Community Hospital South announced that its emergency room expansion project has been awarded LEED NC Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED is the USGBC’s leading rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient and high performing buildings. Community Hospital South is the first hospital to receive gold certification in the state of Indiana.
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. In his new memoir, “The End of My Addiction,” Ameisen offers insight into his personal story and puts out a call to action to research the drug he believes ended his alcohol dependency.
Read an excerpt of his book below.
In the depths of a desperate struggle with alcoholism, I found a medicine, baclofen, that both freed me of all craving for alcohol and resolved the underlying disorder, overwhelming anxiety, that made me vulnerable to addiction. Read the rest of this entry »
Sacha Walters, Staff Reporter
Ever heard those little whisperings from someone swearing by their gym? That it’s the best thing since gym gloves? Well, Sand West Fitness Studio is among those being whispered about.
According to Omar West, operations manager for the Northside Plaza fitness centre, it’s the individual attention which they give clients which has kept them happy for five years.
“We target clients who, for whatever reason, don’t want Read the rest of this entry »
Blood Pressure Clinic: 9-11 a.m. first Tuesdays. Buttonwood Senior Center, 1 Oneida St., New Bedford.
Exercise class: For seniors age 55 and older, 10:15-11:15 a.m. Mondays. (508) 991-6170. Buttonwood Senior Center, 1 Oneida St., New Bedford.
Greater New Bedford Community Health Center Urgent Care: Provides immediate care for adults and children with minor injuries or illnesses without an appointment. Pediatric urgent care hours are 9 a.m.-noon Read the rest of this entry »
Finding time to work out has become easier for area residents with the opening of a 24-hour fitness club on East Garfield Road, just east of the railroad crossing.
Snap Fitness opened recently at 317 E. Garfield Road and conducted a ribbon cutting Jan. 23.
“We’re an alternative to the full-service clubs,” said owner Pat McCoy, who also operates a center in Streetsboro.
“We offer the same state-of-the-art exercise equipment, but we’re able to Read the rest of this entry »
Geisinger
Health System is one of the foremost rural healthcare
providers in the United States. Founded in 1915, Geisinger has evolved
into one of the nation’s leading full integrated healthcare systems.
Serving more than two million residents throughout central and
northeastern Pennsylvania, the physician-led organization is at the
forefront of the country’s rapidly emerging electronic health records Read the rest of this entry »
“There will be more work done after I’m out of here,” President Bush said last week after a meeting on drug use reduction, “but we have laid the foundation for a successful effort against drug use, drug supply and helping those who have been addicted.”
Critics say the administration’s strategy has failed to curb America’s enormous appetite for drugs, through prevention and treatment. In 2008, the federal government spent $13.6 billion on drug control, Read the rest of this entry »
, according to a study published this month in
. About 200 pediatricians in St. Louis and Seattle were surveyed about whether and how they would disclose medical errors to kids or their families. Fifty-three percent of those surveyed said they would definitely disclose errors. About 26 percent indicated they would apologize for errors, HealthDay reports.
“The findings very much fell in line with what we had seen in other specialties that have Read the rest of this entry »
It’s a grueling decision when a working parent looks at the company’s benefit package and sees that, on average, a family health insurance plan, costing a total $12,106, will mean $3,281 deducted from yearly wages. Another option for that worker is to insure only himself or herself, costing a total of $4,479 for individual coverage, and resulting in a yearly paycheck deduction of $694. Those average cost figures are from a
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. found that, of the Read the rest of this entry »
Article published Sunday, December 14, 2008
St. Lukes loses $7.6M in 2007; ProMedica records $50.2M profit
St. Lukes Hospital lost $7.6 million from the business of caring for patients last year as fewer money-making surgical procedures were done and other critical conditions hampered the Maumee hospitals bottom line.
To stanch the bleeding, St. Lukes is recruiting doctors to replace those who have retired or left to help increase business. Read the rest of this entry »