22-Oct-2013 21:50

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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Troll sues New York Times with 1998 patent from Holocaust group :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/bpIL78rnAzg/

Apple shows off thinner iPad Air :: Apple shows off a new thinner top-of-the range iPad, which it says is lighter than any other full-sized tablet on the market.
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Air time: Apple launches new iPad Air, iPad mini, and shows off OS X Mavericks (roundup) :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/voQqwpDjekQ/

Startup investor Brad Feld on Obamacare: forget the 'tech surge,' shut down and reset :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/WDQk9Ju42Yc/

China Rare Earth: WTO Trouble Triggers Environmental Cleanup :: <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>China has for once admitted it is wrong – the country may lose an upcoming World Trade Center (WTO) ruling on export quotas and duties on the Chinese rare earth industry, but the pending case has already scared it into cleaning up its act in rare earth extraction, a major cause of pollution.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/china-rare-earth-wto-trouble-triggers-environmental-cleanup-1436536

HealthCare.gov: 5 Best Pitches From Obama The Salesman :: <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 problematic HealthCare.gov website that's supposed to make purchasing health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, easy forced President Barack Obama, its main advocate, to step forward on Monday and adopt the role of salesman.</p>
<p>Obama admitted the product isn't working properly but promised customers that his employees are working round the clock to make it better.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/healthcaregov-5-best-pitches-obama-salesman-1436474

Whisper App Rape: Ronald Peterson III Arrested For Allegedly Raping 12-Year-Old Washington Girl He Met Through Secrets App :: <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>Washington state detectives claim that a man arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl admitted that he sought out the girl through <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whisper-share-express-meet/id506141837?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whipser</a>, a meeting app that encourages users to post secrets.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/whisper-app-rape-ronald-peterson-iii-arrested-allegedly-raping-12-year-old-washington-girl-he-met

Cristiano Ronaldo Underwear Tweet: Real Madrid Star Deletes Tweet About 'CR7 Boys Underwear Competition' [PHOTO] :: <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>Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo might want to rethink his social media strategy. The 28-year-old tried to promote his CR7 Boys Underwear clothing line, but creeped out his 22 million Twitter followers in the process.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/cristiano-ronaldo-underwear-tweet-real-madrid-star-deletes-tweet-about-cr7-boys-underwear-1436470

Blue Ivy And Beyonce Color-Coordinate In Black-And-White Outfits Down Under [PHOTOS] :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/blue-ivy-beyonce-color-coordinate-black-white-outfits-down-under-photos-1436468

Hubble Confirms Comet ISON Is In One Piece, May Not Be Such A Disappointment After All :: <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>There are plenty of fears that the "<a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/ison-could-be-comet-century-even-visible-during-day-later-year-1021042">comet of the century</a>" could be a dud but Comet ISON is holding up as it gets closer to the sun. The Hubble Space Telescope captured the comet on Oct. 8 and it appears to be in one piece, a good sign, but there is plenty of peril ahead prior to its November viewing party on Earth.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hubble-confirms-comet-ison-one-piece-may-not-be-such-disappointment-after-all-1436472

Maria, The Mystery Of The Blonde Roma (Gypsy) Of Greece :: <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>European media has feasted over reports of a young blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl named Maria who was found living with a Roma (Gypsy) couple in Greece. The girls' "parents" have been charged with abducting and placed in detention, awaiting trial.</p>
<p>DNA testing has revealed that the couple, Christos Salis and Eleftheria Dimopoulo, did not produce the child. But they claim that they were given the child "legally," while their Roma neighbors assert she has been very well taken care of.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/maria-mystery-blonde-roma-gypsy-greece-1436566

Monsanto Boosted Lobbying Spending As 'Monsanto Protection Act' Backlash Raged :: <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>Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) significantly increased its spending on federal lobbying in the third quarter of 2013 as it sought to increase its influence on a variety of policy issues, including the so-called "Monsanto Protection Act."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/monsanto-boosted-lobbying-spending-monsanto-protection-act-backlash-raged-1436532

How FreedomPop is separating voice from data on its new VoIP phone service :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/V9Y623FaB6U/

Apple unveils lighter iPad Air :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SbJ4mEdosY8/index.html