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US hospital profits fall to zero- Thomson Reuters
| Reuters »Posted by: greenmac 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Plunging revenue has forced
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median profit margins for U.S. hospitals to zero, according to
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Art's Recuperative Powers »
Posted by: Mikunited 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
The arts already play a valuable role in improving the well being and quality of life of hospital patients, visitors and staff.
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Farmers markets bloom at hospitals - CNN.com »
Posted by: mpchekuri 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
As patients are tethered to dialysis machines, and many lay bedridden from obesity-related diseases, the hospitals' fast food joints and cafeterias dispense fried goodies and ...
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The President is set to announce promised cost savings from insurers, hospitals and the drug industry. »
Posted by: engineer 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
President Obama will announce Monday that he has secured the commitment of several industry groups to do their part to rein in the growth in ...
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Moms still discard their kids in all the wrong places »
Posted by: adeelarshad82 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Family
Three recent child abandonment cases in the Northwest have highlighted the ambiguity and controversy surrounding infant safe haven laws.
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'Cruel and neglectful' care of one million NHS patients exposed - Telegraph »
Posted by: BronxBomber 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
One million NHS patients have been the victims of appalling care in hospitals
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across Britain, according to a major report released today.Read (121) | Share | Discuss (8) | Read Full Story at telegraph.co.uk
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‘Wired’ Hospitals Post Lower Death, Complication Rates »
Posted by: altnrg 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
The more “wired” a hospital is, the lower its rate of patient deaths and complications, a new study finds. Not only do wired hospitals save ...
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Americans Pay More to Die Earlier -- Why Is Our Health Care System So Screwed Up? »
Posted by: Tumultuous 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
There are times when it's comforting to imagine that at some point in our history Satan hired Dr. Frankenstein to help him stitch together ...
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Computers Can Send You to the ER, Study Shows »
Posted by: altnrg 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
The first report to count computer-related emergency room injuries shows that each year more and more Americans are tripping over cords, dropping monitors, banging heads ...
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Possible TB exposure at 3 Chicago hospitals »
Posted by: y_soitenly 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
April 10, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) --
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Hundreds of patients and staff at three local hospitals may have been exposed to tuberculosis.Read (406) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at abclocal.go.com
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Joe Wilson Voted to Provide Taxpayer Money for Illegal Immigrants' Healthcare »
Posted by: fsev41 2 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Rep. Joe Wilson [R, SC-2], the member of Congress who shouted
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Economic Downturn Taking Toll on Patients and Communities Hospitals Serve: New Survey Finds »
Posted by: Varadinum 6 months, 4 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
Six out of ten hospitals nationally are seeing a greater proportion of patients without insurance coming through their emergency departments, according to a new survey ...
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Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency »
Posted by: JessicaLaurie 3 weeks, 6 days ago in News
His proclamation, signed Friday night and released by the White House Saturday morning, will allow hospitals and doctors' offices to get legal waivers of federal ...
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Hospitals oppose Obama's Medicare, Medicaid cuts »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 5 months, 1 week ago in News
President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants to help pay for his health care overhaul by slowing Medicare and Medicaid spending, but hospitals, medical technicians ...
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Roller Coaster Cable Snaps, Injuring 2 in California »
Posted by: BronxBomber 2 months ago in News
Roller Coaster Cable Snaps, Injuring 2 in California, An amusement park in Southern California says a cable snapped on a roller coaster, sending a 12-year-old ...
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