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 [...]
ROSEBURG: Mercy�s Shaw Heart and Vascular Center received a grant last week to purchase a new system to monitor patients� vital signs before and after heart procedures. The Walden W. and Jean Young Shaw Foundation awarded the Mercy Foundation with a $240,000 grant to purchase a Hemodynamic System for the heart center. The grant was [...]
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 [...]
“Testing high-risk groups isn’t enough,” he said. “You stop some %26#091;of the bacteria’s%26#093; spread, but not enough” to really make a difference in hospital-acquired infections. The Evanston Northwestern study describes a three-stage rollout of MRSA screening across Evanston Hospital, Glenbrook Hospital and Highland [...]
Victorian Premier John Brumby today announced the $A218 million programme today, describing obesity as a challenge as big as climate change.
The five-year plan, funded by a $A600 million WorkSafe surplus, will provide voluntary screening for the states 2.6 million workers.
It will target those at risk of preventative diseases, such as type two diabetes, through an [...]
Touted as a glamour product for upwardly mobile women in booming Russia, Damskaya or Ladies vodka worries doctors, who fear a fresh wave of female alcoholics in a country already suffering one of the worlds worst drink problems.
The Moscow Serbsky Institute for Social and Forensic Psychiatry says Russia has 2.5 million registered alcoholics, but adds [...]
The Faith Family Fellowship Trust, which once had a congregation of about 500, owes Prudential Mortgage Nominees Ltd, a Christchurch-based finance company, at least $2.1m.
The church, founded and run by Pastor Joe Hurunui, has two main property assets, both of which Prudential has forced the church to put on the market.
The main church hall at [...]
Few people have emerged unscathed in a strongly worded inquiry into the management of conflicts of interest at Hawkes Bay District Health Board, but a furious war of words is set to continue for some time yet.
The long-awaited independent review of events at the Hawkes Bay board released yesterday painted a picture of dysfunctional relationships [...]
Ten years ago this month, erectile dysfunction — a once-whispered-about disorder — did more than just come out of the closet. ED, as it’s now known, began strutting across America’s television screens.Bob Dole started talking. Then the grandfatherly former senator stepped aside and NASCAR drivers took over. Then a middle-aged garage band soon crooned, “Viva [...]
%26#39;A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient,%26#34; said the legendary Canadian physician Sir William Osler.Today, thanks to the Internet, we are all physicians. And potential fools.
All you need to do is Google your symptoms and, presto, you have a diagnosis. A few more key strokes and you [...]
