22-Oct-2013 10:39

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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Buyer sought for Grangemouth plant :: The Scottish government is trying to find a buyer for the Grangemouth refinery and petrochemicals plant which is at the centre of an industrial dispute.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24618760#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Netflix reports surge in profits :: TV and film streaming service Netflix sees global subscriber numbers surge past 40 million and a jump in profits thanks in part to some hit original shows.
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Scottish Power to pay £8.5m penalty :: Scottish Power is to pay customers £8.5m after an investigation by industry regulator Ofgem into its doorstep and telephone selling.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24620304#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Podcast: A Raspberry Pi board for the internet of things and connecting my blinds :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/b4B-5lHvQIM/

Bay Area Transit Strike Ends After BART, Unions Reach Tentative Agreement :: <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 management of Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, and representatives of its two largest unions reached an agreement on Monday night to end a four-day strike that left hundreds of thousands of commuters scrambling for alternate means of transport.</p>
<p>The service will resume at 4 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, likely in limited capacity, BART said in a statement, and full service is expected to be restored later in the day. The agreement reached between the two sides is tentative and is subject to approval by the unions' members and BART executives.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bay-area-transit-strike-ends-after-bart-unions-reach-tentative-agreement-1435184

Live blog: Apple iPad event :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/9IrCbiKEJ1A/

The rebirth of hardware demands new definition of design :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/aEGCnZ07lJE/

Brazil Sells Giant Libra Oil Field Rights To Consortium Including Petrobras, Shell, Total, CNOOC And CNPC :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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 rights to explore Brazil's biggest oil field were auctioned off on Monday amid protests to a group of five companies, which was the sole bidder, as several foreign companies stayed away from the process discouraged by what was perceived to be excessive state control over oil exploration in South America's largest country.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/brazil-sells-giant-libra-oil-field-rights-consortium-including-petrobras-shell-total-cnooc-cnpc

BlackBerry BBM For Android And iPhone Released But Some Users Still Need To Wait: Here's How To Jump The Line :: <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>BlackBerry's (NASDAQ:BBRY) much-awaited BBM messenger was finally released by the company for both iOS and Android on Monday, almost a month after the original release date for the instant messaging service was announced, and <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/bbm-ios-android-release-date-delayed-amid-rapid-decline-blackberrys-worldwide-fortunes-1409614" target="_blank">subsequently delayed</a> due to a leaked version of the app.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/blackberry-bbm-android-iphone-released-some-users-still-need-wait-heres-how-jump-line-1435150

US Drones Killed Civilians In Pakistan, Yemen; Acts Could Count As War Crimes: Reports :: <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 separate studies, which examined drone strikes by the United States in Pakistan and Yemen between 2009 and 2013, claim that nearly 90 civilians died from the attacks and have concluded that such strikes are not as accurate as claimed by the U.S. government, media reports said, adding that the findings are scheduled to be released at a news conference in Washington on Tuesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-drones-killed-civilians-pakistan-yemen-acts-could-count-war-crimes-reports-1435160

China's home price 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