22-Oct-2013 07:36

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)<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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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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'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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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:&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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China's home prices rises speed up :: China's four major cities see record rise in new home prices in September, stoking fears of a housing bubble.
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Noteworthy mobile developments from the third quarter 2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/k-mKBAT2odw/

iPad expectations at Apple event :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/HsUjXyWFIws/index.html

'The Voice' Season 5 Episode 9: Recap Of Monday Battle Rounds [SPOILERS] :: <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>The fifth season of <a href="http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/artists/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Voice"</a> premiered on NBC Sept. 23, with the first blind auditions. After each coach turned their chairs and began fighting for their 12 artists, the battle rounds began. During the battle rounds each coach pits their teams against each other while performing a song together.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/voice-season-5-episode-9-recap-monday-battle-rounds-spoilers-1435102

How YouTubers earn cash :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1AX_ERZM5cM/index.html

Brazil's oil auction fuels protest :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/KqG5JLVsfEA/qmb-brazil-oil-auction-darlington-strike.cnn.html

Choosing Bank of Israel head :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yuwdHxdOfAU/qmb-israel-flug-central-bank-governor-quest.cnn.html

Bombardier staying in Mexico :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/pgvD4EnidvA/qmb-bombardier-beaudoin-parker-mexico.cnn.html

Survey: Online dating now widely accepted :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/XLAB1LubhWc/index.html

Brazil oil bonanza to global consortium :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/OiUqhqI6eUs/index.html

China's Housing Prices Rise For Ninth-Straight Month; Leading Economic Index And Coincident Economic Index Edge Up :: <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>Average new housing prices across China's 70 major cities rose 9.1 percent in September, the ninth-straight monthly rise on an annual basis, data released on Tuesday by the country's National Bureau of Statistics showed.</p>
<p>The percentage rise in September is up from an annual increase of 8.3 percent in August and despite efforts by the government to bring down real estate prices. However, on a month-on-month comparison, housing prices rose 0.7 percent in September, marginally slower than the monthly increase of 0.8 percent recorded in August.</p></div></div></div>
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Starbucks prices criticised in China :: Coffee chain Starbucks is under fire in China for reportedly charging locals higher prices than in other major markets.
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Ariel Castro's Victims: Cleveland Women Kidnapped For Years Will Speak Out In Book, 'Dr. Phil' Interview :: <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>Two women imprisoned for a decade in Ariel Castro's Cleveland home will tell the story of their horrific abuse at Castro's hands in a book authored by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, while the third woman will tell her tale on a "Dr. Phil" interview.</p>
<p>Kidnapping victims Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus are joining with journalists Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan for an account of their decade-long captivity. They were kidnapped by Castro in 2003 and 2004 and held captive in his house for years.</p></div></div></div>
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Herpes Study Confirms That Human Mirgration Spread Out From Africa :: <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 new study of the herpes virus has confirmed widely held beliefs about human migration.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/herpes-study-confirms-human-mirgration-spread-out-africa-1435098