Is Friday World Nude Day about freedom or fitness? How to get ready
I have to tell you a true story. My husband and I travel pulling a travel trailer. The closest campground we could find to where we wanted to go was a nudist campground. We said “What the heck” we don’t have to be nude. We showed up and seeing older people (my age and up) nude was a bit strange. My husband rode in a cart with a nude woman who was very comfortable – why shouldn’t Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) – U.S. health regulators are
seeking additional information from Pfizer Inc (
PFE.N
) on its
long-delayed, experimental osteoporosis drug, lasofoxifene,
before deciding whether to grant approval, the world’s largest
drug maker said on Friday.
Pfizer did not characterize the type of information that
the Food and Drug Administration was seeking or say whether the
agency was asking for an additional clinical study, which Read the rest of this entry »

A recent directive from John Podesta, chair of
President-Elect Obama’s transition team, informs transition team staffers of a
sweeping transparency policy that will make public all policy documents and
recommendations from meetings staffers conduct with outside organizations.  Apparently, they mean it: dozens of
transition documents drafted for the transition team by advocacy groups ranging
from the American Association of Airport Executives to the Read the rest of this entry »

Preparations are underway for the shuttering of Mary Immaculate and St. John’s Queens hospitals, where emergency and elective admissions patients have been turned away and employees are being let go on a daily basis, Borough President Helen Marshall’s office said this week.
Hopes for the survival of the two hospitals faded when a spokeswoman for Gov. David Paterson’s office said Tuesday the Queens facilities would not be receiving any funds Read the rest of this entry »

Fitness trail ready, work on fields, walking trail scheduled
LAKE VILLA — Work has temporarily halted on improvements to Longwood Centre Park, a 30-acre public park on the Lehmann Mansion property.
“We’ve basically finished with the grading, the drainage is in, the wetlands are delineated and we’ve got our silt fence up for erosion control, said Mayor Frank Loffredo. “Our gravel base is down for the walking trail and for most of the roadway Read the rest of this entry »

TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Red Crescent Society said it was ready to set up a field hospital in the Gaza Strip or in one of the countries nearby.
“Iran’s Red Crescent Society expressed readiness to set up a field hospital in Gaza Strip or in one of the countries in the vicinity of the tiny piece of land,” said a statement released by the Public Relations Department of the aid group.
It “intends to help treat those wounded by Zionist regime’s Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, February 9th 2009, 1:38 PM
octuplets made their TV debut Monday and they looked, well, like babies.
The tiny octuplets were filmed in the maternity ward as part of an interview their mom, Nadia Suleman, which aired on the
.
The babies, all born prematurely, are expected to remain at
,
for several more weeks.
Suleman, who has six other kids, was cooing around the newborns, mentioning five of the eight babies’ names: Malia, Noah, Read the rest of this entry »

PALESTINIAN patients could soon be flown to Bahrain for urgent medical treatment in the wake of sustained Israeli attacks on Gaza, the GDN has learnt. Talks are reportedly underway that could see Palestinians transferred to medical facilities in either Jordan or Bahrain, Royal Charity Organisation secretary-general Dr Mustafa Al Sayed revealed yesterday.
There are also plans to send Bahraini doctors to Palestine to help treat patients, according Read the rest of this entry »

Family Medical Care has a staff of experienced doctors to take care of the surrounding area’s health care needs.
One of the newest members of the staff is Dr. Luke Hinshaw, who arrived from New Mexico where he received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. He then completed medical school in 2001 at the University of New Mexico where he also completed his residency in internal medicine in 2004.
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Washington (dbTechno) – According to a new report which ranks how ready states are  to handle health emergencies, Arizona ranked at the bottom.
The new report was sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as well as Trust for America’s Health and is known as “Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism.”
The report rankes states in the U.S. in how prepared or ready they Read the rest of this entry »