First OVCT nursing class graduates
The East Liverpool Review Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:20 PM PDT
CALCUTTA - Compassion. Caring. Healing. Class President Beth Mays told her fellow graduates Friday they now possess those three hallmark qualities of a nurse. As they were about to receive their RN pins, Mays advised, "Wear it proudly and keep it close to your heart." |
Today in healthcare: Friday 29 June
Guardian Unlimited Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:19 PM PDT
A round-up of what's happening across the sector today 5.38pm: Helienne Lindvall writes That's nearly all from us for today but before we go, here's a roundup of this afternoon's news: • A new study has found that the smoking ban, put into place five years ago, has resulted in a decrease in the number of people admitted to hospital with asthma and heart attacks. The Guardian's Sarah Boseley ... |
President Mills Behaved Like An Atheist â€" Frimpong-Boateng
Ghanaweb.com Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:06 PM PDT
The President of the Ghana Heart Foundation and the former Chief Executive Officer of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Professor Kwabena Frimpong, revealed on Awake that he still harbours pains about circumstances that led to his removal as the CEO of the Cardiothoracic Centre. |
Smoking ban 'has reduced asthma and heart attacks'
Guardian Unlimited Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:59 PM PDT
Prohibition of smoking in pubs and restaurants appears to have encouraged people to try to cut down Five years after the English smoking ban drove nicotine addicts out of pubs and on to pavements, the fug-filled restaurants and bars are a hazy memory. But it is not just our clothes that smell better â€" evidence is accumulating to show the UK population is in better health too. The ban did not, as ... |
Minorities Less Likely to Use Hospice Care: Study
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:55 PM PDT
FRIDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) --Minority patients with heart failure are less likely to use hospice care than whites, new research finds. |
Access to health care improves for Celina area residents
The Celina Record Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:39 PM PDT
Penny Rathbun/Staff photos Texas Health Physician Offices held a grand opening at the new offices at Celina Town Center on June 16. The offices include OB/Gyn Associates and Heart First. |
Roundup: Veteran track official Hale dies
The Charleston Gazette Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:31 PM PDT
Richard "Doc Hale, a starter and meet referee for many years at the state high school track meet, died in Knoxville, Te n ., earlier this week of an apparent heart attack. Hale, 79, a Cabell County resident, was in Knoxville to work at a meet.... |
Study: Nicotine patch safe after heart attack
GMA News Online Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:03 PM PDT
Nicotine replacement therapy appears to be safe for people discharged from the hospital after suffering a heart attack or chest pains, according to a small new study. |
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