All junior doctors training in Wales have been told they can stay free in hospital accommodation until July 2010.
Health Minister Edwina Hart had previously agreed to extend the provision of free on-site housing until summer 2009.
The decision follows medical student protests and discussions between the British Medical Association (BMA) Cymru and university officials.
The BMA said the move would help Wales become a top destination for training. Read the rest of this entry »
The president of United Healthcare Workers-West and 100 other elected officers were removed.
SEIU President Andy Stern, in Washington, D.C., ordered that the leadership of the SEIU local be dissolved and he appointed two veteran labor leaders, Eliseo Medina and Davis Regan, as trustees to take over the affairs of United Healthcare Workers-West.
The order removed Sal Rosselli, the local president and most vocal critic of Stern. Rosselli said later Read the rest of this entry »
Published January 21, 2009
GALVESTON The islands Shriners Hospital for Children could be closed for months perhaps years as the endowment that funds it and other pediatric facilities across the nation grapples with a $3 billion shortfall caused by free-falling financial markets, corporate officials confirmed Tuesday.
The indefinite closure will cost most of the 325 employees their jobs and force young patients to receive treatment at Read the rest of this entry »
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state’s largest health insurer, said it has signed an innovative contract with a hospital and two physicians groups that will slow the rate of medical cost increases while rewarding top-performing doctors with bigger paychecks.
Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge and its affiliated doctors and Hampden County Physician Associates of Springfield signed the so-called Alternative Quality Contract, which offers Read the rest of this entry »
About Morris Animal Foundation: Morris Animal Foundation, established in 1948, is dedicated to funding animal health research that protects, treats and cures companion animals, horses and wildlife. MAF has been at the forefront of funding breakthrough research studies benefiting animals on all seven continents. MAF has its headquarters in Denver. Charity Navigator ranks MAF as a four-star charity, the highest rating. MAF is a BBB Wise Giving Alliance Read the rest of this entry »
Eating
high fat diet with low amounts of omega 3 fatty acids may increase the risk for
Alzheimer’s disease, according to a team of Universite Laval
researchers.
In the study, the
boffins have shown that the main neurological markers for Alzheimer’s
disease are exacerbated in the brains of mice fed a diet rich in animal fat and
poor in omega-3s.
Details of
the study—which suggests that diets typical of most industrialized
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WINSTON-SALEM – Peak Fitness health club has reached an agreement with the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office after the AG received around 300 complaints from customers across the state.
The chain, which operates 28 clubs in North Carolina, agreed to improve customer service and membership contracts and resolve refund requests at its Asheville, Knightdale and Wilmington locations.
“Many people are making New Year’s resolutions to lose weight Read the rest of this entry »
‘I FEEL SO BLESSED’ | At 10, she went to Children’s Memorial for brain surgery. Now, she’s returning to get married there.
When she was 10, Lindsay Anderson had surgery at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Doctors there removed a tumor lodged deep in her brain.
Now 22 and in good health, Anderson is going back to Children’s for a much happier occasion. On Sept. 20, she’ll wed her fiance, Josh Leve, in the hospital’s outdoor courtyard.
It Read the rest of this entry »
Professor Dr. Jane Henney is being considered for the
's top post by the incoming Obama administration, sources told Bloomberg News.
Henney, who had served as commissioner of the regulatory agency from 1998 to 2001, declined comment, according to the story.
when she was tapped in April 2003 as senior vice president and provost for health affairs at the UC College of Medicine.
Citing differences with UC’s board of trustees and President Read the rest of this entry »
Each year, the Lincoln County Health Department honors one individual for their outstanding contributions to Public Health in Lincoln County. This year the Public Health Partnership Award is presented to Beth Rasmussen, M.D.
Dr. Rasmussen is a 1990 graduate of Silex High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University prior to entering the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Kansas City in August 1991. She graduated with a degree Read the rest of this entry »