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Justin, just one link as to why Daschle was unique would be useful. Just one illustration of what he achieved towards health reform when he was previously in a position of power (before that rare event, an incumbant being thrown out of office by the electorate).
Haven’t we done this one to death already? We’ll be talking about the middle east in record time!
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Here is my choice: In order to keep my family from going under financially, I can continue to go broke taking paying the ridiculously expensive COBRA plan we’re on now or I can take all of us (including the baby) off the grid so that none of us have health insurance for 45 to 90 days.
Is there any universe where that makes sense from a public health perspective?
First, a little background: I’m 46, a promotional copywriter for magazines and newspapers Read the rest of this entry »

The province should dig deeper to fund more family health teams in order to ease a chronic shortage of doctors, says the president of the Ontario Medical Association.
Dr. Ken Arnold, in North Bay Tuesday to meet with local physicians, said his organization is disappointed with a recent government decision to delay plans to establish an additional 50 of the collaborative teams of doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals.
Arnold said Read the rest of this entry »

In response, ConAgra remodeled the entire plant, separating the areas for raw peanuts from finished peanut butter and paste, which must remain sterile. With the source so difficult to trace, that was the safest way to assure it didn’t happen again, experts said. No ConAgra products are named in the current outbreak.
“They put about $50 million into completely reconstructing the place – new roof, new separation area between the roaster and production Read the rest of this entry »

When children have been harmed, she said, it has usually involved accidental overdoses by 2- or 3-year-olds. Adults may give them too much, she said, or unsupervised children drink the syrups.
Popular syrups from such brands as Triaminic and Robitussin with labels saying “Do Not Use” for children under 4 are being shipped to stores now, she said.
Older packages – minus the warning – are likely to remain on store shelves for several months during Read the rest of this entry »

After the new government was announced, some critics charged that the cabinet was formed by unaccountable, back-room political deal-making. Others lamented the number of “square pegs in round holes” – ministers with little background or understanding in the work and duties of their ministries. Both groups often centred on the new minister of public health, Chalerm Yubamrung. In his first week on the job, Pol Capt Chalerm made several astounding Read the rest of this entry »

A WOMAN was so upset at seeing a cancer patient die after eating the wrong foods that she has written a nutrition guide.
Dietician Zoe Hellman, 28, of Greys Road, Henley, hopes her work will help others suffering from the disease.
She said: “I ran a clinic where people used to come to see me before they went to see their consultant.
“One day a woman came to see me looking really malnourished. In fact, she was so malnourished that Read the rest of this entry »

TAKAMATSU, JAPAN — The Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital in Takamatsu is believed to have mistakenly implanted a woman with the in vitro-fertilized ovum of another patient in September, the prefectural government has announced.
The Takamatsu woman, in her 20s, who received the egg was receiving fertility treatments at the hospital and was expecting to be implanted with her own fertilized egg.
She became pregnant as a result of the procedure Read the rest of this entry »

A wreckВ early Saturday involving two cars leftВ both drivers dead and a passenger in critically injured.
The Florida Highway Patrol said a man, 32,В was driving on the wrong side ofВ State Road 50В around midnight Saturday, when he collided head-on with another car, driven by Heather Rogers, 19,В just east of Max Hooks Road.
Rogers and the other driver were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two passengers in Rogers’ car –В her husband, Read the rest of this entry »

Here is my choice: In order to keep my family from going under financially, I can continue to go broke taking paying the ridiculously expensive COBRA plan we’re on now or I can take all of us (including the baby) off the grid so that none of us have health insurance for 45 to 90 days.
Is there any universe where that makes sense from a public health perspective?
First, a little background: I’m 46, a promotional copywriter for magazines and newspapers Read the rest of this entry »