21-Oct-2013 10:15

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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European markets at close: 16.10.2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/C6eei6wqbAY/

Nepalese airline taking off :: The BBC's Surendra Phuyal talks to Birendra Bahadur Basnet about growing a private airline in Nepal.
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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)
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Scientist reveals secrets of laughter :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Q4rVTHC1bjQ/index.html

Tech CEO dares staff to fail :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Nf15vYLE5eI/spc-leading-women-eva-chen.cnn.html

5 reasons why the office is history :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/0xAWzQ8v2Pw/index.html

Lexus with your latte? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/pDMPVGNuiFg/executive-innovator-lexus-intersect.cnn.html

From NZ family farm to the U.N. :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/I8AFwrTG9jQ/spc-leading-women-helen-clark-2.cnn.html

Diamond sells for record $30 million :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/RGKQ1v7yEjE/index.html

Is U.S. playing `game of chicken'? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/jGR2nRPtQE8/index.html

Mad cows, cannibalism and the shaking death :: The new film We Are What We Are is about a family of cannibals, one of whom succumbs to a human form of mad cow diseaseI made a brief appearance on HuffPostLive on Wednesday, to talk about kuru, a human form of mad cow disease' that is transmitted by eating infected nervous tissue. It was for a segment of the broadcast featuring cast members of We Are What We Are, a new film about a family of cannibals, one of whom succumbs to the disease.Kuru and other human forms of mad cow disease are extremely rare neurodegenerative conditions, but they occasionally make the headlines when new cases are found. The latest case was reported earlier this month - that of a New Hampshire man who contracted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) via contaminated neurosurgical instruments. The same disease ...
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European markets at close: 17.10.2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/u5Zfli6Khys/