Provides the latest RSS feeds for Public Health News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Raleigh Times.com http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/cat/fb382975d494227f/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 08:36:31 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:36:31 -0400 30 Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Dr Li Bin, Minister of Health and Population, People's Republic of China met here yesterday on the sidelines of World Health Assembly to discuss the strengthening of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in healthcare sector. Congratulating Dr Li Bin for taking over as Health Minister of China, Azad stated that in view of her keen interest in ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214681662/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:03 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214681662/scat/fb382975d494227f Get a hip replaced at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, and Medicare will pay the small, doctor-owned hospital $15,585, or about 13% of what Olympia charged in the bills it ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214685764/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 06:39:13 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214685764/scat/fb382975d494227f Get a hip replaced at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, and Medicare will pay the small, doctor-owned hospital $15,585, or about 13% of what Olympia charged in the bills it ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214685643/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 06:39:10 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214685643/scat/fb382975d494227f The Baltimore City Council's Finance Committee is scheduled to hear testimony Thursday on a proposal by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to require thousands of municipal employees to begin making contributions to their pensions, the Baltimore Sun reported. The 87-year-old Employee Retirement System, which covers about 19,000 city workers and retirees from nearly every city agency except the ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214685770/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 06:30:52 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214685770/scat/fb382975d494227f Safdarjung hospital on a PIL seeking directions to frame a code of conduct and a platform for hospital staff to voice their grievances without inconveniencing patients. Issuing notices to the Union Health Ministry, Safdarjung hospital and its resident doctors' association, a division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath sought their responses by August 7. The court was ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214684818/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 05:17:24 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214684818/scat/fb382975d494227f In their new book, "The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills," economist David Stuckler and physician Sanjay Basu examine the health impacts of austerity across the globe. The authors estimate there have been more than 10,000 additional suicides and up to a million extra cases of depression across Europe and the United States since governments started introducing austerity programs in the ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214683629/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 04:13:14 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214683629/scat/fb382975d494227f Around 7,000 people marched on Saturday at the first London-wide protest against cuts to the National Health Service (NHS). This is less than a third of the number that marched in defence of Lewisham Hospital in south London in January, and around the same number as marched against the sell-off of parts of the Whittington Hospital, north London, in March. Called ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214680841/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 01:22:50 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214680841/scat/fb382975d494227f A Mahoning County grand jury separately indicted four nurses, three of whom worked at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, on charges of stealing drugs in controlled-substance categories from the hospital last year. Ryan T. Hofus, 27, of Cavalcade Drive, is charged with two counts of drug theft and two counts of drug possession, referring to Dilaudid and Fentanyl, with the offenses ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214680873/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 01:00:41 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214680873/scat/fb382975d494227f EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this undated photo provided by Jackson Health System, Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami, plays the guitar in his room at Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center in Cutler Bay, Fla. The attack left Poppo blind, but doctors say he's been working with an occupational therapist to learn how to take ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214680840/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 00:49:49 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214680840/scat/fb382975d494227f Man makes decision as Angelina Jolie -- he removes healthy organ. Angelina Jolie arrives on the red carpet at the 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood and Highlands Center in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. UPI/Kevin ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214680852/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 00:41:23 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214680852/scat/fb382975d494227f Nick Stremble and Shannon Largent were on duty inside the Moore Medical Center as the tornado hit the building. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell shares their story and also speaks to the Mayor of Moore, ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214679828/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 23:53:42 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214679828/scat/fb382975d494227f When the tornado hit Moore, flattening their medical center, the chief of trauma surgery at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center mobilized her team. Lessons learned from past tragedies helped forge the new Level One Trauma center. NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214677810/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 21:34:09 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214677810/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue May 21, 2013 9:23pm EDT (Adds quotes, details of strike, contract dispute) By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO May 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state. The union representing nearly 13,000 ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214678778/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:27 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214678778/scat/fb382975d494227f The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, an affiliate of the World Organisation of Family Doctors, is set to mark the 2013 World Doctor Day with a public ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214675361/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 19:31:54 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214675361/scat/fb382975d494227f Six Bronx physicians were among 28 physicians honored today by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) with Doctors' Day awards for their leadership and commitment to advancing the mission of the public hospital system and providing the highest quality healthcare to New ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214675566/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 19:21:16 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214675566/scat/fb382975d494227f A Tunisian man died after a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and two adults children tested positive for SARS-like virus, health officials say. World Health Organization officials said Tuesday the 66-year-old Tunisian man was the second pilgrim to the Muslim holy city to be sickened with the SARS-like virus novel coronavirus, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Tunisian man returned from a ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214674253/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:29 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214674253/scat/fb382975d494227f New Brunswick is discouraging family physicians from practising in the province despite a growing need for care, a number of doctors in the Maritimes say.Medical residents from throughout the region have written an open letter expressing their concerns to Premier David Alward and Health Minister Hugh ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214671316/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 17:11:08 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214671316/scat/fb382975d494227f About 40 Denver-area restaurants will offer dietitian-verified healthy meals under a new program being launched Wednesday by the University of Colorado's Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. The Healthy Dining in Colorado program builds on a national template that Healthy Dining, a nutritional consulting company, has undertaken by listing good-for-you options at participating restaurants on ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214674069/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 16:45:35 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214674069/scat/fb382975d494227f Biotech has never quite taken flight in Northern Virginia. Whether that's due to the lack of a big corporate anchor or blue-chip research university, the dearth of wet labs, the attraction of a stronger scene in Montgomery County or pure dumb happenstance is anyone's guess. But on this side of the D.C. suburbs, the life sciences are not thriving. The story of Virginia biotech right now ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214672191/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:08 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214672191/scat/fb382975d494227f Researchers at UTMB were awarded $4.9 million to study best practices for caring for elderly patients. The University of Texas Medical Branch has been awarded a $4.9 million grant to study how to care for and promote the health and well-being of elderly patients. All four of UTMB's schools will participate in the study. Dr. James Goodwin, director of UTMB's Sealy Center on Aging in ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214671321/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:28 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214671321/scat/fb382975d494227f Belmont Village Senior Living is adding a location in Houston. Houston-based Belmont Village Senior Living broke ground this week on an assisted living and memory care facility at 7667 Woodway Drive. The 158-unit complex will consist of assisted living and memory care services. The building will be a six-story midrise spanning 113,000 square feet. The project is expected to create 100 ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214671342/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 16:35:10 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214671342/scat/fb382975d494227f Catholic Health Initiatives will pay more than $2 billion to purchase St. Luke's. Arapahoe County-based Catholic Health Initiatives agreed to purchase the Houston area's St. Luke's Episcopal Health System for $236 million more than previously reported. St. Luke's said last month it approved an agreement to transfer the system to CHI, the nation's second-largest faith-based ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214671320/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 16:34:40 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214671320/scat/fb382975d494227f Neuronetics CEO Bruce Shook A new therapy is not only effective in treating depression, it sustains those results through one year of treatment, according to new data about NeuroStar TMS Therapy System from Neuronetics. Its not typical to see long-term benefit in patients who have treatment resistant forms of depression, said study investigator Dr. Philip Janicak, a professor of psychiatry at ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214669402/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:04 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214669402/scat/fb382975d494227f Bhavuk Sharma Bajagain, 30, a medical doctor by profession, is often busy with his patients in the emergency ward of Kathmandu Model Hospital, one of the more reputable hospitals .In the morning, Bajagain also teaches and shares his medical experience with students in two different local medical institutions."I am very happy and satisfied when I see my patients relieved of pain after ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214667988/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 14:37:09 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214667988/scat/fb382975d494227f Free State - The Free State is considering a forensic probe into alleged abuse of privilege by state doctors doing private work, health MEC Benny Malakoane said on ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214668022/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:44 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214668022/scat/fb382975d494227f A recent report suggest doctors put an end to their relationships with pharmaceutical companies. Although the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and doctors is widely accepted, researchers from Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University and the University of Washington suggest breaking those ties is beneficial to patients. The report "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214668021/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:59:33 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214668021/scat/fb382975d494227f State health officials have developed a tool to help providers decide when they need patient authorization to share treatment records as California builds an electronic highway for medical information. State health officials have developed a tool to help providers decide when they need patient authorization to share treatment records as California builds an electronic highway for medical ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214667989/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:40:52 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214667989/scat/fb382975d494227f Gil Bickel is chairman of St. Louis Arch Angels, an investor in BacterioScan. St. Louis-based BacterioScan Inc., is in the middle of a $6 million funding round, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The biotech company is led by St. Louis entrepreneur and managing director at Warson Capital Partners Dana Marshall. And, so far the group has raised roughly $2 ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214668020/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:40:34 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214668020/scat/fb382975d494227f Bryan Roberts of Venrock joined the board of directors at Palo Alto's ConsultingMD. Consulting Medical Associates Inc. in Palo Alto has raised $10 million in venture funding. The company, known as ConsultingMD, makes technology to collect and digitize medial records and connects patients with doctors. It got the money from Venrock, which put Bryan Roberts on ConsultingMD's board as part ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214668019/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:34:00 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214668019/scat/fb382975d494227f Via Christi Health is eliminating about4 percent of its work force in Kansas. Via Christi Health is taking drastic measures to offset volume declines and continued declines in operating margins. Those measures, CEO Jeff Korsmo says, include the elimination of 350-400 positions, or about 4 percent of Via Christis work force in Kansas, and 4 percent reductions in the salaries of 35 senior ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214668018/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:06 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214668018/scat/fb382975d494227f Print 21 May 2013 &#150 Health programmes carried out by the United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees has helped to improve their lives, but greater efforts and more resources are needed to effectively tackle health challenges, particularly during times of conflict, says a new report. ';There is no doubt we still have considerable ways to go to realize our ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665578/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:29:05 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665578/scat/fb382975d494227f Geneva, May 21. (BNA) -- On the sidelines of the 66th Assembly of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Minister Dr. Sadeq bin Abdulkareem Al-Shehabi and his accompanying delegation, met here today with the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidib and discussed with him areas of joint cooperation. During the meeting, Michel Sidib ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665586/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:11:42 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665586/scat/fb382975d494227f CBO report popped a big hole in the Austerians' entitlement cuts balloon. The CBO cut its deficit projection for the next decade by $200 billion, with this year's deficit shrinking to $642 billion, the smallest shortfall since 2008. A relatively huge chunk of that decrease--$900 billion--is in Medicare and Medicaid spending, as ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665613/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:18 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665613/scat/fb382975d494227f MIAMI (CBS4) – Nearly one year ago Ronald Poppo was the target of one of the most gruesome attacks in South Florida's history. After his face was mutilated and eye gouged out by Rudy Eugene, Poppo was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital. On Tuesday several of the doctors responsible for his care talked about his progress. "Mr. Poppo asked us to talk about him, to thank the ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665600/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 12:49:31 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665600/scat/fb382975d494227f Here is a rendering of the next stage of the Mall of America expansion, located between the MOA and Ikea. The building on the left is a hotel, and the building the right is an office building. The Minnesota Legislature approved millions in incentives for several high-profile economic-development projects, including the Mayo Clinic's Destination Medical Center in Rochester, the Mall of ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665327/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 12:23:33 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665327/scat/fb382975d494227f HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The health department in northern Kentucky says it plans to stop offering well-child visits because Medicaid no longer offers reimbursement for them.Health department spokeswoman Emily Gresham Wherle told The Kentucky Enquirer (http://bit.ly/18eOAvu) that the agency will honor current appointments but will not schedule any new appointments. She said parents would need to ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214663767/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:39 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214663767/scat/fb382975d494227f Emergency rooms are still a primary access point to health care for millions of Americans. Emergency rooms are the most expensive way for patients to seek health care, and despite hospital efforts to shift patients to lower-cost alternatives, ERs are the access point for almost half of all hospital admissions, according to a recent study. Hospital admissions grew 4 percent from 2003 to 2009, but ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665612/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 11:59:09 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214665612/scat/fb382975d494227f RABAT, Morocco // A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ministry said in a statement yesterday. The World Health Organization confirmed ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662279/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03:33 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662279/scat/fb382975d494227f ? ????????????, ?????????????, ????????????, ??????????, ?????????? ????? ?????? ? ????. - ??????????? ????? ???????? ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662256/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:19 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662256/scat/fb382975d494227f Four Philadelphia-area hospitals are on a list of medical centers with the highest billing rates in the country, the New York Times reported. Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Temple University Hospital, Hahnemann University Hospital and Delaware County Memorial Hospital. Crozer-Chesters rates were 3.7 times the national average, second only to Bayonne Medical Center. Hahnemann was fifth with rates ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662261/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 09:16:10 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662261/scat/fb382975d494227f State regulators have slapped Sutter Health's Alta Bates hospital in Oakland with potential fines totaling $142,970 for six health and safety violations related to failure to properly isolate patients with airborne diseases such as tuberculosis. State regulators have slapped Sutter Healths Alta Bates hospital in Oakland with potential fines totaling $142,970 for six health and safety ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662260/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 09:15:55 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662260/scat/fb382975d494227f ConsultingMD, led by Reputation.com co-founder Owen Tripp, has raised $10 million from Venrock. Owen Tripp set out to protect people's online reputation with his first startup, Reputation.com. Now he is out to protect their health with his new startup, ConsultingMD. "I have a passion for solving big problems," Tripp told me in an interview on Monday. "We started ConsultingMD to ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662281/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 09:15:41 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662281/scat/fb382975d494227f Houston Mayor Annise Parker recently got the chance to show The Wall Street Journal why the Petro Metro has been named the coolest place to live in the U.S. and a boomtown. Houston Mayor Annise Parker recently got the chance to show The Wall Street Journal why the Petro Metro has been named the coolest place to live in the U.S. and a boomtown. As part of The Weekend Interview piece, Parker took ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214661971/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 09:10:14 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214661971/scat/fb382975d494227f Sabato Sisillo Providence Medical Center and Saint John Hospital have named Sabato Sisillo as the new chief medical officer for the hospitals. Currently, Sisillo practices with K.C. Pulmonary Associates and is the immediate past president of the Providence Medical Staff. He is also a clinical assistant professor with the University of Kansas Medical Center. Prime Healthcare Services purchased ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662259/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 09:04:26 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662259/scat/fb382975d494227f GlaxoSmithKline has created a contest for academic researchers that it hopes will accelerate the speed by which academic research can be turned into novel therapies. The London pharmaceutical company, which has large operations in the Philadelphia region, on Tuesday launched a competition program it is calling Discovery Fast Track. Winners of the competition will partner with investigators on ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662280/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 08:59:28 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214662280/scat/fb382975d494227f The Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau said that a budget provision that would offer state employees options for high-deductible health insurance and health savings accounts is likely to raise costs to taxpayers, not reduce them as the Walker administration ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660913/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 08:23:25 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660913/scat/fb382975d494227f The Defense Department has relaxed rules for thousands of military families that are covered by a newly won contract by UnitedHealth Group Inc., saying that the insurer is still taking too long to provide care. The Star Tribune reports on the move, the latest evidence that Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) is having more trouble than expected taking over the $20.5 billion contract to ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660935/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 08:17:10 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660935/scat/fb382975d494227f An effort to create the North Carolina Center for Vaccine Innovation and locate its headquarters in downtown Winston-Salem's Wake Forest Innovation Quarter is generating interest from state Senate lawmakers, who have earmarked $4 million over the next two years for the project, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The center would need about $20 million to get up and running. Dr. Steven B. ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660934/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 08:04:47 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660934/scat/fb382975d494227f Entrepreneurs working in the aging care sector will compete for $10,000 during the annual LINK long-term care conference, which runs July 22-24 in Chicago. As Business First reports, the Louisville-based Center for Long Term Care Innovation, a business incubator program for aging care startups thats more commonly known as InnovateLTC, will co-sponsor the competition with Connecticut-based Lincoln ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660933/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 08:03:40 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660933/scat/fb382975d494227f RIYADH // Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 16. Saudi Arabia remains the center for the virus as investigators from the World Health Organization seek more clues about its origins and how it is spread. More than 20 people have died from the virus worldwide. The Saudi Health Ministry ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659675/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:41:19 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659675/scat/fb382975d494227f Grandview Medical Center has completed nearly $40 million in renovations that saw the addition of a new, 70,000-square-foot five-story wing. Grandview Medical Center has completed nearly $40 million in renovations that saw the addition of a new, 70,000-square-foot five-story wing. The wing features a two-story covered entrance area and atrium, which improves upon several services at the ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660932/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:05 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660932/scat/fb382975d494227f Cleveland's VeloSano cycling fundraiser to benefit Cleveland Clinic cancer research is modeled off Columbus' Pelotonia. Cleveland is going to have its own version of Columbus' popular Pelotonia bike ride for cancer fundraising, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Through a $1 million donation to Cleveland Clinic from Stewart Kohl and his wife Donna, VeloSano, as it's called, will ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660714/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:34:24 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214660714/scat/fb382975d494227f Saudi Arabia , according to a Health Ministry statement.The man's two children were also diagnosed with the virus but have since undergone treatment and recovered.It's the first case of the SARS-like virus in Tunisia and shows how the virus is slowly spreading throughout the Middle East, where 30 cases have been reported, AP reported. In this latest outbreak, 9 people have died in Saudi ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659679/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:25:03 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659679/scat/fb382975d494227f (21 mins ago) Tunisia's Health Ministry says a 66-year-old man has died after being infected with the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia. The ministry's statement reported that his son and daughter were also diagnosed with the virus but have been treated and since recovered, AP reports. The cases are the first for Tunisia and indicate that the virus is slowly trickling ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659664/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:16:48 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659664/scat/fb382975d494227f Kenneth Ramsey, Gateway Rehab Gateway Rehabilitation Center's Kenneth S. Ramsey has won a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of Addiction Treatment Professionals. Ramsey has president and CEO of Gateway Rehab for 36 years. He's retiring July 1. He received the award for his work on addiction treatment and is the second Gateway Rehab executive to win the award. Dr. ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659678/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:13:35 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659678/scat/fb382975d494227f Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison (shown) will swap jobs with Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati. Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison and Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati are swapping jobs, Orlando Sentinel reports. Mattison announced in April he would be leaving the Lake County hospital for another position within the Adventist Health System. Now, Ottati will ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659669/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:03:23 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659669/scat/fb382975d494227f UPMC is reportedly going to eliminate its transcription division. UPMC is reportedly laying off 100 transcription workers as it seeks to cut costs. Most of the workers will be rehired by a company that does transcription for doctors. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Tuesday on the move, which comes as the health care giant looks to cut costs. The transcription workers could find jobs with ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659677/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:03:19 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659677/scat/fb382975d494227f WAM SHARJAH, May 21st, 2013 (WAM)-- In a move to implement the directives of H.H. Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the Sharjah Health Authority (SHA) has announced the introduction of a new health insurance scheme beginning June 1st, 2013. The Authority has requested government departments in the Emirate to collect old insurance cards from ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659662/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 06:57:07 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214659662/scat/fb382975d494227f In their quest to learn more about the variability of cells between and within tissues, biomedical scientists have devised tools capable of simultaneously measuring dozens of characteristics of individual cells. These technologies have led to new challenges, however, as scientists now struggle with how to make sense of the resulting trove of data. Now a solution may be at hand. Researchers at ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214658577/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 06:26:27 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214658577/scat/fb382975d494227f One of the world's biggest challenges is improving global healthcare in developing countries. However, according to the World Bank Group President Dr Jim Yong Kim, although there's been progress in improving global health over the past twenty years, the failure to address "the gritty business of actually delivering health care in developing countries", is causing ineffective ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214657500/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 05:20:36 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214657500/scat/fb382975d494227f If online oversharing is a public health problem, then the state's decision to harness it for its own purposes means that huge, powerful forces within government will come to depend on ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214656686/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 03:51:12 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214656686/scat/fb382975d494227f The final day of hearings on the proposed abortion laws will hear from lawyers and the junior health minister today. The Committee will then report back to the Government ahead of the final drafting of the proposed new laws. Yesterday psychiatrists differed on whether the coalition should be including the threat of suicide in the law. Last night medical experts outlined their views on possible ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214655769/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 02:44:21 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214655769/scat/fb382975d494227f