AUGUSTA, Maine -- The head of the Department of Veterans Affairs says he wants to make it easier for veterans in rural states such as Maine to access health care, counseling and other services offered by his department.
Secretary James Peake toured the Togus VA Medical Center on Friday to meet with veterans and discuss operations and issues.
Peake said the VA is deploying new mobile vans throughout the country, including two in Maine. The first Read the rest of this entry »
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December 22, 2008 2:38 PM
ABC News' Huma Khan Reports: President George W. Bush on Monday got an MRI of his left shoulder and a cortisone injection for pain at the Walter Reed Medical Center before visiting wounded soldiers at the hospital.
White House physician, Dr. Richard Tubb conducted the MRI and set up the appointment after Bush experienced intermittent pain, but the doctor said it's "probably just wear and tear from an active individual." Read the rest of this entry »
has hired Olympic decathlete Trey Hardee to provide fitness expertise to its clients and their employees.
Hardee finished second in the decathlon in this year’s Olympic Trials.
The goal of the partnership is to reduce health care costs and thus increase profitability for the PEO’s clients by creating a healthier, more productive work force, a release said.
Gevity (NASDAQ: GVHR) plans to leverage the expertise of Hardee to provide Read the rest of this entry »
Shares in Malaysia-based sweetener group PureCircle (PURE.L:
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) jump nearly 14
percent as the company says it receives U.S. approval for its natural no-calorie
sweetener Reb-A.
"This is a fantastic result for PureCircle. The fact that the FDA (Food and
Drug Administration) has sanctioned Reb A for use increases the possibility that
it will also be sanctioned in Europe - another key market," says Ambrian in a
note.
"We anticipate that Read the rest of this entry »
"This has good,
solid medical backing. We have not reinvented the wheel. For pregnant women it's
about controlling what they eat, not about losing weight. It means that during
the pregnancy they will gain about one to two stone rather than three to
four,” the Scotsman quoted Daryl Taylor, chief executive of SureSlim, as
saying.
finds New Yorkers could stomach a host of tax increases on everything from alcohol to cigarettes, but don't support Gov. David Paterson's proposal to tax sugary drinks.
Poll respondents opposed the so-called "fat tax" 60-37 percent, and even diet soda drinkers rejected the measure, 58-39.
Interestingly, independents appear to be more calorie-conscious than their Republican or Democratic counterparts, with 37 percent saying they prefer diet drinks Read the rest of this entry »
WICHITA, Kansas (AP) - The Veterans Administration hospital in Wichita reports it has cut contagious staph infections in half since 2007.
The Robert J. Dole Medical Center credits screening all incoming patients with nose swabs. It isolates those who test positive for a staph germ called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
The measures were introduced in March 2007 at VA medical centers across the nation. In August, the Wichita hospital Read the rest of this entry »
COMPTON, Calif.—Authorities say three women have been wounded in a drive-by shooting in Compton.
Sheriff's Sgt. Douglas Iketani says suspects in an older model black Toyota fired about 10 rounds at the women with an assault-type weapon Wednesday night.
Iketani says rounds hit one woman in the shoulder and two of them in the buttocks.
The women were being treated at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Their condition was described only as stable. Read the rest of this entry »
REDLANDS - The Redlands Police Department Community Services Division is offering a new Zumba Fitness class.
The class is 6 to 6:50 p.m. Tuesdays starting Jan. 6 at the Redlands Community Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave., Redlands. The class is for ages and 12 and up and cost is $30 a month or $7.50 per class.
Zumba Fitness was created in the mid-1990s by Colombian native Alberto "Beto" Perez, a celebrity fitness trainer and choreographer for international Read the rest of this entry »