Nursing homes use Katrina lessons for latest stormBusinessWeek -Aug 29, 2008By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and TOM MURPHY About six of every 10 nursing homes in the New Orleans area didn't evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hit three years ago, and about 70 patients died in them.Video: La. Nursing Homes, Hospitals Move PatientsAssociatedPressNursing Home Evacuation PlansKLFYMcKnight's Long Term Care News - The Daily Advertiser - The Daily Advertiserall 16 news articles
Measles on Rise as Parents Question VaccineWashington Post -Aug 28, 2008Reports of measles are on the rise, with health experts attributing the increase to the decision by some parents to forego vaccinations for their children out of fears the shots could trigger diseases.PUBLIC HEALTH: Shots to be limitedLas Vegas Review - JournalIt’s not ‘just the flu,’ so let’s take precautionsHonolulu Star-BulletinNPR - Medscape (subscription) - Canton Repository (subscription)all 7 news articles
Probe finds unapproved material spread hotel fireSan Jose Mercury News -Aug 29, 2008By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY AP Writer LAS VEGAS—A Clark County investigation has found that an unapproved material on the exterior of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino help spread a three-alarm fire in January.Probe: Unapproved material spread Vegas hotel fireCNNMoney.comMonte Carlo Materials Analysis Completed Following FireMesquite Local NewsKLAS-TV - Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas Sun - KTNV Las Vegasall 31 news articles
Wall Street JournalMaking a Name for DrugsWall Street Journal -Aug 28, 2008By ALICIA MUNDY Pfizer Inc. has found a way to encourage the use of its antismoking drug Chantix without detailing serious potential side effects through a commercial that doesn't mention Chantix at all.Name That Drug? Not In These Ads…PharmalotFor Chantix and Ambien, Ads That Dare Not Speak the Drugs’ NamesWall Street Journal BlogsNewsinferno.com - FiercePharma - MediaPost Publications - Kaiser network.orgall 8 news articles
Legislature sends waste diversion bill to governorLake County News -7 hours agoSACRAMENTO - The California Legislature has approved SB 1016, a bill by Sen. Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) designed to provide a more accurate assessment of waste diversion efforts by cities and counties.Law will require proper hypodermic needle disposal starting on MondayEnterprise-RecordEye on the Environment: Construction waste finds a home outside ...Ventura County StarFresno Bee (subscription) - Contra Costa Times - The Eureka Reporter - The Union of Grass Valleyall 19 news articles
ChattahBoxMagnesium Sulfate May Cut Cerebral PalsyWebMD -Aug 28, 2008By Miranda Hitti Aug. 27, 2008 -- Stopping preterm labor with magnesium sulfate may lessen a child's chances of later being diagnosed with moderate to severe cerebral palsy.Study finds magnesium prevents cerebral palsyHouston ChronicleEpsom Salt Reduces Risk of Cerebral Palsy in Premature NewbornsHealthNewsWTVH - eFluxMedia - Washington Post - InjuryBoard.comall 93 news articles
Canada.comScientists Reprogram Adult Cells' FunctionWashington Post -Aug 28, 2008By Rob Stein Through a series of painstaking experiments involving mice, the Harvard biologists pinpointed three crucial molecular switches that, when flipped, completely convert a common cell in the pancreas into the more precious insulin-producing ...Researchers Report Advances in Cell Conversion TechniqueNew York TimesResearchers 'reprogram' pancreas cells in miceUSA TodayReuters - Los Angeles Times - Science Daily (press release)all 513 news articles
Staten Island Advance - SILive.comBody parts scheme ringleader pleads guilty in Pa.The Associated Press -Aug 29, 2008PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man who made millions of dollars by plundering hundreds of bodies sent to funeral homes and selling their often-diseased parts and tissues to medical companies pleaded guilty Friday to a raft of charges that could send him to ...Body-parts mastermind pleads guiltyPhiladelphia InquirerLead body snatcher pleads guiltyUnited Press InternationalUSA Today - eFluxMediaall 330 news articles
TheMedGuruEarwax: Too Much of a Good Thing?WebMD -Aug 29, 2008By Kelley Colihan Aug. 29, 2008 -- The body is a miraculous mechanism. Consider the once-lowly earwax. People used to try to remove it.Leave That Ear Wax AloneWashington PostStop Bothering The Earwax!eFluxMediaMSNBC - Science Daily (press release) - AHN - RedOrbitall 53 news articles
Chatter ShmatterLocust Grove's economic powerhouse now silentTulsa World -4 hours agoBy KIM ARCHER AND MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff Writers LOCUST GROVE - The parking lot was full that Sunday at the cheerful blue Country Cottage, just north of the high school football field on the outskirts of town.Oklahoma seeks source of deadly E. coliCNNAmid E. coli outbreak, Locust Grove buffet still finds supportNewsOK.comThe Associated Press - KOCO - Sand Springs Leader - Pryor Daily Timesall 311 news articles
Ontario NowMA Leads By Example With Health Insurance ProgramsdBTechno -9 hours agoWashington (dbTechno) - Just this past week, the US Census Bureau put out new data which revealed that the number of Americans living without health insurance dropped from 2006 to 2007.For-profit health insurance has outlived its usefulnessPhiladelphia InquirerWe've got cigarettes; they've got insuranceThe Oregonian - OregonLive.comDaily Camera - U.S. News &World Report - Chicago Daily Herald - Wall Street Journalall 394 news articles
dBTechnoShore beaches reopen after debris-free sweepCherry Hill Courier Post -6 hours agoEarly morning sweeps of local beaches did not turned up further medical debris and allowed officials to reopen shore spots Saturday, a day after some were shut.NJ towns close beaches after medical waste washes ashoreUSA TodayBeach needles? That's bad news for NJ shore townsMSN MoneyamNewYork - ToTheCenter.com - Press of Atlantic City - Philadelphia Inquirerall 239 news articles
Not in any playbookChicago Tribune -6 hours agoWaiting for the transplant that would save his baby daughter Tiana's life was an ordeal for Charles Tillman and his family. Support from the Bears and others helped him get through it, writes David H Charles Tillman will be traded for Brett Favre.Tillman’s Baby Girl Is Recovering After Heart TransplanteFluxMediaTillman reveals daughter's heart transplantNorthwest HeraldABC7Chicago.com - CBS2 Chicago - Windy City Gridiron - WANDall 54 news articles
eFluxMediaDeer Baiting And Feeding BaneFluxMedia -47 minutes agoBy Dianna Cooper Deer are dying along the Clinton River in Oakland County and state officials say they don't know the reason, according to Chicago Tribune.Rochester deer deaths a mystery, more tests comingChicago TribuneShare this article:MirrorSouth Bend Tribune - WEYI NBC25 - DetNews.com - Ludington Daily Newsall 139 news articles
