| Dr. Kevin J. Logel Joins Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic
Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic welcomes Kevin J. Logel, M.D., to the practice effective December 17, 2007. Dr. Logel is a fellowship-trained Foot and Ankle specialist focusing on sports injuries, post-traumatic reconstruction, and chronic conditions of the foot and ankle. Dr. Logel has a special interest in dance medicine and has worked closely with the Carolina Ballet since 2005. In addition to several research publications and presentations, Dr. Logel served as a clinical instructor of Orthopaedics at WakeMed teaching UNC Orthopaedic residents from 2005-2007. Dr. Logel attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for both undergraduate and medical school. He completed his residency in Orthopaedic surgery at the University of Utah Hospitals. A fellowship in Foot and Ankle Reconstruction followed at the Union Memorial/Johns Hopkins Hospitals in Baltimore, Maryland.
Why the Debt Crisis Is Now the Greatest Threat to the American ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs currently gets at least $75.7 billion, 50% of which goes for the long-term care of the grievously injured among the at least 28,870 soldiers so far wounded in Iraq and another 1,708 in Afghanistan. The amount is universally derided as inadequate. Another $46.4 billion goes to the Department of Homeland Security. Missing as well from this compilation is $1.9 billion to the Department of Justice for the paramilitary activities of the FBI; $38.5 billion to the Department of the Treasury for the Military Retirement Fund; $7.6 billion for the military-related activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and well over $200 billion in interest for past debt-financed defense outlays. This brings U.S. spending for its military establishment during the current fiscal year (2008), conservatively calculated, to at least $1.1 trillion.
Pills That Could Thrill in 2008
THE HEYDAY OF BLOCKBUSTER DRUG discoveries may be over, but drug makers still have breakthroughs in store in the next year, or so. To be sure, the drug industry is less productive than a decade ago. In 2007, drug companies launched 18 new drugs, the fewest since 1983, according to the market research firm IMS Health. And this year, regulators could approve 24 to 29 compounds, almost half the number approved in 1997. Still, there are bright spots. Experts helped Barron's Online identify five drugs expected to hit the market in 2008. All the drugs would improve treatment of serious medical conditions and eventually pay off. The list includes Merck & Co.'s cholesterol drug, Cordaptive and Cardiome Pharma's heart drug, Kynapid. Schering-Plough has the anesthesia medication sugammadex, and Roche Holding has Actemra for rheumatoid arthritis.
Elbert: For now, economic uncertainty outweighs trouble
Dot-com was so much investment in smoke and mirrors. I don't think this is a smoke-and-mirrors investment problem." It's not like the savings and loan crisis, either, she said. Those problems were precipitated by high interest rates and government regulations that created cash-flow problems for mortgage lenders.
"This is bad (lending) products and bad processes and people being incented to sell as much of that as they can," she said.
In that sense, it may be a little like the rolling recessions of the 1980s, where one industry after another went through turmoil as excesses were squeezed out. But this time the only industry that's being squeezed so far is housing.
"Pull housing out of the economy and I think we are in pretty good shape," said Stanberry, who is chief executive of the company that owns West Bank.
Obama Wins South Carolina Primary
With 99% of precincts reporting, Obama had 55% of the vote, Clinton had 27% and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards had 18%, according to The New York Times. Obama is hoping to become the first black U.S. president, and the South Carolina primary was closely watched as a test of how African Americans in other states may cast their votes. According to the AP, which cited polling place interviews, about half of the South Carolina voters were black, and four out of five of them supported Obama. The AP also reported that black women turned out in large numbers. Obama, who throughout his campaign has presented himself as a unifier and consensus builder, downplayed racial and other divisions in a speech at a campaign rally. "The choice in this election is not about regions or religions or genders," Obama was quoted saying by the AP.
Take these steps to protect your children from antibiotic-resistant ...
Staph bacteria are commonly behind minor skin infections that show up as pimples or boils. Those infections can usually be treated with medication.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, called MRSA or "the superbug," does not always respond to medication, although it can also be treatable. It is mostly frequently transmitted by skin-to-skin contact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
You should call a doctor if a sore is enlarging and has increasing drainage, says Dr. Jeffrey A. Jahre, chairman of the department of medicine at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa. Also call a doctor if the sore is associated with symptoms such as fever, chills or rash.
WHO IS MOST AT RISK?
People with an open wound who come in contact with the staph bacteria are at highest risk to contract the infection, Jahre says.
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