News 18-year Brandon Johnson and 19-year old Anthony Faulkes are both charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a firearm on school property.
20-year old Raheem Jenkins is charged with possession of cocaine.
26 News spoke with Richmond Read the rest of this entry »
Carol Watson frequently has to convince the family’s health insurer that her son, 20-year-old Matthew, is a full-time student at Norwalk Community College.
Under state law, residents turning 19 years old can no longer be covered by their parents’ health insurance unless they are unmarried.
But young, unmarried adults who attend an accredited school full-time can remain on their family’s insurance plan until their 23rd birthday.
“We have Cigna, Read the rest of this entry »
Police seized drugs, worth more than RM500,000, and detained three suspects in two separate raids in Kuala Lumpur since Friday.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Wira Muhammad Sabtu Osman said a 29-year-old Bolivian man and a Thai woman, aged 37, were detained in the Friday raid at a hotel in Brickfields at 9.15pm.
Following a search, he said, police found 94 packets cocaine, weighing 938gm and valued at RM300,000, on the man.
Initial investigations Read the rest of this entry »
Does Food and Drug Administration approval guarantee safety? If the Supreme Court rules as expected, patients might have no legal recourse if they are harmed by an FDA-approved medicine.
The case that will soon be decided by the Supreme Court involves a musician who was treated for a migraine. The medicine that was injected to stop her nausea was administered incorrectly. This led to gangrene of her arm and eventual amputation just below the elbow. Read the rest of this entry »
Someone who has lost a job because of a permanent disability can elect
to continue using their former employer’s
group health plan through COBRA
coverage. Employers who sponsor a group health plan with 20 or more
employees are subject to COBRA, which allows former employees, their
spouses and children to maintain coverage under the employer’s
health plan for 18 months of continuation coverage after they Read the rest of this entry »
For instance, Healthy Families, a federally funded children’s health
insurance program, costs $4 to $15 per month. Most families who
qualify are unaware of the program. In California alone, nearly 1
million uninsured children are eligible for a number of comprehensive
health coverage programs such as Healthy Families, CaliforniaKids,
Kaiser Permanente Child Health Plan and Healthy Kids, but are not
enrolled. Among disease-specific programs Read the rest of this entry »