15-Oct-2013 15:58

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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IMF: U.S. debt default worries :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SDRW9pZQXZI/qmb-imf-olivier-blanchard-intv.cnn.html

'No‐one actually goes to a shop and buys them do they?': attitudes and behaviours regarding illicit tobacco in a multiply disadvantaged community in England :: ConclusionsNational strategies to reduce illicit tobacco may have limited impact in communities during a recession and where illicit trade is part of the local culture and economy. There may be potential to influence illicit tobacco use by building on the ambivalence and unease expressed around selling to children. (Source: Addiction)
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Is Golden Dawn a criminal group? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/D2Tdct-9gsg/index.html

HP, Google roll out $279 Chromebook :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PIwE7xwg2mE/index.html

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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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)<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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In furor over rape and incest porn, ebook retailers aren't the only ones to blame :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/LeNCtSyZX4E/

Aviate says it has reinvented the Android app experience by making it smarter :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/KzcJrqbymXM/

A Syrian In Lebanon Finds Racism, Road Rage, And Surprisingly Professional Police :: <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>BEIRUT, Lebanon -- My first day back in Beirut from an intense assignment did not go so well. A combination of anti-Syrian racism in Lebanon and road rage landed me and a public van driver in a police station.</p>
<p>Thankfully, no one was hurt. But the incident captures a new level of tension in Lebanon, as the small country struggles with more than 1.5 million Syrians from all walks of life who have fled their country's civil war. Lebanon's population is barely 4.5 million.</p></div></div></div>
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VMware makes desktop virtualization move in buying Desktone :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/GX2Xvm48QJ8/

Restoring Touch: Researchers Develop A 'Blueprint' To Add Sensory Feedback To Prosthetics :: <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>Prosthetics are getting closer to mimicking human function but the loss of touch is one of the biggest hurdles researchers need to overcome. In a new study, researchers from the University of Chicago have developed a "blueprint" that could pave the way for real-time sensory feedback.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/restoring-touch-researchers-develop-blueprint-add-sensory-feedback-prosthetics-1426016

European Space Agency looks to 3D printing for rocket parts and a fusion future :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/RatbSepwftA/

Royal Mail shares start full trading :: Shares in Royal Mail rise to 479.50p on the company's first day of full trading on the London Stock Exchange.
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VIDEO: Royal Mail boss: A wonderful moment :: Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene says it is "the proudest moment" of her career, following the privatisation of the "wonderful institution".
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US Senate leaders inch to debt deal :: The US Senate is nearing a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling, sources say, but Republicans in the lower house have yet to agree.
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Northland High School Under Lockdown After Reports Of Shots Fired Near Columbus, Ohio School :: <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>Northland High School in Columbus, Ohio, is under lockdown Tuesday morning after a school employee reported hearing a gunshot on his way to work.</p>
<p>10TV <a href="http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/10/15/Northland-High-School-Lockdown.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reported </a>that the employee – an administrator – called police, prompting the lockdown at Northland HS.</p></div></div></div>
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Vimeo updates its Pro accounts with a whole lot more storage :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/mT-ljcaZRG0/