New moms with asthma can safely breastfeed without worrying that the practice will increase their child’s asthma risk, a new study shows.
from: http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/news/20120203/breastfeeding-ok-moms-with-asthma?src=RSS_PUBLIC
February 3, 2012
Romney poised to win Nevada
After two earlier defeats in evangelically strong states like Iowa and South Carolina, Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney is poised to claim a convincing victory Saturday in the Mormon stronghold of Nevada.
According to the latest numbers from Public Policy Polling, Romney leads 50 percent to 25 percent over top challenger Newt Gingrich. Ron Paul comes in third at 15 percent while Rick Santorum is at 8 percent in Friday’s poll.
Romney, who has won two of the four early contests, including a 14-point victory over Gingrich’s in Tuesday’s Florida primary, sounded confident speaking before the editorial board of the Reno Gazette-Journal Thursday evening.
“I want to win in Nevada, and I think we will,” he said. “I think we have good support. But, then again, it’s about which groups mobilize, how many people are turned out by various groups.”
The group that promises to give Romney the biggest Nevada boost will be his fellow Mormons. In the 2008 Nevada caucus, Romney handily won the state 51 percent to 14 percent over Paul. Nearly a quarter of all GOP caucus voters in 2008 were Mormon, and 95 percent of them supported Romney.
But Public Policy Polling’s latest survey reveals that Romney is also winning over Nevada voters who describe themselves as “very conservative” by a 43 to 34 percent margin over Gingrich. … COMPLETE STORY >>
Read Edward Lee Pitts complete Web Extra report.
from: http://online.worldmag.com/2012/02/03/romney-poised-to-win-nevada/
Hospitals Competing for Patients
Not on price. Or on quality. Just amenities. (See our previous explanation here, here and here.)
Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills, Mich., started issuing free “Very Important Patient” cards in 2010. The program got its start as a referral service to link potential patients with Botsford doctors. The cards entitle VIP members to free parking and a 10 percent discount on nonprescription drugs at the outpatient pharmacy and the gift shop, says Lynn Anderson, marketing and public relations manager at the 330-bed hospital in the Detroit suburb. VIP members can also get discounts at restaurants and service establishments such as an oil-change garage.
The program, which has more than 900 members, is open to anyone in the community. In addition to financial perks, it offers regular health education seminars on such topics as hip replacements, back problems and acid-reflux disease, says Anderson.
Full story by Michelle Andrews at Kaiser Health News.
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