News tagged with safety net


Will safety net hospitals survive health reform? (AP)

Will safety net hospitals survive health reform?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Janie Johnson has no health insurance, so when she cut her toe while giving herself a pedicure, she limped to the emergency room at one of Chicago's safety net hospitals and waited her turn.


Safety net health centers struggle to meet demand

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The health care safety net is straining. Just look at Jeffrey Taylor's parking lot. Taylor oversees a community health center for the poor in this suburb a dozen miles east of downtown Atlanta. The center, a modest ...





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Group corrects statement about safety of hot toys

Medicine & Health / Health

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(AP) -- A consumer group that reported several of the holiday season's must-have toys are unsafe wants to make a correction.


Fungus-on-Fungus Fight Could Benefit Chickpeas

Fungus-on-Fungus Fight Could Benefit Chickpeas

Biology / Ecology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The fungus Ascochyta rabiei threatens chickpea crops the world over. But now this blight-causing pathogen could meet its match in Aureobasidium pullulans, a rival fungus that Agricultural ...


Television control for the remote

Technology / Telecom

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A cheap way to deliver interactive communications to remote communities has been successfully tested in Brazil and Italy.


Experts: Colon cancer deaths could make big drop

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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(AP) -- Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers.


EMI joins Universal-backed music video site Vevo

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- Music videos from Norah Jones, Coldplay, Katy Perry and other artists under EMI Group PLC are headed to an online music video venture, Vevo, set to launch Tuesday with a gala in New York.


Not all parents place their babies 'back to sleep,' research finds

Medicine & Health / Health

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Placing infants on their backs for sleep can help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). But a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues shows that while the practice helped reduce ...


Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee (AP)

Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee

Other Sciences / Other

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(AP) -- Intellectual freedom, independent research and frequent coffee breaks with colleagues helped this year's Nobel Prize winners make their groundbreaking scientific discoveries.


Study Results Suggest Adult Stem Cells May Help Repair Muscle Cells Damaged by Heart Attack

Medicine & Health / Research

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adult stem cells may help repair heart tissue damaged by heart attack according to the findings of a new study to be published in the December 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Resul ...


Snowflake chemistry could give clues about ozone depletion

Snowflake chemistry could give clues about ozone depletion

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created 17 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

There is more to the snowflake than its ability to delight schoolchildren and snarl traffic.


Caffeine doesn't reverse the negative cognitive impact of alcohol, study shows

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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People who drink may want to know that coffee won't sober them up, according to new laboratory research. Instead, a cup of coffee may make it harder for people to realize they're drunk.



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