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LSS Rehab Welcomes New Leaders...The Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation Center, a division of Lutheran Social Services, recently hired Tracy Merritt as its inpatient rehabilitation director and promoted Michael Rabent to outpatient rehabilitation director. ''Highly skilled physical therapists are in great demand these days,'' said Tom Holt, LSS president and chief executive officer. ''We are pleased and honored that ... Submitted by admin on Sun, 2008-07-20 04:40.HIV couples barred from IVF therapy / Ministry nixes method over ......The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has blocked what would have been the nation's first attempt to use in vitro fertilization in the cases of two couples who are both infected with HIV, despite approval by Ogikubo Hospital in Tokyo in January last year, sources close to the issue said Saturday. Though hospital ethics committee approved the reproduction treatment plan, the ministry has... Submitted by admin on Sat, 2008-07-19 18:40.Teen Dies When Ventilator Fails In Power Outage...A 15-year-old died Friday when the power went out in his East Boston home and his ventilator failed, according to Boston Police. Fernando Vargas was found dead in a public housing complex where his family lives. Fernando suffered from multiple disabilities, including cerebral palsy, mental retardation and seizure disorder, local station WCVB reported.At 5 a.m., an alarm sounded on his ve... Submitted by admin on Fri, 2008-07-18 18:40.Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports...ATLANTA (AP) — The South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey. More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee are considered obese. In part, experts blame Southern eating habits, poverty and demographic groups that have higher obesity rates. Colorado was the least obese, with about 19 percent fitting... Submitted by admin on Fri, 2008-07-18 08:40.SOCIAL IN BRIEF 18/7...Cameras will be installed in 25 major traffic points in Hanoi, according a project which was recently approved by the Hanoi People's Committee. Under the project, Hanoi will have fixed and mobile cameras, which will support the city's Centre for Traffic Light Control under the Hanoi Police. Concretely, outdated cameras in the 16 existing points will be replaced with new ones ... Submitted by admin on Fri, 2008-07-18 04:40.Imaging Advance Tracks Prostate Cancer in Lymph Nodes...TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new imaging technique, based on an engineered version of the common cold virus, may help doctors detect the spread of prostate cancer to the lymph nodes earlier. This, in turn, could help guide more effective treatment decisions, said the authors of a study published in the July 11 edition of Nature Medicine. "It would represent a treatment adv... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2008-07-16 04:40.To Save a Life...MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - His face was distraught with nothing but fear and shock as Marines and Sailors lowered him to the floor of Camp Taqaddum Surgical. He found himself in a strange place around a number of people he could not understand. Despite all the chaos, Navy Cmdr. Pamela Harvey, who was serving in Iraq as an emergency room physician at the time, knew that this man's l... Submitted by admin on Tue, 2008-07-15 18:40.Medical librarian an ALS advocate...Dorothy O'Brien has always loved reading, researching and spending time near books. So it was natural for the English major to become a career librarian, combing the stacks for years, from public libraries to school libraries. For more than a decade, O'Brien has worked as a medical librarian. She started in Gillette, Wyo., and since 1999, she's been a medical librarian at Good Samarita... Submitted by admin on Tue, 2008-07-15 04:40.Doctors hopeful easier blood thinners are nearing...WASHINGTON (AP) — A trio of experimental drugs has doctors hopeful that for the first time in decades, millions of people at risk of lethal blood clots may soon get easier treatment. The first goal is a pill option for people who now need daily blood-thinning shots for weeks after knee or hip replacement surgery. But the ultimate goal is an alternative to that old standby war... Submitted by admin on Mon, 2008-07-14 18:40.Is Chennai a drug transit point for Beijing Olympics?...Published on Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 13:40, Updated at Mon, Jul 14, 2008 in Nation section DRUG TRAIL: Officials have seized 17 drug consignments within last 6 months headed for Beijing. CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury hints Left, Cong may work together later. After confiscating 17 consignments of drugs in less than a year’s time, authorities fear Chennai may have become a transit... Submitted by admin on Mon, 2008-07-14 08:40. |
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