Health
Funding for key gas drilling health study stalled
An important study on possible health impacts of natural gas drilling is still looking for additional funding. Geisinger Health System spokeswoman Amanda O'Rourke said Wednesday the $1 million grant that was announced in February 2012 remains the only funding for a project that was projected to cost at least $25 ...
Doping inquiry into Schwazer widens
Italian investigators have expanded their doping investigation into former Olympic race walk champion Alex Schwazer, looking into an alleged cover-up involving coaches and doctors. Prosecutors in Schwazer's hometown of Bolzano on Wednesday named five people who have been placed under investigation in the case. They are Schwazer's former coach Michele ...
Statewide grand jury indicts marijuana providers
A Colorado statewide grand jury has indicted 12 people on charges of defrauding investors and running an illegal medical marijuana growing operation. The suspects are charged with 71 criminal counts under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act and felony charges of tax evasion, securities fraud and money laundering, Deputy Attorney ...
Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude. The new findings by the IMS Institute for ...
Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials
June 18 U-T San Diego: "Obamacare and California — little hope" The Legislature last weekend endorsed a major part of the state's role in implementing President Obama's health care reform law, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million poor Californians. The only hope now — slimmer than slim — is ...
Residents: Action needed on NM mine due to cancer
Federal officials need to either move the waste from an abandoned uranium mill near Milan or relocate the owners of about 75 nearby homes, western New Mexico residents told a top U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official on Tuesday. The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/14hXzJK ) that residents told Ron Curry, EPA's ...
Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude. The new findings by the IMS Institute for ...
Denver Zoo gives cancer treatment to lion
An elderly lion at the Denver Zoo is getting special medical care for cancer. The treatment is based on therapy typically used for domestic cats suffering from lymphoma. According to the Denver Post (http://tinyurl.com/kdgfmtd ), zookeepers noticed in March that the lion named Rian had grown lethargic. Tests found a ...
Leander officer with warrant shoots therapy dog
A Central Texas police officer faces an administrative review after shooting a family's trained therapy dog while trying to serve a traffic-related warrant. Homeowner James Simmons said Tuesday that the Leander police officer had the wrong house. Police say Officer Woodson Blase felt threatened when he opened fire Monday and ...
Georgia News Digest
The state at 3:30 a.m. TOP STORIES: DEKALB CEO INDICTED ATLANTA — A grand jury indictment on Tuesday accuses DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis of threatening to withhold county business from companies that didn't contribute to his campaign. The 15-count indictment accuses Ellis of trying to extort campaign contributions from ...
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