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<title>Healthcare Industry Today: Massachusetts Disabilities News</title>
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<title>We must invest in health care to improve it</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185370372</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 05:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  reduces the need for costly medical intervention. Massachusetts is demonstrating this with its innovative mandatory  ...  less than double the federal poverty level. Disabled persons, those over 65, and other single  ...  so high; it&apos;s a state where poverty, disability and age converge. Ignoring the health insurance  ...
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<title>YOUR VIEW: Patrick administration lacks compassion</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185367023</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 05:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on Tuesday night, members of several dozen Massachusetts families whose lives have been turned to  ...  objects.&quot; With respect to patients too cognitively impaired to understand the question being posed, objection  ...  the Patrick administration&apos;s philosophy that whenever possible disabled people and the elderly should live in  ...
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<title>Ronald McDonald House awards grant to Thom Western Regional Consultation Program</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185358581</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 04:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  House Charities (RMHC) of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts have awarded over $5.5 million to local  ...  local non-profit organizations striving to improve the health and development of children. The Thom Western  ...  help children with motor, visual or cognitive impairments communicate with others. Cassidy explained that the  ...
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<title>Census: Fewer Americans Lack Health InsuranceLoading...</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185356978</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 04:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  percent, the bureau said. With 8.3 percent, Massachusetts and Hawaii had the lowest estimates for  ...  grandsons. She has applied for Medicaid and disability, but has yet to receive a response.  ...  not easy. With two of her sons disabled, Sharp stays at home to care for  ...
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<title>Will new Democratic stars emerge from Denver?</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185340022</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 00:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  E-Pub: Y Use Warning: WHITE HOUSE WATCH Will new Democratic stars emerge from Denver? By  ...  but not the change that is needed.&quot; Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the state&apos;s first black  ...  likewise competent but lacking in star power. Disabled Iraq veteran Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is  ...
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<title>Around Town -- Help bring back a playground</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185315102</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 21:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  playground that will allow children with physical disabilities to access play structures and equipment and  ...  The following Marshfield residents graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on June 21: Peter Duggan  ...  ; and Elizabeth A. Whalen , BA, psychology-health and counseling. Debbie Polcari of Marshfield spent  ...
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<title>Brociner: Sciortino serving the people</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185283304</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 18:08 GMT</pubDate>
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... During his two terms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Rep. Carl Sciortino, D-Medford)  ...  as well as from his constituents in Somerville and Medford. Sciortino&apos;s colleagues on Beacon Hill  ...  her handicapped permit stolen. Because of her disability, Elizabeth couldn&apos;t get around without it. She  ...
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<title>Evercare Medicare plans under scrutiny</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185245230</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 14:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a July article in the Boston Globe, Massachusetts Division of Insurance is investigating sales of  ...  of Evercare, a subsidiary of insurance giant UnitedHealth Group Inc. of Minnetonka, Minn. CMS claims  ...  how Evercare sold private health insurance for disabled seniors who qualify for both Medicare and  ...
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<title>Community Notes (Aug. 28)</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185142502</link>
<pubDate>26 Aug 2008 23:58 GMT</pubDate>
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... Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project personnel will be in  ...  cultural heritage, political beliefs, marital status or disabilities. For information, call the director at 508-653-9149.  ...  community based housing options for elders and disabled adults in need of daily care and  ...
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<title>Senior Benefits Expo</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185136674</link>
<pubDate>26 Aug 2008 23:16 GMT</pubDate>
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... The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Executive Office of Health and Human Services present the Senior Benefits  ...  welcome to attend, especially seniors, people with disabilities, caregivers, family and friends. Featuring a free  ...
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<title>West Nile found in Scituate</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185130509</link>
<pubDate>26 Aug 2008 22:35 GMT</pubDate>
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... The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that the West Nile virus  ...  convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness, and paralysis. In a press release, DPH State Epidemiologist  ...
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<title>State DMR offers incentives to retire</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185121325</link>
<pubDate>26 Aug 2008 21:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  according to the state Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Employees at the Hogan  ...  of individuals, especially younger people with developmental disabilities, in community living settings rather than the  ...  available for comment. Officials from Arc of Massachusetts also could not be reached for comment.  ...
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<title>OTCPicks.com: OTCPicks.com Daily Market Movers Digest Midday Report for Tuesday, August 26th SPNG, ECRO, NCEH, MEDT, COIN</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185103028</link>
<pubDate>26 Aug 2008 19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  natural soil amendment products combining nutritional and disease suppression characteristics. It uses organic food waste  ...  in 2003 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. August 26 - Converted Organics Announces Strategic  ...  investor&apos;s entire investment may be lost or impaired due to the speculative nature of the  ...
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<title>The ALS Association to Support Trial of Lithium</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185098159</link>
<pubDate>26 Aug 2008 18:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Cudkowicz, M.D., and Swati Aggarwal, M.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital, Lorne Zinman, M.D., from the  ...  had a markedly lower decline in disease-related disability. However, the trial was limited by the  ...  muscle movement is lost, leading to progressive paralysis. The ALS Association is the only national,  ...
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<title>Local college graduates</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185087886</link>
<pubDate>26 Aug 2008 17:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in teaching students of severe and multiple disabilities. Throughout Hamling&apos;s graduate studies, he worked as  ...  a post-baccalaureate nuclear medicine technology major at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. While at UMass Dartmouth, he was  ...
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