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Twelve days later, Carey's arm had ballooned to nearly twice its normal size, and pus was oozing from a boil where the zit had been. After $180,000 in medical bills, four doctors, and two hospitals, Carey learned that the supposed pimple was actually the flesh-eating "superbug" bacteria commonly known as MRSA staph infection. You may recognize MRSA from recent news reports, following a study concluding that more Americans die each year from antibiotic-resistant MRSA infections than from HIV/AIDS. MRSA commonly spreads through hospitals, but Carey hadn't been to a hospital or doctor for months before her infection. So where did she get the potentially fatal infection? Carey says she knows exactly where she got it — the Maricopa County Jail. She wasn't there as an inmate, but as an attorney visiting her client.
Boston College Chief Executives' Club named top forum
$1.8 million more for health reform marketing firm [Boston] Ad, PR firms take advantage of free publicity for their clients [Mpls./St. Paul] W2 Groups gets $30M infusion [Boston] Training, rebuilding will help maintain competitiveness [Tampa Bay] A conversation with Shaklee Corp. CEO Roger Barnett [East Bay] .
Panel to offer outdoors spending plan
Iowa ranks among the bottom few states on natural resources spending per resident. At the same time, kayaking, bird-watching and other outdoor activities are growing. Hunting alone brings in $300 million a year in direct retail sales in Iowa, and supports 6,200 jobs, the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies says. Fishing adds another $322 million in direct sales and supports 5,800 jobs.
The Legislature set up the committee to look into the problem. After more than a year of examining dozens of financing options, the committee looked more closely at sales taxes, tax credits, gambling revenues and bonding. The final list is still up for debate, but Ackelson and others said the sales tax, and gambling revenues, have floated to the top. The sales tax could generate the $150 million on its own.
The battle over two drug treatments
Thousands of Canadians will be diagnosed this year with macular degeneration, a debilitating eye disease that primarily strikes older adults and can rob them of their vision and independence. But an argument over whether the government should pay for an expensive treatment when a cheaper alternative is available is bringing a contentious debate over the competing interests of price, clinical evidence and accessibility into the spotlight. In Canada, two treatments are available that seem to fight the progression of wet macular degeneration, a severe form of the disease that has traditionally been challenging to treat. One, called Lucentis, has shown remarkable success in clinical trials, but can cost patients tens of thousands of dollars a year. The other, Avastin, is available at a fraction of the price but the drug, developed to fight colorectal cancer, hasn't been approved by Health Canada to treat the eye disease.
Column: Ironmen have earned the name
Runners run. Walkers walk, all in the name of physical fitness. For some, clicking the TV remote is exercise enough.But competing in Ironman triathlons — a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile marathon — is quite a different animal.Participants, and there were 2,200-plus last weekend at the Ironman competition in Panama City Beach, Fla., endure a rigorous training regimen just so they can compete in one of the world's most demanding events. They suffer six months of physical punishment for one day of physical brutality.That's exactly what three area residents — Andy Meyer, Charles Smitherman and Curt Hammontree — did over the past half year.Once again, I ask.Why?"Well, you've got to have a screw loose somewhere," joked Meyer, a 45-year-old physical therapist.
January 2008
In a lot of cases, some of the districts fall, and you cannot react quickly to the situation," Afghan Defense Minister General Rahim Wardak said at a Pentagon press conference last October. "The result is that the district's fallen and then -- Afghanistan is a mountainous country; it takes a long time, I mean, to reach by ground." Last March, the Afghan government received two Mi-17 transport helicopters modified for President Karzai's executive air charters. The U.S. purchased and donated the two Russian-made helicopters that are "equipped with wireless communication, TV and armored plates and were bought from the Czech Republic for $5 million," according to a Pajhwok Afghan News . Around the same time, Poland defense officials awarded a grant to Afghanistan indicating they soon would provide an undisclosed number of military aircraft and helicopters to the Afghan air force.
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