With the quick swipe of a student ID and a plastic brown tray in hand, Megan Kono is left standing in the Dewick-MacPhie Dining Hall faced with a serious dilemma. As she moves from station to station, she must fight the ever-present temptation to grab a slice of fresh tomato pizza or dish out a serving of macaroni and cheese. She must walk quickly past the tub of French fries and the trays of cookies that Dewick offers on a daily basis.
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A memorial for Stabnick is scheduled for Wednesday.
Officials at the mid-Missouri base say both soldiers contracted
a non-contagious form of meningitis. But the
sent four investigators to investigate. CDC
spokesman Dave Daigle said the group will include two epidemic
intelligence service agents, one epidemiologist and one medical
student.
A news conference was planned for Tuesday afternoon at the base.
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to work in Barbados there must be a community-driven effort.
This was the view of consultant to the National Committee on the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (NCPADD), Carolyn Lincoln, who was speaking at the Black Rock Polyclinic’s Men’s Health Group on Thursday.
, she said:
“Drug courts give you an opportunity to hold that person personally responsible for their behaviour. The judiciary cannot do it, Read the rest of this entry »

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A second soldier stationed at Fort Leonard Wood has died of meningitis. Army officials said the soldier, Pvt. Randy Stabnick, 28, of South Bend, Ind., died at a hospital in Springfield. A 23-year-old soldier from Alabama died Feb. 9. His name and hometown were not released at his family’s request. Officials said the deaths were a result of pneumococcal meningitis, a bacterial strain. Lt. Col. John Lowery, the chief medical officer at the base, Read the rest of this entry »

Nightingale continues to grow Ontario customer base, adding new clinics to its OntarioMD ASP certified EMR platform
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MARKHAM, ON, Oct. 7 /CNW/ – Nightingale Informatix Corporation
(“Nightingale” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: NGH), an application service provider
(ASP) of electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services, today
announced contract wins with two OntarioMD funded physician groups for its ASP
EMR solution, highlighting Read the rest of this entry »

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Greymouth’s Grey Base Hospital has been reopened for surgery after a superbug scare forced its operating theatres to close last week.
Surgeries at the hospital were suspended on Friday after a visiting clinician tested positive for the antibiotic-resistant bug.
West Coast District Health Board spokesman Bryan Jamieson says all operating theatres have been swabbed, cleaned and swabbed again.
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