Family News Home Archive for March, 2008

Lisa Davidson, 30, is tormented by the question of whether her eight-month-old daughter could’ve been saved had she been examined more closely.At the very least, a physical exami nation by the attending physician at Surrey Memorial Hospital should’ve been carried out and wasn’t, said the distraught mother, who added she has decided to speak publicly [...]

Muskie’s drive to the White House was mired in a cubic millimetre of moisture after his eyes became watery while defending his wife’s character at an open-air press conference. Whether it was tears or (as he later claimed) melting snowflakes, Muskie’s moist eyes made him appear weak. In contrast, Hillary’s moist eyes in 2008 made [...]

A report published yesterday by Statistics Canada sought to answer whether sexual identity had anything to do with having a regular doctor, consulting health care providers, taking preventive screening tests and having any unmet medical needs.It found that gay men were much more likely than heterosexual men to have consulted a doctor or medical specialist [...]

The Sikh man in question should consult his family doctor for a medical ruling, absolving him of his religious obligation for turban wearing, while riding a motorcycle. As a doctor, I do this routinely for my observant Jewish and Muslim patients who should not fast due to medical reasons, during Yom Kippur and Ramadan. Rabbis [...]

They recorded more than 3,000 calls during which they heard the doctor occasionally talking to people about “candy bars” and “cigarettes.”But the items were–according to prosecutors –code for drugs.For two months, a Newfoundland court has heard allegations that Dr. Buckingham was involved in giving out drugs in exchange for sex.Witnesses have accused him of picking [...]

It is interesting that the Wait Time Alliance of the Canadian Medical Association should identify anesthesiology as a priority for governments as we try to tackle areas of shortage in our health care system. In the last round of surgical priorities, the long-standing shortage of anesthesiology was not even considered when targets were announced. Consequently, [...]

“I believe him because he’s a real religious guy. Someone else tells me they have a migraine, I know they are hung over.” –Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, after Scott Linebrink said he could not pitch because of a headache.”The Giants ‘08 slogan is ‘All out, all season.’ But that’s misleading. I think some [...]

Indonesia’s Vice President Jusuf Kalla has arrived at the hospital treating Suharto and was expected to address a news conference. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is currently in Malaysia.Mr. Suharto, 86, was taken to Jakarta’s Pertamina hospital a week ago suffering from anaemia and low blood pressure due to heart, lung and kidney problems. His health [...]

Dr. Smith did make significant errors while investigating child deaths, but only in five cases — not 20 as previously alleged, the pathologist’s lawyers assert. And he was not solely responsible for wrongful prosecutions in any of the fatalities, they say in submissions to a public inquiry that has been dissecting his work.The 323-page submission, [...]

Running a family business can be challenging, but that doesn’t make it unpopular:
At least 80 percent of all businesses in the United States are family owned, according to family business experts.
Still, only about 12 percent of family businesses survive into the third generation, and just 3 percent make it to the fourth generation and beyond, [...]