‘Health’ Archives
Seasonal Variation In Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Uncovered
A recent study published in Neurology indicates brain lesions associated with increased multiple sclerosis activity appear in patients more often between the months of March and August. Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Washington University in St. Louis compared 939 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of 44 people with [...]
Public Hospitals Hitting The Chopping Block
Many public hospitals owned by local governments are being slated for disposal as rising costs force them to tighten their financial belts. Because most public hospitals tend to be solo operations, they don't enjoy the economies of scale, or more generous insurance contracts, which bolster revenue at many larger nonprofit and for-profit [...]
Wright County Egg Farm Center Of Egg Recall Controversy
Wright County Egg owner, Austin DeCoster, has become a central figure in one of the largest egg recalls in history. Earlier this month Wright County Egg farms in Iowa recalled 380 million eggs. A second Iowa egg producer, partly supplied by a DeCoster-owned firm, pulled another 170 million eggs off the shelves. On Thursday, federal authorities [...]
