Three programs at Saskatchewan's only medical school have been accredited, but they did not receive full approval.
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Liberty girls track and field team repeats as Class 2A champions
The No. 2 Liberty girls repeated as the Class 2A state champions on Saturday, but it wasn't an easy task.
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Police: 2 US Virgin Islands officers wounded in shootout with gunmen; 1 suspect slain
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Two 'cooling islands' available during hot Memorial Day weekend
"Cooling islands" will be open in two locations Memorial Day weekend to assist individuals with chronic health problems, the elderly and children who do not have access to a fan or air conditioner. The cooling islands are stationed at Healthy Active Living Centers in Lawrenceville and Homewood. Homewood's cooling island will be open all day Sunday and Memorial Day, and Lawrenceville's will be ...
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US Virgin Islands Police Wounded, Suspect Killed
Two police officers have been wounded and a suspect has been killed in a shootout in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Police said in a statement Sunday that the officers were approaching a group of men at a car wash late Saturday when they were shot at and returned fire.
Authorities have not released the name of the suspect who was killed. A second suspect has been arrested.
The medical condition of the two wounded officers was not immediately known.
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New report details demographics of Maine islands
ROCKLAND, MaineA new report on Maine's 15 island communities shows that the islands' population has increased about 6 percent since 1990.
The Rockland-based Island Institute's "Island Indicators" report provides a detailed look at various indicators that affect Maine's year-round island communities.
According to the report, the population grew by nearly 12 percent on Casco Bay islands and by a little over 5 percent on Penobscot Bay islands between 1990 and 2011, while falling by 8 percent on islands in eastern Maine.
The report further says that the median income on 11 of the 15 island communities is higher than the state as a whole. The higher incomes likely resulted from native and summer islanders earning a living elsewhere before returning to or settling on the islands.
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49 rescued from Solomon Islands life rafts
Forty-nine people were rescued Sunday after being found clinging to life rafts in the Solomon Islands, Australian officials said, around four days after their boat is believed to have sunk.
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Disease that stunts infants' growth traced to same gene that makes kids grow too fast
ScienceDaily (May 27, 2012) UCLA geneticists have identified the mutation responsible for IMAGe syndrome, a rare disorder that stunts infants' growth. The twist? The mutation occurs on the same gene that causes Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, which makes cells grow too fast, leading to very large children.
Published in the May 27 edition of Nature Genetics, the UCLA findings could lead to new ways of blocking the rapid cell division that allows tumors to grow unchecked. The discovery also offers a new tool for diagnosing children with IMAGe syndrome, which until now has been difficult to accurately identify.
The discovery holds special significance for principal investigator Dr. Eric Vilain, a professor of human genetics, pediatrics and urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Nearly 20 years ago, as a medical resident in his native France, Vilain cared for two boys, ages 3 and 6, who were dramatically short for their ages. Though unrelated, both children shared a mysterious malady marked by minimal fetal development, stunted bone growth, sluggish adrenal glands, and undersized organs and genitals.
"I never found a reason to explain these patients' unusual set of symptoms," explained Vilain, who is also director of the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics. "I've been searching for the cause of their disease since 1993."
When Vilain joined UCLA as a genetics fellow, the two cases continued to intrigue him. His mentor, then UCLA geneticist Dr. Edward McCabe, recalled a similar case from his previous post at Baylor College of Medicine. The two of them obtained blood samples from the three cases and analyzed the patients' DNA for mutations in suspect genes, but uncovered nothing.
Vilain and McCabe approached the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and in 1999 published the first description of the syndrome, which they dubbed IMAGe, an acronym of sorts for the condition's symptoms: intrauterine growth restriction, metaphyseal dysplasia, adrenal hypoplasia and genital anomalies.
Over the next decade, about 20 cases were reported around the world. But the cause of IMAGe syndrome remained a mystery.
Help arrived unexpectedly last year when Vilain received an email from Argentinian physician Dr. Ignacio Bergada, who had unearthed the 1999 journal article. He told Vilain about a large family he was treating in which eight members suffered the same symptoms described in the study. All of the family members agreed to send their DNA samples to UCLA for study.
Vilain realized that he had stumbled across the scientific equivalent of winning the lottery. He assembled a team of UCLA researchers to partner with Bergada and London endocrinologist Dr. John Achermann.
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Health Care Coopetition – St. Joe's and the U-M work together
Half of the lights on the tenth floor of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital are turned off, and there is an unnatural calm amidst the smell of fresh paint, curved wooden paneling, and newly tiled floors and walls. There is no hum of a Coke machine in the guest waiting area, no nurses sitting at the nurses' s...
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Nurse practitioners play a special role in health care
Q: Please share this information with your readers. I have the best job in the world helping people as a nurse practitioner, but I don't know if people are aware of the role the nurse practitioner plays in their care.
Angela Reeves, FNP, Primary Care Associates of Anderson
A: When Ms. Reeves shared an article about her role with me, I wanted to take an opportunity and highlight her contributions with the readers. Excerpts below are from an article published in the South Carolina Nurse (April-June, 2012, page 3) and written by Carole Frances Bennett, Ph.D., APRN-BC, PMHCNS. Dr. Bennett interviewed Angela Reeves, a nurse practitioner in Anderson for the article.
The role of a nurse practitioner has a special place in providing care within the wide scope of health care across the country and particularly in South Carolina. A family nurse practitioner (FNP) provides care for individuals and their families. Nurses work in many areas within health care the hospital, the home, doctors' offices, health clinics and places of employment. The family nurse practitioner has a graduate degree. This advanced education prepares her to care for each group. After completing the program, the FNP takes a national certifying examination and is recognized by the S.C. State Board for advanced practice. The FNP has close relationships with physicians and other health-care providers in a community and provides direct care, and at the same time can guide a health-care team as others need to be involved.
"I tell everyone, we have it so good here," Reeves said in the article. "Nurse practitioners are really valued in Anderson. Everyone trusts us. We are one of the staples of this community. We are nurses first. I tell patients 'we care about you and will take care of you, just at another level.' "
Reeves has been with the Primary Care Associates of Anderson, which consists of 10 physicians and three nurse practitioners, for eight years. Before that she worked at the Internal Medicine Associates of Anderson. The nurse practitioner is skilled in clinical assessments and orders tests and medications as needed for the patient. An FNP can admit patients to the hospital, make daily rounds and discharge patients. Reeves refers patients to other doctors or nurse practitioners in cardiology, pain management and other health-care areas as needed. Being in a practice that includes physicians and other nurse practitioners increases the efficiency of everyone and improves the care that all patients receive.
Reeves has patients she follows at long-term care facilities and even rehabilitation centers. She is able to keep up with her patients as they need different kinds of services over time. This ensures that others involved in her patients' recovery have the background of the individual. She can coordinate the care between the home, the hospital and the rehabilitation center. Reeves even developed a "weight management clinic, which she runs, teaching patients how to change their diets, improve their exercise programs and prevent many of the illnesses that plague the community." Reeves provides screening and preventive care at several local Anderson industries, as well.
Reeves is committed to providing the best care for patients. "There is no doubt; the impact of her care is felt by all around her," Bennett writes. "She really does represent that unique blend of nursing philosophy and care with advanced skills and clinical reasoning. And she does it so well."
In full disclosure, I must add a personal statement. I have such respect for Angela Reeves for her personal and professional commitment to the service she provides patients in her role. She took care of my parents, Nadine and Wayne Broadwell, for many years. During those years, as my parents' health declined, Angela was a central source of care guiding them through many life changes.
Nurse practitioners have a special role in health care, and maybe they are special because they are nurses first, as Angela has said. May is national Nurse Month. So if you have a special nurse who has helped you, say a special thank you.
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Health-care company seeks facts on fracking's health effects
PITTSBURGH — Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health. Others are absolutely sure it doesn’t. Geisinger Health Systems is looking for more facts on the debate.
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Health care a top issue for businesses in New Hampshire
Health care tops the concerns of New Hampshire businesses and influences whether some businesses locate here, according a state business group.
More than three of five businesses surveyed last October cited health care as a top concern, the highest of any issue, according to David Juvet, senior vice president of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire.
Group President Jim Roche said health care costs are becoming an increasingly important factor in business relocation and expansion in New Hampshire.
From a competitive perspective, we have some of the highest health care costs in the country, he said.
New Hampshire in 2010 had the highest annual premium cost for family-size plan among the 50 states, at $15,204 $1,333 higher than the national average. Only the District of Columbia was higher, by $2, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit foundation focusing on major health care issues.
Steven Sherkanowski, chief operating officer at Akumina, a Web development company, valued health care during recruitment.
To get folks interested in coming along on board, one of the things was making sure we had a competitive health care package, Sherkanowski said.
The Nashua business employs 12 people full time and expects to hire four more full-timers by years end.
As I bring younger people on board, it brings my premiums down, he said.
Officials at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire, where Akumina has its policy, said age is a factor, though, not the sole one, in determining premium costs.
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Health care act would add jobs
WASHINGTON - California could gain up to 100,000 jobs and $4.4 billion in economic spillover if the Supreme Court upholds President Obama's health care plan next month, according to a new report.
Southern California has the most to gain, according to the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. The reform could add up to 64,000 jobs and more than $3 billion to the region's economy, three-quarters of the state's total.
Had the health care law taken full effect in 2010, the report says California's economy - helped by federal and state subsidies - would have received a $6.7 billion boost from new spending on doctors, hospitals, medical device manufacturers and the hiring of additional employees "who will then spend more money on food, clothing, and shelter, among other things."
The boost far outweighs the economic cost of requiring more employers to pay for their workers' insurance.
In addition, the report concludes that many consumers - particularly in the more affluent parts of the state - would have more disposable income as the result of lower insurance premiums.
A healthier population would also take a more active part in the labor market and miss fewer days for sickness.
The findings add fodder to those who argue the law will have a positive effect on the economy.
Most of the debate over the Affordable Health Care Act has focused on its mandate that everyone buy insurance, and its ban on insurance companies denying
The report seeks to break down the law's overall economic impact on California and suggests that it would serve as a large stimulus. The study was conducted by the Bay Area Council, a business-sponsored, public policy advocacy organization based in San Francisco.
"It is important to emphasize that the Affordable Care Act was not designed to be an economic stimulus bill and the fact that the law also will have a significant positive economic impact is a strong corollary benefit to a policy change designed to achieve other ends," the report says.
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Health care professional with anthropological bent
Susan Lang, 50, senior executive, health care strategist and entrepreneur who is now working on developing her own business.
Family Single and lives in Chesterfield with two rescue cats, Sedona and Linus. Originally from New York, Lang is the second of four children born to Carol and Al Lang, who are retired and live in St. Augustine, Fla. Al was an executive with Western Electric; Carol ran the business end of an oral surgery practice. Siblings are Brad Lang, 52, a lawyer in Naples, Fla.; Cheryl Creamer, 48, a nurse and major in the U.S. Army; and Jeff Lang, 44, a race car mechanic in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Susan has six nieces.
Education Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, N.C., 1979; University of Florida, B.S., marketing and business, 1983; Stetson University, DeLand, Fla., MBA, 1987; University of Memphis, M.A., medical anthropology, 2000.
Did you start working in health care right after you completed your undergraduate degree?
Definitely not. I went to work for a bank stationer in Miami. I was a sales rep. I got the job because I could speak Spanish. I didn't start working in health care until after I got my MBA and went to work for the University of Florida hospital setting up clinical service lines.
When did you move to St. Louis and what got you here?
I moved here in 2001 to go to work for BJC. I was vice president of managed care strategy and contracting and wound up working on a turnaround of their financial situation. It was very successful.
How long were you there?
I was there until 2003, when I left to become assistant vice chancellor and chief business development officer for the University of Massachusetts Medical School. I also was the senior policy official for the state of Massachusetts.
So you moved into and out of St. Louis twice? When did you move back after you left for Massachusetts?
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Strong Medicine ”Selective Breeding” 1/2 – Video
27-05-2012 09:27 Special upload for webkinzgirle12 and turebeliever24 I DO NOT OWN THIS SHOW S05E14 Selective Breeding Lu treats a young patient with Bi-Polar disease which causes her to act hazardously violent. Her mother must decide whether to keep her or give her up to a mental institution. Meanwhile, Andy helps a woman have an invitro fertilization. She uses new technology to help the couple have a boy because of a genetic female-only disease in the family but later a web of lies and deceivements is revealed. Peter gets jealous when Kayla dates a man he volunteers for at a zoo.
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Rutgers studies genetic link to military suicides
Blood samples have been sent to the Rutgers repository, the largest university-based one in the world providing analyzing services for DNA, RNA, cell lines, and genetics, the university said.
Rutgers officials hope the research will help determine whether there is a genetic predisposition to mental-health disorders and why some soldiers are at risk for suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder while others are more resilient. The suicide rate of active-duty military increased 80 percent between 2004 and 2008, according to a study by the U.S. Army Public Health Command.
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Why Umno-BN fears freedom
Malaysia is ranked 43rd in the 2011 Legatum Prosperity Index (www.prosperity.com), an index that measures prosperity not just by money but by overall quality of life as well.
To arrive at a particular ranking, Legatum assesses 110 countries, accounting for over 90 percent of the worlds population, and is based on 89 different variables, each of which has a demonstrated effect on economic growth or on personal well-being.
The Index consists of eight sub-indexes, each of which represents a fundamental aspect of prosperity - Economy, Entrepreneurship & Opportunity, Governance, Education, Health, Safety & Security, Personal Freedom, and Social Capital.
NOT MATURE FOR FREEDOM?
Whilst Malaysia ranks fairly well in most of the sub-indexes, it ranks 96 out of the 110 countries for Personal Freedom, just one notch above Zimbabwe and even countries often perceived as less free like China, Saudi Arabia and Israel ranks higher in this category. The trend over the last three years has also been on the decline.
Perhaps an insight into why we scored so low in personal freedom could be found in a comment made by Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, the Sec-Gen of UMNO, the defacto ruling party of the country over the past 54 years, to a group of independent international observers of the recent Bersih 3.0 protest and the Malaysian electoral system. Tengku Adnan questioned, Are our people (Malaysians) mature for freedom? Further, commenting on political development in Indonesia, he said: One of the problems with Indonesia is that there is too much freedom.
This is reflective of the current governments condescending attitude and view of personal freedom, that it is a problem and only they can decide what and how much is appropriate for the citizenry.
ASSAULTS ON FREEDOM
The lack of press freedom, which is a key pillar of a healthy and sustainable democracy, is also found wanting with most mainstream media companies acting as nothing more than the ruling coalitions mouthpiece and others practising self-censorship for fear of censure by the authority. The attempts to shutdown online alternative news portals by unseen hands using DDOS attacks during or before key events like elections and protests are becoming very predictable.
It is not just the ruling authority who shows disdain for personal freedom. Sectors of our society, many in the form of NGOs, have often expressed concerns and protested against individuals and groups whose views, choices and orientations they dont share, calling for them to be banned, expelled, or even incarcerated. No doubt they have a right to disagree and to make known their disagreement but to deny another their freedom is treading on thin ice because one day it would be their freedom that could be at stake. We should be able to agree to disagree. It was Voltaire who said, I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
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Culture Challenge of the Week: Conscience Coerced
The liberal machine known as the Obama administration continues to accuse the Republican Party and conservatives in general of waging a war on women. Its a nonsense claim, and women arent buying it.
It is, however, a convenient smoke screen blurring the largest assault on religious freedom in decades.
The controversy swirling around the mandate from the Department of Health and Human Services, which forces religious institutions to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives, sterilizations and abortion-causing drugs for their employees, escalated this past week.
This time, its the good guys on the offensive.
In 12 courts, 43 Catholic institutions have filed suit against the Obama administration and its agencies, asserting that the contraceptive mandate violates the religious freedom of faith-based institutions.
In a statement explaining why the University of Notre Dame has joined the lawsuits, the universitys president, the Rev. John I. Jenkins, put the issue simply: The case is about the freedom of a religious organization to live its mission, and its significance goes well beyond any debate about contraceptives.
Dont miss this point: The free-exercise clause is about living our religious beliefs, not just about how we worship. It protects our ability to integrate our faith into what we say and what we do in the public square, not just within our churches, synagogues or mosques.
The Obama administration long has attempted to recast religious freedom as mere freedom to worship. Why? Because to the left, religion (and Judeo-Christian morality) is sort of like secondhand smoke some people like it, but on the whole, it harms society so it must be banned from public spaces and limited to restricted areas (churches, temples and mosques).
The troublesome First Amendment right to free exercise of religion, then, becomes mere freedom of worship. And so, outside of their houses of worship, religious believers would have no right to free exercise and therefore no right of conscientious objection.
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Freedom High special education students make academic and social gains via drama class
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