09-Oct-2013 00:21

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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VIDEO: IMF figures show 'UK plan working' :: The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its economic forecast for Britain, despite downgrading its forecast for global growth.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24452493#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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)
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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

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:• 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).• 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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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)<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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Gameduino 2 brings boosted hardware and software to Kickstarter :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/NYcF46Olxmc/

15 Technologies that the content industries sued — from MP3 to Aereo :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/hN5wNcgOGME/

Jeremy Lin News: Rockets Guard A Victim Of Racism? New Documentary Chronicles 'Linsanity' And The Stereotypes The Asian American Endured :: <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>A year and a half ago, the sports world saw Jeremy Lin become one of the most popular athletes in the United States. Now, the 25-year-old's journey is being chronicled on the big screen.</p>
<p>"Linsanity," the story of Lin's quest to make it in the NBA and his subsequent rise to fame, debuted in theatres on Friday, Oct.4. The documentary premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in January and opened the CAAMFest film Festival in San Francisco on March 14.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/jeremy-lin-news-rockets-guard-victim-racism-new-documentary-chronicles-linsanity-stereotypes-asian

Google App Engine PHP Runtime now available to everyone :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/lqtSN0b-PgA/

Obama: Republicans using 'extortion' :: US President Obama says he is willing to hold budget talks with Republicans, but not until they agree to lift "threats" against the nation's economy.
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Survey: Tell us your thoughts about Twitter's IPO :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Oyxi1XyY5kI/

Mexico Vs. Panama: Early Prediction, Preview And Team News For Friday's Crucial World Cup Qualifier :: <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>Some rather curious looks will have been directed your way if, at the start of 2013, you had claimed that with two games of the final round of Concacaf World Cup qualifying remaining, Mexico would have just one win to its name and have its hopes of making it to Brazil hanging by a thread. On the back of winning the Under-17 World Cup and a first ever Olympic gold in London, talk abounded of a golden generation and that El Tri was not only streets ahead of the competition within its own confederation, but were a dark horse to make a real splash on the world's biggest stage in 2014.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/mexico-vs-panama-early-prediction-preview-team-news-fridays-crucial-world-cup-qualifier-1417970

Art In Motion At The MIT Museum: '5000 Moving Parts' Exhibition Shows Off Kinetic Art [PHOTOS, VIDEOS] :: <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>Most artworks tend to stay in place. But in a new show at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum, the pieces wave, wiggle, undulate and move in ways ranging from eerie to soothing to hypnotic. It makes the paintings at the Met seem rather staid in comparison.</p>
<p>In <a href="http://5000movingparts.mit.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"5000 Moving Parts,"</a> which opens on November 21 and runs until November 2014, the MIT Museum plays host to large-scale works by some of the country's leading "kinetic artists."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/art-motion-mit-museum-5000-moving-parts-exhibition-shows-kinetic-art-photos-videos-1417918

Apple iPad event tipped for October 22 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/yzN-LD8N_k8/

AT&T's FiLIP smartwatch isn't that smart but it's certainly connected :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/7Pau0_-FQmQ/