Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Health News: [health]


Horicon Pharmacy Burglary May have Wide-Ranging Effects
WBAY Green Bay Tue, 01 May 2012 14:47 PM PDT
Police and public health experts say it's increasingly likely the stolen drugs will be sold and could even lead to a deadly overdose.

Health centers win funding to expand services
Baltimore Sun Tue, 01 May 2012 14:46 PM PDT
Affordable Care Act provides nearly $15 million to Md. community health centers Maryland is slated to receive almost $15 million in the next round of funding from the federal health care reform law to upgrade and expand community health centers, mostly in the Baltimore area.

Gary Puckrein: The Democratization of Health Care: Private Insurers and the Diabetes Epidemic
The Huffington Post Tue, 01 May 2012 14:46 PM PDT
Diabetes is a national disaster, and private insurers and their clients do not have the capacity to respond to it. They have a role to play, but government is the only structure in our society that can design market stimuli on the scale required.

Jury Verdict in Favor Of Alcoa
FOX 7 WTVW Evansville Tue, 01 May 2012 14:44 PM PDT
The jury hearing a multi million dollar health and environmental lawsuit against Alcoa has ruled in the company's favor.

Kevin Youkilis Scratched from Lineup: Is It Middlebrooks Time for Red Sox?
Bleacher Report Tue, 01 May 2012 14:44 PM PDT
After a career that seemed to be built on toughness and durability, all of a sudden, Boston Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis is becoming a major question mark health-wise. The Red Sox announced their lineup early Tuesday afternoon, and for the third straight game, Youk was scratched due to what's currently being called back pain, and nothing more. Youkilis has struggled out of the gate thus ...

Universal Health Services, Inc. Announces Agreement to Sell Auburn Regional Medical Center
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Canada Finance Tue, 01 May 2012 14:41 PM PDT
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Auburn Regional Medical Center, a 213-bed ...

State's plans to overhaul health care payments could go to wire
The MetroWest Daily News Tue, 01 May 2012 14:36 PM PDT
Whether the Legislature and Gov. Deval Patrick can reach agreement on a payment reform bill remains an open question. There are three months remaining this year for the Legislature to take on controversial bills like the payment reform measure. The Senate plans a mid-May debate on a version of the bill.

On heatlh care, lawmakers leave heavy lifting for late in session
Waltham News Tribune Tue, 01 May 2012 14:36 PM PDT
Democratic legislative leaders who reviewed Gov. Deval Patrick’s sprawling health care payment reform bill for 14 months surprised Beacon Hill last week when they did not offer a redraft based on their extensive review and instead released the governor’s bill unchanged to the Senate.

Florida health centers receive funding from federal health care law
St. Petersburg Times Tue, 01 May 2012 14:33 PM PDT
By Tia Mitchell, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, May 1, 2012 TALLAHASSEE â€" Community health centers across Florida will share $21.4 million in funding made possible by the Affordable Care Act, even as the state government continues its fight to invalidate the health care overhaul. The 15 Florida organizations receiving funding are part of a federal network of community health centers ...

Quest Diagnostics Sponsors American Cancer Society Choose You® Women's Health Movement
PR Newswire Tue, 01 May 2012 14:32 PM PDT
NEW YORK, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today announced its national presenting sponsorship of the American Cancer Society Choose You® movement, which encourages women...




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