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Chicago schools president's death ruled suicide

CHICAGO - Chicago's school board president shot himself in the head, officials said, as city leaders grappled with more bad news for a district trying to recover from the beating death of a high school student and a federal investigation into ...

From CARLA K. JOHNSON, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chicago Tribune,  Michael Scott,  Arne Duncan,  Jesse Jackson, Jr. (politician),  Barack Obama

Uninsured more likely to die in ER, study says

severity of the injuries and the patients' race, gender and age. After those adjustments, they still found that the uninsured were 80 percent more likely to die than those with insurance — even low-income patients insured by Medicaid. CHICAGO — ...

From CARLA K. JOHNSON, Inside Bay Area,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University,  U.S. Congress

Chicago schools president's death ruled a suicide

CHICAGO Chicago's school board president apparently shot himself in the head near the Chicago River before dawn Monday, officials said as his death was met with disbelief by civic leaders and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Chicago Board of ...

From CARLA K. JOHNSON, San Diego Union-Tribune,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Arne Duncan,  Michael Scott,  Jesse Jackson, Jr. (politician),  Ron Huberman,  Derrion Albert

Police: Chicago schools president commits suicide

CHICAGO - Chicago's school board president apparently shot himself in the head near the Chicago River before dawn Monday, officials said as his death was met with disbelief by civic leaders and U.S. ...

From CARLA K. JOHNSON, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chicago Tribune,  Michael Scott,  Arne Duncan,  Jesse Jackson, Jr. (politician),  Ron Huberman

Study: Injured uninsured more likely to die in ER

Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study. The findings by ...

From CARLA K. JOHNSON, Taiwan News,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University,  U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama

US health care sector is a fairly green giant

CHICAGO Health care, a giant in the U.S. economy, may be a gentle giant when it comes to greenhouse gases. According to the first estimate of the sector's carbon footprint, the health care industry emits less than its share of the gases that promote ...

From CARLA K. JOHNSON, San Diego Union-Tribune,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Chicago,  American Medical Association,  Rush University,  Johns Hopkins

Study ties common antibiotics with birth defects

CHICAGO (AP) -- Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Reassuringly, the most-used antibiotics in early pregnancy - penicillins - appear to be ...

From CARLA K. JOHNSON, Buffalo News,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: US Food and Drug Administration,  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  Food and Drug Administration,  March of Dimes

Trade-offs in prostate keyhole surgery

CHICAGO — A new study suggests less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery. The results add to confusion around prostate cancer treatments, ...

From CARLA K. JOHNSON, NevadaAppeal.com,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.,  American Medical Association,  Duke University,  University of Chicago

Risks of robotic surgery

CHICAGO — A new study suggests less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery. days after surgery involving genital and urinary function. About 5 ...

From CARLA K. JOHNSON, Monterey County Herald,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of Chicago,  Intuitive Surgical, Inc.,  American Medical Association

Prostate surgery may mean trade-off

CHICAGO — A new study suggests less invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery. The results add to confusion around prostate cancer treatments, ...

From CARLA K. JOHNSON, TwinCities.com,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: American Medical Association,  Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

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