HARRISBURG, Pa. - More than 30,000 patients who were hospitalized in Pennsylvania in 2006 contracted infections during their hospital stays, according to a state report being released Thursday.
The numbers rose sharply from the previous year, but officials attributed much of the increase to a change in how the data is collected and improved reporting by [...]
CHICAGO - Is it safe to have your arteries unclogged at a hospital that lacks heart surgeons who can operate if something goes wrong?
Many states ban this except in emergencies like heart attacks. But more small hospitals are trying it in non-urgent cases, and the largest study ever done of this, released on Saturday, suggests [...]
Here�s a list of classes and events in Douglas County during the next week.Ongoing:Children�s Bereavement Support �Wings of Hope� � Grief and loss support group for children and their caregivers. Information on meeting dates and registration: 677-2384.Mammography Screening Services � Mercy Outpatient Imaging, 1887 W. Harvard, by appointment only. Information: 677-4418.Outpatient Diabetes Education � Mercy [...]
Using diet modification to treat a child’s behavior problems has been popular and controversial since the 1920s. Like fad weight-loss diets, it seems there is always a new behavior-modification diet to give parents hope. Though, again, like the latest weight-loss diet, there is very little proof of long-lasting results.
One of the most popular of [...]
The researchers disagree about whether this damage shows that Parkinsons disease is a long-term, ongoing process that continues to attack the brain into old age, or the result of the transplants themselves.
But they agree that their studies, published in the journal Nature Medicine, demonstrate the benefits of the sometimes controversial brain cell transplants.
I think these [...]
The pair had the lowest score of 64 for their two dances tonight.
Netballer Temepara George and partner Stefano Olivieri, and former rugby league player and boxer Monty Betham and his partner Nerida Jantti now face each other in the finals next week.
The couples performed two dances each, with George and Olivieri top-scoring with the judges [...]
A federal investigation into the hazards facing cooks exposed to diacetyl, a sometimes deadly artificial butter flavoring, is under way in New York City restaurants while in Seattle, state worker-safety agents are starting a similar inquiry.
- Find earlier P-I stories on diacetyl
- What the state’s SHARP program says about diacetyl
These health evaluations come as [...]
Running counter to a nationwide overall decline in tuberculosis rates, TB cases in Seattle and King County have increased and, in 2007, reached a 30-year-record high of 161 active disease cases — three-quarters of them among people born in other countries. Tuberculosis, a contagious respiratory disease, today infects one of every three people on the [...]
Gaza lacks the medical facilities for many specialized treatments, and patients with acute conditions often are referred to hospitals in Israel, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Jordan or Egypt.
The closing of the Rafah Border Crossing to Egypt after the Hamas takeover has led to an increase in applications for travel for medical care [...]
Here�s a list of classes and events in Douglas County during the next week.Ongoing:Children�s Bereavement Support �Wings of Hope� � Grief and loss support group for children and their caregivers. Information on meeting dates and registration: 677-2384.Mammography Screening Services � Mercy Outpatient Imaging, 1887 W. Harvard, by appointment only. Information: 677-4418.Outpatient Diabetes Education � Mercy [...]
