http://www.bling.org health care headlines Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.bling.org/2012-02-03/%c2%80%c2%98reserve%c2%80%c2%99-pulls-out-of-health-trust-bid.html http://www.bling.org/2012-02-03/%c2%80%c2%98reserve%c2%80%c2%99-pulls-out-of-health-trust-bid.html#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:02 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-02-03/%c2%80%c2%98reserve%c2%80%c2%99-pulls-out-of-health-trust-bid.html ...to keep secret under the rules of the acquisition process. They showed the trusts were prepared to invest £60m to join up local healthcare and establish specialist services – including children’s and cancer care – in north Cumbria. Sir Leonard Fenwick, chief...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-02-03/%c2%80%c2%98reserve%c2%80%c2%99-pulls-out-of-health-trust-bid.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-02-02/%c2%80%c2%98health-centre-axe-will-hit-pensioners%c2%80%c2%99.html http://www.bling.org/2012-02-02/%c2%80%c2%98health-centre-axe-will-hit-pensioners%c2%80%c2%99.html#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:01:06 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-02-02/%c2%80%c2%98health-centre-axe-will-hit-pensioners%c2%80%c2%99.html ...the Jericho area. The ground floor surgery in the new three-storey building will include a larger waiting room, a dedicated child health clinic, and more clinical rooms. Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust spokesman Julia Stackhouse said the new surgery would be...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-02-02/%c2%80%c2%98health-centre-axe-will-hit-pensioners%c2%80%c2%99.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/29-dead-from-swine-flu-in-mexico.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/29-dead-from-swine-flu-in-mexico.html#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:01:13 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/29-dead-from-swine-flu-in-mexico.html ...Mexico, 29 people have been killed by swine flu since the beginning of this year. In total about fifteen hundred are reported to be suffering from the disease. The country's authorities are not going to introduce special measures in connection with the growing...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/29-dead-from-swine-flu-in-mexico.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/forest-health-centre-offers-agencies-space.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/forest-health-centre-offers-agencies-space.html#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:01:11 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/forest-health-centre-offers-agencies-space.html ...The announcement has sparked concern that social services in North Lambton will suffer as a result. The North Lambton Community Health Centre (NLCHC) owns the building in which the umbrella agency has co-ordinated client care for 16 community agencies the...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/forest-health-centre-offers-agencies-space.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/can-nike-fuel-a-mobile-health-revolution.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/can-nike-fuel-a-mobile-health-revolution.html#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:01:11 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/can-nike-fuel-a-mobile-health-revolution.html ...glucose), ECGs and EEGs, respiration and a host of other yet discovered uses will make devices like the UP a breakthrough in health and fittness that will help redefine how well we take care of ourselves!" Critics, of course, are fair to point out that the...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/can-nike-fuel-a-mobile-health-revolution.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/fort-lauderdale-halfway-house-operator-jailed-in-health-care-fraud.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/fort-lauderdale-halfway-house-operator-jailed-in-health-care-fraud.html#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:01:10 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/fort-lauderdale-halfway-house-operator-jailed-in-health-care-fraud.html ...Judge Jose E. Martinez. She was convicted in October for her role in a kickback scheme that funneled patients to a fraudulent mental health care provider, American Therapeutic Corp., the FBI said. Evans was the president of Vision of Hope Recovery Inc., which...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/fort-lauderdale-halfway-house-operator-jailed-in-health-care-fraud.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/gary-puckrein-the-democratization-of-health-carethe-case-against-individual-retail-transactions.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/gary-puckrein-the-democratization-of-health-carethe-case-against-individual-retail-transactions.html#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:01:09 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/gary-puckrein-the-democratization-of-health-carethe-case-against-individual-retail-transactions.html ...the people, through their elected representatives, have finally stepped in to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable health care. And at the other extreme, there are those who want to wrest control away from government and create a market of individual,...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/gary-puckrein-the-democratization-of-health-carethe-case-against-individual-retail-transactions.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/health-canada-seizes-flavoured-smokes.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/health-canada-seizes-flavoured-smokes.html#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:01:08 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/health-canada-seizes-flavoured-smokes.html ...and Distribution GVA Inc. in Laval. More than 25 million of the smokes across 41 product lines were allegedly seized there. Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says in Ottawa that the measures are aimed at protecting children and youth from marketing that encourages...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/health-canada-seizes-flavoured-smokes.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/la-biomed-county-harbor-open-new-child-health-research-center.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/la-biomed-county-harbor-open-new-child-health-research-center.html#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:01:07 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/la-biomed-county-harbor-open-new-child-health-research-center.html ...biomedical research group LA BioMed and County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center have unveiled a new Child Health Research Center on the hospital campus near Torrance. The 8,000-square-foot research center, which had its grand opening Monday, will house the State...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/la-biomed-county-harbor-open-new-child-health-research-center.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/are-high-heels-worth-the-health-risk.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/are-high-heels-worth-the-health-risk.html#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:01:40 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-31/are-high-heels-worth-the-health-risk.html We all know that high heels lengthen legs and add polish to casual looks, but women who wear them regularly can cause permanent damage to their muscles and joints, the New York Times reports. Tell us, is the extra boost worth the risk? How often do you w

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