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Books on health abound at New Westminster library
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:34:28 -0700
The Latin writer Publius Syrus once wrote that health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings. Your library can help you achieve both. With cold and flu season upon us and the amount of medical information available, it can be hard to know where to turn for some good sense about health.
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Gulf Oil Spill: Officials Want to Minimize Toxic Health Effects, Researcher Says
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:27:01 -0700
Some of the short-term health effects of the April accident are known - watery and irritated eyes, skin itching and redness, coughing and shortness or breath or wheezing - there also are many unknown health effects, says a UAB School of Public Health researcher. Nalini Sathiakumar, M.D., Dr.P.H., an associate professor of epidemiology and a pediatric nephrologist, is part of a U.S. Centers for ...
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Serious medical errors, little public information
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:37:07 -0700
You are a reporter looking into medical errors, and you get a tip from multiple sources: In 2007, a surgeon at DePaul Health Center took out the wrong kidney from a patient.
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Liberia: 'Drug Peddling Needs Holistic Approach'
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:34:19 -0700
The Country Director of Management Science for Health Strengthening Pharmaceutical System (MSH/SPS), Mr. David Sumo has expressed serious concern over the manner in which drugs trading is flourishing in the Country, and has accus ed drug enforcement agencies of not applying any efforts to crack-down on the ugly practice.
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Gentiva® Health Services Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0700
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. , a leading provider of home health and hospice services, today reported second quarter 2010 results.
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Politics Of ‘Livid Pus’ To Politics Of Nudging
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:18:10 -0700
ADDRESS TO THE HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY DENTISTRY CONFERENCE: I like to think of the ASMS as a nudger. We seek to prod, push, persuade, nag and bore the government of the day and DHB leaders in the direction we believe the health system should go.
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Magellan Health Services Reports Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:30:00 -0700
AVON, Conn.----Magellan Health Services, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2010 and increased guidance for the full year. The Company also said that its Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to purchase up to $350 million of its outstanding common stock.
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Squabble breaks out between toymakers Cepia, Build-A-Bear
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