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    Jun 6, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  1. Arnold Palmer hospital to host education event for kids with kidney disease

    Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando Sentinel
    Do you know a family whose child has chronic kidney disease? If so, get out the calendar. The newly opened Hewell Kids’ Kidney Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is offering a free nutrition event to families who have children with...
    2. May 28, 2011 |Story| WGNTV-LTV
    3. Jun 11, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. One died and 18 were hospitalized after taking Ecstasy at an L.A. rave New Year's Eve

    A 24-year-old man died and 18 others were transported to emergency rooms after taking Ecstasy at <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5922a1.htm%3Fs_cid=mm5922a1_w">an all night New Year's Eve rave</a> at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, according to a report released Thursday.
    A 24-year-old man died and 18 others were transported to emergency rooms after taking Ecstasy at an all night New Year's Eve rave at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, according to a report released Thursday. The report, by the U.S. Centers for Disease...

    Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Lifestyle and Leisure, Heroin, New Year's Day, Disasters and Accidents

    4. Nov 14, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Food-borne pathogens carry devastating long-term effects

    Long after the painful stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea associated with tainted food are over, many people suffer long-term health effects, mostly unrecognized, that are the result of food-borne pathogens. These lingering effects -- premature death,...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Cheese, Kidney, Crimes, Foods and Beverages

    5. Mar 4, 2011 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  5. Williamsburg couple is a perfect match

    By any measure, Erik Cook has been dealt a lousy hand. At 8 he started losing his eyesight, as a teen he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and in October 2009 he suffered kidney failure. Now 30, for 15 months he has been tethered nightly &#8212; for 101/2 hours at a stretch &#8212; to a peritoneal dialysis machine in an upstairs bedroom of his mother's Williamsburg home. He needs a pancreas-kidney transplant and has been on the waiting list for seven months.
    By any measure, Erik Cook has been dealt a lousy hand. At 8 he started losing his eyesight, as a teen he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and in October 2009 he suffered kidney failure. Now 30, for 15 months he has been tethered nightly — for...

    Tags: Denbigh, Bladder, Surgery, Kidney, Human Body

    6. Mar 21, 2011 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  6. As disease attacks her kidneys, a Williamsburg woman fights back with fitness

    Heather Oman had never heard of polycystic kidney disease until she was diagnosed with it in January 2006.
    Heather Oman had never heard of polycystic kidney disease until she was diagnosed with it in January 2006. She's 35. A wife and mother of two children, ages 3 and 8. There is no cure. Average age of morbidity: 58. "But that is changing. Kidney...

    Tags: Back Pain, Kidney, Human Body, Urine, Cancer

    7. Mar 25, 2011 |Story| Glendale News Press

  7. Organizations: Women of heart will be honored

    The YWCA of Glendale is having its 14th annual Legacy Luncheon beginning at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at The Castaway Restaurant in Burbank. This year’s luncheon will honor five women with the Heart & Excellence Awards and two high school seniors with...

    Tags: High School Sports, John Burroughs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Arts and Culture

    8. Apr 11, 2011 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  8. The Unreal World: Some bad fixes on 'Nurse Jackie'

    <b>The premise</b>
    The premise Nurse Jackie Peyton (Edie Falco) is having trouble managing her growing addiction to painkillers. Nevertheless, she continues to snort an opiate in the supply room and pop pills in the bathroom during shifts at the hospital. Jackie works in...

    Tags: Nurse Jackie (tv show), Heart and Circulatory System, Colleges and Universities, Morocco, Heart Failure

    9. Feb 13, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Strength training does more than bulk up muscles

    Strength training has strong-armed its way beyond the realm of bodybuilding.
    Strength training has strong-armed its way beyond the realm of bodybuilding. A growing body of research shows that working out with weights has health benefits beyond simply bulking up one's muscles and strengthening bones. Studies are finding that...

    Tags: Heart and Circulatory System, College Sports, Colleges and Universities, Education, Stress

    10. Mar 26, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Grocery customer donates kidney to favorite cashier

    A month ago, Dan Coyne knew just two things about a cheerful cashier who worked at Jewel-Osco in Evanston: her first name and her need for a new kidney.
    A month ago, Dan Coyne knew just two things about a cheerful cashier who worked at Jewel-Osco in Evanston: her first name and her need for a new kidney. On Friday, however, their lives became inextricably linked after Coyne donated one of his healthy...

    Tags: Schools, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Jewel-Osco, Kidney, Family

    11. Feb 7, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. A surprising transplant offer

    Tribune staff reporter
    Dan Coyne had the surprise all planned out: Near the end of Myra dela Vega's Friday night shift as a cashier at Jewel-Osco in Evanston, his children would buy some groceries and hand her a card. Inside would be the unexpected news that Coyne could...

    Tags: Death, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Jewel-Osco, Kidney, Charity

    12. Nov 5, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  12. Health alert: FDA, CDC, Costco warn consumers to avoid Bravo Farms Dutch-style gouda cheese

    The Dish - Orlando Sentinel
    Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese, (Costco item 40654) offered for sale and in cheese sampling events at Costco Wholesale Corp. locations is preliminarily linked with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections. Consumers who have any of this cheese...
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