08-Oct-2013 10:07

Susan Levine, executive director of the state's largest hospice provider, said the process has been painful.

"I think people's lives and jobs are a whole lot more important than anything," she said. "All we do is take care of people, so to have to separate people from their jobs in an economy that's already squirrelly is extremely painful for us."

The cuts are a… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
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Regenerative Medicine, Global Aging Were Hot Topics At Life Science Conference in Stockholm :: Aging is a huge economic problem and it is hitting the bottom line in every country. The older the population, the more healthcare it consumes. This puts a big burden on society and on the global economy. What is the medical community doing about it? (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
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NHS set to miss £20 billion savings target :: 18 Sep 2013





The NHS will struggle to meet its target of delivering £20 billion in productivity improvements by 2015 according to The King's Fund's latest quarterly monitoring report.Only 1 in 10 (10 per cent) of NHS finance directors surveyed for the report rated the chances of meeting the target as better than 50/50. The majority (56 per cent) identified a high or very high risk that the target will not be met, while a third (34 per cent) rated the likelihood of success as 50/50.The survey – which this quarter includes finance leads from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) as well as trust finance directors – highlights the growing pressures on NHS providers. Only a third (33 per cent) of trusts surveyed expect to meet their cost improvement targets for 20...
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Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Five diseases that are, thankfully, consigned to the past | Richard Sugg :: Richard III's roundworm was just one of the gruesome diseases that killed and maimed the British population through the agesThe news that Richard III suffered from roundworm reminds us how grateful we should be for the advances of modern sanitation and medicine. In both Richard's era and long after, rich and poor were horribly vulnerable to diseases that either killed you efficiently or made you wish you were dead.1. Sweating sicknessIf Richard had not died at Bosworth field in 1485, he might well have been struck down by this malady. First recorded in Shrewsbury in mid-April 1485, this terrifying new disease had reached London by 7 July. The sweating sickness resembled the more recent Ebola virus in its terrifying speed. It was to return to Britain in 1508, 1517, 1528, and 1551, and in 15...
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From NZ leader to U.N. heavyweight :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/eRa7y5E-s3c/index.html

Airports target yawning passengers :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PkzoP1bKQEk/index.html

Mad, mad world of China e-commerce :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TlgrjV1KRtk/index.html

Advertisers get creative at airports :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PkzoP1bKQEk/index.html

Putting the best foot forward :: The BBC's Jennifer Pak speaks to Lew Fong Voon about his passion for shoe design and how he came to create his own brand in Malaysia.
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With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:&bull; Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).&bull; E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Meet the CEO feeding the world :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/MvHlBbliPgc/index.html

What food allergies are costing families -- and the economy :: Two of Emily Cunningham's three children have food allergies. And protecting her kids is taking toll on the family budget. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
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Asbestos Mining in Russia Still Fuels the Economy in Some Cities :: Dangers are ignored when asbestos mining fuels economy in this Russian city. (Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News)
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Abenomics 'may take decade' to work :: Japan's aggressive policies aimed at reviving its economy may take 10 years to have a full impact, Japanese minister Akira Amari tells the BBC.
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Podcast: Ding Dong! DoorBot's connected doorbell finds a home :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/6nPZ9yZ4glc/

Help to Buy scheme ready for launch :: Banks begin to unveil details of the mortgages they will offer under the government's expanded Help to Buy scheme.
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iWatch Survey: Apple May Sell 10 Million Smart Watches In First Year Helping Company Earn Almost An Extra $1 Billion In Profits :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Although Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is yet to confirm widespread rumors that it is preparing to enter the wearable technology segment by introducing a smart watch, presumably called the "iWatch," an analyst has already made his predictions about the device's future demand potential.</p>
<p>Gene Munster, an analyst at the investment firm Piper Jaffray, conducted a poll among U.S. consumers, which showed that up to 4 percent of all iPhone users would adopt an iWatch, helping Apple sell as many as 10 million units of the device in its first year on the market.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/iwatch-survey-apple-may-sell-10-million-smart-watches-first-year-helping-company-earn-almost-extra-1

Alcatel-Lucent To Cut 15,000 Jobs Worldwide :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) plans to cut about 15,000 jobs over the next two years as part of its restructuring plan to focus on its core businesses, according to media reports, which cited people familiar with the matter.</p>
<p>The Paris-based company, which employs 72,000 people worldwide, is expected to announce the downsizing of its workforce by about 15 percent on Tuesday, and hopes to save up to 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) from the decision, according to reports from French newspapers Les Echos and Le Figaro.</p></div></div></div>
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After getting acquired for $200 million, Viki is plotting global growth :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/yF4zrD_v9pI/

UK upturn 'is gathering momentum' :: UK companies see sales and optimism jump in the third quarter, according to a British Chambers of Commerce survey.
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