Medical blog

Tuesday, December 30, 2008
As of January 1, 2009, smoking will be a thing of the past at one Central Coast hospital.
When the new year begins,
will be a tobacco-free campus. The use of any tobacco product will be banned at the hospital, including in parking lots and courtyards.
The hospital said it will help promote a healthy lifestyle to both visitors and employees.
"We're offering smoking cessation classes, we are offering nicotine patches Read the rest of this entry »

Officials from the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health are investigating a Maricopa grain-supply company where explosions left three workers severely burned on Monday.
Division director Darin Perkins said investigators arrived at Arizona Grain, on Cowtown Road near White and Parker Road, on Monday afternoon.
They are investigating the cause of the explosion and any possibly violations.
It will take at least two months for the Read the rest of this entry »

About 350 employees of a Deerfield Beach medical supply company will likely lose their jobs because the firm is being sold.
Medical supplies giant Owens & Minor bought Deerfield-based AOM Healthcare Solutions back in 2005. But on Monday, Owens & Minor said it is selling AOM's key assets -- such as its customer base -- to Port St. Lucie-based Liberty Healthcare Group for $63 million.
Then on Tuesday, Owens & Minor informed Florida's labor department Read the rest of this entry »

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GAZA, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- Israel's "all-out war" on Gaza Strip, in its fifth consecutive day, claimed the lives of 376 people, according to Palestinian medical sources on Wednesday.
"Huge numbers of people fell in the Israeli air strikes, where women and children are among the dead," the sources said, noting that some 1,900 people were injured.
More than 200 of the injured had sustained severe wounds, which is likely to raise the death toll, they Read the rest of this entry »

Self Styled Vigilante Dies At U.C. Davis Medical Center
Monday, December 29, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Davis, CA -- The Ellie Nesler story reached closure over the weekend with her death at the U.C. Davis Medical Center.
According to the Sacramento Bee the 56 year old Nesler died Friday having lost her battle with breast cancer.
The story originated in Tuolumne County but it was splashed across national headlines in 1993 when she killed Daniel Driver Read the rest of this entry »

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Dec. 30, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology and radiology procedures, today announced four developments regarding products and approvals.
The Company said that it has acquired the rights for a radial artery compression device for an undisclosed amount. The device is used to maintain a given pressure Read the rest of this entry »

in New York is like no medical clinic I’ve ever seen. It is brightly lighted and quiet — there is no television blasting. It has wide corridors and plenty of comfortable chairs with sturdy arms, and yet few people wait more than 10 minutes to see a doctor or
.
The center, which opened in 2007, was designed especially for primary care of older adults, many of whom have complex chronic medical problems like
, heart disease and
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The kinds of relationships between doctors and industry vary. Drug companies often fund clinical research of their products at medical schools. But in the past year, star researchers at top institutions, including Emory and Harvard universities, have come under fire for failing to report or for under-reporting financial relationships with drug firms.
In some cases, these relationships are encouraged by the university, especially those that commercialize Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Jockey Sam Thompson Jr. died Christmas Day, five days after he was thrown from a quarter horse following a race at Los Alamitos.
The 36-year-old rider had been on life support at Los Alamitos Medical Center since the Dec. 20 accident. Thompson's family had him taken off life support Thursday, medical center spokesman Orlando Gutierrez said.
Harems Dynasty, a 2-year-old filly, threw Thompson after finishing seventh Read the rest of this entry »