Since announcing our intention not to renew the lease for Community Hospital of Los Gatos, we have diligently worked with the hospital owner, HCP, as it sought a new facility operator. Once informed that HCP had selected El Camino Hospital to fill this role, we engaged in negotiations with the hope of transitioning a fully functional and operating hospital to ECH.
Unfortunately, we were unable to reach an agreement with ECH. After being informed Read the rest of this entry »
There are some words or phrases that no matter what will always have a negative connotation. Some words simply bring bad thoughts to your mind when you hear them. A few of those words include taxes, used car salesman, audit, mandatory and a long time favorite – diet. The word diet always strikes a cord with people. Some people think of it as bad because they have been on so many so-called diets. Others just think of the word negatively because it Read the rest of this entry »
The only thing that could possibly have been worse than trying to come public in this year’s rough market was trying to launch a health care-related IPO.
So far this year, there have been three new stocks that focus on medical devices, pharmaceutical or biotech needs in the U.S., compared with 38 during the same period in 2007, according to data from Dealogic. That’s a decline of 92%, compared with an overall decline of 86% for all initial public Read the rest of this entry »
Men’s Health Magazine has just released its rankings of the best cities for men to live in this year.
Turns out Hartford’s not half bad. Out of 100 cities, the Capitol City ranked 25 overall.
Health: This included male death rates from heart disease and cancer.
Habitat: The city’s standard of living, assessing crime, job growth and air quality.
Fitness: This was a study of how hard and how often men worked out.
If those numbers aren’t good Read the rest of this entry »
Bush Administration Could Still Have Negative Impact On Abortion Rights, New York Times Editorial Says
Although President Bush only has 77 days left in his presidency, his aides “have been scrambling to change rules and regulations” on issues such as abortion rights, civil liberties and the environment, and “few” of their actions are “for the good,” a
editorial says.
For example, the editorial says that HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt soon after Read the rest of this entry »
IT COULD be awhile before Hep Cahill plays first grade for
Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League season proper given
the quality back-row that he finds ahead of him.
But the 22-year-old, who was recruited from the Sydney Roosters
feeder system, has caught the attention of the Storm powerbrokers,
having shown himself as one of if not
fittest players at
the club.
Granted, big-name teammates such as Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater
and Greg Inglis, Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday that the number of U.S. employees who have health care coverage through its plans or another source has risen to 94.5 percent from 92.7 percent a year ago.
The world’s largest retailer said more than 733,000, or 51.8 percent of its U.S. employees, were covered by its own plans as of November 7, 2008, the end of its annual enrollment period.
Wal-Mart said that is up from 50.2 percent who were Read the rest of this entry »
A Mattapan man with more than a dozen convictions for armed robbery dating back to the mid-1980s was probably motivated by an addiction to crack cocaine in robbing six Back Bay and South End establishments recently, law enforcement officials said.
Preston Jackson, 42, touched off a wave of fear among boutique clerks, coffee shop baristas, sandwich makers, and other employees of businesses in the shopping districts. He was arraigned yesterday in Read the rest of this entry »
Fabio Capello is determined that the England players should be in the best of health and at peak fitness as he attempts to guide them to the finals of the 2010 World Cup.
And that means impressing upon them the importance of a healthy diet. So traditional British favourites likes chips [known in some other parts of the world, strangely, as ‘fries‘] and tomato sauce [aka ketchup] have been taken off the menu for Capello‘s squad.
The Italian Read the rest of this entry »
When it comes to your heart, small is big. Small dietary changes can make a really big difference in reducing your risk for heart disease. The leading cause of death in this country has been closely linked to unhealthy eating habits, based on a large body of research conducted over the past several decades.
What can you do to eat more nutritiously? Adding more heart-healthy foods is a good place to start.
Along with preventive-medicine expert, Read the rest of this entry »