LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), one of the largest providers of home
nursing services in the United States, announced today that Keith G.
Myers, chief executive officer of LHC Group, and Peter J. Roman, senior
vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the 2008
Annual Credit Suisse Health Care Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.
The presentation will begin at 12:00 noon Mountain Time. To access a
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The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative’s
mission is to identify and close technology gaps, which includes the
development and integration of the electronics industry supply
infrastructure. This industry-led consortium is made up of more than 65
manufacturers, suppliers, industry associations and consortia,
government agencies and universities. iNEMI roadmaps the needs of the
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Come next spring, Community, Family Health West and St. Mary’s hospitals will snuff out tobacco use.
The administrators of all three hospitals announced Wednesday, the day before the annual Great American Smokeout, that all tobacco products will be prohibited on their property as of March 1.
The bans will cover all of the hospitals’ property, so any kind of smoking or chewing tobacco in parking lots, Read the rest of this entry »

submitted its complete response Friday to questions raised by the Food and Drug Administration in its May 2008 approvable letter for Surfaxin.
Surfaxin is the Warrington, Pa., biotechnology company’s flagship new drug candidate. It is an experimental drug being developed to prevent respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants.
The FDA will notify Discovery Labs (NASDAQ:DSCO) of its target date for potential approval of Surfaxin by Read the rest of this entry »

Women’s health activists are fist-bumping each other over Obama’s slam-dunk win, and they’re hoping that he’ll reverse some of the policies put in place by Bush. Yesterday, I had a chance to catch up with Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards in between her strategy meetings and blogging for the
. She predicted seven things that would change in the new administration.
1.
No more federal funds for abstinence-only education.
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Starting in January, schools in King County will have to pay more for food inspection fees, the number of immunization clinics will shrink and low-income pregnant women will receive less support.
By June, things could become worse. Family planning clinics could close, dental care for poor children could end, and the entire county could be at a higher risk for such illnesses as rabies, E. coli, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases.
That’s Read the rest of this entry »