Provides the latest RSS feeds for Public Health News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Baltimore Star.com http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/cat/fb382975d494227f/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:19 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:19 -0400 30 Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Dr Li Bin, Minister of Health and Population, People's Republic of China met here yesterday on the sidelines of World Health Assembly to discuss the strengthening of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in healthcare sector. Congratulating Dr Li Bin for taking over as Health Minister of China, Azad stated that in view of her keen interest in ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214681662/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:03 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214681662/scat/fb382975d494227f Houston hospitals, overall, performed well on a recently released hospital safety review. University General Health System Inc.'s flagship hospital near the Texas Medical Center is the only Houston-area hospital to receive an F safety score rating in a recent report. The rest of the area's hospitals fared better, but some more so than others, according to Washington, D.C.-based Leapfrog ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214696351/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:14 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214696351/scat/fb382975d494227f File photo: John Moore, president of South Lake Hospital in Clermont, speaking at an event in March. South Lake Hospital earned $6.4 million in profit in its third quarter. South Lake Hospital earned $6.4 million in profit in its second quarter that ended March 31, a 21 percent increase from the year-ago period, according to documents filed May 17. The 122-bed Clermont hospital, which is 50 ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214696350/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 14:50:12 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214696350/scat/fb382975d494227f Cambridge Major is a provider of intermediates and ingredients for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Cambridge Major Laboratories Inc. this month is unveiling its expanded active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facility in Germantown. The expansion, which The Business Journal reported in September 2012, was partly funded through a loan from Economic Development of Washington County. The ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214696358/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 14:42:01 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214696358/scat/fb382975d494227f A rendering of the new entry of 2100 Ross Avenue -- once it goes through its makeover -- in downtown Dallas. It's been a long time coming for 2100 Ross Ave., one of downtown Dallas' skyscrapers in the Dallas Arts District: A much-needed multimillion dollar makeover. There have been plans for repositioning the 33-story, 844,000-square-foot skyscraper since it was purchased at foreclosure ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214696172/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:32 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214696172/scat/fb382975d494227f Australian health experts have reassured anxious parents about the safety of CT scans, after new research found a single test in childhood increased the risk of cancer by 24 per cent.Doctors and cancer groups argue that the absolute risk remains low, amounting to an extra cancer case for every 1400 computed tomography scans.But they say the findings, published by the British Medical Journal, are ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694657/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:33 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694657/scat/fb382975d494227f Manama-May-22(BNA)The Health Ministry has today denied claims posted on social media websites, alleging cases of Sars-like Coronavirus had been discovered in Bahrain. In statement today, the ministry said that it had no cases to report, pledging utmost transparency in dealing with the issue. Responding to the social media allegations, the ministry said that it deals with the issue of ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694666/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 14:01:21 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694666/scat/fb382975d494227f Lauderdale Lakes man who was left in a vegetative state after undergoing a "manipulation under anesthesia" in 2008, and another $10 million to the man's two daughters.Dale Whyte, 37, never woke up after going into cardiac arrest while undergoing the controversial outpatient procedure at the Atlantic Surgical Center ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694673/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:07 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694673/scat/fb382975d494227f Sutter Health CEO Pat Fry. Sutter Health, which runs many of the Bay Area's biggest hospitals and medical groups and is under fire in the East Bay from a California Nurses Association strike said Wednesday it has donated $150,000 to Oklahoma tornado relief. The donation was made "this morning" to the American Red Cross's Capital Region Chapter in Sacramento, Sutter said in a ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694668/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:05 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694668/scat/fb382975d494227f Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has decided the best choice for his department when its comes to electronic health records is the commercial marketplace, rather than adopting the Veterans Affairs Department's own system, VistA, according to Federal News Radio. "A competitive process will allow DOD to consider commercial alternatives that may offer reduced cost, reduced schedule and ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694695/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:03 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694695/scat/fb382975d494227f Some of the 400 positions Via Christi Health plans to cut in the coming months are already vacant. Some of the 400 positions Via Christi Health plans to cut in the coming months are already vacant, the organization says. Via Christi estimates that about 80 jobs that are currently open wont be filled. I discussed the pending cuts with CEO Jeff Korsmo on Tuesday. Korsmo says Via Christi is trying ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694694/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 13:26:36 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694694/scat/fb382975d494227f Veronica Edwards, CEO of InGenesis, leads one of the fastest-growing Inner City firms in the country. Two San Antonio companies have been ranked among the fastest growing inner city companies in the U.S. by Fortune magazine and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC). InGenesis, a staffing and management consulting company founded in 1998, ranked No. 4 on the list while the Alamo ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694576/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:58 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694576/scat/fb382975d494227f Kaiser Permanente Hawaii is reportedly looking to buy 10 acres of land from Moanalua Golf Club for an expansion of its Moanalua Medical Center. KHON reports Moanalua Golf Club members were told Tuesday night of the plan, which is in the early stages, to sell 10 acres of land to Kaiser for $4 million. KHON reports members will vote on the idea next week. Kaiser recently undertook a major expansion ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694544/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 13:18:25 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694544/scat/fb382975d494227f Mayo, biotech firm create cancer-diagnostics venture Mayo Clinic has teamed up with a New Jersey company to create a joint venture that aims to create diagnostic cancer tests that use gene-sequencing technology. The venture, called OncoSpire Genomics, will be based in Rochester, Minn., where Mayo's headquarters are located. Mayo and its partner, Cancer Genetics, will initially focus on ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694667/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 13:14:45 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694667/scat/fb382975d494227f Humana plans to open a mail-order pharmacy in August, which is expected to create 620 jobs in Irving. Louisville, Ky.-based health and wellness company Humana Inc. announced Wednesday it plans to open a mail order pharmacy call center and support operation in Irving that is expected to create more than 620 new jobs over the next three years. RightSource, Humana's pharmacy management company, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694538/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 13:13:36 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214694538/scat/fb382975d494227f GRAPHIC CONTENT: In this picture provided by the Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, Poland, a 33-year-old Polish man whose face was torn off by stone-cutting machinery is shown after undergoing a total face transplant. ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214693111/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:46 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214693111/scat/fb382975d494227f After more than a decade at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Eric Olson has joined Syros Pharmaceuticals in Watertown as its new CSO. Syros Pharmaceuticals, a life sciences company focused on treatments of cancer and other diseases, has named a long-time veteran of Vertex Pharmaceuticals to be the companys new chief scientific officer. The Watertown, Mass.-based company, which says it has found a ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214693133/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 11:52:40 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214693133/scat/fb382975d494227f WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says more doctors and hospitals are embracing technology as adoption of computerized medical records reaches a "tipping point" in America.A report Wednesday from Health and Human Services says more than 50 percent of doctors' offices and 4 in 5 hospitals have transitioned from paper to electronic records, thanks partly to more than $14 ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691448/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 11:42:43 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691448/scat/fb382975d494227f The National Institutes of Health awarded $475,076 to OsteoGeneX Inc., a Kansas City, Kan., private pharmaceutical company focused on developing a treatment for osteoporosis. The award is a Small Business Innovation Research grant from a division of NIH called the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. It will be used to continue developing an oral treatment for ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691470/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 11:23:02 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691470/scat/fb382975d494227f St. Louis-based GeneriCo LLC is in the middle of a $2.5 million fundraising round, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Generico develops and markets generic pharmaceuticals. It focuses on generics that have been neglected by mid and large generic companies and also have an embedded drug delivery technology making the formulation challenging and ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691469/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 11:21:03 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691469/scat/fb382975d494227f Dayton officials say theyre prepared in the event of a large-scale disaster such as the tornado in Oklahoma this week. Dayton officials say theyre prepared in the event of a large-scale disaster such as the tornado in Oklahoma this week. In fact, local responders were already gearing up for a major disaster preparedness drill Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon on the campus of the University of ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691468/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 11:15:44 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691468/scat/fb382975d494227f Stephane Bancel, president and CEO of Moderna Therapeutics, has joined Flagship Ventures as a senior partner. Cambridge-based Flagship Ventures on Wednesday announced that Stephane Bancel, president and CEO of Flagship-founded Moderna Therapeutics, has joined the venture capital firm as a senior partner. Bancel will provide strategic counsel and support to portfolio companies at Flagship, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691467/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 11:11:23 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691467/scat/fb382975d494227f Inova Labs Inc. has completed a $12 million round of financing from six investors. Austin-based Inova Labs Inc. has completed a $12 million round of financing. The medical device developer collected the capital from six investors, according to a Wednesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Inova Labs, which launched in 2002, is an affiliate of International Biophysics Corp., ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691450/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 11:09:45 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691450/scat/fb382975d494227f Kinetic Concepts Inc. has released a new medical device that should help patients recovery from surgery faster with fewer infections. The device is known as the Prevena Peel and Place Dressing with V.A.C. Therapy Connector. The company cited two recently published independent studies on the Prevena system that showed favorable clinical outcomes in patients at risk for post-operative ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691305/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 11:05:39 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691305/scat/fb382975d494227f Sounds as if AmeriHealth New Jersey may be close to adding a North Jersey health system to its plans for a statewide accountable care organization in New Jersey. Last month, Cooper University Health Care and AmeriHealth New Jersey formed a business venture under which the two organizations plan to create co-branded health insurance products for employers and consumers. As part of the arrangement, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691466/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:08 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214691466/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Min Ahn, founder of DiscoverBeauty, says he wanted to connect potential patients with cosmetic surgeons in a way that was convenient and comfortable. After he spent a decade running his own practice, Dr. Min Ahn wanted to give patients a way to find and connect with plastic surgeons and dermatologists in New England and to give doctors a way to be selective of which cases they wish to ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214689763/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:34 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214689763/scat/fb382975d494227f The University of Maryland Medical System acquired St. Joseph Medical Center last year. University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center plans to spend $1.7 million on upgrades to a patient floor in the Towson hospital. The project would add privacy to patient rooms and treatment areas, improve infection control and add new resources to the west side of the hospitals seventh floor. The project ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214689872/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 09:45:32 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214689872/scat/fb382975d494227f Research suggests that too much sitting is bad for the body, and thats led GlaxoSmithKline employees at the Navy Yard to invest in treadmill desks, Newsworks reported. They idea is to get employees more energized during the day, said Bob Carr, senior VP in charge of the well-being of GSK ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214689891/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 09:28:09 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214689891/scat/fb382975d494227f By Scott Gottlieb, MD Medicare has sharply changed the way it pays for diagnostic tests, cutting payment rates and curtailing coverage for some new tests altogether. ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214688325/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 09:07:55 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214688325/scat/fb382975d494227f A Seattle-area jury is set to determine the fate of a surgical robot after it caused injuries and brought on at least 26 lawsuits to date, Bloomberg reports. Intuitive Surgical Inc.'s da Vinci robotic system is under the spotlight in the case of Fred Taylor, who died soon after having his prostate gland removed in 2008 by the robot. It was his urologists' first patient using the robot ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214689729/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:30 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214689729/scat/fb382975d494227f The branch of a Wichita hospital is helping out victims of the EF-4 tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., in a unique way, the Wichita Business Journal reports. Hospitals of Hope branch Clinic in a Can sends out the relief package in the form of a 20-foot container but instead of containing clothes or food, the container actually turns into a self-sustaining field medical clinic. Versions of ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214688350/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 08:55:18 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214688350/scat/fb382975d494227f Milwaukee-based Ministry Health Care, which operates hospitals in Marshfield, Stevens Point, Oshkosh, Appleton and the Wausau area among its 15 hospital locations, said it will lay off the equivalent of up to 250 full-time positions because of declines in federal reimbursement rates and the effects of ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214688327/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 08:39:22 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214688327/scat/fb382975d494227f In an ongoing program to modernize and upgrade its fleet of emergency medical helicopters, REACH Air Medical Services has bought a new Eurocopter EC135. In an ongoing program to modernize and upgrade its fleet of emergency medical helicopters, REACH Air Medical Services has bought a new Eurocopter EC135. This is the first of three state-of-the-art aircraft being built for REACH this year. The ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214688355/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 08:16:54 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214688355/scat/fb382975d494227f Florence Nightingale from Carte de Visite (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I can't imagine being placed in this situation. After caring for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, nurses at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital were called upon to care for one more patient: the surviving bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Liz Kowalcyzk reported ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214686947/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 07:57:04 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214686947/scat/fb382975d494227f A University of Kentucky pharmacy professors start-up company has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to test and market a nasal spray that counteracts opioid overdoses. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that AntiOp Inc., started by professor Dan Wermeling, will receive the money over three years to continue his work on naloxone. The drug is currently used in ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214688213/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 07:55:53 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214688213/scat/fb382975d494227f WARSAW, Poland - Doctors in Poland say they have performed an urgent total face transplant on a 33-year-old man whose face was torn off in an accident which also crushed his jaws. Doctors at the Oncology Center in Gliwice said the 27-hour operation was performed May 15, just weeks after the accident. The head of the team of doctors, Adam Maciejewski, said it was the world's first ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214687318/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 07:45:26 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214687318/scat/fb382975d494227f Centerville Development Group wants the 65-acre plot of land bound by Social Row Road, Sheehan Road and Paragon Road in south Centerville to be an expansion to the senior community at Yankee Trace. Developers hope to expand the Yankee Trace senior community following a rezoning decision by Centerville City Council Monday night. Centerville Development Group wants the 65-acre plot of land bound ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214686948/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 07:25:05 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214686948/scat/fb382975d494227f UC Health CEO Jim Kingsbury is giving the go-ahead for an expansion. UC Health is planning to spend as much as $135 million to add a second tower to its West Chester Hospital, the Cincinnati Business Courier reports. Along with regular patient beds, the new tower would include obstetrics and maternity services. The hospital opened in 2009 with 160 rooms. UC Health's board will vote on the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214686831/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 07:15:18 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214686831/scat/fb382975d494227f Yousuf Ahmad, chief transformation officer for Mercy Health since 2011, has been promoted to CEO. Mercy Health has promoted Yousuf Ahmad, its chief transformation officer since 2011, to replace James May as CEO, the Cincinnati Business Courier reports. Ahmad's appointment is effective June 15, as May shifts focus to his executive vice president role with Mercy parent Catholic Health ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214686929/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 07:13:10 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214686929/scat/fb382975d494227f UC Health could expand West Chester Hospital with a $135 million second tower. UC Health could expand West Chester Hospital with a $135 million second tower. The proposed expansion will go before a board of approval in June. It would include inpatient beds, maternity services and obstetrics. According to the Cincinnati Business Courier, the hospital was built with 160 rooms when it opened in ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214686943/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 07:12:04 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214686943/scat/fb382975d494227f Get a hip replaced at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, and Medicare will pay the small, doctor-owned hospital $15,585, or about 13% of what Olympia charged in the bills it ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214685764/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 06:39:13 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214685764/scat/fb382975d494227f Get a hip replaced at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, and Medicare will pay the small, doctor-owned hospital $15,585, or about 13% of what Olympia charged in the bills it ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214685643/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 06:39:10 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214685643/scat/fb382975d494227f The Baltimore City Council's Finance Committee is scheduled to hear testimony Thursday on a proposal by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to require thousands of municipal employees to begin making contributions to their pensions, the Baltimore Sun reported. The 87-year-old Employee Retirement System, which covers about 19,000 city workers and retirees from nearly every city agency except the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214685770/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 06:30:52 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214685770/scat/fb382975d494227f Safdarjung hospital on a PIL seeking directions to frame a code of conduct and a platform for hospital staff to voice their grievances without inconveniencing patients. Issuing notices to the Union Health Ministry, Safdarjung hospital and its resident doctors' association, a division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath sought their responses by August 7. The court was ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214684818/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 05:17:24 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214684818/scat/fb382975d494227f In their new book, "The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills," economist David Stuckler and physician Sanjay Basu examine the health impacts of austerity across the globe. The authors estimate there have been more than 10,000 additional suicides and up to a million extra cases of depression across Europe and the United States since governments started introducing austerity programs in the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214683629/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 04:13:14 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214683629/scat/fb382975d494227f Around 7,000 people marched on Saturday at the first London-wide protest against cuts to the National Health Service (NHS). This is less than a third of the number that marched in defence of Lewisham Hospital in south London in January, and around the same number as marched against the sell-off of parts of the Whittington Hospital, north London, in March. Called ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214680841/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 01:22:50 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214680841/scat/fb382975d494227f A Mahoning County grand jury separately indicted four nurses, three of whom worked at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, on charges of stealing drugs in controlled-substance categories from the hospital last year. Ryan T. Hofus, 27, of Cavalcade Drive, is charged with two counts of drug theft and two counts of drug possession, referring to Dilaudid and Fentanyl, with the offenses ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214680873/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 01:00:41 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214680873/scat/fb382975d494227f EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this undated photo provided by Jackson Health System, Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami, plays the guitar in his room at Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center in Cutler Bay, Fla. The attack left Poppo blind, but doctors say he's been working with an occupational therapist to learn how to take ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214680840/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 00:49:49 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214680840/scat/fb382975d494227f Man makes decision as Angelina Jolie -- he removes healthy organ. Angelina Jolie arrives on the red carpet at the 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood and Highlands Center in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. UPI/Kevin ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214680852/scat/fb382975d494227f Wed, 22 May 2013 00:41:23 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214680852/scat/fb382975d494227f Nick Stremble and Shannon Largent were on duty inside the Moore Medical Center as the tornado hit the building. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell shares their story and also speaks to the Mayor of Moore, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214679828/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 23:53:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214679828/scat/fb382975d494227f When the tornado hit Moore, flattening their medical center, the chief of trauma surgery at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center mobilized her team. Lessons learned from past tragedies helped forge the new Level One Trauma center. NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214677810/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 21:34:09 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214677810/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue May 21, 2013 9:23pm EDT (Adds quotes, details of strike, contract dispute) By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO May 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state. The union representing nearly 13,000 ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214678778/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:27 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214678778/scat/fb382975d494227f The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, an affiliate of the World Organisation of Family Doctors, is set to mark the 2013 World Doctor Day with a public ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214675361/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 19:31:54 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214675361/scat/fb382975d494227f Six Bronx physicians were among 28 physicians honored today by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) with Doctors' Day awards for their leadership and commitment to advancing the mission of the public hospital system and providing the highest quality healthcare to New ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214675566/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 19:21:16 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214675566/scat/fb382975d494227f A Tunisian man died after a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and two adults children tested positive for SARS-like virus, health officials say. World Health Organization officials said Tuesday the 66-year-old Tunisian man was the second pilgrim to the Muslim holy city to be sickened with the SARS-like virus novel coronavirus, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Tunisian man returned from a ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214674253/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:29 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214674253/scat/fb382975d494227f New Brunswick is discouraging family physicians from practising in the province despite a growing need for care, a number of doctors in the Maritimes say.Medical residents from throughout the region have written an open letter expressing their concerns to Premier David Alward and Health Minister Hugh ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214671316/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 17:11:08 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214671316/scat/fb382975d494227f About 40 Denver-area restaurants will offer dietitian-verified healthy meals under a new program being launched Wednesday by the University of Colorado's Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. The Healthy Dining in Colorado program builds on a national template that Healthy Dining, a nutritional consulting company, has undertaken by listing good-for-you options at participating restaurants on ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214674069/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 16:45:35 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214674069/scat/fb382975d494227f Biotech has never quite taken flight in Northern Virginia. Whether that's due to the lack of a big corporate anchor or blue-chip research university, the dearth of wet labs, the attraction of a stronger scene in Montgomery County or pure dumb happenstance is anyone's guess. But on this side of the D.C. suburbs, the life sciences are not thriving. The story of Virginia biotech right now ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214672191/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:08 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214672191/scat/fb382975d494227f Researchers at UTMB were awarded $4.9 million to study best practices for caring for elderly patients. The University of Texas Medical Branch has been awarded a $4.9 million grant to study how to care for and promote the health and well-being of elderly patients. All four of UTMB's schools will participate in the study. Dr. James Goodwin, director of UTMB's Sealy Center on Aging in ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214671321/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:28 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214671321/scat/fb382975d494227f Belmont Village Senior Living is adding a location in Houston. Houston-based Belmont Village Senior Living broke ground this week on an assisted living and memory care facility at 7667 Woodway Drive. The 158-unit complex will consist of assisted living and memory care services. The building will be a six-story midrise spanning 113,000 square feet. The project is expected to create 100 ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214671342/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 16:35:10 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214671342/scat/fb382975d494227f Catholic Health Initiatives will pay more than $2 billion to purchase St. Luke's. Arapahoe County-based Catholic Health Initiatives agreed to purchase the Houston area's St. Luke's Episcopal Health System for $236 million more than previously reported. St. Luke's said last month it approved an agreement to transfer the system to CHI, the nation's second-largest faith-based ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214671320/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 16:34:40 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214671320/scat/fb382975d494227f Neuronetics CEO Bruce Shook A new therapy is not only effective in treating depression, it sustains those results through one year of treatment, according to new data about NeuroStar TMS Therapy System from Neuronetics. Its not typical to see long-term benefit in patients who have treatment resistant forms of depression, said study investigator Dr. Philip Janicak, a professor of psychiatry at ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214669402/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:04 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214669402/scat/fb382975d494227f Bhavuk Sharma Bajagain, 30, a medical doctor by profession, is often busy with his patients in the emergency ward of Kathmandu Model Hospital, one of the more reputable hospitals .In the morning, Bajagain also teaches and shares his medical experience with students in two different local medical institutions."I am very happy and satisfied when I see my patients relieved of pain after ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214667988/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 14:37:09 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214667988/scat/fb382975d494227f Free State - The Free State is considering a forensic probe into alleged abuse of privilege by state doctors doing private work, health MEC Benny Malakoane said on ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214668022/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:44 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214668022/scat/fb382975d494227f A recent report suggest doctors put an end to their relationships with pharmaceutical companies. Although the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and doctors is widely accepted, researchers from Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University and the University of Washington suggest breaking those ties is beneficial to patients. The report "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214668021/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:59:33 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214668021/scat/fb382975d494227f State health officials have developed a tool to help providers decide when they need patient authorization to share treatment records as California builds an electronic highway for medical information. State health officials have developed a tool to help providers decide when they need patient authorization to share treatment records as California builds an electronic highway for medical ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214667989/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:40:52 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214667989/scat/fb382975d494227f Bryan Roberts of Venrock joined the board of directors at Palo Alto's ConsultingMD. Consulting Medical Associates Inc. in Palo Alto has raised $10 million in venture funding. The company, known as ConsultingMD, makes technology to collect and digitize medial records and connects patients with doctors. It got the money from Venrock, which put Bryan Roberts on ConsultingMD's board as part ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214668019/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:34:00 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214668019/scat/fb382975d494227f Via Christi Health is eliminating about4 percent of its work force in Kansas. Via Christi Health is taking drastic measures to offset volume declines and continued declines in operating margins. Those measures, CEO Jeff Korsmo says, include the elimination of 350-400 positions, or about 4 percent of Via Christis work force in Kansas, and 4 percent reductions in the salaries of 35 senior ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214668018/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:06 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214668018/scat/fb382975d494227f Print 21 May 2013 &#150 Health programmes carried out by the United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees has helped to improve their lives, but greater efforts and more resources are needed to effectively tackle health challenges, particularly during times of conflict, says a new report. ';There is no doubt we still have considerable ways to go to realize our ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665578/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:29:05 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665578/scat/fb382975d494227f Geneva, May 21. (BNA) -- On the sidelines of the 66th Assembly of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Minister Dr. Sadeq bin Abdulkareem Al-Shehabi and his accompanying delegation, met here today with the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidib and discussed with him areas of joint cooperation. During the meeting, Michel Sidib ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665586/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 13:11:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665586/scat/fb382975d494227f CBO report popped a big hole in the Austerians' entitlement cuts balloon. The CBO cut its deficit projection for the next decade by $200 billion, with this year's deficit shrinking to $642 billion, the smallest shortfall since 2008. A relatively huge chunk of that decrease--$900 billion--is in Medicare and Medicaid spending, as ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665613/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:18 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665613/scat/fb382975d494227f MIAMI (CBS4) – Nearly one year ago Ronald Poppo was the target of one of the most gruesome attacks in South Florida's history. After his face was mutilated and eye gouged out by Rudy Eugene, Poppo was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital. On Tuesday several of the doctors responsible for his care talked about his progress. "Mr. Poppo asked us to talk about him, to thank the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665600/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 12:49:31 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665600/scat/fb382975d494227f Here is a rendering of the next stage of the Mall of America expansion, located between the MOA and Ikea. The building on the left is a hotel, and the building the right is an office building. The Minnesota Legislature approved millions in incentives for several high-profile economic-development projects, including the Mayo Clinic's Destination Medical Center in Rochester, the Mall of ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665327/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 12:23:33 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665327/scat/fb382975d494227f HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The health department in northern Kentucky says it plans to stop offering well-child visits because Medicaid no longer offers reimbursement for them.Health department spokeswoman Emily Gresham Wherle told The Kentucky Enquirer (http://bit.ly/18eOAvu) that the agency will honor current appointments but will not schedule any new appointments. She said parents would need to ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214663767/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:39 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214663767/scat/fb382975d494227f Emergency rooms are still a primary access point to health care for millions of Americans. Emergency rooms are the most expensive way for patients to seek health care, and despite hospital efforts to shift patients to lower-cost alternatives, ERs are the access point for almost half of all hospital admissions, according to a recent study. Hospital admissions grew 4 percent from 2003 to 2009, but ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665612/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 11:59:09 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214665612/scat/fb382975d494227f RABAT, Morocco // A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ministry said in a statement yesterday. The World Health Organization confirmed ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214662279/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03:33 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214662279/scat/fb382975d494227f ? ????????????, ?????????????, ????????????, ??????????, ?????????? ????? ?????? ? ????. - ??????????? ????? ???????? ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214662256/scat/fb382975d494227f Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:19 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214662256/scat/fb382975d494227f