unveiled its new $13.5 million emergency department Wednesday, along with plans to change the way it admits and treats its ER patients.
Construction on the project began in October 2007, and includes a $500,000 grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, a state initiative. In addition, $487,000 from the federal Omnibus Appropriations Bill was applied to the project.
The hospital, based in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, says Read the rest of this entry »

GALVESTON, Texas
— Reconstruction work has been halted for the foreseeable future at Shriners Hospital for Children-Galveston, which has been closed since Hurricane Ike caused significant damage, an official with Shriners Hospitals for Children said Tuesday.
“We had a significant amount of damage and can’t afford to repair it,” Ralph Semb, president and CEO of Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Hospitals for Children, told The Associated Press.
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United Way of Allegheny County today awarded $714,625 over two years to five agencies to keep senior citizens healthy and safe at home.
They are among 31 agencies that applied for the grants in the first competition that the local United Way has offered for programs to serve the elderly. Last year, United Way’s board awarded money for programs serving youngsters and young adults.
The five recipients helping the elderly are AgeWell Pittsburgh, Read the rest of this entry »

Eli Lilly & Co.
(LLY) drug used to treat severe sepsis after
a recent study suggested the drug could increase the risk of serious bleeding
and death.
In a so-called “early communication” posted Wednesday on the FDA’s Web site,
the agency said it was working with Lilly “to further evaluate the incidence of
serious bleeding events and mortality in patients who received Xigris.”
Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when Read the rest of this entry »

Here is my choice: In order to keep my family from going under financially, I can continue to go broke taking paying the ridiculously expensive COBRA plan we’re on now or I can take all of us (including the baby) off the grid so that none of us have health insurance for 45 to 90 days.
Is there any universe where that makes sense from a public health perspective?
First, a little background: I’m 46, a promotional copywriter for magazines and newspapers Read the rest of this entry »

The Mind Research Network in Albuquerque will host a free, three-part professional development series for New Mexico teachers.
The series will be held at the Mind’s facility, on University of New Mexico campus, 1101 Yale N.E.
Each session in the series, called SCORE, for a Scientific Collaboration on Research in Education, will feature a lecture and a period where educators can discuss topics with peers and presenters.
• Learning Disorders, Read the rest of this entry »

January 20, 2009
FLORESVILLE — A decision on who will construct a 5000-square-foot medical office building near the intersection of F.M. 775 and U.S. 181 near Eagle Creek will likely come at the Wilson Memorial Hospital District’s February board meeting.
Ella May Calloway presided Jan. 15 as board members Carl Ashley, Susan Coates, Carolyn Perkins, Scott Toeppich, Tommy Soriero, and Jane Wiatrek unanimously voted to table awarding the contract Read the rest of this entry »

AUSTIN — The nation’s governors already have a plate full of challenges to deal with in these troubled economic times, but Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday delivered one more: Get fit.
Backed by an array of state agency leaders, Perry announced the “Capitol Steps Challenge,” a two-week contest meant to combat obesity by urging governors and their Cabinet-level staff to set an example in their states by exercising.
States that have agreed to Texas’ Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama has increased his employment goal with the nation’s economic outlook worsening, seeking to create or save 3 million jobs in the next two years instead of the 2.5 million he proposed last month.
Obama set the more ambitious target earlier this week after meeting with top economic advisers who cautioned that the nation’s unemployment rate could exceed 9 percent given the current pace of job losses, Read the rest of this entry »

A plan to build a hospital and out-patient clinic at Alameda Point to serve local veterans is expected to be considered by leaders before the end of next month.
City Councilman Frank Matarrese said he wants the proposal — which also includes a columbarium for veterans and their family members — to go before the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority as federal officials now gather input on the development.
The authority is the agency Read the rest of this entry »