| Health News : health - News from other sources. | | | | | | Detroit is coming to a city near you Wed, 31 Jul, 2013 12:06 AM PDT Detroit's bankruptcy is about numbers: a 26 percent drop in population since 2000; 78,000 abandoned properties; $10 billion in underfunded pension and health care obligations for public employees and billions more in bond and other debt that make it Continue reading | | | | | | Locally-owned grocery stores meeting customers' niche needs Wed, 31 Jul, 2013 12:02 AM PDT Smaller grocery stores in Shreveport-Bossier City have filled in some of the gaps left by their big box competitors. Health foods and international grocers attract customers seeking specialty items. Though they're still using the major retailers for the largest percentage of their shopping list, some l... Continue reading | | Paoli Hospital celebrates centennial Wed, 31 Jul, 2013 12:01 AM PDT PAOLI– Paoli Hospital, a part of the Main Line Health System, located on West Lancaster Avenue, will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Thursday, July 25 with an all-day employee celebration. Continue reading | | SENIOR MATTERS Wed, 31 Jul, 2013 12:01 AM PDT Our state is facing the greatest public health challenge of our lifetime. As many South Carolinians who have worked all of their lives, paid taxes, and been actively involved in their communities are now reaching retirement, they are also at risk of losing everything they've worked so hard to earn. rea... Continue reading | | DHEC offers free whooping cough shots Tue, 30 Jul, 2013 11:58 PM PDT In an effort to assist parents in meeting new school requirements, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control will offer free Tdap (whooping cough) vaccines at vaccination clinics across the state in August. A vaccination clinic will be held on Monday, Aug. 12, at Ewing Middle School, 171 ... Continue reading | | GPs to run North Staffs health helpline Tue, 30 Jul, 2013 11:57 PM PDT A GP out-of-hours company is to take over the failing 111 helpline in North Staffordshire. NHS funding bodies have awarded the contract, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, to Staffordshire Doctors Urgent Care (SDUC), which since April has also provided the night and weekend medical service locally. The 11... Continue reading | | At least 10 dead as record heatwave hits Shanghai Tue, 30 Jul, 2013 11:56 PM PDT SHANGHAI - More than 10 people have died in China's commercial hub Shanghai, a local health official said Wednesday as the city grapples with its highest temperatures in at least 140 years. Much of China is in the grip of a summer heatwave, and the China Meteorological Association issued a high tempera... Continue reading | | |
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