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UCSF Receives $125 Million for New Medical Center at Mission Bay
Source: The University of California, San Francisco
By Robin Hindery UCSF has received one of the largest gifts in its 145-year history $125 million as the lead funding for a state-of-the-art medical center at the Mission Bay campus. The transformative donation injects a shot of adrenaline into an ambitious project that will…
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SOUTH AFRICA: Lives lost as state coffers run dry
Source: Plus News
BLOEMFONTEIN, 25 February 2009 (PlusNews) - Last week, regulars at the HIV treatment clinic at Pelonomi hospital, in Bloemfontein, capital of South Africa's Free State Province, would have told you that the clinic has never been this quiet. Ever since the provincial government stopped initiating…
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Commitment to Service, Volunteerism
Source: CQ Congressional Testimony
COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, VOLUNTEERISM; COMMITTEE: HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABORCQ Congressional Testimony Statement of Harris Wofford Former Senator United States Committee on House Education and Labor February 25, 2009 Let me first thank Chairman Miller and Ranking Member McKeon for convening this hearing on national service and…
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Eldercare Workforce Alliance to Address the Critical Shortage of Healthcare Workers Capable of Meeting the Needs of Older Adults
Source: Eldercare Workforce Alliance
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) -- a new coalition of 25 leading organizations representing older adults and the eldercare workforce, including family caregivers, healthcare professionals, and direct-care workers -- is holding its founding meeting this week in Washington, D.C. This wide array of national organizations…
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Alzheimer test could transform diagnosis
Source: Irish Times
A Belfast doctor has received a US research award for his work on the development of a blood test for Alzheimer's, something that could transform diagnosis of the disease by Marina Murphy STEPHEN TODD of the department of geriatric medicine at Queen's University Belfast hopes…
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Over-70s will lose right to medical cards
Source: The Irish Independent
by Eilish O'Regan UP to 10,000 over 70s will lose out on automatic entitlement to a medical card next year as the Government puts a halt to the scheme in today's Budget. The automatic entitlement to a medical card -- regardless of means -- is…
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Alternative medicines to be regulated
Source: Business Day
by Tamar Kahn CAPE TOWN - The health department has published a fresh set of draft regulations for complementary medicines, a move intended to give consumers assurance that the products they purchase are safe, effective and of good quality. Currently, the complementary medicines market is…
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Millions With Chronic Disease Get Little to No Treatment
Source: The New York Times
Original Source By REED ABELSON Millions of Americans with chronic disease like diabetes or high blood pressure are not getting adequate treatment because they are among the nation's growing ranks of uninsured. That is the central finding of a new study to be published Tuesday…
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NGOs fund tropical disease, oncology wings at hospital
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Original Source DA NANG - Contruction on a new, state-of-the-art building to house Da Nang's Hospital's departments of oncology and tropical diseases began on Thursday. Funded by the Bermuda-headquartered NGO Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) and implemented by the East Meets West (EMW) Foundation, the US$3.5 million…
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AAFP FOUNDATION RECEIVES $2.9 MILLION GRANT TO FOCUS ON ENSURING HIGH-QUALITY GERIATRIC CARE
Source: States News Service
The following information was released by the American Academy of Family Physicians: Family physicians and America's seniors stand to benefit from a $2.9 million grant recently awarded by The Atlantic Philanthropies to the AAFP Foundation. The three-year grant is to help the Academy develop and…
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