C. Michael Armstrong, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Johns Hopkins Medicine, Tours All Children’s Hospital

Posted on 22. May, 2013 by in News

C. Michael Armstrong, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Johns Hopkins Medicine, toured All Children's on Tuesday, May 14.

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Glioblastoma: Deadly Cancer, Meet Your Match

Posted on 22. May, 2013 by in brain cancer, brain cancer treatment, brain cancer tumors, brain tumor, brain tumors, Cancer, cancer research, glioblastoma, glioblastomas, News, Research

Glioblastomas. They represent the most common form of brain tumor in adults, and the most deadly. When glioblastomas invade the brain, there isn’t a cure. Enter UVA researchers, who have just identified an enzyme essential to these brain tumor ca…

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May 22 is National EMS for Children Day

Posted on 22. May, 2013 by in News

Each year, the federal Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program partners with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) to celebrate Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week (May 19-25). Within the week-long celebration, Wednesday,…

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New Menus Mean Healthy but Tasty Cafeteria Food

Posted on 22. May, 2013 by in cafeteria food, cafeteria website, composting food waste, Eliminating sugar, focusing on local foods, healthy cafeteria food, healthy hospitals, Healthy Living, hospital cafeteria food, hospital cafeterias, morrison cafeterias, morrison healthcare, News, Nutrition, using whole grains, uva hospital cafeteria

The folks responsible for the food served at UVA always have their work cut out for them. The food service operations at UVA must please a long list of clients, including: Patients Staff Families and friends And since it’s in a hospital, the cafeteri…

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Pakistani Cricket Star Politician Leaves Hospital – ABC News

Posted on 22. May, 2013 by in News

ABC NewsPakistani Cricket Star Politician Leaves HospitalABC NewsPakistani cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan left the hospital Wednesday, more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event,…

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Driver accused in fatal police wreck staying in mental hospital – Houston Chronicle

Posted on 22. May, 2013 by in News

Driver accused in fatal police wreck staying in mental hospitalHouston ChronicleAfter listening to Oncken's arguments, Jackson ruled that Truong will spend another year in a state mental hospital over the advice of mental health professionals who r…

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Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Genesis Medical Center

Posted on 22. May, 2013 by in News

Genesis HealthCare System representatives officially broke ground on Saturday, May 11, 2013, for the construction of the new Genesis medical center.

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What The Government’s Big-Data Dump Tells Us About The Hospital Market – Forbes

Posted on 21. May, 2013 by in News

What The Government's Big-Data Dump Tells Us About The Hospital MarketForbesOn May 8 the Department of Health and Human Services released 17,500 pages of data on the prices U.S. hospitals charge for the 100 most common hospital services. This matte…

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The Compound in the Mediterranean Diet that Makes Cancer Cells ‘Mortal’

Posted on 21. May, 2013 by in News

​Scientists Design ‘Fishing’ Technique to Show How Foods Improve Health
 
COLUMBUS, Ohio – New research suggests that a compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells’ “superpow…

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House approves Maine hospital debt repayment – San Francisco Chronicle

Posted on 21. May, 2013 by in News

Press HeraldHouse approves Maine hospital debt repaymentSan Francisco ChronicleAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — After a four-hour debate Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved a bill that would pay off Maine's $484 million debt to the state's ho…

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