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  • Lindsay Lohan struggles in rehab

    It seems actress Lindsay Lohan is struggling in rehab after the doctors cut her off from Addreall. The 26-year-old actress is completing her 90-day stint at the Betty Ford Clinic in California. And her friends are worried that she is lacking energy, reports femalefirst.co.uk. A source said: "Lindsay just doesn't want to be there. She was forced to go to Betty Ford by the judge instead of going ...

  • Indo- Swiss bilateral meet held at Geneva

    Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister of Health Switzerland Alain Berset held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of World Health Assembly at Geneva with the aim of giving further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare. Speaking on the occasion, Azad said that friendship between India and Switzerland goes as back as Independence of India, ...

  • Coronavirus death toll climbs with new victim in Saudi from Sars-like disease

    RIYADH // Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 16. Saudi Arabia remains the center for the virus as investigators from the World Health Organization seek more clues about its origins and how it is spread. More than 20 people have died from the virus worldwide. The Saudi Health ...

  • Deadly SARS-like virus spreads to Tunisia 3 cases confirmed 1 death

    Saudi Arabia , according to a Health Ministry statement.The man's two children were also diagnosed with the virus but have since undergone treatment and recovered.It's the first case of the SARS-like virus in Tunisia and shows how the virus is slowly spreading throughout the Middle East, where 30 cases have been reported, AP reported. In this latest outbreak, 9 people have died in ...

  • Tunisia says Sars-like virus killed elderly man

    (21 mins ago) Tunisia's Health Ministry says a 66-year-old man has died after being infected with the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia. The ministry's statement reported that his son and daughter were also diagnosed with the virus but have been treated and since recovered, AP reports. The cases are the first for Tunisia and indicate that the virus is slowly ...


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Why make one movie when you can make three at once? That seems to have been the thought going through the mind of British writer/director Neil Marshall as he decided how to follow up his superior, claustrophobic underground horror-thriller The Descent (2006). Or, perhaps he watched what ... ...

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  • Gateway Rehab CEO gets lifetime achievement award

    Kenneth Ramsey, Gateway Rehab Gateway Rehabilitation Center's Kenneth S. Ramsey has won a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of Addiction Treatment Professionals. Ramsey has president and CEO of Gateway Rehab for 36 years. He's retiring July 1. He received the award for his work on addiction treatment and is the second Gateway Rehab executive to win the award. Dr. ...

  • Florida Hospital Waterman CEO swaps jobs with Flagler hospital exec

    Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison (shown) will swap jobs with Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati. Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison and Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati are swapping jobs, Orlando Sentinel reports. Mattison announced in April he would be leaving the Lake County hospital for another position within the Adventist Health System. Now, Ottati will ...

  • UPMC to lay off transcription workers

    UPMC is reportedly going to eliminate its transcription division. UPMC is reportedly laying off 100 transcription workers as it seeks to cut costs. Most of the workers will be rehired by a company that does transcription for doctors. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Tuesday on the move, which comes as the health care giant looks to cut costs. The transcription workers could find jobs with ...

  • Sharjah Health Authority implements New Health Scheme from June 2013

    WAM SHARJAH, May 21st, 2013 (WAM)-- In a move to implement the directives of H.H. Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the Sharjah Health Authority (SHA) has announced the introduction of a new health insurance scheme beginning June 1st, 2013. The Authority has requested government departments in the Emirate to collect old insurance cards from ...

  • Software May Allow Doctors To Track Progression Of Cancer Response To Treatment And Risk Of Relapse

    In their quest to learn more about the variability of cells between and within tissues, biomedical scientists have devised tools capable of simultaneously measuring dozens of characteristics of individual cells. These technologies have led to new challenges, however, as scientists now struggle with how to make sense of the resulting trove of data. Now a solution may be at hand. Researchers at ...

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