When anyone thinks of breast cancer, the face of a young woman doesn’t immediately come to mind. Yet, of the more than 200,000 women in the United States who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, about 11,000 will be under the age of 40.
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James W. Saxton, Esq., Chair of Stevens & Lee’s Health Care Litigation Group and Co-Chair of the Health Care Department was a presenter at the 5th Annual National Bariatric Summit held September 20-22, 2008, in Amelia Island, FL.
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Obesity is a public health crisis within the general population; however, overweight and obesity issues are even more prevalent in persons with serious mental illness, according to a new report, scheduled to be released on October 3, 2008 by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD).
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Based on its recent analysis of the cardiovascular image management systems market, Frost & Sullivan presents ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM Company, with the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Quality Leadership, in recognition of the quality of the products and services the company brings to the market.
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Statement by Blair Childs, senior vice president of public affairs, Premier healthcare alliance
The Premier healthcare alliance commends Representative Jason Altmire (D-PA) for introducing the Quality FIRST Act, a bill that would implement hospital value-based purchasing on a national scale in Medicare. Representative Altmire’s expertise in hospitals and healthcare has clearly come into play in crafting [...]
