Tuesday, April 2, 2013

[Health] Johnston Health shuns Vidant takeover

Johnston Health shuns Vidant takeover
http://www.counselheal.com/articles/4652/20130401/johnston-health-unc-care-partnership-talk.htm
The Triangle Business Journal is reporting that the Johnston Health Board of Commissioners have voted to shun Vidant Health's attempt to take over Johnston's health system like they did Beaufort's.

Obama to Unveil Initiative to Map the Human Brain
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/barack-obama-to-unveil-initiative-to-map-the-human-brain-349122
President Obama on Tuesday will announce a broad new research initiative, starting with $100 million in 2014, to invent and refine new technologies to understand the human brain, senior administration officials said Monday.

Nothing new in US teen sex
http://www.counselheal.com/articles/4638/20130401/teens-today-wait-longer-sex-more-use-cont.htm
NEW YORK, April 2 (UPI) -- Many U.S. parents say they think teens are having sex earlier and earlier, but researchers say today's teens have sex at about the same age as their parents.

Scores of Tulsa dental patients tested for hepatitis, HIV exposure
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20130401_ap_apnewsbreakchargespossibleforokladentist.html
(CNN) -- Testing continues for patients who may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis from their visit to Dr. W. Scott Harrington's suburban Tulsa, Oklahoma, dental office.

Health-Care Changes Loom: Is Your Self-Storage Business Ready?
http://www.wivb.com/dpps/health/healthy_living/vt-is-first-state-to-post-health-insurance-rates_5864492
The sweeping health-care reform passed in 2010 finally takes full form in 2014. Here's what self-storage owners needs to know.

Hoopes Park walk aims to heighten autism awareness
http://www.voanews.com/content/grassroots-push-for-vietnam-poicy-on-autism/1632687.html
Autism is a developmental disability that can potentially have multiple symptoms and varying degrees, from mild to severe. One tricky aspect of autism is that it touches each child differently.

Quincy teen maternity rate jumps while statewide rate falls
http://www.wbur.org/2013/04/01/massachusetts-teen-birth-rate-report
The rate of babies born to teenage mothers in Quincy jumped by more than a third in 2010 even as the statewide rate fell to an all-time low, according to a new report from the state Department of Public Health.

Encouraging weight loss through group competitions for financial prizes
http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/04/01/encouraging-weight-loss-through-group-competitions-for-financial-prizes/
While debating what to order for lunch last week, my brother explained that he was participating in a Biggest Loser-style contest with a group of co-workers and the winner received a sizable cash prize.

Pearl Street Mall Smoking Ban Enforcement Begins Today
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/boulder-to-enforce-smoking-ban-on-pearl-street-mall
Enforcement of the ordinance banning smoking along Boulder's Pearl Street Mall begins today, a little more than a week after the first "No Smoking" signs were put up along the pedestrian mall.

Is Self-Help the Secret to Reducing Childhood Obesity?
http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/01/is-self-help-the-secret-to-reducing-childhood-obesity/
There is no shortage of strategies to lose weight, but which work best for children? One in three U.S. kids weighs too much, according to the latest government statistics, but parents don't have too many appealing options when it comes to helping their children ...



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