Provides the latest RSS feeds for Public Health News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Cincinnati Sun.com http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/cat/fb382975d494227f/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:25 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:25 -0400 30 It seems actress Lindsay Lohan is struggling in rehab after the doctors cut her off from Addreall. The 26-year-old actress is completing her 90-day stint at the Betty Ford Clinic in California. And her friends are worried that she is lacking energy, reports femalefirst.co.uk. A source said: "Lindsay just doesn't want to be there. She was forced to go to Betty Ford by the judge instead of going ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214655782/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 03:20:01 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214655782/scat/fb382975d494227f Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister of Health Switzerland Alain Berset held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of World Health Assembly at Geneva with the aim of giving further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare. Speaking on the occasion, Azad said that friendship between India and Switzerland goes as back as Independence of India, strongly ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214655604/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 02:30:03 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214655604/scat/fb382975d494227f The Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau said that a budget provision that would offer state employees options for high-deductible health insurance and health savings accounts is likely to raise costs to taxpayers, not reduce them as the Walker administration ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660913/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 08:23:25 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660913/scat/fb382975d494227f The Defense Department has relaxed rules for thousands of military families that are covered by a newly won contract by UnitedHealth Group Inc., saying that the insurer is still taking too long to provide care. The Star Tribune reports on the move, the latest evidence that Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) is having more trouble than expected taking over the $20.5 billion contract to ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660935/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 08:17:10 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660935/scat/fb382975d494227f An effort to create the North Carolina Center for Vaccine Innovation and locate its headquarters in downtown Winston-Salem's Wake Forest Innovation Quarter is generating interest from state Senate lawmakers, who have earmarked $4 million over the next two years for the project, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The center would need about $20 million to get up and running. Dr. Steven B. ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660934/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 08:04:47 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660934/scat/fb382975d494227f Entrepreneurs working in the aging care sector will compete for $10,000 during the annual LINK long-term care conference, which runs July 22-24 in Chicago. As Business First reports, the Louisville-based Center for Long Term Care Innovation, a business incubator program for aging care startups thats more commonly known as InnovateLTC, will co-sponsor the competition with Connecticut-based Lincoln ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660933/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 08:03:40 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660933/scat/fb382975d494227f RIYADH // Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 16. Saudi Arabia remains the center for the virus as investigators from the World Health Organization seek more clues about its origins and how it is spread. More than 20 people have died from the virus worldwide. The Saudi Health Ministry ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659675/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:41:19 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659675/scat/fb382975d494227f Grandview Medical Center has completed nearly $40 million in renovations that saw the addition of a new, 70,000-square-foot five-story wing. Grandview Medical Center has completed nearly $40 million in renovations that saw the addition of a new, 70,000-square-foot five-story wing. The wing features a two-story covered entrance area and atrium, which improves upon several services at the ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660932/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:05 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660932/scat/fb382975d494227f Cleveland's VeloSano cycling fundraiser to benefit Cleveland Clinic cancer research is modeled off Columbus' Pelotonia. Cleveland is going to have its own version of Columbus' popular Pelotonia bike ride for cancer fundraising, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Through a $1 million donation to Cleveland Clinic from Stewart Kohl and his wife Donna, VeloSano, as it's called, will ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660714/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:34:24 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214660714/scat/fb382975d494227f Saudi Arabia , according to a Health Ministry statement.The man's two children were also diagnosed with the virus but have since undergone treatment and recovered.It's the first case of the SARS-like virus in Tunisia and shows how the virus is slowly spreading throughout the Middle East, where 30 cases have been reported, AP reported. In this latest outbreak, 9 people have died in Saudi ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659679/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:25:03 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659679/scat/fb382975d494227f (21 mins ago) Tunisia's Health Ministry says a 66-year-old man has died after being infected with the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia. The ministry's statement reported that his son and daughter were also diagnosed with the virus but have been treated and since recovered, AP reports. The cases are the first for Tunisia and indicate that the virus is slowly trickling ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659664/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:16:48 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659664/scat/fb382975d494227f Kenneth Ramsey, Gateway Rehab Gateway Rehabilitation Center's Kenneth S. Ramsey has won a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of Addiction Treatment Professionals. Ramsey has president and CEO of Gateway Rehab for 36 years. He's retiring July 1. He received the award for his work on addiction treatment and is the second Gateway Rehab executive to win the award. Dr. ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659678/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:13:35 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659678/scat/fb382975d494227f Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison (shown) will swap jobs with Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati. Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison and Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati are swapping jobs, Orlando Sentinel reports. Mattison announced in April he would be leaving the Lake County hospital for another position within the Adventist Health System. Now, Ottati will ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659669/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:03:23 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659669/scat/fb382975d494227f UPMC is reportedly going to eliminate its transcription division. UPMC is reportedly laying off 100 transcription workers as it seeks to cut costs. Most of the workers will be rehired by a company that does transcription for doctors. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Tuesday on the move, which comes as the health care giant looks to cut costs. The transcription workers could find jobs with ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659677/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 07:03:19 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659677/scat/fb382975d494227f WAM SHARJAH, May 21st, 2013 (WAM)-- In a move to implement the directives of H.H. Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the Sharjah Health Authority (SHA) has announced the introduction of a new health insurance scheme beginning June 1st, 2013. The Authority has requested government departments in the Emirate to collect old insurance cards from ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659662/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 06:57:07 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659662/scat/fb382975d494227f In their quest to learn more about the variability of cells between and within tissues, biomedical scientists have devised tools capable of simultaneously measuring dozens of characteristics of individual cells. These technologies have led to new challenges, however, as scientists now struggle with how to make sense of the resulting trove of data. Now a solution may be at hand. Researchers at ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214658577/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 06:26:27 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214658577/scat/fb382975d494227f One of the world's biggest challenges is improving global healthcare in developing countries. However, according to the World Bank Group President Dr Jim Yong Kim, although there's been progress in improving global health over the past twenty years, the failure to address "the gritty business of actually delivering health care in developing countries", is causing ineffective ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214657500/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 05:20:36 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214657500/scat/fb382975d494227f If online oversharing is a public health problem, then the state's decision to harness it for its own purposes means that huge, powerful forces within government will come to depend on ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214656686/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 03:51:12 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214656686/scat/fb382975d494227f The final day of hearings on the proposed abortion laws will hear from lawyers and the junior health minister today. The Committee will then report back to the Government ahead of the final drafting of the proposed new laws. Yesterday psychiatrists differed on whether the coalition should be including the threat of suicide in the law. Last night medical experts outlined their views on possible ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214655769/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 02:44:21 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214655769/scat/fb382975d494227f Roberto Martinez was left in no doubt how much Wigan fans want him to stay on as manager as the club celebrated their FA Cup triumph with a parade through the town centre on Monday ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214654079/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 00:52:43 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214654079/scat/fb382975d494227f Boston College graduates gave Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny a standing ovation Monday while a small group of anti-abortion activists protested outside. ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214654264/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 00:30:23 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214654264/scat/fb382975d494227f Healthcare company, IMS Health, announced their acquisition yesterday of 360 Vantage, a Chandler-based developer of cloud-based mobile sales and marketing systems. For more, click on the AZ Tech Beat link ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659676/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 00:25:12 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214659676/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. John Halamka, the CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has joined the board of directors at health care IT security firm Imprivata. Lexington-based Imprivata, a IT security firm focused on the health care industry, is expecting an initial public offering within two years after growing to more than $50 million in revenue in 2012, CEO Omar Hussain said in an interview. The ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214654099/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:04 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214654099/scat/fb382975d494227f SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms and already has forced the postponement of elective ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214653183/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 23:38:58 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214653183/scat/fb382975d494227f WASHINGTON ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214652278/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 21:41:13 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214652278/scat/fb382975d494227f The National Labor Relations Board is set to go to federal court June 5 to request a rare federal injunction to force the hospital to comply with federal labor ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214650256/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:46 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214650256/scat/fb382975d494227f Researchers from UTMB will use a five-year, $1.8 million grant to study pain caused by malfunctions in the nervous system. Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston have been awarded a $1.8 million, five-year grant to apply methods of gene therapy to pain that arises from malfunctions in the nervous system, known as neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is caused by accidental ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214649091/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 18:50:50 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214649091/scat/fb382975d494227f A Sacramento Superior Court Judge David Brown has ordered 447 technical, patient care and professional employees to report for work during a two-day strike Tuesday and Wednesday at five University of California medical centers. But the strike can still continue, otherwise. A Sacramento Superior Court Judge David Brown has ordered 447 technical, patient care and professional employees to report ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214649090/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 18:03:02 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214649090/scat/fb382975d494227f Portland voters will decide whether to fluoridate the water. The national media loves Portland. It loves to tout our craft beers and sizzling food scene, our sustainability and quirky personalities (thank you "Portlandia"), and now our fluoride or lack thereof. Over the past week, everyone from the Wall Street Journal to Gawker has weighed in on Portland's resistance to fluoride. ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214649089/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 17:54:03 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214649089/scat/fb382975d494227f THE nurses whose job it was to care for the injured Boston bombing suspect have told of their conflicting emotions at helping to save the life of a suspected terrorist. "You see a hurt 19-year-old and you can’t help but feel sorry for him," said a woman identified as Marie, who was among the nine nurses who agreed to treat Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as they believed it was their ethical ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214644008/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 17:34:00 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214644008/scat/fb382975d494227f Two unions are preparing to strike at five University of California medical centers on Tuesday. Members of a second union, UPTE-CWA, are expected to join picket lines along with AFSCME Local 3299 at five University of California medical centers Tuesday, including UCSF Medical Center and UC Davis Medical Center. The University Professional and Technical Employees/Communications Workers of America ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214644007/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 17:22:22 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214644007/scat/fb382975d494227f Larry Hsu is president and CEO of generic drug maker Impax Laboratories Inc. Stung by problems at its Hayward manufacturing plant that led federal regulators not to approve a treatment for Parkinson's disease symptoms, Impax Laboratories Inc. established a compliance committee on its board of directors. The FDA's citation of problems at the Hayward plant are important from the standpoint ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214643825/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 17:19:41 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214643825/scat/fb382975d494227f One year after surviving a savage, bizarre attack in Miami that left him blind, beaten and facially disfigured, Ronald Poppo is continuing his recovery at a long-term care facility in Cutler Bay. Poppo’s caregivers said he is in good spirits and plays guitar every day in his room at Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center, and he has put on about 50 pounds since the Memorial Day weekend ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642706/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:34 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642706/scat/fb382975d494227f A Saudiman who had contracted the coronavirus has died, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 16, the health ministry announced on Monday on its Internet ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642461/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:42 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642461/scat/fb382975d494227f Over ten percent of all doctors and nurses on the government’s Medicare and Medicaid blacklist end up on it because they defaulted on government-backed student loans. Medical workers on the blacklist are barred from treating Medicare and Medicaid patients or receiving federal reimbursements for a predesignated time period. According to a Modern ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642711/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:32 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642711/scat/fb382975d494227f Insys Therapeutics Inc. has completed its $36.8 million initial public offering to help bolster sales of its medical marijuana drug. Insys Therapeutics Inc. has completed its $36.8 million initial public offering to help bolster sales of its medical marijuana drug one of a handful of Arizona IPOs within the past seven months. The resurgence of IPOS in Arizona is a sign that the economy is ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214643868/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 17:07:15 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214643868/scat/fb382975d494227f View Photo AFP/Fayez Nureldine - A foreign medical staff enters the emergency section in a local hospital in the center of the Saudi capital Riyadh, on May 13, 2013. A Saudi man who had contracted the coronavirus ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642951/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 17:03:57 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642951/scat/fb382975d494227f Ballots are due tomorrow on whether the city of Portland should fluoridate its water. Im not going to tell you my views on fluoride. Its not my place, and you dont want to hear it. I will say, however, how struck I am by the passion around this issue. Ballots are due tomorrow on whether the city of Portland should fluoridate its water. Last month, our Business Pulse survey, Yes or no: Should ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642562/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 16:43:12 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642562/scat/fb382975d494227f Alan Freeman Missouris director of the Department of Social Services, Alan Freeman, has resigned to resume his previous role as president and chief executive of Grace Hill Health Centers Inc. in St. Louis, five months after he took the state post, according to Gov. Jay Nixon's office. The news of Freemans resignation, effective May 31, comes one week after Missouris Medicaid Director Ian ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642728/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:19 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642728/scat/fb382975d494227f John Harney, president and CEO of University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. Three Colorado hospital executives are included on the list of the top 100 industry leaders nationwide issued Monday by Beckers Hospital Review. Beckers specializes in hospital business and legal issues. It says its annual 100 Leaders of Great Hospitals in America list includes officials who demonstrate a crystal clear ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642724/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 16:15:49 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214642724/scat/fb382975d494227f CareWire, a startup that's a developed a text messaging service for health providers, has named former health care consultant Ken Saitow president and CEO. The Excelsior-based company also has hired Phil Hotchkiss, a Twin Cities serial entrepreneur who most recently was chief product officer at Klout, to serve as executive vice president and chief product officer. Saitow was previously ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214641516/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 15:54:44 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214641516/scat/fb382975d494227f A new dental office, My Dentist, is now officially part of the Wichita market. My Dentist is now officially part of the Wichita market. The dental clinic, which has locations throughout Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, opened Monday at 1443 N. Rock Road, near the intersection of 13th and Rock. The nearly 7,000-square-foot space was most recently home to the Kwan Court ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214641983/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:22 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214641983/scat/fb382975d494227f Seventeen bodies were removed from a Modesto, Calif., funeral home in a criminal and civil investigation of cremation delays, sheriff's deputies said. The business was identified as the McGuire Cremation and Funeral Service, the Los Angeles Times reported. The unusual move by the Stanislaus County, Calif., Sheriff's Department, at the request of the county coroner, came after the ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214641408/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 15:44:25 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214641408/scat/fb382975d494227f Kansas State University Olathe is looking for a replacement for Dan Richardson, current president and CEO, who will retire. Kansas State University administrators have settled on four finalists to possibly fill the position of CEO and vice president of the K-State Olathe campus. Current CEO Dan Richardson said in November that he plans to retire. He was the first leader of the university's ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214641526/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 15:32:16 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214641526/scat/fb382975d494227f With less than 1,000 days of action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, you have gathered to make key decisions to reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214639869/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:35 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214639869/scat/fb382975d494227f Print 20 May 2013 &#150 At a time when the world is dealing with myriad challenges, from climate change to food insecurity, it is more important than ever to ensure that public health receives the both the attention and resources it deserves to ensure the well-being of millions, a senior United Nations official said today. ';We are living in deeply troubled times,'; said Margaret ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214639868/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:35 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214639868/scat/fb382975d494227f File photo: Ann McGee of Seminole State College attending a groundbreaking. The Seminole State College Board of Trustees on May 20 approved two new affiliations in the health care field. The two new affiliation agreements are: Additionally, the ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214641521/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 15:08:52 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214641521/scat/fb382975d494227f The Accident & Emergency crisis is now so severe that doctors can no longer guarantee safe care for patients, NHS officials have warned in a leaked letter seen by The ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214639980/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 15:06:48 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214639980/scat/fb382975d494227f Washington State Department of Agriculture advises horse owners to make sure their horse's vaccination is current for protection against West Nile virus. As the weather warms up across the state and mosquitoes become more prevalent, the risk of infections increases. Although most horses infected with the mosquito-borne illness do not become ill, the virus is fatal in about one-third of ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214640167/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 15:02:41 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214640167/scat/fb382975d494227f Ahead of a same-sex marriage debate in parliament on Monday, a group of Christian leaders in the U.K. said that changing the definition of marriage can have a "chilling effect" on young people seeking careers as teachers and ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214640156/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:55 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214640156/scat/fb382975d494227f Sanj K. Patel, president and CEO, Synageva Biopharma A drug candidate being developed by Synageva BioPharma Corp. (Nasdaq:GEVA) to treat Wolman disease, a rare inherited disease that can kill infants in their first six months of life, has been designated a breakthrough therapy by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Lexington, Mass. biopharmaceutical company said the designation - which ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214640168/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 14:14:49 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214640168/scat/fb382975d494227f The Portland Business Journal won 23 awards at the 2013 Society of Professional Journalists Oregon and Southwest Washington banquet. The Portland Business Journal captured 23 awards at the annual Society of Professional Journalists Oregon and Southwest Washington awards banquet Saturday night. The newspaper competed against large circulation non-daily newspapers from across the state. The ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214639878/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:31 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214639878/scat/fb382975d494227f A patent dispute between Medtronic and Boston Scientific is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Reuters reports. The case involves cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices, which deliver shocks to the heart if ventricles don't contract properly, and patents held by Mirowski Family Ventures. Boston Scientific controls the patents. Through a licensing agreement, Medtronic agreed to pay ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214640001/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 13:54:03 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214640001/scat/fb382975d494227f Lyda Hill has pledged $50 million to M.D. Anderson's Moon Shots program over five years. The daughter of a Texas oil tycoon recently made a pledge to donate $50 million over five years to The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's Moon Shots program. In return, the cancer center will name the Cancer Prevention Center after Lyda Hill, the daughter of Dallas oil baron H.L. Hunt. ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638830/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:27 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638830/scat/fb382975d494227f Demolition of the interior of the former Hawaii Medical Center West, seen here in this undated file photo, will begin this week. The hospital will reopen next year as The Queen's Medical Center West. The Queens Health Systems is ready to begin demolition this week of the interior of the former Hawaii Medical Center West, which will be renovated and reopen next year as the Queen's Medical ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638623/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 13:21:50 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638623/scat/fb382975d494227f Mallinckrodt President Mark Trudeau Mallinckrodt laid off nearly 100 employees last week as it prepares to spin off from Dublin, Ireland-based parent company Covidien by June 28. Lynn Phillips, manager of media relations, said despite the cuts the company expects to increase its overall workforce. As we prepare to become an independent company, we are refining Mallinckrodts global organization ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638829/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 13:21:31 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638829/scat/fb382975d494227f Interleukin's founder and president Kenneth Kornman Just days after it said it will not be able to raise additional capital before acceptance of a diagnostic test study results in a peer-reviewed publication and not be able to fund operations beyond the end of this month, Interleukin Genetics Inc. (OTCQB:ILIU) has raised $12 million through a private placement of its securities. The Waltham, ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638828/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:27 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638828/scat/fb382975d494227f United Mine Workers of America supporters rallied April 29 at Kiener Plaza before marching to the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse where a hearing in Patriot Coal Corp.s bankruptcy case was being held. With a major ruling in Patriot Coal Corp.s bankruptcy due within about a week, the United Mine Workers of America are planning a rally for 10 a.m. Tuesday starting at Keiner Plaza downtown, with ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638827/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 12:50:40 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638827/scat/fb382975d494227f Just four germs are responsible for most of the severe and fatal diarrhea among the ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638544/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 12:49:52 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214638544/scat/fb382975d494227f One congressman is so vehemently opposed to Obamacare that he’s willing to sacrifice his own health insurance in order to make a point. Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV), who entered Congress in 2011, was asked last week prior to the ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637246/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 12:37:54 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637246/scat/fb382975d494227f "I called my internist, because she's a good friend," a woman recently told me. "To help me make a decision" about whether to undergo a prophylactic mastectomy because of the presence of a breast cancer mutation. "But she just felt she really couldn't. A lot of information comes at you fast and furious." This woman's physician felt the issues were too ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637398/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:23 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637398/scat/fb382975d494227f Chemed CEO Kevin McNamara Maybe Chemed CEO Kevin McNamara is right. McNamara told Courier reporter James Ritchie on Friday that he doesnt believe downtown-based Chemed (NYSE: CHE) defrauded Medicare, as a federal lawsuit alleged May 2. McNamara also said a short-seller who said he expects Chemeds stock to plunge to $15 has a severe case of wishful thinking. Investors apparently bought into ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637412/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 12:07:06 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637412/scat/fb382975d494227f Economic development efforts and wage growth got Winston-Salem a shoutout as one of "ten shining examples of economic development thats working." Economic development efforts and wage growth got Winston-Salem a shoutout as one of ten shining examples of economic development thats working in the current edition of Southern Business & Development magazine. Winston-Salem is one of just ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637411/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 12:01:09 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637411/scat/fb382975d494227f A rendering of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic's Pearland practice, which is now under construction. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is keeping its growth momentum going with a new clinic in Pearland. The Pearland clinic, at 2515 Business Center Drive, will replace two other locations, one at Shadow Creek Ranch and one at Silverlake. The $15 million, 55,000-square-foot building will be double the size of the ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637222/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:58:01 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637222/scat/fb382975d494227f Melissa Walker, president and chief information officer, Graematter Inc. Graematter Inc., a regulatory intelligence startup focused on the medical device industry, has closed its seed funding round, taking in $835,000 from investors and blowing past its initial goal of $500,000. Graematter CEO Merle Symes said the company decided to up the size of its seed round after getting overwhelming ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637410/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:53:40 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637410/scat/fb382975d494227f Mozambique doctors went on strike Monday demanding higher pay and accusing the government of reneging on a January promise to double their wages, the medics association said.Medics say the government has failed to fulfil its promise made after a strike in January.Local media has reported that doctors are demanding a monthly basic wage of $3,000 while the government was offering between $670 and ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635864/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:39:33 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635864/scat/fb382975d494227f Austin Oaks Hospital, a new 80-bed psychiatric hospital and inpatient treatment facility, will have a ceremony to mark its grand opening at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The facility on West Stassney Lane will offer care for children, adolescents and adults, and is expected to see its first patients in early June. With more than 51,000 square feet and more than 200 employees, Austin Oaks is a sister hospital ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637309/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:36:11 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637309/scat/fb382975d494227f JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli pediatric surgeons corrected congenital heart defects on a four-year-old Syrian girl at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon on ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635866/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:36:09 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635866/scat/fb382975d494227f John Moore, president of South Lake Hospital in Clermont, speaking at an event in March. South Lake Hospital has inked a deal to build a skilled nursing facility on its campus. South Lake Hospitals plan to build a 30-bed skilled nursing unit on its Clermont campus will cost $7.8 million, officials told Orlando Business Journal in an interview. Whats more, the project being built by Mount ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637396/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:49 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214637396/scat/fb382975d494227f Houston will get more than a dozen new DaVita Dialysis clinics over the next two years. Denver-based DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) plans to add upwards of 15 dialysis clinics throughout the Houston area over the next two years at a cost of about $20 million. The growth will create about 150 full-time jobs, including positions for registered nurses, dietitians and social workers, said Chakilla White, ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635883/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:07:47 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635883/scat/fb382975d494227f The General Services Administration, in a request for information issued Monday, is seeking input from the private sector on ways the government can improve its cybersecurity by including security standards in federal contracts. The RFI "is an important first step to a public private partnership that will help secure our nations infrastructure," acting GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635646/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:06:55 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635646/scat/fb382975d494227f SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF The nurses assigned to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at Beth Israel Deaconess felt ambivalent but duty-bound to care for ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635884/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:06:55 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635884/scat/fb382975d494227f Alice Archabal The Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Health quietly combined their fundraising functions in 2012 and now they have jointly hired Alice Archaabal as chief development officer and vice president of development. Archabal is senior vice president and chief operating officer for Ann and Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation. She will assume her new position ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635867/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:02:54 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635867/scat/fb382975d494227f Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say their natural inclination toward compassion makes it difficult to see the 19-year-old as a possible terrorist. And they have to make concerted effort - and buddy-system pacts - to keep from referring to him with terms of endearment such as ';hon.';One 29-year-old nurse said on Gawker: ';When you’re in the room, it’s just a patient. You’re ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634513/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 10:46:58 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634513/scat/fb382975d494227f Study of voting records shows that partisan divide between Democratic and Republican senators has widened since 1900. Congress really is getting more polarized a new academic study proves it. The study looked at Senate voting records since 1900, and found that the disparity between Democratic and Republican votes on legislation widened over time, and fewer senators now vote independently of ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635882/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:15 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214635882/scat/fb382975d494227f Mozambique doctors went on strike on Monday demanding higher pay and accusing the government of reneging on a January promise to double their wages, the medics association ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634500/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 10:23:56 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634500/scat/fb382975d494227f The San Francisco Chronicle reports the so-called "Pee in the Cup" initiative is being pushed by Bob Pack, a technology mogul and former executive at AOL and NetZero. Pack's campaign, already armed with $2 million in funding, will be launched this summer. He is touting a new poll showing 85 percent of California voters would support random testing of physicians. The newspaper ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634503/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:57 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634503/scat/fb382975d494227f San Francisco's Health Service System has teamed up with labor unions to protest Kaiser Permanente's latest rate hike, the LA Times reports. The system and the unions are demanding that Kaiser provide an alternate proposal and better explain the need for rate increases. Kaiser insures 45,000 public workers in the area. Read more at the LA ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634837/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 10:17:28 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634837/scat/fb382975d494227f Michael Kauffman, CEO, Karyopharm Karyopharm Therapeutics Monday named the investors of its $48.2 million Series B round of funding . The Natick, Mass.-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company said the Series B round, reported by Mass High Tech last week, was led by a private investor with additional investors participating in the round including Delphi Ventures. The funding will be used to ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634515/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 09:54:11 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634515/scat/fb382975d494227f The Leapfrog Group said May 17 that South Lake Hospital's score would be upgraded to a C. South Lake Hospitals Leapfrog score is being updated from a D to a C, Leapfrog confirmed May 17. John Moore, president of South Lake Hospital, said the issue stemmed from incorrect reporting on an American Hospital Association survey. Additionally, the hospital expects its score to improve in the ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634499/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 09:47:55 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634499/scat/fb382975d494227f A lab worker at American CryoStem's Mount Laurel lab processes adipose tissue more commonly known as fat tissue. American CryoStem Corp. is collaborating with Rutgers University on a stem cell research project targeted wound care. The Eatontown, N.J. company, which has research laboratories in Mount Laurel, has entered into material transfer agreements with three leading research scientists ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634514/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 09:37:33 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214634514/scat/fb382975d494227f Republicans in the General Assembly passed legislation high on their priority list, but those bills probably wont make it out of Gov. Jay Nixons office without multiple vetoes. That, in a nutshell, seems to be the consensus on the 2013 session, which wrapped at 6 p.m. Friday. The GOP-dominated Legislature passed nullification bills on federal gun control laws, anti-union measures and a massive ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214633293/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 09:06:31 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214633293/scat/fb382975d494227f Employers are beginning to figure out that they can skirt some penalties in the health care reform law yet still save money by omitting some key benefits, such as hospital coverage or prenatal care, The Wall Street Journal reports. Even without such apparently vital benefits, federal official concede that those plans would appear to qualify as acceptable minimum coverage, avoiding a penalty of ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214633284/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 08:57:23 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214633284/scat/fb382975d494227f Covered California, the new state health benefit exchange, will release a tentative list of health plans and rates for the program at a board meeting in Sacramento Thursday. Covered California, the new state health benefit exchange, will release a tentative list of health plans and rates for the program at a board meeting in Sacramento Thursday. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214633283/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 08:53:14 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214633283/scat/fb382975d494227f Medical marijuana buds, or flowers as they are also known, are displayed for an arranged photograph. Should Illinois pass a medicinal-marijuana law, it will be the second-most-populous state to allow the drug's use. The Illinois state Senate has approved a bill that would allow medicinal use of marijuana, pending Governor Pat Quinn's signature. According to a report by the Chicago ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214633184/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 08:40:16 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214633184/scat/fb382975d494227f Walter Christian, CEO of the autism-focused May Institute, allegedly ran up inappropriate personal expenses, in addition to his six-figure compensation. In addition to six-figure pay, May Institute chief executive Walter Christian billed the state for personal expenses adding up to $140,000 over two years, according to a state audit expected today. Based in Randolph, Mass., the May Institute ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214633135/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 08:38:59 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214633135/scat/fb382975d494227f In the last few years, the Kansas City-based video production firm T2 Studios and its so-called Experience Lab have gained a growing reputation for creating what are called immersion experiences. In a world of way-too-much stuff passing before our eyes, what all these flashy sights are about is an elevated form of ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214632136/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 08:35:19 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214632136/scat/fb382975d494227f Mark Turner Belleville Memorial Hospital and UnitedHealthcare are locked in a contract dispute over hospital and physician reimbursement rates. If the two parties cannot soon come to an agreement, Memorial and its physicians group will no longer be in the network of the nation's largest insurer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Memorial recently sent its patients a form letter, signed by ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214632138/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 08:14:01 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214632138/scat/fb382975d494227f ViVita Technologies has a new approach to heart valve replacement, which nascent company says is less likely to rejected by the immune system. ViVita Technologies won the 13th annual Big Bang! Business Plan Competition at the University of California Davis Graduate School of Management. The ViVita team won both the $10,000 first place prize and also won the $2,000 Peoples Choice award at the ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214632137/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 07:45:05 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214632137/scat/fb382975d494227f Coming Up On May 24, well publish our famous List of the top crab houses in Greater Baltimore, ranked by Yelp.com ratings. Well also have our List of top 25 construction and general contracting firms in the Baltimore area, ranked by local contracting revenue and based on our own survey results. Next in May and June For May 31, its our List of the fastest-growing public companies headquartered in ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214631994/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 07:30:05 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214631994/scat/fb382975d494227f Allegheny General Hospital has been picked to join the clinical trial of Absorb III, which involves a bioresorbable vascular scaffold that opens a blocked artery and later dissolves. Undergoing study among 2,250 people in a year is Abbott Healthcare's Absorb BVS; 200 will be involved in the trial at Allegheny General Hospital. Allegheny General said it will join the study under the direction ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214631063/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 07:21:16 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214631063/scat/fb382975d494227f Growing manufacturing and medical fields, along with coming retirements, make a labor shortage in northeast Ohio possible, a new report says. Northeast Ohio's growing medical and manufacturing industries, along with a large swath of retirements looming, make the region primed for a skills gap and possibly even a labor shortage, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The region will add about ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214631062/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 07:19:28 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214631062/scat/fb382975d494227f American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices, More Care WASHINGTON - August 14 - A new study in ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214627136/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:03 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214627136/scat/fb382975d494227f Millions of Chronically Ill, Lacking Insurance, Can't Get Needed Care CHICAGO - August 4 - Over 11 million Americans with chronic physical illnesses like heart disease, diabetes and asthma are not getting the medical care they need because they ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214626934/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:20:50 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214626934/scat/fb382975d494227f www.IranFreeTheDocs.org MEXICO CITY - August 4 - A coalition of AIDS and human rights organizations that includes Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) has launched a campaign to free two Iranian physicians, Drs. Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei. The doctors, who are brothers, are active in HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment in Iran. According to international ... http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214627139/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:20:48 -0400 http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/sid/214627139/scat/fb382975d494227f