Flu season puts businesses and employees in a bind
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half the 70 employees at a Ford dealership in Clarksville, Ind., have been out sick at some point in the past month. It didn't have to be that way, the boss says.
Month: January 2013
Judge keeps Planned Parenthood out of Texas health program
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas judge on Friday denied a Planned Parenthood request to be allowed to offer health services to low income women under a state program. Texas decided to enforce a law already on the books that bars funding for abortion providers and affiliates, and Planned Parenthood has been fighting its exclusion. State District Judge Stephen Yelenosky said it was unlikely that Planned Parenthood would succeed at trial, though a trial may still occur. The Women’s Health Program provides family planning services and preventive health care. …
Flu reaches epidemic level in U.S., says CDC
(Reuters) – Influenza has officially reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with 7.3 percent of deaths last week caused by pneumonia and the flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. The early start and fast spread of flu this season – especially after 2011-2012's very mild outbreak – has overwhelmed doctors' offices and hospitals, forcing some patients to wait through the night to be seen in emergency departments. Nine of the 10 U.S. …
The Flu Epidemic Arrives in California and Claims Lives
Venezuela’s Maduro to visit Chavez again in Cuba
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro will fly to Cuba on Friday to visit cancer-stricken Hugo Chavez, a month after the socialist leader underwent his fourth operation in 18 months. The 58-year-old president has neither been seen nor heard from since the surgery, and he has suffered multiple post-operative complications including a severe lung infection. He missed his own inauguration on Thursday, but the Supreme Court said he could be sworn in later – in theory meaning he could remain in office for weeks or months from a Havana hospital. …
Supreme Court to review free speech of HIV/AIDS groups
(Reuters) – The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the government can require groups that receive federal funding for overseas HIV/AIDS programs to have explicit policies that oppose prostitution and sex trafficking. The case is one of six that the court on Friday agreed to hear in its current term, with oral arguments most likely in April. Among the other cases is one examining the reach of the court's landmark 1966 Miranda v. Arizona decision on the right to remain silent when questioned by the police. …
Alternative dementia treatment
Some sufferers are unable to tolerate taking donepezil; they should be offered access to a suitable alternative medicine, and it should also surely be provided free of charge once a doctor has agreed to prescribe it. I hope that memantine will be also …
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Brushstrokes and Business Risks: Deena Fadel's Exercise in Creativity and …
A few years ago, Deena Fadel began to feel choked in her role as the artistic director of an advertising agency. Her creativity had been bottled up. When she quit her job, she returned to painting, exercising long-dormant limbs. She got down on the …
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Say What? Your Guide to Exercise Acronyms
| Curious to know how your fitness level stacks up against someone like Lance Armstrong? Or maybe just your neighbor in spin class? While you can't quantify overall fitness, VO2 max is the number that remains supreme among endurance athletes. Known as … See all stories on this topic » |
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A New Year, A New Way to Exercise With Your Dog
It's early in the New Year, and no doubt many have vowed to exercise and get into shape. But do you look at your dog and feel guilty that you're working out instead of playing with him? How about incorporating your dog into a cardio, calorie-burning …
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Patients rarely told about medication errors
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients and their families are rarely told when hospitals make mistakes with their medicines, according to a new study. Most medication mistakes did not harm patients, the researchers found, but those that did were more likely to happen in intensive care units (ICUs). And ICU patients and families were less likely to be told about errors than patients in other hospital units. “For the most part, our findings were in keeping with what the existing literature tells us about the where and how of medication errors in a hospital,” wrote Dr. …
FDA Says Ambien Dosage is to Be Lowered for Women
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a statement on Thursday revealing its decision to require that the makers of zolpidem, a common sleep aid drug, reduce the dosage that is given to patients, particularly women. The FDA issued the mandate due to the emergence of information that has shown that the drug can stay in a person’s system for several hours after they wake up.