Archive for July, 2010

NLRB Decision Supports Quincy Medical Center in Negotiations with Nurses

QUINCY, Mass., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Labor Relations Board has determined that Quincy Medical Center "bargained in good faith" in its recent negotiations with the Massachusetts Nursing Association and management's decision to declare an impasse and implement its final proposals was...
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The Mystery Of Healthy Fat People

Why some obese people go on to become diabetic while others do not. It is common to find obese people even morbidly obese people who are healthier than their condition would normally...
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P&G Expands Voluntary Limited Recall of Specialized Dry Pet Foods Due to Possible Health Risk

CINCINNATI, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) (NYSE: PG) is voluntarily expanding its recall to include veterinary and some specialized dry pet food as a precautionary measure because it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella.  No...
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NLRB Sets Date for Biggest Union Election in 70 Years

44,000 Kaiser workers win the right to join NUHW and leave SEIU beginning Sept. 13 SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled a government-protected mail ballot election beginning Sept. 13 for nearly 44,000 Kaiser Permanente workers to join...
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Morris Animal Foundation Study Finds Veterinarians and Physicians Want More Dog Bite Prevention Training During Schooling

DENVER, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Morris Animal Foundation (MAF), a nonprofit organization that promotes longer, healthier lives for animals through humane research, recently funded a study to determine how educated veterinarians and physicians are about dog bite prevention techniques. Only 21...
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FDA Warns Consumers of Serious Harm from Drinking Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS)

Product contains industrial strength bleach SILVER SPRING, Md., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to take Miracle Mineral Solution, an oral liquid solution also known as "Miracle Mineral Supplement" or "MMS."  The product, when...
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Amplicare’s Mobile Companion Delivers Key Home Care Marketing Functionality – Including Clinical Data – to Smartphones and Mobile Devices

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Amplicare, a market leader in web-based Hospice, Home Health and Skilled Nursing applications for marketing extends their reach into mobile devices with Amplicare's new Mobile Companion. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100422/CL91515LOGO...
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PharmAthene Provides Update on NYSE Amex Listing Compliance Plan

ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PharmAthene, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PIP), a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, today announced that on July 26, 2010 it received a letter from the NYSE Amex LLC, stating that PharmAthene is not...
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Protein Loss in Urine and Low Kidney Function Are Important Signs

Reduced kidney function and protein in the urine place a person at risk for kidney injury, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that improved recognition ...
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Ladies-Golf V.P. of Marketing Joins NKF

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has named Eric Albrecht of Daytona Beach, Fla., as its vice president of sports marketing. Albrecht was previously the vice president of marketing for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) where he was ...
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