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Wal-Mart pulls formula after baby dies in Missouri

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 12/22/2011 - 10:08

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Federal health agencies are testing samples of liquid and powdered infant formula and some distilled water used to prepare the powder by the Missouri parents of a 10-day-old boy who died from an apparent bacterial infection....


 

Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 12/29/2009 - 03:09

FRANKENSTEIN, Mo. (AP) -- The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat....


 

Work begins on national e-health record network

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 09/30/2009 - 02:08

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Doctor's offices and hospitals have slowly started the difficult switch from outmoded paper records to sophisticated electronic systems in a bid to improve care and cut costs....


 

New specialty spurs hopes for helping abused kids

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 08/18/2009 - 02:05

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- It appeared to be a clear-cut case of child abuse: An infant hospitalized with bleeding in his brain, his father behind bars suspected of shaking the baby....


 

Tax provides lifeline for rural Missouri hospital

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 08/04/2009 - 20:13

OSCEOLA, Mo. (AP) -- Voters have approved a property tax to keep the emergency room open and ambulances running at a rural western Missouri hospital that had warned of possible deaths if the measure failed....


 

Rural hospital hinging future on federal incentive

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 08/04/2009 - 02:00

OSCEOLA, Mo. (AP) -- Electronic medical records are a life-or-death issue at Sac-Osage Hospital - not necessarily just for the patients, but for the hospital itself....


 

High-tech sensors help seniors live independently

Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 01/23/2009 - 13:26

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- After back-to-back hospital visits for congestive heart failure, Eva Olweean figured her health was back to normal.

But the nurses at her retirement home knew better: Motion sensors in the 86-year-old's bed detected too many restless nights....


 

Sex no longer a taboo subject at nursing homes

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 12/22/2008 - 11:10

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- When Kansas State University sent researchers into nursing homes to find out how the topic of sex was being addressed, they initially found silence....