Accreditation With Exemplary Standing Awarded to Preferred Health Care Services

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb 1, 2013) – Accreditation Canada announced this week that it had granted “Accredited with Exemplary Standing” to Preferred Health Care Services (PHCS), a division of Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation. The decision is the highest of four possible accreditation awards following a rigorous survey process conducted in 2012. “Accreditation is one of the most effective ways for health services organizations to regularly and consistently examine and improve the quality of their services,” says Tracy Jones, president of Preferred Health Care Services Continue reading

Freedom Home Healthcare Opens New Branch in North Brunswick

HACKENSACK, N.J., Jan. 31, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freedom Home Healthcare, a leading provider of geriatric care management and in-home care for older adults, announced today that it has opened a new branch in North Brunswick, NJ Continue reading

Falkland Islands Hlg – AGM Statement

21st August 2012 Falkland Islands Holdings plc AGM Statement Falkland Islands Holdings plc (“FIH” or the “Group”), the international services Group which owns essential services businesses focused on transport and logistics and which has a 4% shareholding in Falkland Oil and Gas Limited (“FOGL”), is holding its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) at 11.00am today, 21 August 2012, at the offices of FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN – news) , 26 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A 1PB. At the AGM, Chairman, David Hudd, will make the following statement: “The Group’s trading for the first four months of the financial year has been at a similar level to last year and is in line with the Board’s expectations. Continue reading

UT medical school; Geo Care concerns; World-class medicine

UT medical school Re: Aug. 11 article “Plan for medical school unfolds.” Let’s transform health care delivery by developing a University of Texas medical school and related initiatives sponsored by UT Southwestern Medical School, Central Health, the Seton Family of Healthcare and others. Working together to implement the “10 in 10″ plan, we can move into national prominence by improving access to primary care, addressing the growing doctor shortage, propelling biomedical research, providing sorely needed mental health services and creating many new good- paying jobs. Continue reading

Nanoparticles found in moon glass bubbles explain weird lunar soil behaviour

(Phys.org) — A stunning discovery by Queensland University of Technology soil scientist Marek Zbik of nanoparticles inside bubbles of glass in lunar soil could solve the mystery of why the moon’s surface topsoil has many unusual properties. Dr Zbik, from Queensland University of Technology’s Science and Engineering Faculty, said scientists had long observed the strange behaviour of lunar soil but had not taken much notice of the nano and submicron particles found in the soil and their source was unknown Continue reading