Make a Date for Better Health

“Eat right, exercise, get plenty of sleep, take time out of each day and spend a moment with the one you love”.  This isn’t new information, but finding a balance in your life between work, family and friends is no…

Bite Your Tongue, Dick

A message to former Vice President Dick Cheney: Would you please, please shut up now?

Cheney is on the offensive (in both senses of the word) again, slamming the Obama administration for not doing enough to protect the nation from terrorism.…

Go Red for Heart Health

February is National Go Red for Women Month, part of a movement to encourage women (and men, too) to embrace heart-healthy lifestyles. Mercy Medical Center in Redding marked the event on Friday by inflating a big red dress on top of its…

Palin Robs Peter, Pays Paul

Why didn’t I (and thousands of other struggling authors) think of this? You can sell way more books if you form a political action committee. Take the money donated to the PAC and buy copies of your own book. Instant…

Getting Credit for Doing Good

A new program allows Shasta College students to earn college credits by volunteering at Mercy Medical Center in Redding.

Mercy’s Volunteer Services Department has teamed up with Shasta’s Worksite Learning Program to start the program. Students can earn one hour of…

New Weed Website

A new website has launched in Redding, aimed at disseminating information about medical marijuana collectives and creating a sort of MySpace for local users.

The site, created by local webmaster Baran Galocy, is just getting started, but there is some info…

College Students Gain Experience, Hospital Gains Volunteers

Being a volunteer can be a rich and rewarding experience.  Add college credit to the experience and students have a winning combination.  Mercy Medical Center Redding (MMCR) Volunteer Janice Kirkpatrick has done just that.  Kirkpatrick is a full-time college student…

Sex Ed? Think Home Economics

A new study has found a correlation between housework and sex. The more housework that married people — men or women — do, the more often they have sex with their spouses.

Before you start scrubbing stuff, check this out: The new survey of 6,877…

Shasta Regional Reports $3.3 Million Loss

Prime Healthcare, the company that operates Shasta Regional Medical Center, posted its first quarter 2009 financial and utilization data summary report, showing an increase in utilization from fourth quarter 2008 but at a level far lower than under the previous operator.

The…