Contributor Reports3rd L.A.-area hospital in radiation overdose probe
Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated Mon Dec 07 20:50:43 -0800 2009 | health-news
Food and Drug Administration has widened its investigation into radiation overdoses that patients have received from a type of brain scan, suggesting that the problem may be a nationwide issue. The agency announced Monday that it was looking into possible...
Vail Valley: Next H1N1 vaccination clinic set for Dec. 9
Source: Vail Daily News
Vail :: CO :: USA | updated Mon Dec 07 14:32:37 -0800 2009 | health-news
Daily staff report Newsroom@vaildaily.com Vail, CO, Colorado The Eagle County Public Health Department will hold its next H1N1 flu vaccination clinic from 4 to 7 p.m...Battle Mountain High School location in Eagle-Vail, in the eastern part of the Vail Valley....
Analysis: La. gov silent on Medicaid fix he sought
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated Mon Dec 07 18:27:54 -0800 2009 | health-news
Gov. Bobby Jindal asked the state's congressional delegation for months to help Louisiana shrink a massive and looming Medicaid deficit...Sen. Mary Landrieu picked a measure that the Republican Jindal fervently opposes to attach the partial Medicaid fix, linking it to...
Study links OxyContin to increase in deaths
Source: Toronto Star
Ontario :: CA :: USA | updated Tue Dec 08 03:36:45 -0800 2009 | health-news
Oxycodone deaths rose fivefold in Ontario after OxyContin – the brand name of a popular version of the prescription painkiller – was introduced to the public drug plan, according to a study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal....
H1N1 vaccine open to general public
Source: The Star Press
Muncie :: IN :: USA | updated Tue Dec 08 01:07:54 -0800 2009 | health-news
H1N1 flu vaccine is now available to anyone ages 6 months and older. The Delaware County Health Department will hold flu shot clinics 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today and Wednesday n the Hoosier Heartland building at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. The...
Ky. to stick with 3-drug execution protocol
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
Columbus :: OH :: USA | updated Mon Dec 07 12:18:24 -0800 2009 | health-news
Kentucky plans to keep using a three-drug cocktail on death row inmates and won't use Ohio's novel one-drug overdose method, as officials work through legal hurdles so executions can resume in the state. Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet spokeswoman...
Facebook creates board to promote Internet safety against online ...
Source: Star Tribune
Palo Alto :: CA :: USA | updated Mon Dec 07 12:26:30 -0800 2009 | health-news
Social networking site Facebook on Monday said it is creating a global safety advisory board to protect its users against online predators such as sex offenders. The board will comprise representatives from five Internet safety groups: Common Sense Media, ConnectSafely,...
Fruit fly nerve cells rebuild themselves after injury
Source: NewKerala
San Diego :: CA :: USA | updated Mon Dec 07 12:21:43 -0800 2009 | health-news
The discovery of an injured neuron's remarkable ability to reprogramme itself was made by Michelle Stone, Melissa Rolls and colleagues at Penn State University (PSU). The scientists said the reprogramming was particularly surprising because once formed, neurons normally are relatively...
Deployments Taking Toll on Military’s Children
Source: The New York Times
New York :: NY :: USA | updated Mon Dec 07 12:22:46 -0800 2009 | health-news
Deployments Taking Toll on Military�s Children Published: December 7, 2009 After eight years of war, children with parents in the military are reporting signs of emotional wear and tear from long and repeated deployments, a new study shows. Corporation found...
Florida accused of violating Medicaid standards
Source: News Press
Miami :: FL :: USA | updated Mon Dec 07 12:13:44 -0800 2009 | health-news
Opening arguments are expected in a class-action lawsuit that accuses Florida of not living up to federal Medicaid standards. The lawsuit, being argued in Miami, claims 390,000 children didn't get a medical checkup in 2007, and more than 750,000 received...
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