Tag: local updates
-
Doctors face dilemma if MN boy refuses chemo
MINNEAPOLIS – A 13-year-old boy’s vow to resist chemotherapy by punching or kicking anyone who tries to force it on him will present doctors with a tough task if they can’t change his mind. A Brown County judge was due Tuesday to hear the results of his order that Daniel Hauser undergo a chest X-ray…
-
20 Springs docs named ‘Most Influential’
Twenty Colorado Springs physicians are listed among the nation’s most influential doctors in a unique public database released by USA Today on Thursday.The local doctors were among 6,000 in 300 metro areas considered to be leaders in their communities in treating one or more of four key chronic conditions: diabetes, asthma, hypertension and high cholesterol.…
-
Hospital systems say money for detox center to be approved within week
Colorado Springs’ two hospital systems reiterated their commitments Wednesday to pay $570,000 a year to help run a detoxification center, saying they should have decisions from their governing boards within a week. Whether those decisions will make a difference to the driving force behind the detox plan is unclear. The city has been without a…
-
Know a Good Samaritan? Here’s your chance to say so
SET Family Medical Clinics is taking nominations for its 2009 Good Samaritan Community Service Award. The award is given in honor of Dr. Larry R. Smith, who served on SET’s board and worked to serve patients in both its evening clinics and daytime homeless clinics. He was also a SET Spiritual Companion Volunteer. When not…
-
Walk for MS on Saturday
A walk to raise money for multiple sclerosis sufferers will be held in Colorado Springs on Saturday. About 1,200 people have registered to participate in either the 1.5-mile or 3-mile walk at Monument Valley Park, 220 Mesa Road. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The walk begins at 9 a.m., and there will be a Doggy Duds…
-
Hospitals delay decision on detox center funding
In a move that could fall somewhere between a minor hiccup and a deal killer, officials of Memorial and Penrose hospitals walked away from a Friday meeting without committing money to help pay for a new detoxification center. A financial promise from the two hospital systems is the only thing standing in the way of…
-
Quick-hitter flu testing comes up empty for H1N1
The region’s two major hospitals are doing an increasing number of rapid-results testing for swine flu, officials said Friday. So far, the five-minute tests have not indicated any cases of swine, or H1N1, flu in the Pikes Peak region, officials said. Memorial Hospital has almost tripled the number of rapid-results tests since the swine flu…
-
It’s the flu, but there’s more to it
Most swine flu cases have been mild so far, and the 257 officially reported cases worldwide are just a tiny fraction of those caused each year by seasonal influenza. That’s left some people questioning the massive public health response and the many warnings and updates about the virus, known scientifically as influenza A(H1N1). One Web…
-
El Paso County, Colorado prepare for possible swine flu cases
Health authorities in El Paso County have enacted emergency protocols to prepare for the possibility of a swine flu pandemic. So far there have been no reported swine flu cases in Colorado, but the state’s chief medical officer, Dr. Ned Calonge, said Monday he expects to see some in the near future. The first case,…
-
Mayo Clinic backs new personal health record site
SEATTLE – The Mayo Clinic has combined its medical expertise with Microsoft Corp.’s technology in a free Web site launching Tuesday that will let people store personal health and medical information. The Mayo Clinic Health Manager, as the site is called, is one of many emerging services for so-called personal health records. The sites, from…