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Flagstaff clinic wins $7.4M
By Cyndy Cole.
Flagstaff-based North Country HealthCare will receive $7.4 million to build
and expand health clinics under competitive federal stimulus funding
announced Wednesday. Canyonlands Community Health Care on the Arizona Strip
north of Grand Canyon will receive $2.1 million.
(Arizona Daily Sun: http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/12/10/news/20091210_front_208968.txt)
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Sun Health CEO retires
At his “Keys to the
Future” event Wednesday, retiring Sun Health Services CEO Lee Peterson
handed over a unique set of keys to the community: a Steinway piano – to
take residence in the main lobby at Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center.
(Daily News-Sun: http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/ceo-10982-health-retires.html)
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Ex-Nogales SEAHBS employee charged with embezzling $30,665
By Manuel Coppola. First
the executive director of the Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health
Services became a suspect in a criminal investigation by the Arizona
Attorney General's Office and now a former employee of the agency's Nogales office has bee charged with embezzling more than $30,000.
(Nogales International: http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2009/12/09/news/breaking_news/doc4b2046042d613267303423.txt)
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CEO looks at care like a patient does
By Ken Alltucker. As
chief executive officer of John C. Lincoln Health Network, Rhonda Forsyth
said she attempts to see things through the eyes of her hospitals' patients
and their families.
(The Arizona Republic: http://www.azcentral.com/business/abg/articles/2009/12/10/20091210abg-wwb-hospital1210forsyth.html)
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FLU NEWS
By Angre Bowser. While
the number of cases is less than several months ago, state health officials
have confirmed that recently they are witnessing a spike in the number of
reported and confirmed cases of H1N1 in Maricopa County, according to
numbers released Thursday. --- By Ginger Rough. Public-health officials
have begun rolling out an immense public-vaccination program for the H1N1
swine-flu virus, offering immunizations at more than 50 retail locations
and community health centers in Maricopa County. --- By Dana Cole. On
Wednesday, November 25, the Cochise County Health Department and the
Arizona Department of Health Services confirmed a woman in her 50s from the
Sierra Vista area died from complications of 2009 H1N1 influenza in late
October. As with the first case from this area, the woman had underlying
medical conditions. --- By Cyndy Cole. Pediatricians, the hospital and
school nurses report swine flu cases have fallen off greatly in Coconino County. ---- By Mike Stobbe. Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans,
and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal
health officials on Thursday. --- A Coconino County flu vaccination clinic
scheduled for Saturday will be moved to Dec. 19, due to the weather
forecast of possible snow for the coming weekend.
(East Valley Tribune: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/148246)
(The Arizona Republic: http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1298892)
(Douglas Dispatch: http://www.douglasdispatch.com/articles/2009/12/10/news/doc4b15a2d8c72ef191139574.txt)
(Arizona Daily Sun: http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/12/11/news/20091211_front_209078.txt)
(Arizona Daily Sun: http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/12/11/news/local/20091211_local_209045.txt)
(Arizona Daily Sun: http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/12/11/news/20091211_front_209063.txt)
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Want to find out where you fit on the human family tree?
By Jim Nintzel. Using a
kit that costs about $100, participants in UA's Genographic Project can
uncover their own genetic odyssey by scraping the inside of their cheek
with a small brush that's deposited into a vial and dropped into the mail
to the National Geographic Society.
(Tucson Weekly: http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/genetic-detectives/Content?oid=1624485)
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What you need to know to get the best coverage
Understanding healthcare
coverage can be overwhelming. And keeping up with changes in Medicare
benefits is no different. For many people, that translates into doing
nothing about updating their current coverage.
(Douglas Dispatch: http://www.douglasdispatch.com/articles/2009/12/10/news/food/doc4b1eddd5c0aec846408952.txt)
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Spiritual, physical healing merge in new cancer shrine
By Ambria Hammel. Cancer
managed to bring hope and joy to many when the St. Peregrine Shrine opened
last month.
(Catholic Sun: http://www.catholicsun.org/2009/december/03/ctk-cancer-chapel.html)
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Senate proposal would block drugmakers from using prescription
records to pitch doctors
By Matthew Perrone. Drug
companies would no longer be able to mine pharmacy records to track which
doctors are prescribing their medications, under a proposal unveiled
Thursday by two Senate Democrats.
(Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-prescription-records-senate,0,5297469.story)
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Inside the MedPAC meeting, where the tough cost calls get made
By Alec MacGillis. Anyone
in the Washington area who wants a glimpse of what the future of American
health care will increasingly look like if health-care reform legislation
passes can head over to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Thursday or Friday for the big MedPAC meeting. It's the 17-member
commission that advises Congress on Medicare -- most notably, recommending
payments rates to hospitals and other medical providers.
(Washington Post: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/12/inside-the-medpac-meeting-wher.html?wprss=44)
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Study Ties Alcohol to Recurrence of Breast Cancer
By Roni Caryn Rabin.
Drinking alcohol can increase the risk of developing breast cancer, and a
study suggests that breast cancer survivors who consume just a few drinks a
week may be more likely to experience a recurrence than nondrinkers.
(New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/health/research/15risk.html?partner=rss&emc=rss)
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H1N1 death rate is elevated for Indians, Alaska natives
By David Brown. The death
rate from pandemic H1N1 influenza is four times higher in American Indians
and Alaska natives than in the rest of the U.S. population, government
epidemiologists reported Thursday.
(Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/10/AR2009121003937.html?wprss=rss_health)
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Drugs May Curb Breast Cancer
By Shirley S. Wang. A
popular class of bone-building drugs known as bisphosphonates appear to
significantly reduce women's risk of breast cancer, according to research
presented Thursday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
(Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126047178666886115.html)
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Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 Found in Vietnam
By The Associated Press.
Health officials in Vietnam are reporting what appears to be the largest
cluster yet of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases — seven people who
traveled together on a long train ride.
(Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/sns-health-swine-flu-vietnam,0,1794050.story)
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Twins start group to help sufferers of eating disorders
By Amanda Marrazzo. The
sisters grew up in northwest suburban Crystal Lake, and now live in Chicago. Each has been hospitalized several times, attempted suicide, been medicated and
joined support groups. Both have lost jobs and relationships. Both also
suffer from depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and borderline
personality disorder.
(Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-balance-eating-disorders-11dec11,0,2222785.story)
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Lessons From the War Zone
By Pauline W. Chen, M.D.
War, we are now learning, can have wide-ranging, complex and not always
positive effects on doctors who serve. But one thing is certain: seeing the
casualties of combat does more than produce war doctors capable of caring
for any injury. It has the paradoxical power to create doctors with an
extraordinary appreciation for all humanity.
(New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/health/11chen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss)
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Senate Tied in Knots Over Proposal to Allow Imported Drugs
By Robert Pear. Debating
an overhaul of the health care system, the Senate found itself tied in
knots on Thursday over a bipartisan proposal to allow people to import
lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and certain other countries.
(New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/health/policy/11health.html?partner=rss&emc=rss)
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EVENTS
Arizona Pain Specialists
will host a Christmas party for refugee children, many from Myanmar, Dec. 13. --- By Marissa Belles. In honor of Higley's centennial celebration, 10
new bikes will be donated to each of the district's 10 schools, along with
helmets donated by the Trauma Center at Maricopa Medical Center. The bikes are being stored at the district's warehouse with more coming in every day.
(Phoenix Business Journal: http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/12/07/daily33.html?s=industry&i=health_care)
(The Arizona Republic: http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1298556)
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OPINIONS
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For patients' sake, FMC's ER physicians should take insurance
[Editorial] The refusal
by the emergency room physicians at FMC to accept private health insurance
might be more efficient for the docs, but it raises the hassle factor for
patients considerably at a time in their lives when they don't need the
aggravation
(Arizona Daily Sun: http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/12/10/news/opinion/20091210_opini_208989.txt)
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Nurses rally for national law mandating ratios for patient care in
hospitals
By Iain Woessner. About
300 nurses from across the country demonstrated outside the offices of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, a group that advocates for hospitals and
health care systems, in support of legislation that would, among other
things, cap nurse-to-patient ratios.
(Arizona Capitol Times: http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/12/09/nurses-rally-for-national-law-mandating-ratios-for-patient-care-in-hospitals/)
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