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Obese Exposed as Swine Flu Collides With Fat Epidemic (Update1)
Published July 10, 2009, 5:29 am, Bloomberg
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- An unexpected characteristic has emerged among many swine flu victims who become severely ill: They are fat. Doctors tracking the pandemic say they see a pattern in hospital reports from Glasgow to Melbourne and from Santiago to New York. People infected with the bug who have a body mass index greater than 40, deemed morbidly obese, suffer respiratory complications that ...
South Africa: Boksmart Plan Should Cut Serious Injuries
Published July 10, 2009, 5:01 am, AllAfrica.com
Johannesburg — SA RUGBY, in conjunction with the Chris Burger/Petro Jackson Fund, yesterday took a giant leap towards reducing the occurrence of catastrophic injuries in the sport with the launch of its ground-breaking BokSmart programme.
Bacteria spread hits KY hospitals
Published July 10, 2009, 4:39 am, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cheryl Keplinger nearly lost her life to a germ some doctors are calling the next big bacterial threat — Clostridium difficile.
State won't referee Tri-City's dispute with medical group
Published July 10, 2009, 2:13 am, San Diego Union-Tribune
NORTH COUNTY — The state Public Health Department says it won't get involved in a dispute between Tri-City Medical Center and Scripps Health over where Scripps sends acute-care patients.
Hospitals fight virulent C. diff bacteria
Published July 10, 2009, 1:46 am, Louisville Courier-Journal
Typically tied to hospitalization or antibiotic use, the infection is rising dramatically. As many as 3 million Americans a year suffer diarrhea, inflammation of the colon and other problems because of C. diff, which some doctors say is beginning to rival the staph infection MRSA as a deadly superbug.
Trinidad infant removed from life support, dies
Published July 10, 2009, 12:28 am, The Pueblo Chieftain
TRINIDAD- A 2-month-old boy, hospitalized since July 3 after falling off a bed at a hotel, was taken off life support and died Thurs- day.
Sri Lanka: 1,400 dying each week in Manik Farm camp The Times
Published July 9, 2009, 8:56 pm, TamilNet
About 1,400 people are dying every week at the giant Manik Farm internment camp set up in Sri Lanka to detain Tamil refugees from the nations bloody civil war, senior international aid sources have told The Times. The shocking toll lends credence to allegations that the Government, which has termed the internment sites welfare villages, has actually constructed concentration camps to house ...
Small fire leads to some tense moments at Landmark
Published July 9, 2009, 7:17 pm, The Woonsocket Call
WOONSOCKET — Emergency crews evacuated two patients from a basement catheterization lab at Landmark Medical Center Thursday when a fire broke out in an elevator motor on the roof of the Cass Avenue hospital, four stories above them, officials said.
Minister approves health proposals to save millions
Published July 9, 2009, 5:06 pm, Belfast Telegraph
The Health Minister has given the green light to a range of plans aimed at saving millions of pounds and improving healthcare provision across Northern Ireland. Related Stories Fountain of youth? Easter Island drug could hold secret to a longer life One in three breast cancers ‘harmless’
When a promotion promotes insomnia
Published July 9, 2009, 4:28 pm, The Daily Record
Bradley S. Chambers is losing sleep over how to keep Union Memorial Hospital on top. The newly appointed president of the Northwest Baltimore hospital was the natural choice for a new chief after he spent 11 years there as an executive, but he said he still worries what might happen under his watch.
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