| Dr. Pou and the Hurricane — Implications for Patient Care during ...
During the flood after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, health care providers in marooned New Orleans hospitals worked in almost unimaginably difficult conditions while awaiting rescue. Nowhere was the situation more desperate than at Memorial Medical Center, where for 4 days a small staff struggled to care for critically ill patients in a dark building with no electric power, no fresh water, a flooded first floor, a nonfunctional sanitation system, and an interior temperature above 100°F. Dr. Anna Maria Pou, a cancer surgeon on the faculty of Louisiana State University School of Medicine, was supervising residents at Memorial when Katrina hit on Monday, August 29, and she remained at the hospital after the storm. Pou, 51, is a New Orleans native whom colleagues describe as a dedicated, hardworking physician who, though physically small, "had a huge presence."1 At least 34 patients died at Memorial during and after the storm, and shortly thereafter, media reports began to suggest that some had been euthanized.
MGMA's Dan Stech Joins Denver's Pinnacle Group; Former MGMA Survey ...
Dan Stech has been named Executive Director of Innovation for the Pinnacle Group, a Denver-based healthcare consulting, physician practice management and medical billing company. Stech is a longtime Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) executive and national authority on physician practice benchmarking and best practices analysis. As MGMA's Director of Survey Operations for the past five years, Stech led the association's efforts to improve physician practice performance through data collection and analysis. Under Stech's leadership, the association enhanced its database of practice performance measures, expanded its line of analytical products and firmed up its position as the market leader in physician data resources. Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 11, 2006 -- Dan Stech has been named Executive Director of Innovation for the Pinnacle Group, a Denver-based healthcare consulting, physician practice management and medical billing company.
Town's Mardi Gras fun is fit for king
GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Mardi Gras celebrations in places such as New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., are well-known. But a Missouri village with French roots has its own pre-Lenten party -- a traditional ball that dates back more than 250 years. On the first Saturday of February, the people of Ste. Genevieve and their out-of-town visitors don French colonial costumes and dance at the annual King's Ball. Dancers of all ages, from little kids and spirited teenagers to those well in their 70s, will crowd the floor on Saturday to dance reels and other old-time line dances. ''Ste. Gen,'' as the locals call it, was settled by the French in the early 1700s, making it one of Missouri's oldest settlements. The town of 4,400 people on the Mississippi River is 64 miles south of St. Louis.
Children's Aching Stomachs: New Research Finds Young Children are ...
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The number of children taking prescription medications to treat gastrointestinal disorders has increased significantly in the past five years, according to a new analysis conducted by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS) . The research reviewed prescription drug claims of more than 575,000 insured children and found that the number of infants and preschoolers (4 and under) taking medications to treat gastrointestinal conditions rose almost 56 percent from 2002 to 2006, and the prevalence of elementary school-age children (5-11 year olds) using these drugs increased by 31 percent during that time frame. While the actual prevalence rate was highest among adolescents, 12-18 year olds showed the smallest increase in use of gastrointestinal medications -- rising only about 6 percent over the five year period.
Mary-Kate Olsen's minder's saw Heath Ledger first: witness
Heath is unconscious. I don't know what to do!" Ms Wolozin screamed in her first call to Olsen, police reportedly said. Olsen, who has an apartment around the corner from Ledger's - but who was in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival at the time - replied: "I'm sending my private security there." When Ms Wolozin then found Ledger had turned cold she called Olsen again, saying: "I think he may be dead." Rather than suggest she call 911, Olsen said: "I already have people coming over." A police source reportedly said later: "So, why wasn't the first call to 911? People who work for the stars are consumed with how things appear." It has been suggested the bodyguards may have "cleared" the scene. No illegal drugs were found in the apartment. Results of toxicology tests from a post-mortem are not expected for a week.
Moving day errr month
I have lost all my older relatives, my spouse died, I have suffered breast cancer and last month a snow plow totaled my car. Pretty stressful, huh? Not nearly as stressful as what has been happening in my life for the past month. I have been moving. .
Coast native dreams of NHL
Despite growing up in the Deep South, Gulfport native Jody Green, 23, has amassed a great deal of professional hockey experience. The Sea Wolves signed Green last Wednesday to serve as backup goalie, marking his third time with Mississippi. He's previously played with the Louisiana Ice Gators and the Peoria Rivermen of the AHL. Green, who graduated on Dec. 15 from Louisiana-Lafayette with a bachelor of science in athletic training, began his hockey career during the Sea Wolves inaugural season in 1996, helping with equipment in the visiting clubhouse. He began playing goalie competitively both on the ice and in in-line hockey at the Harrison County Skate Park that same year. "I really enjoy being around the game," Green said. "I was able to learn a lot at an early age being around in the early years of the Sea Wolves." After graduating from Gulfport High School in 2002, Green enrolled at Louisiana-Lafayette and began working for the Louisiana Ice Gators during that span.
Ron Paul’s $4.2 Million Haul
I don't know what's more amazing — the sum total. Or this pooh pooh'd article. Truly, had this been any other candidate, me thinks you would have spared a little more ink and common sense before publishing this excuse of an article. Oh, I forgot, this is Rolling Stone. It is a sad state of affairs, when subscribing to the Constitution is considered fringe. But I think we can blame such civic illiteracy of the masses on excellent pieces of journalism, such as this by Tim what's his name? .
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