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Call for more cancer care funding Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 11:04 PM PST The Scottish Government is facing face fresh calls to provide funding to help ensure more cancer patients get the latest medicines. Last month Health Secretary Alex Neil announced a new £21 million fund to improve access to treatment for people with rare medical conditions. Code of Practice to protect breastfeeding launched tomorrow Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 11:01 PM PST An updated Code of Practice for the marketing of infant formula in New Zealand will be launched at Parliament tomorrow by Associate Minister of Health Jo Goodhew on behalf of the Infant Nutrition Council (INC). Health notes: New Community Hospice inpatient unit opening at St. Vincent's Riverside npc-news.jacksonville.com Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 10:59 PM PST Open house at new St. Vincent's hospice There will be a free open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Community Hospice of Northeast Florida's newest inpatient care center, the Community Hospice Center for Caring at St. Vincent's Riverside. Health Hazard Alert: Certain The Gourmet Meat Shoppe and The Butcher's Cut Brands of Frozen Beef Burgers May Contain E ... Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 10:59 PM PST OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 20, 2013) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Canada Safeway Limited are warning the public not to consume The Gourmet Meat Shoppe and The Butcher's Cut brands of Frozen Beef Burgers described below because these products may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. New treatments, better management reduce deaths from aortic aneurysms Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 10:57 PM PST ROCHESTER, Minn. â€" Surgical improvements and better management have led to a 36 percent reduction in deaths from aortic aneurysms, according to the February issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter. read more Trial delay expected for Robinson Rancheria tribal chair facing theft charge Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 10:57 PM PST LAKEPORT -- The theft trial of the Robinson Rancheria Pomo Indians tribal chair, set to begin next week, appears to be heading for a delay because of the defendant s health. Being Type A Personality Can Hurt Your Health Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 10:51 PM PST THERE'S a lot to be said for being a laidback type of personality. Scientists have already proposed that those of us who are Type As - workaholics, overachievers and stressheads - are more likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease. Oak Ridge Elementary School students jump rope for heart health Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 10:50 PM PST Oak Ridge Elementary School third-grader Molly Hendricks chanted a jump rope song as she and Kaitlyn Thatcher swung the rope for Ally Mahoney in the school gym Monday morning. C. 'Jim' Lower Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 10:43 PM PST C. "Jim" Lower, 82, of Arkansas City, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at Presbyterian Manor’s Health Care Unit. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home. Local students named to Dean’s List at Creighton University Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 10:43 PM PST OMAHA - The following students from the York area were named to the fall Dean’s List at Creighton University for the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year: Widhalm of Aurora, a junior College of Business student; Jessica Luethje of Bradshaw, a fourth year School of Pharmacy and Health Professions student; Clint Kroeker of Hampton, a junior College of Arts and Sciences student.

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