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December 15, 2011
Lourdes class teaches surgery patients to lower stress levels
When Joe Knorr was diagnosed with prostate cancer in August, he says he was "flooded with emotions — all of them negative.
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December 15, 2011
Vatican conference raises awareness of adult stem cell advances
Over 200 scientists, physicians, clergy, theologians, ethicists, educators and policy makers met at the Vatican Nov. 9-11 for the first international Vatican conference on the use and promise of adult stem cells in medical treatment.
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December 15, 2011
Should for-profits be members of CHA?
A special CHA task force is studying the question of whether for-profit health care organizations that also maintain Catholic identity should be allowed to continue membership in the association.
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December 01, 2011
Keeping Up
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December 01, 2011
Ministry hospitals point community members toward weight loss options
Many ministry facilities are identifying obesity as a top public health priority and developing programs that resonate in their communities to address it.
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December 01, 2011
New national initiatives launched to promote jobs for veterans
With the last American soldiers set to leave Iraq by year's end and a timetable in place for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan by 2014, the White House has announced a series of initiatives to increase employment prospects for returning soldiers.
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December 01, 2011
Trinity Health moves to acquire Chicago's Mercy Hospital by spring
Trinity Health of Novi, Mich., and Mercy Health System of Chicago have signed a letter of intent for the Chicago system's Mercy Hospital & Medical Center to join Trinity.
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December 01, 2011
CHA program looks at contributions of mission leaders in long-term care
As Catholic acute care providers continue to anticipate and prepare for the implementation of health reform and the aging of the U.S. population, they should turn to long-term care providers for insights, since long-term care providers have critical expertise to share when it comes to meeting the needs of older people.
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December 01, 2011
Mercy keeps its Joplin workforce engaged for long haul
Recent graduate Brittany McBee was scheduled to start a full-time nursing job in the emergency room at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., on Monday, May 23.
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December 01, 2011
Alexian Brothers program eases behavioral health patients back into school setting
Most teachers get it. A student who has missed class to receive mental health care needs extra time and help to catch up.