I'm going to antenatal classes at my doctor's office. I've gotten to know one of the other girls really well, and the other day we were chatting. I told her I'm looking forward to the arrival of "my girls" (I'm pregnant with triplets) and she was really surprised. She asked me how I knew they...
I've had some of the most ignorant rowdy acting violent people move into the apartment below me recently when its been pretty much peaceful for the 10 years I lived here. The male in the family is the most annoying neighbor anyone could have, theres been nothing but extremely loud yelling and...
The Philadelphia Inquirer: "[M]ore than 200 area hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, and others met with national experts at the Union League in Center City to learn about strategies to reduce hospital readmissions in the five-county Philadelphia area. One approach is to use nurses to...
The overall proportion of hospital patients who died in the hospital after a heart attack fell by 37 percent between 2000 and 2007, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The rate fell from from 106 per 1,000 patients to 67 per 1,000...
Advances in vaccine delivery and efficacy were discussed at the 44th National Immunization Conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A research study by each of the four directors from the Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research at Texas Children's Hospital...
Since last week's closure of the bankrupt St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, home-birth midwives in New York City are scrambling to comply with a 1992 state law that requires them to have written practice agreements with hospitals in case of emergency complications, the New York Times reports...
...hes not complaining of anything else? On thursday my 9 year old son started feeling very weak when he left school. he was very sluggish while walking. he came home and complained of a headache and rested and said it went away. about 2 hrs later he said the headache came back and layed...
The Hill: Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas, is endorsing two Republican plans to require hospitals disclose their prices while other Democrats are pushing a much broader bill in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Green "hopes to bring other Democrats with him, arguing a scaled-down approach...
Virginia Hospital Center announced that it will be the first Hospital in the United States to offer a new procedure for severe asthma patients known as bronchial thermoplasty. The Alair® Bronchial Thermoplasty System was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Patients...
Virginia Hospital Center announced that it will be the first Hospital in the United States to offer a new procedure for severe asthma patients known as bronchial thermoplasty. The Alair® Bronchial Thermoplasty System was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Patients...
Virginia Hospital Center announced that it will be the first Hospital in the United States to offer a new procedure for severe asthma patients known as bronchial thermoplasty. The Alair® Bronchial Thermoplasty System was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Patients...
I need to now where to go to complain about my hospital see they have become real lazy in there job and sending us home with nothing my little sister has something growing on her hand right now and all they said was it was warts and its NOT!!!!!!! i think its like leprosy or something but they...
CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that Baptist Hospital East has adopted the company's TandemHeart(R) System. Baptist Hospital East is in select company: TandemHeart is now being used in more than 90% of the "Best U.S. Heart & Heart Surgery Hospitals" as ranked by U.S. News & World Report-with...
New research released today indicates that endocrine intervention in surgical patients with diabetes and dysglycemia (abnormal blood sugar) accounted for shorter hospital stays and a decrease in the expense of treating these patients. This research was presented at the American Association of...
CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that Baptist Hospital East has adopted the company's TandemHeart(R) System. Baptist Hospital East is in select company: TandemHeart is now being used in more than 90% of the "Best U.S. Heart & Heart Surgery Hospitals" as ranked by U.S. News & World Report-with...
New research released today indicates that endocrine intervention in surgical patients with diabetes and dysglycemia (abnormal blood sugar) accounted for shorter hospital stays and a decrease in the expense of treating these patients. This research was presented at the American Association of...
Hospital for Special Care announced the launch of the region's first Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Clinical Trials Unit at its Neuromuscular Center. The new unit will be headed by Jinsy A. Andrews, M.D., a physician researcher recruited from Columbia University. Dr. Andrews, Director of...
...insurance for my trip next week? I live in Thailand. So my medical coverage is 4,000 Thai baht/per day, for a private room and board. That is US$12. I need to increase my insurance, obviously - but I cannot find any Danish government/tourist/websites that provide any info. at all.
...insurance for my trip next week? I live in Thailand. So my medical coverage is 4,000 Thai baht/per day, for a private room and board. That is US$12. I need to increase my insurance, obviously - but I cannot find any Danish government/tourist/websites that provide any info. at all.