Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) --
, after months of concern
about his health and weight loss, said he is suffering from a
nutritional ailment and that he plans to remain
’s
chief executive officer during his treatment.
“I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has
been a mystery to me and my doctors,” Jobs, who turns 54 in
February, said today in a statement. “After further testing, my
doctors think they have found the cause -- a hormone Read the rest of this entry »
Health care is usually seen as a resilient industry during periods of economic downturn, but the current recession will have three key effects:
--The number of uninsured will rise.
Most U.S. residents under age 65 have access to health insurance through their employer, and as layoffs continue, people will also lose their health coverage along with their job. Moreover, some employers could look to cut fringe benefits--in addition to freezing wages--in Read the rest of this entry »
At 11:45 p.m., officers with the LAPD's Southwest Division responded to a shooting in the 2000 block of W. 48th Street near Arlington Street. Investigators said Carrington Henderson, 25, of Los Angeles, was standing in the street when suspects in a mid-sized car or sport utility vehicle shot at him multiple times. Henderson was pronounced dead at a hospital. The killing is believed to be gang-related, police said.
Just before 1 a.m. Saturday in Read the rest of this entry »
Too many infants in Calhoun County are dying. 9.6 infants, out of every 1,000 births, died in Calhoun County in 2004-2006, compared to the Michigan rate of 7.6.
The Maternal and Infant Health Commission (MIHC), an Issue Action Group of the Regional Health Alliance (RHA), is researching the details behind infant deaths in Calhoun County. They look at causes of death and factors associated with those deaths. This means understanding the infant's Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON: Nano particles that are
5,000 times as small as a human hair, carrying an experimental anti-cancer
agent, kill human melanoma and drug-resistant breast cancer cells growing in lab
cultures.
The discovery could lead to the development of a new
generation of anti-cancer drugs that are safer and more effective than
conventional chemotherapy agents, researchers suggested.
Mark
Kester, James Adair and colleagues at Penn State's Hershey Read the rest of this entry »
The researchers studied 2,304 women ages 18 to 30, about half of whom were black and half were white. They measured the women's blood pressure before and after their pregnancies and in follow-up visits, up to 20 years after their first measurement. Only women who did not develop high blood pressure while pregnant were considered in the analysis.
On average, the systolic blood pressure — the top number — in women who delivered one baby Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES — After a Christmas Eve slaying in suburban Covina that left nine people dead, surviving family members on Sunday were grappling with how to best care for the victims' children.
At least 13 young people were orphaned after the shooting and two others lost a parent, according to a family attorney.
"We have to help them," said Jose Castillo, a relative who came out to the crime scene on Sunday to pay his respects.
The shooting Read the rest of this entry »
The 'A' rating affirmation mainly reflects Memorial's strong balance
sheet and market position. As of Sept. 30, 2008, Memorial has $181.6
million of unrestricted cash and investments (all of which are
governmental securities) relative to $87.3 million of long-term debt,
equating to a high cash-to-debt ratio of 207.9%. The days cash on hand
and debt-to-capitalization ratios of 238.7 days and 25.1% compare Read the rest of this entry »
"We all think that we should be taking vitamins because it makes us more healthy, and yet we can't prove that."
The new research involves preliminary findings from the U.S._Physicians' Health Study II. Researchers tracked 14,641 doctors, aged 50 and older. Each was given either 400 IU (international units) of vitamin E every other day, 500 milligrams of vitamin C daily, or their placebos.
After an average eight years of treatment and followup, Read the rest of this entry »
The World Health Organization said Wednesday that it will provide some US$117,000 worth of medical supplies to help Zimbabwe deal with the cholera epidemic that had claimed 366 lives as of the latest count provided Tuesday by another United Nations agency.
WHO's South Africa representative, Stella Nyaguwe, told reporters in Johannesburg that the amount allocated was based on requests from medical relief workers in Zimbabwe.
South African Health Read the rest of this entry »