Moffitt Cancer Center to partner with Leesburg Regional Medical Center

Moffitt Cancer Center and Central Florida Health Alliance said today that they are joining to provide world-class cancer care closer to home. The p ...

New U.Va center aims to prevent risky behavior

CHARLOTTESVILLE Smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, obesity, gangs, bullying, eating disorders, sex, school dropout, speeding the prevention of risky adolescent behaviors like these is the goal of a new center at the Curry School of Education, Youth-Nex: The U.Va. Center to Promote Effective Youth Development.

Diabetes-prevention grants have unexpected side effects

Diabetes prevention may have been the focus of multi-year Centers for Disease Control grants, but additional positive changes have flowed from the work done by the tribal funding recipients. The grantees innovative projects including gardens, farmers markets, gathering camps, storytelling sessions and traditional-food cooking classes have gone beyond improving health in the narrow sense of ...

PVH Emergency Care Center receives Level IV trauma designation

POINT PLEASANT Pleasant Valley Hospital recently received their permanent status to be a Level IV trauma center, according to Al Lawson, President and Chief Executive Officer. Pleasant Valley H...

Swimmers Make a Splash for a Good Cause

More than 200 swimmers took to the shores of Lake Michigan for the annual Swim Across America (SAA) fundraiser earlier this month. The event raised money for cancer research, prevention and treatment at Loyola University Health System's Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center (CBCC).

Patient Safety Research: A Successful Approach to Fall Prevention in an Outpatient Hemodialysis Center http://ht.ly/2drA4 #ptsafety

Patient Safety Research: A Successful Approach to Fall Prevention in an Outpatient Hemodialysis Center http://ht.ly/2drA4 #ptsafety