Category: Medical
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Programming Your Health: Behavior Modification Expert Unveils Permanent Weight Loss Solution in 5-10 Minutes
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 35.9 percent of Americans above the age of twenty are considered obese. Not surprisingly this has caused an increased interest in discovering easy and approachable weight loss plans in the form of fad diets, gadgets, medications, or even risky surgical procedures. According to Gene…
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Global Health Leader Njekwa Lumbwe to Attend Hendersonville Premiere of ‘A Unified Presence’ March 22
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Njekwa Lumbwe, national coordinator of the Palliative Care Alliance of Zambia, is the guest of honor at a premiere film screening of ‘A Unified Presence,’ on Saturday, March 22, at Hendersonville High School Auditorium. Lumbwe will host a ‘talk back’ session for audience members following the viewing. A VIP welcome reception will…
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Oklahoma Dental Organization Helps People in Need – Combined Gift of $400,000 will Buy a New 40-Chair Equipment Trailer
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: The number of Americans seeking help for dental-related pain at hospital emergency rooms is at a record high, says Delta Dental of Oklahoma. Dental ER visits increased from 1.1 million in 2000 to 2.1 million in 2010 and cost the healthcare system more than $2 billion annually.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Highlights Need for New Addiction Treatment Methods
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Addiction experts are speaking out over Philip Seymour Hoffman’s probable overdose death as a tragedy that could have been prevented. According to Scott Kiloby of The Kiloby Center for Recovery, what most aren’t saying is that many traditional recovery methods simply don’t work in the long term.
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Healthcare INSIGHTS(R) Named KLAS #1 Budgeting Software Three Years in a Row
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: For the third consecutive year, Healthcare Insights, LLC, a leading provider of financial management and decision-support solutions for the healthcare industry, has earned a #1 spot in the ‘Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Services, Market Segment Category, Budgeting.’
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Callie Walston joins Four Seasons Compassion for Life Development Department
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: North Carolina’s Four Seasons Compassion for Life today announced the addition of Callie Walston, philanthropy coordinator, to its development department. Four Seasons is a non-profit hospice and palliative care organization led by a dedicated team of health care professionals, social workers, spiritual care professionals and volunteers.
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Emerging Wireless Technologies Create Opportunities In Healthcare
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: A new report from Thintri, Inc., says wireless technologies are poised to radically transform healthcare as we know it today. The emergence of these technologies coincides with a rapidly evolving regulatory environment, an overhauled insurance regime and new business models such as fee-for-outcome replacing fee-for-service and growing interest in using wireless technology…
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Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) Sponsors California RCFE Liability Insurance Legislation
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Calif. Majority Leader Toni Atkins, 78th Assembly District, announced she will introduce landmark liability insurance legislation for California’s Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs). According to Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR), liability insurance for RCFEs is not now required as a condition of licensure.
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Arkansas Mutual Insurance Company Announces New Board Members for 2014
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Arkansas Mutual Insurance Company today announced the election of two new members of their Board of Directors for 2014. As a mutual company, the two new board members were elected by the policyholders/owners of the insurance company. The two new board members are Jason Lofton, MD and Timothy Langford, MD.
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Four Seasons Compassion for Life Meets the Emerging Needs of Buncombe, western North Carolina’s Aging Population in the 2014 New Year
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: A retrospective look at 2013 shows that the aging of western North Carolina’s population, together with retirement relocations, has resulted in a rise in the numbers of individuals who may need specialized care during serious illness or at end of life, according to Four Seasons Compassion for Life.