In their first results of the heralded program -- which was set up in the health law -- federal officials say about half of the accountable care organizations slowed spending but few met the requirements to qualify for bonuses. Kaiser ...
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Any shift in an organisation's circumstances can result in significant changes to its data storage and processing requirements. In turn, this can have a knock-on effect on the UPS equipment used to support the critical load and maintain ...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: New Anti-Smoking Ad Campaign Targets Youth Ruined teeth and damaged skin are among the images being used in a new U.S. government ...
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Changes at the Australia Furniture Association (AFA) Council Published on : Wednesday, January 22, 2014 The Australia Furniture Association (AFA) reluctantly advises Members and other stakeholders that its President, Mr Joe Mimmo, has ...
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There is much value in training hospital and nursing home staff in the basics of palliative care to make the last days of a dying patient's life as comfortable and dignified as possible. So says F. Amos Bailey of the Birmingham Veterans ...
Researchers cite advances in diagnosis and therapy as likely causes for reduction; caution that a significant proportion of devastating eye disease sufferers still progress to blindness The probability of blindness due to the serious eye ...
The Target credit and debit card and personal information breach, which last week was revealed to have affected more consumers than originally thought and which may be linked to attacks on other retailers, is expected to prompt U.S. ...
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The Chrysler 200 has been redesigned inside and out as it continues efforts to latch onto the success of its more celebrated bigger brother. Debuting at this week’s 2014 Detroit motor show, the smaller sibling to the Chrysler 300 ...
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The use of color-coded "traffic light" food labels and changes in the way popular items are displayed appear to have produced a long-term increase in the choice of more healthful food items among customers in a large hospital cafeteria. A ...
The use of color-coded "traffic light" food labels and changes in the way popular items are displayed appear to have produced a long-term increase in the choice of more healthful food items among customers in a large hospital cafeteria. A ...
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Hospitals might be able to coax cafeteria customers to buy healthier food by adjusting item displays to have traffic light-style green, yellow and red labels based on their level of nutrition, new research suggests. "Our current results ...
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It's not possible to predict which viruses will predominate for the entire 2013-14 flu season, but so far pH1N1 is the most prevalent, U.S. officials say. In a notice to clinicians, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in ...
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Recent data shows that more than 500,000 women in the U.S. report drinking during pregnancy, with about 20 percent of this population admitting to binge drinking. Even one episode of heavy drinking can lead to the collection of birth ...
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Rho-associated protein kinase is an essential regulator of cytoskeletal dynamics during the process of neurite extension. However, whether Rho kinase regulates microtubule remodeling or the distribution of adhesive proteins to mediate ...
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A new Duke University-led study has documented dramatic, natural short-term increases in acidity in a North Carolina estuary. "The natural short-term variability in acidity we observed over the course of one year exceeds 100-year global ...