Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 8:53 pm
Police are investigating whether a Kaiser Permanente transplant surgeon attempted to hasten the death last year of a 25-year-old California man on life support in order to harvest his organs more quickly.
Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 2:19 pm
Persistent, chronic pain has risen dramatically among full-time U.S. workers in the past 10 years, but workers today opt to go to their jobs rather than call in sick, leading to a growing trend of presenteeism -- a negative impact on work despite being physically present at the job.
Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 2:08 pm
Regulatory delay of Novartis' Galvus also raises concerns about its already approved rival, Merck's Januvia.
Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 12:38 pm
Feb. 28, 2007- In a recommendation that will surely impact millions of senior citizens, the age group most at risk for heart disease, the American Heart Association says many doctors should change the way they prescribe pain relievers for chronic pain in patients with or at risk for heart disease.
Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 12:34 pm
CHARLOTTE -- District court judge Hugh Lewis typically sits atop his bench in the new Mecklenburg County courthouse imposing his rulings on thousands of defendants. Dawn Beaumont was one of them.
Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 11:23 am
a negative impact on work despite being physically presentat the job.
Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 11:20 am
LANSING -- Fredrick Heinz needed medical care to save his life. Doing time in Marquette Branch Prison, he begged prison doctors to treat his hepatitis C, but was turned down, told it would cost too much, a friend, Jackie Deming, told a state legislative committee Tuesday.
Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 10:08 am
Police in San Luis Obispo, Calif., are investigating a case in which a patient's life support may have been cut off to accommodate organ harvesting.
Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 10:03 am
CHARLOTTE -- District court judge Hugh Lewis typically sits atop his bench in the new Mecklenburg County courthouse imposing his rulings on thousands of defendants. Dawn Beaumont was one of them.
Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 9:00 am
Boston Scientific Corporation announced today the launch of its Neuromodulation Group's Race Against Pain public outreach campaign to 50 million chronic pain sufferers in the United States.


