BUTNER, N.C. —
Inspectors have cleared a North Carolina hospital for Medicare and Medicaid funding after finding violations there last month.
Central Regional Hospital officials said Friday that inspectors from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid reported that the hospital's shortcomings had been cleaned up.
Inspectors identified burned out light bulbs and fire protection system deficiencies at Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh and a Read the rest of this entry »
The two top-rated analysts we spoke to from the drugs and biotechnology industry cover completely different groups of drug stocks. However, our bull, Eric Schmidt, and our bear, Ross Muken, agree that 2009 will provide opportunities to investors.
First up is Eric Schmidt.
Cowen and Company's Eric Schmidt believes that 2009 will be another good year for biotech stocks. "The industry outperformed in 2008, and looking forward there aren't too many Read the rest of this entry »
Eating more fruits, veggies changes woman's life
Published: December 15. 2008 12:01AM
Bonnie Little didn't think her size was a problem, even when she weighed close to 300 pounds.
Climbing staircases did leave her winded, and she fell asleep almost every time she sat in a comfortable chair.
"I figured that I was just getting old," said Little, 62. "I didn't feel unhealthy."
But when Little visited her doctor in February, the Albion Borough Read the rest of this entry »
Gophers men's hockey coach Don Lucia never has missed a game because of illness in 22 seasons as a head coach at three colleges.
That streak might end tonight when the Gophers play Brown in the second game of the Dodge Holiday Classic at Mariucci Arena.
Lucia has made only one brief appearance this week at the rink because of an undisclosed medical problem. Whether Lucia returns tonight depends on his health.
"He is not sure how he will be feeling, Read the rest of this entry »
For Dr. Harvey Benovitz, who graduated from medical school in 1962, it is as profound a shift in the way he treats patients as advances in
drugs.
in his small, meticulous handwriting, Dr. Benovitz, whose patients have always thought of him as a reassuringly old-fashioned internist, tapped a patient’s
and other vitals into a laptop next to the examining table during a checkup the other day.
Not only will this new electronic record-keeping Read the rest of this entry »
Diana Gore is 44 years old and minutes away from surgery to remove the cancer in her breast. The mother of three daughters from Clinton, N.C., is trying to control a flood of emotions.
"Fear. Will this be it?" she says in the pre-op room. "Will it be gone when we're finished here, or will we come back later on and say, 'Oh, you know, there's a little more left there, we've got to go back,'" Gore says.
Inside the operating room, Gore's surgeon, Read the rest of this entry »
(Knoxville News-Sentinel, The (TN) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dec. 10--Michael Zemel says he wants to be the country's "inefficiency expert."
The University of Tennessee professor and director of The Nutrition Institute has invented Innutria, an all-natural ingredient that Zemel said will help make people "less efficient" at storing fat while giving a boost to metabolic and cardiovascular health.
"It's true we can do that by eating a really good Read the rest of this entry »
An elderly woman has died in hospital a month after arsonists targeted her North Yorkshire home.
Yuen Har Ho, 93, was rescued from a burning ground-floor flat in Newby Crescent, Jennyfields, on 1 November.
The fire had been started deliberately in an outside bin, and Mrs Ho's family issued a plea to anyone with information to contact the police.
Mrs Ho, who had suffered severe smoke inhalation, died in Harrogate District General Hospital on Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach has told staff he will leave the agency on January 20, the day Barack Obama becomes president.
In a memo sent on Monday, von Eschenbach said he would return home to Texas to spend time with his family after leaving the FDA.
"Until my final farewell on January 20, I will be working together with you to prepare the FDA for the change of political leadership Read the rest of this entry »
A new 50+ Fitness Program at Bouquet Canyon Seniors Apartment with ACE Certified Fitness Trainer Linda Bennett will commence on Tuesdays and Thursdays January 13th. As the "New Middle Age" active adults know the key to staying young and healthy is exercise.
On Tuesdays at 8:45 a.m., get your balance and memory in gear; Linda will teach EZ Line Dance, mixed with lots of fun!
Thursdays at 8:45 a.m., Chair Pilates will be Read the rest of this entry »