Tag: local updates
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Hospital programs give a financial shot to cancer patients
Matt Bernsen had just started a job as a chef and was about a month away from getting health insurance when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The news was devastating enough, but on top of that, he was stressed out over how he would cover his medical costs.Staff at Memorial Hospital told him not…
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Colorado has lowest obesity rate in the nation, study finds
WASHINGTON — Mississippi’s still king of cellulite, and Colorado is still the home of toned abs. Colorado has the lowest rate of adult obesity in the nation, at 18.9 percent, while Mississippi weighed in at 32.5 percent, according to a study released today by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.…
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3 charged with getting TV anchor’s medical records
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Prosecutors have charged an Arkansas doctor and two former hospital workers with illegally accessing the patient records of a Little Rock television news anchorwoman brought to the hospital after being viciously attacked at her home. In documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court, prosecutors say the three former St. Vincent Infirmary…
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El Paso County offers prescription discount card
El Paso County is now offering a prescription discount card to residents, regardless of income or current insurance coverage. More details and a story to come, but here is the link: http://www.elpasoco.com/prescription_card.asp Janet Jackson thanked the audience for their support during the 9th Annual BET Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. Photo by The Associated Press
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E.Coli suspected in Nestle Toll House cookie dough
Colorado health authorities are warning people not to eat raw Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough products over concerns about E.coli 0157:H7. An outbreak of the bacterial illness has been confirmed in 66 cases in 28 states, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment news release. Early evidence in the investigation suggests the…
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Key health care senators have industry ties
WASHINGTON – Influential senators working to overhaul the nation’s health care system have investments and family ties with some of the biggest names in the industry. The wife of Sen. Chris Dodd, the lawmaker in charge of writing the Senate’s bill, sits on the boards of four health care companies. Members of both parties have…
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Calif. pot dispensary owner given 1-year sentence
LOS ANGELES – A California medical marijuana dispensary owner was sentenced Thursday to a reduced term of a year and a day in prison in a closely watched case that could have implications in states where federal and local laws clash. U.S. District Judge George Wu found that the case of Charles Lynch, 47, merited…
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Obama confronts critics on health care overhaul
GREEN BAY, Wis. – President Barack Obama challenged Republican critics Thursday to offer alternative plans for overhauling U.S. health care, declaring he’s “happy to steal people’s ideas” but that doing nothing about out-of-reach costs and uninsured Americans is not an option. “What else do we say to all those families who spend more on health…
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Memorial is recruiting potential bone marrow donors
People interested in being added to a registry of potential bone marrow donors can sign up for free at an event on June 10 sponsored by Memorial Health System. The usual $52 fee to become a registered bone marrow donor is being waived for the event, which will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on June 10 at…
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US cancer rate drops again in 2006
ATLANTA – The U.S. cancer death rate fell again in 2006, a new analysis shows, continuing a slow downward trend that experts attribute to declines in smoking, earlier detection and better treatment. About 560,000 people died of cancer that year, according to an American Cancer Society report released Wednesday. The new numbers show the death…