A day after he was charged with stabbing his companion in the face with a broken glass, State Senator-elect Hiram Monserrate said he was incapable of such a crime, and vowed to take his Senate seat come Jan. 1.
In a one-page statement issued Saturday evening, Mr. Monserrate said he deeply loved and cared for his companion, Karla Giraldo, and called her injuries an “unfortunate accident.”
“I have been charged with offenses that Read the rest of this entry »
More than half of teenagers frequently discuss sex, drugs and violence on their MySpace social networking pages, according to a pair of studies released by Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
The studies were published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine. They indicated that in 500 randomly chosen MySpace profiles of self-reported 18-year-old men and women, 54 percent contained high-risk behavior information; Read the rest of this entry »
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(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 »
Mueller design may encourage fitness, expert says
UT professor to study exercise habits at Mueller, see whether it can become model for other communities.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Harold "Bill" Kohl III stands on a hillside overlooking the Mueller housing development. He sees picnic tables, walking trails and a blueprint for healthier lifestyles.
"This was a runway," he says, strolling across the park between the houses and apartments Read the rest of this entry »
Clayton County voted Tuesday against backing a bond for the county’s only hospital, leaving hospital officials to look at other options, including federal aid, layoffs or — if there’s no solution — closing.
The county commission voted 2 to 3 Tuesday night against a proposal for the county to back a $40 million bond for Southern Regional Health System.
The 331-bed Riverdale hospital must pay $40 million to creditors Read the rest of this entry »
Palm Beach drug injury lawyer, Susan Ramsey, says Medicaid has unsafe drugs
West Palm Beach drug injury lawyer, Susan Ramsey, injury attorney says Medicaid allows unsafe drugs. FDA unapproved drugs allows injuries and deaths.
Medicaid, a division of the U.S. Government Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) http://www.cms.hhs.gov/, is a state administered program funded by the federal government. Medicaid provides medical coverage to Read the rest of this entry »
PORTSMOUTH — Longtime nurse practitioner Carole Hicks has seen an estimated 30,000 Seacoast area patients during her time at Portsmouth's Planned Parenthood and on Dec. 31 she will officially hang up the stethoscope.
Hicks — a Portsmouth resident — is retiring from a career that saw her beginning to focus on women's reproductive health the year after the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision made abortion legal in the United Read the rest of this entry »
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"We are shocked that the Bush administration chose to finalize its midnight regulation and to take this parting shot..."
(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) sharply criticized a last-minute regulation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that poses a serious threat to patients' rights to receive complete and accurate health care information and services.
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 »