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Participating Hospital Defined

A licensed hospital that has a contract agreement with L.A. Care to provide covered services to healthplan members.

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Fla. justices hear lawsuit in blood bank death

Published December 4, 2008, 3:04 pm, Florida Today

TALLAHASSEE — A lawyer for the parents of a 7-year-old boy who died after contracting West Nile virus from a transfusion of tainted blood asked the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday to restore an $8 million jury verdict against a blood bank.

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Ont. hospitals not managing infections well: Study

Published December 4, 2008, 2:57 pm, Canada.com

Ontario hospitals still have a "long way to go" before they can fully get a handle on how to deal with outbreaks, says an infection control expert.

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Planning for a Cold Weather Emergency

Published December 4, 2008, 2:29 pm, Valley Courier

  By Marianne Sullivan , Courier Senior Staff Writer: ESSEX:       Are you ready for an ice storm? Extreme cold? School closings? Power outages? The town’s emergency services have considered the same questions and given the answers serious thought.     Town officials, including First Selectman Philip Miller, participated in an emergency preparedness policy exercise ...

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Genetic Breakdown In Fanconi Anemia May Have Link To HPV-associated Cancer

Published December 4, 2008, 2:27 pm, Science Daily

A genetic malfunction that causes DNA instability in people with the blood disorder Fanconi anemia may put them at high risk for squamous cell carcinomas linked to human papillomavirus, according to a new study. Researchers report breakdown of a cell signaling pathway for the FA gene complex triggers cellular abnormalities, when then are made worse by HPV cancer genes in skin cells.

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Premier Healthcare Alliance Experts to Present at National Events in December

Published December 4, 2008, 1:36 pm, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

CHARLOTTE, N.C.----Leaders from the Premier healthcare alliance will speak around the country in December, sharing insights regarding healthcare legislation and supply chain efficiency, as well as quality improvement based on the QUEST: High Performing Hospital collaborative.

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Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report

Published December 4, 2008, 11:35 am, AllAfrica.com

allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience

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Study strengthens link between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in boys with asthma

Published December 4, 2008, 10:26 am, PhysOrg

Boys with asthma who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke have higher degrees of hyperactivity, aggression, depression and other behavioral problems, according to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

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When your Medicare Advantage plan is discontinued

Published December 4, 2008, 9:35 am, WECT 6 Wilmington

If you are enrolled in one of the 100 Medicare Advantage plans that is going out of business, you will be switched to the goverment's traditional program unless you take steps to find an alternative.

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Researchers Continue Search for Drug to Treat Seniors for Emerging Form of Heart Failure

Published December 4, 2008, 9:32 am, Senior Journal

Dec. 4, 2008 – A medication used for high blood pressure – AvaproTM - does not improve a common form of heart failure, diastolic heart failure, according to new results from a large, international study. The findings are disappointing, according to the researchers, who continue to search for a successful treatment for the condition, which predominantly affects older people, particularly women.

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Treatment Fails to Improve Common Form of Heart Failure

Published December 4, 2008, 9:18 am, Newswise

A medication used for high blood pressure does not improve a common form of heart failure, according to new results from a large, international study. The study, which included researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in key leadership positions, appears in this week's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, published today.

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