Provides the latest RSS feeds for Public Health News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Brazil Sun.com http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/cat/fb382975d494227f/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 01:52:25 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:52:25 -0400 30 Doctors have been able to successfully treat a 2.5-year-old boy who had suffered from cardiac arrest and brain damage, putting him in a vegetative state, using his own cord blood containing stem cells. The symptoms improved significantly; over the following months, the child learned to speak simple sentences and to move. "Our findings, along with those from a Korean study, dispel the long-held ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214735622/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:06 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214735622/scat/fb382975d494227f MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - The birth rate in Russia grew by 5.6 percent year-on-year in 2012, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said on Friday. "In 2012, birth rate increased by 5.6 percent - from 12.6 to 13.3 [births] per 1,000 people," she said. She added that the number of abortions fell by 5.5 percent, or by 53,900, due to state measures to support pregnant women ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214751600/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 22:10:18 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214751600/scat/fb382975d494227f Bandar Seri Begawan - To ensure the realisation of Global Health Objectives, it is imperative for the health sector to involve cooperation from the non-health sector and every level of society through evidence-based advocacy in addition to continued efforts in health ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214750936/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 21:06:14 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214750936/scat/fb382975d494227f California and four other states have reached a settlement of up to $2.3 million with Cigna over handling practices for long-term disability insurance. Insurance officials found the insurer did not give due consideration to the medical findings of independent physicians, discounted information provided by Social Security disability decisions and failed to give appropriate consideration to ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214748821/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 17:56:07 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214748821/scat/fb382975d494227f A federal appeals court has denied a request from California providers to have a full panel of judges rehear their lawsuit to block retroactive cuts to Medi-Cal provider fees. A federal appeals court has denied a request from California providers to have a full panel of judges rehear their lawsuit to block retroactive cuts to Medi-Cal provider fees. In December, a three-judge panel of the 9th ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214748919/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 17:44:01 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214748919/scat/fb382975d494227f Kathleen Sebelius asked for funds for a healthcare non-profit group. The leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to 15 major insurance firms and other groups as part of their probe of Sebelius' involvement in Enroll America, a non-profit group aimed at educating the public about new coverage options following the implementation of ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214747699/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 17:19:30 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214747699/scat/fb382975d494227f U.S. adults and teens who used calorie information posted on menus purchased up to 143 fewer calories than those who did not see the calories, researchers say. ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214747684/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 17:19:23 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214747684/scat/fb382975d494227f A national survey found Swedes are having 24 percent less sex than in 1996 and a university professor said "desire disorder" is a public health problem. The United Mind poll of 3,000 Swedes, conducted in partnership with newspaper Aftenbladet, found respondents reporting having an average 3.8 sexual encounters per month, down from five when the survey conducted in 1996, The Local.se ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214746937/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 16:10:23 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214746937/scat/fb382975d494227f Pregnant women in Britain who didn't consume much fish or dairy products had children with lower IQ and reading ability than women who did, researchers said. Study leader Margaret Rayman of the University of Surrey and colleagues at the University of Bristol analyzed mother/child pairs from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children study by measuring urinary iodine concentration ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214747445/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 16:10:19 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214747445/scat/fb382975d494227f A Washington University professor and a team of experts won a brainstorming competition that led the X Prize Foundation to raise a $50 million prize to motivate scientists and researchers to find effective treatments and potentially a cure for Alzheimers disease. The X Prize Foundation awarded a $10 million prize in 2004 to the first company that built a spacecraft capable of carrying three ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214746579/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 15:59:09 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214746579/scat/fb382975d494227f The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released a wealth of data about what hospitals charge consumers for common procedures. The data showed what those in the industry have known for a long time: What hospitals charge patients for a given procedure can vary significantly even within a single geographic region. For example, the average price of a permanent cardiac pacemaker ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214746583/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 15:46:50 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214746583/scat/fb382975d494227f The Illinois Medical District is planning an expansion that could create 2,500 to 4,500 jobs and more than $300 million in new revenue in the next 10 years, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Plans include the development of 55 vacant acres and building a high-speed fiber optic line linking researchers to the University of Illinois supercomputer and a retail, hotel, restaurant, office and ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214746515/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 15:37:50 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214746515/scat/fb382975d494227f Lawmakers have until Monday to wrap up their regular-session work. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is keeping quiet until the last moment on whether a special session will occur, but Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has made it clear he wants one. At the start of May, Perry advised lawmakers that one of the best ways to avoid a special session would be to show him a budget with $1.8 billion of tax relief for ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214745103/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 14:36:30 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214745103/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Larry Kawa is doing an outreach about the economy. Boca Raton orthodontist Dr. Larry Kawa is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to black outreach on the economy and fiscal conservatism. He's sponsoring a complimentary invitation-only event at the Embassy Suites in Boca Raton and expecting an audience of 450 people. Among the speakers will be former U.S. Congressman Allen ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214745291/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 14:32:41 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214745291/scat/fb382975d494227f The University of South Florida College Of Nursing has received $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a clinical trial involving cancer symptom management. The project involves testing a brief intervention known as COPE, which aims to teach cancer patients management skills for improving symptoms they identify as the highest priority, according to a written ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214745280/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:45 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214745280/scat/fb382975d494227f Interleukin CEO Kenneth Kornman It was a close call for Interleukin Genetics Inc. (OTCQB:ILIU), but the company said it is on track. The Waltham, Mass. diagnostics company received word that its University of Michigan study has been accepted for publication with just a week to go. The study, which showed the value of PST - a genetic test that measures the risk of developing periodontal disease - ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214744007/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 13:41:42 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214744007/scat/fb382975d494227f Moderna Therapeutics announced the appointment of John Reynders as the companys first chief information officer. The following personnel announcements at New England-area biotech companies have been made in recent weeks: Cambridge, Mass.-based Moderna Therapeutics announced the appointment of John Reynders as the companys first chief information officer, effective in July. Reynders held several ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214744006/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 13:32:24 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214744006/scat/fb382975d494227f Chris Carey, the director who oversees operations of Ohio State's Global Gateways program, said the university is still tinkering with the three-year-old initiative. Ohio State Universitys global initiative to open embassy-like overseas offices has plans for a third site in Brazil next year. But first, it has to collect enough data on efforts in China and India to convince trustees that the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214743694/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 13:31:02 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214743694/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Stephen Kingsmore As I was sitting in Dr. Stephen Kingsmore's lab discussing genomic medicine for this week's print edition cover story, a box arrived from Turkey containing a human DNA sample. He picked it up, explaining to me how the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics collaborates with researchers and doctors worldwide who want to use ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214744005/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 13:28:45 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214744005/scat/fb382975d494227f Welcome to Dedham, where town officials don't want to go broke. Town Meeting season is in full swing in Massachusetts (rim shot, queue laugh track). Thank you, thank you. Ill be here all week. But seriously folks, is there anything more ridiculous than a bunch of town officials making the case for new spending while at the same time ignoring the billions upon billions in unfunded health care ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214744004/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 12:55:40 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214744004/scat/fb382975d494227f Mohit Patel Jason Atkins and Mohit Patel were among the 20 recipients of $50,000 grants from Arch Grants last week for their startup Genetix Fusion. But that wasnt the first grant the pair of researchers from the University of Missouri-St. Louis received recently. Atkins and Patel are working on their doctoral degrees in biology in the laboratory of George Gokel, director of the Center for ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214742466/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 12:38:47 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214742466/scat/fb382975d494227f Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and CEO, Aveo Oncology Aveo Oncology (Nasdaq:AVEO) remained quiet Friday after the news that its partner to commercialize its potential drug for kidney cancer is giving up plans to seek approval for the drug in Europe, and wont pay for further trials. Shares in Aveo opened Friday down 17 percent, but by noon, had risen to $2.58 a share, about 4 percent below Thursdays ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214742454/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 12:28:25 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214742454/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Ronald DePinho is the President of M.D. Anderson and co-founder of Aveo Pharmaceuticals. The biotechnology company the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center president co-founded is facing more setbacks. Boston-based Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: AVEO), co-founded by Dr. Ronald DePinho, said this week its financial partner, Astellas Pharma Inc., will no longer fund future trials ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214742465/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 12:01:32 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214742465/scat/fb382975d494227f Minister for Health James Reilly has expressed concern about issues raised in a planned RTÉ Prime Time programme on creches. He said Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald was also concerned. Mr Reilly said he would be watching the issue closely and awaited the report from the Health Service ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214740421/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:16 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214740421/scat/fb382975d494227f Pharmacist Samuel Wahba faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Pharmacist Samuel Wahba has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, lying to a federal agency, making false claims to a federal health care program and concealing his exclusion from all federal health care programs. In 2001, he was convicted of violating the state racketeering law, Medicaid fraud and ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214742455/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:10 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214742455/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Thomas L. Lewis Dr. Thomas L. Lewis is stepping down as president of Salus University after leading the Elkins Park institution and its predecessor, the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, for 24 years. Rear Admiral Dr. Michael H. Mittelman, who has more than 30 years of health-care industry experience in both military and civilian posts, will take over in mid-July. Lewis will oversee his ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214742464/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 11:43:36 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214742464/scat/fb382975d494227f Affected LogistiCare positions include 33 customer service representatives, as well as managers, quality assurance specialists and facilities representatives. LogistiCare will cut 64 jobs at its Madison call center because of the loss of a contract, the company said in a letter to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development received Thursday. LogistiCare said the decision is a result of ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214741805/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28:12 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214741805/scat/fb382975d494227f China's Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, leaves the podium after delivering a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214740069/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:34 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214740069/scat/fb382975d494227f Hospital chain MedStar Health is expanding its network of walk-in clinics, announcing plans for two more urgent care clinics not previously disclosed. MedStar officials have informed District regulators they will seek permission to open a combined urgent care clinic and doctors' office in the Anacostia neighborhood of southeast D.C. A similar operation is also planned to open this summer in ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214740290/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 10:52:07 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214740290/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri May 24, 2013 10:51am EDT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) CHICAGO, May 24 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A' Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings on The Doctor's Company, an Inter-Insurance Exchange (Doctors) and its wholly owned insurance subsidiaries (see list below), collectively referred to as The Doctors Company Group (TDC). The ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214740432/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 10:51:07 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214740432/scat/fb382975d494227f One item that was taken off the agenda Thursday by Covered California was action on supplemental benefits, including stand-alone vision and dental plans. This is the same issue that got Rancho Cordova-based VSP Global stirred up last August, threatening to grow elsewhere if the state kept the company out of the program. The big news out of Covered California this week was the 13 plans in the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214739314/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 10:25:02 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214739314/scat/fb382975d494227f Last year, the founders of Vaxess Technologies - including Michael Schrader, Livio Valenti, Kathryn Kosuda, and Patrick Ho- won Harvard University President's Challenge. Newly-launched Vaxess Technologies Inc., a life sciences company developing vaccine stabilization technology, has closed the first tranche of a $3.75 million Series A round of financing. Norwich Ventures led the round, which ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214739313/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 10:15:36 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214739313/scat/fb382975d494227f Vickie Peoples is vice president of patient and family experience at Childrens Medical Center of Dayton. Making sure that patients have a good experience with Childrens Medical Center of Dayton is the job of every staff member, Vickie Peoples says. Peoples is the new vice president of patient and family experience for the hospital, where she strives to ensure patients and their families have a ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738444/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 09:49:17 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738444/scat/fb382975d494227f Mercy LIFE has expanded its elderly services program into Delaware County. LIFE is an acronym for living independently for Elders. The Philadelphia-based Mercy LIFE program, a subsidiary of Mercy Health System of Conshohocken, Pa., provides all-inclusive health-care, recreation, nutrition and spiritual services designed to enable senior adults to remain living independently in their homes. The ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738443/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 09:36:19 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738443/scat/fb382975d494227f As health care leaders continue to look for ways to cut costs, the Medicare Advantage model might be a decent place to pull from. A recent study showed that utilization rates in some major categories, including emergency departments and ambulatory surgery or procedures, generally were 20 to 30 percent lower for patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage HMOs than for those with Medicare ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738436/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 09:34:39 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738436/scat/fb382975d494227f Abuja - Aid organization Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended emergency health care in Borno State, Nigeria, - the heart of an insurgency now under assault by government troops. The decision comes after five gunmen hijacked an aid vehicle on Saturday. A couple of weeks ago, Doctors without Borders moved into Baga, a town where thousands of homes were burnt to the ground and hundreds of ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738437/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:03 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738437/scat/fb382975d494227f Kansas Republicans in the Senate signed off on a bill maintaining a sales tax set to sunset, cutting income taxes and lowering a food sales tax, the Lawrence Journal-World reports. The Senates colleagues in the House, however, adjourned without addressing the Senate plan, sending the Kansas legislative session into extra time, The Topeka Capital-Journal ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738441/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 09:13:17 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738441/scat/fb382975d494227f Unions helped President Barack Obama push for passage of his landmark Affordable Care Act, but now they worry that an unpredicted consequence of the law could cost workers health benefits, The Washington Post reports. Unions plans already are complex, unique and more expensive than other plans, and the ACAs provisions have added to that cost, the report says. That may tempt some small employers ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738442/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 09:07:05 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214738442/scat/fb382975d494227f Saying that the plaintiffs have a right to challenge the executive actions of the Governor, a Franklin Circuit Court judge has ruled that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of of Kentuckys new health care exchange can proceeed. According to The Courier-Journal, Judge Phillip Shepherd issued a four-page order Thursday denying a motion from the Beshear administration to dismiss the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214737500/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:46 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214737500/scat/fb382975d494227f Indianapolis-based St. Vincent Health, the second-largest hospital system in Indiana and the states sixth-largest employer, will lay off an unspecified number of employees across its 22-hospital network by June 30. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that the cuts are a cost-saving move that the hospital blames on Obamacare, cuts to Medicare reimbursement and lower-than-expected volumes of ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214737621/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:31 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214737621/scat/fb382975d494227f The Pikeville Medical Center, a 261-bed hospital that is undergoing a $150 million renovation, will join the Mayo Clinic Care Network. According to The Lexington Herald-Leader, the network connects doctors with Mayo Clinic specialists for diagnosis, therapy and care management through an online information system. The Pikeville center will be the second Kentucky medical center to join the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214737620/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:13 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214737620/scat/fb382975d494227f Health Minister Ted Flemming released a letter he sent to the New Brunswick Medical Society on May 15 requesting the two sides return to ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214736935/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 07:57:28 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214736935/scat/fb382975d494227f Mallinckrodt President Mark Trudeau Covidien's board has approved the spin off of Mallinckrodt as a separate public company, which will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'MNK.' As part of the spinoff, Covidien shareholders will receive one share of Mallinckrodt for every eight shares of Covidien they hold. That distribution is slated to occur on June 28, and ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214736821/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 07:21:53 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214736821/scat/fb382975d494227f Hamilton Health Sciences, a family of six hospitals and a cancer centre serving more than 2.3 million residents of Hamilton and central west Ontario in Canada, is using Citrix technology to increase bedside interactions between patients and doctors and accelerate decision making. Speaking as part of a customer panel at Citrix Synergy 2013 in Los Angeles, Mark Farrow, CIO at Hamilton Heath ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214736127/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 07:05:41 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214736127/scat/fb382975d494227f The Liberian Government has got more problems now perhaps than during the years of violence. The problems are multiple and hugely insurmountable in many respects, and it is glaring that the government does not have answers to all of them. The Unity Party-led government came to power in 2006, three years after the war ended in 2003. Most Liberians had thought that with the election of Madam Ellen ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214736131/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 06:49:39 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214736131/scat/fb382975d494227f The fact that North Carolina State University is a publicly funded organization (although we are not sure who funded this study), any research that may have business or consumer impact is of interest to us. So, we are briefing you on cockroach behavior this morning after we saw this report from the NCSU researchers in the respected journal Science. NCSU researchers say some cockroaches are able ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214736136/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 06:43:05 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214736136/scat/fb382975d494227f Lifetime achievement Charla Parker CEO of Western Clinicians Network The Business Journal salutes individuals who have had a huge impact on health care in our community. They range from doctors and nurses to administrators and educators. Some are entrepreneurs while others are volunteers. Click here for a slideshow listing the heroes honored Many are ordinary people who have ended up doing ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214735367/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:57 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214735367/scat/fb382975d494227f A new electronic dance concert termed the Moonrise Festival which was expected to draw thousands to South Baltimore, has been canceled after organizers failed to obtain the necessary permits, city officials said Thursday, as reported by the Baltimore Sun. Planned for the weekend of June 8-9 in Port Covington, the festival had been promoted as a successor to the long-running Starscape Festival, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214735259/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 05:43:53 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214735259/scat/fb382975d494227f A nurse poses with a seriously ill patient.(Photo:Agencies) Work in a hospital is never easy. To withstand difficult days at work, nurses have to treat it differently, to pose around people so bad ill that can't move and then post it online. This is how these medical workers from the Perm region of Russia explained these photos which had appeared in social networks. ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214732684/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 03:41:47 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214732684/scat/fb382975d494227f THE coalition will conduct a formal review of Medicare Local if it's elected in this year's federal election. Speaking at the Australian Medical Association (AMA) conference in Sydney on Friday, opposition health spokesman Peter Dutton said questions remained over the role of Medicare locals, the 61 organisations set up by Labor to co-ordinate primary care. "Some Medicare locals ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214732683/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 03:26:17 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214732683/scat/fb382975d494227f British law enforcement was under fire Friday after conceding it knew for almost a decade about the two men who allegedly butchered a British soldier. Prime ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214732157/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55:54 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214732157/scat/fb382975d494227f On Wednesday, Colorado's health benefit exchange got a substantial number of participants. And on Thursday, it officially got its funding source. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed House Bill 1245, sponsored by Rep. Beth McCann, D-Denver, which gives to the exchange $23.5 million over the next two years that had been used to fund the soon-to-be-defunct Cover Colorado health insurance program. The ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214731246/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 01:10:06 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214731246/scat/fb382975d494227f The Byron White U.S. Courthouse in Denver. A Denver-based court's decision on whether Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. may refuse to provide contraceptive coverage to employees under the federal health care reform law may hinge on whether for-profit companies have the same rights as nonprofits and sole proprietors to say that a federal law places a substantial burden on owners' ability to follow ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214731211/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 00:52:24 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214731211/scat/fb382975d494227f Thanks to the quick work of Moore, Okla., nurses, Shayla Taylor was able to safely deliver her son Braeden Immanuel - who is now nicknamed 'Twister.' NBC's Ron Mott ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214728303/scat/fb382975d494227f Thu, 23 May 2013 20:57:06 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214728303/scat/fb382975d494227f today, two doctors from the University of Michigan described how they saved an infant with a life-threatening respiratory disorder using a custom-designed 3D-printed device. Printed with bio-absorbable plastic, the device is holding the child's airway open and allowing him to breathe normally. The child, Kaiba Gionfriddo, suffered from tracheobrochomalacia--a collapse of the airway to one of ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214728298/scat/fb382975d494227f Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:22 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214728298/scat/fb382975d494227f In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It’s the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab. In the case of Kaiba Gionfriddo, doctors didn’t have a moment to spare. Because of a birth defect, the Ohio ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214727233/scat/fb382975d494227f Thu, 23 May 2013 19:46:45 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214727233/scat/fb382975d494227f Medicare recipients attend at a news conference celebrating the 46th anniversary of Medicare in Washington on July 27, 2011. A study found private insurers cherry-pick healthier beneficiaries who cost less to care for, guaranteeing large profits -- although private plans must accept all seniors who choose to enroll, they cherry-pick by selectively recruiting the healthiest seniors through ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214727240/scat/fb382975d494227f Thu, 23 May 2013 19:24:40 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214727240/scat/fb382975d494227f