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  • Planning Commission to consider ban on medical marijuana dispensaries Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:22PMThe Planning Commission will consider revising the city charter on Wednesday to permanently bar medical marijuana dispensaries from operating in Downey.
  • Health Notes: Kroger's has flu vaccine Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:22PMKroger's 116 pharmacies in the Mid-Atlantic region have supplies of seasonal flu vaccinations.
  • Texas Children's Vaccine Book Helps Spanish-Speaking Parents Understand Consequences of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:19PMThe National Hispanic Medical Association applauds "Vaccine-Preventable Disease: The Forgotten Story" for powerful message
  • Government urges nearly all to get flu vaccinations Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:44AMWASHINGTON -- It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time, health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated. There is even a new high-dose version for people 65 or older.
  • Little Dixie Shrine Club auction and barbecue held Saturday Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:38AMHomer Nelson has attended every auction since the club started the event
  • In the Berkshires Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:36AMMonday August 30, 2010 Cheshire: Hoosac class of ‘80 plans 30th reunion The Hoosac Valley High School class of 1980 hold its 30th
  • Mourjan Marinas IGY to develop and manage all marinas in future maritime hub, Lusail City, Qatar Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:30AMDubai, UAE, August 31 2010: Mourjan Marinas IGY, the company which provides innovative development and management solutions for marina lifestyle destinations in the Middle East, today announced it will undertake full responsibility for design, construction and operation of all marinas in the Lusail City's development in Qatar.
  • Time to get your flu shot, but just one this year Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:30AMWASHINGTON—It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated.
  • Family points finger at Woods Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:24AMKatherine Velez described a recent incident as the latest in a string of suspicious injuries her son has suffered since 2007. The facility vehemently denies the "unfounded" allegations.
  • Flu-shot season starts early Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:22AMBLADE STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON - It's flu-shot season already and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated. There is even a new high-dose version for people 65 or older. What a difference a year makes: Crowds lined up for hours for scarce shots during last fall's swine flu pandemic, when infections peaked before enough vaccine could be produced ...
  • First time use of ExAblate MR Guided Focused Ultrasound System for prostate cancer treatment Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:19AMElbit Imaging Ltd. that it's subsidiary, InSightec Ltd., the global leader in MR guided focused ultrasound technology and the only company to receive FDA approval for its ExAblate(R) system for treating uterine fibroids, announced today that its ExAblate(R) system has been used for the first time for the treatment of prostate cancer patients.
  • Summit County Care clinic celebrates being a safety net for locals without insurance Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:18AMFRISCO — Summit Community Care Clinic, along with Colorado's other community-funded safety net clinics, is celebrating Safety Net Clinic Week through Friday. And, as part of the celebration, state policy makers and candidates for office will visit the Care Clinic facility this week in Frisco.
  • Summit County Care clinic celebrates being a safety net for locals without insurance Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:10AMFRISCO - Summit Community Care Clinic, along with Colorado's other community-funded safety net clinics, is celebrating Safety Net Clinic Week through Friday. And, as part of the celebration, state policy makers and candidates for office will visit the Care Clinic facility this week in Frisco. "Our facility is a critical part of Colorado's medical safety net and Safety Net Clinic Week provides us ...
  • Carbondale board to talk medical pot regs Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:10AMCARBONDALE, Colorado — Carbondale trustees are set to continue their discussion about proposed local regulation of medical marijuana businesses at tonight's regular Town Council meeting.
  • SOKO 2010 fourth quarter revenue increases to $8.0 million Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:19AMSOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc., an operator of fitness centers and beauty salons and spas in Northeast China as well as suburban Beijing, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended May 31, 2010.
  • Toshiba announces 1,000th worldwide MR installation Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:18AMDiagnostic imaging leader Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has installed its 1,000th MR system worldwide. Kosair Children's Medical Center - Brownsboro, the only pediatric outpatient facility of its type in Kentucky, is the site of Toshiba's milestone installation. The new facility, dedicated to the care of children, is located in the eastern suburbs of Louisville, Ky., and is the newest ...
  • Latest achievements in brain research and treatment for mental disorders Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:18AMMental disorders, such as depression, anxiety disorders, addiction and schizophrenia are the core challenge of most health care systems around the world. In the EU alone, each year 27% of the total adult population - this corresponds to 83 Million citizens - suffer from mental disorders. Depression alone affects almost 20 million ranking in the EU as the most disabling disorder of all diseases.
  • 'Neural Inertia' May Explain The Brain's Resistance To Changes In Consciousness Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:04AMDespite the fact that an estimated 25 million patients per year in the U.S. undergo surgeries using general anesthesia, scientists have only been able to hypothesize exactly how anesthetics interact with the central nervous system. They previously thought that the processes of "going under" and waking up from anesthesia affected the brain in the same way. Now, researchers at the University of ...
  • Push For 'Good Samaritan' Law To Reduce Deaths By Drug Overdose Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:39AMCoalition To Launch Campaign On Tuesday, International Overdose Awareness Day MORE HEALTH NEWS "Nobody wants to grow up to be a junkie. But the sad fact is that people become addicted to drugs," said Shawn Lang, director of public policy for the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition.
  • AngioDynamics Expands Its VenaCure EVLTTM System to Offer Physicians Fewer Procedure Steps and a Faster Procedure Time Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:35AMALBANY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AngioDynamics announced the launch of a new access kit allowing fewer steps, faster procedure time for doctors using the VenaCure EVLT system’s NeverTouch® gold-tip laser fiber to treat varicose veins
  • Innovative Federal Partnership To Study Combat Related Substance Use And Abuse Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:34AMEleven research institutions in 11 states will receive more than $6 million in federal funding from fiscal year 2010 to support research on substance abuse and associated problems among U.S. military personnel, veterans, and their families. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, is collaborating with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to award ...
  • 'Kiss Of Death' For Antibiotic-Resistant Germs With The Help Of Frog Skin Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:33AMKissing a frog won't turn it into a prince - except in fairy tales - but frogs may be hopping toward a real-world transformation into princely allies in humanity's battle with antibiotic-resistant infections that threaten millions of people worldwide. Scientists today reported that frog skin contains natural substances that could be the basis for a powerful new genre of antibiotics...
  • AngioDynamics Expands Its VenaCure EVLTTM System to Offer Physicians Fewer Procedure Steps and a Faster Procedure Time Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:30AMALBANY, N.Y.----AngioDynamics announced today the launch of a new access kit allowing fewer procedure steps and faster procedure time for physicians using the VenaCure EVLT system’s NeverTouch® gold-tip laser fiber to treat varicose veins.
  • Olathe puts marijuana question on the ballot Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:28AMOLATHE — Olathe is one of the latest municipalities letting voters decide whether to allow medical marijuana dispensaries.
  • Dengue management team formed Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 8:50AMTHE Zamboanga City government has formed a City Dengue Management Team to address the problems of continuous increase of dengue incidents in the city. read more
  • Hospitals reeling from cuts -- Flanders man in the heart of storm Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 8:15AMMOUNT OLIVE TWP. – The state is using an axe rather than a scalpel to winnow down aid to medical centers, including Atlantic Health, parent company of Morristown Memorial and Overlook hospitals, according to the Atlantic Health’s newest finance director from Flanders.
  • Dining out Gluten Free: Experiences & Advice Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:55AMMaureen Burke, owner of One Dish Cuisine will present and discuss her experiences and advice on dining out gluten free.
  • CareFusion Announces National Launch Of Spinal Fracture Device Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:18AMCareFusion (NYSE: CFN), a leading, global medical device company, announced the national commercial launch of the AVAmax® Vertebral Balloon, a minimally invasive device for use during kyphoplasty, a procedure for treating spinal compression fractures. The AVAmax Vertebral Balloon represents a competitive breakthrough and is expected to enhance the affordability of spinal fracture procedures...
  • Preferred Imaging Brings Positron Emission Mammography To North Dallas/Plano Area Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:18AMPreferred Imaging Centers has installed the Naviscan PEM scanner into its newest facility in Plano, TX, adding a dedicated breast imaging modality to its array of diagnostic tools. PEM (Positron Emission Mammography) scanners are high-resolution breast PET systems that show the location as well as the metabolic phase of a lesion. The metabolic view assists physicians in making the optimal ...
  • The high cost of traffic crashes Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:06AMNearly $99 billion, an average of $500 for every licensed driver in the U.S., is spent on accidents involving injuries and deaths.
  • Football: Concussions more widely treated, but issue remains significant problem Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:03AMConnor Talbott waved his hand in front of Bishop Manogue quarterback and teammate Zach McElroy's face following a particularly brutal hit last season. There was no response.
  • CDC revises death estimates from flu Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:53AMTHURSDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Over the past 30 years, the number of annual flu-related deaths in the United States has ranged from a low of about 3,300 to a high of about 49,000.
  • Essential simple exams for school-age children to enjoy a healthy school year Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:48AMMany children and teens are enjoying the remaining days of their summer vacation, but are they truly prepared for what lies ahead? With a few simple medical exams, Virginia's school-age children will be armed with the tools they need to enjoy a healthy school year. The exams we are referring to are given in a doctor's and/or dentist's office, and should take place before or shortly after the ...
  • County voters will decide on medical pot in November Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:38AMEl Paso County residents will get to vote in November whether medical marijuana dispensaries, grow operations and manufacturers of marijuana-infused products should be banned in unincorporated areas. After a lengthy discussion and more public...
  • Medicare Expands Coverage For Tobacco-Related Counseling Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:35AMThe Hill: "The Obama administration on Wednesday expanded Medicare to cover more seniors hoping to kick their tobacco habits." Previously, Medicare rules allowed the program to cover tobacco-related counseling only for beneficiaries who already suffered from a tobacco-related disease. "Under the new policy, Medicare will cover up to two tobacco-cessation counseling tries each year, including as ...
  • $1.3 Billion In Detroit Hospital Upgrades Could Drive Up Health Costs Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:35AMA new report suggests that $1.3 billion in upgrades to hospitals in Detroit could drive up health care costs. The funding "may give a boost to Metro Detroit's languishing economy, but could also saddle residents with higher medical costs, according to an industry report funded by the United Auto Workers and Detroit's Big Three automakers," The Detroit News reports...
  • Also In Global Health News: Disaster Preparedness In Asian Health Sector; PEPFAR In Uganda; Malnutrition In Chad Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:33AMIRIN Examines Disaster Preparedness In Asian Health Sectors IRIN reports on disaster preparedness in Asian health sectors. According to the news service, nine countries working with Bangkok-based Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) "have emergency preparedness plans in place for their health sectors." The article includes comments by Frederick John Abo of the ADPC, who describes several ...
  • Exmovere to release vital sign monitoring infant sleepwear Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:33AMExmovere Holdings, Inc., a biomedical engineering company, today announced plans to release vital sign monitoring infant sleepwear. Exmovere is in the advanced stages of taking to market a washable, conductive fabric-based biosensor pajama called "Exmobaby." Exmobaby is the first-ever baby garment developed for remote monitoring of heart rate, emotional state and behavior.
  • Team To Explore How C. difficile Causes Illness, How Gut Microbiota And Immune Response Influence Who Is Vulnerable Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:33AMClostridium difficile, a wily, familiar bacterium, causes a growing number of serious infections in U.S. hospitals and nursing homes. With a $7.5 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health, University of Michigan researchers plan to discover what factors in the microbe and in patients make C. difficile a formidable, costly problem. C. difficile infects nearly a half-million ...
  • Legion, gathering in area, discusses aiding veterans with education Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:52PMThanks to the new GI Bill, hundreds of thousands of veterans - many returning home from combat tours of Iraq and Afghanistan - are flooding college campuses and technical schools.
  • Midwives and breastfeeding moms Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:41PMJOCELYN LAZILLA is a youthful-looking midwife, especially when she’s on a motorcycle that she uses to reach the more remote areas of three barangays she covers in Maitum, Sarangani. So it comes as a surprise when she tells us that she has three children and that the eldest is taking up nursing.
  • Inhumane, Ineffective: Brazil’s Prison System Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:32PMSince its transition from dictatorship to democracy in the mid 1980s, Brazil has undergone an extraordinary transformation, becoming the political and economic leader of Latin America.But despite Brazil’s rise as a world power, willing on occasion to challenge the hegemony of the United States, a dark stain of human rights violations can still be found in the country’s prison system.
  • All things health in store at Wellness Expo Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:29PMMANATEE — If you sample everything offered at the upcoming Wellness Expo at Woodland - The Community Church, event organizers say you can nearly get a full physical and an hour-long body massage, all for $5.
  • Cuccinelli-approved rules threaten many abortion clinics Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:24PMTwo of the Richmond area's three abortion clinics do not meet the standards for an outpatient surgery center and would be at risk of closing if stiffer regulations authorized by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli are enacted, say critics of the proposed rules. Statewide, up to 17 abortion clinics would be ...
  • Fort Worth Kiwanis create Aktion Club for adults with disabilities Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:16PMThe Kiwanis Club of Fort Worth is known for community service projects, but the members who delivered donated books to Cook Children's Medical Center on Thursday were special for a couple reasons.
  • New study links one in five teens to hearing loss Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:15PMA study was released announcing one in five teens has slight hearing loss due to headphone use, a statistic that has increased over the last three decades. Experts are now urging young people to prevent this problem by using caution while listening to their music through headphones.
  • Miller-Keystone Blood Center declares emergency for some types Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:14PMThe Miller-Keystone Blood Center has declared an emergency need for certain blood types in the region. Blood usage at area hospitals has increased in recent days, said Dr. D. Kip Kuttner, the center's medical director.
  • Veterans Affairs partners with NIH to grant award for substance abuse research in military personnel Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:03PMThe Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to award $6 million in grants for research examining the link between substance abuse and military deployments and combat-related trauma.
  • 911 Center, EMS team-up to offer new service Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 11:37PMPOINT PLEASANT — The Mason County E-911 Center and the Mason County Emergency Medical Services have teamed up to unveil a new service for first responders in Mason County called AVL or Automatic Ve...
  • Grant to ensure health coverage Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 11:19PMHealth care providers from throughout the tri-county area will come together this morning to kick off a comprehensive effort to provide integrated health care to low-income, uninsured people here. The event will take place at 10 a.m. today at Seacoast Church's Dream Center Clinic, 5505 N....