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READER SUBMITTED: ValueOptions' Vickie Alston Receives 2013 NASW/CT Social Worker Of The Year Award
StatewideValueOptions, Inc., a health improvement company specializing in mental and emotional wellbeing and recovery, announced that Vickie Alston, MSW, LCSW, DCSW, has been awarded the 2013 National Association of Social Workers, Connecticut Chapter, (NASW/CT)...Tags: University of Connecticut Health Center, Health and Safety at School, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics, Employees
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Case highlights staged car accidents, PIP insurance fraud in Florida
Although Junel Basile's job title was "driver," what he really did for Metro Chiropractic & Wellness Center, federal authorities say, was recruit people to participate in staged car accidents and meticulously plan the crashes. At the same time, the...
Tags: Lake Mary, Lee County (Florida), Corporate Crime, Hospitals and Clinics, Orlando
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Voice: Everyone wins with smoke-free casinos
Tobacco CoalitionFor several years now, the World Health Organization, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Surgeon General and the California Environmental Protection Agency have all classified secondhand tobacco smoke as a Class A carcinogen to which there is no...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Career and Workplace, Environmental Cleanup
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Making the case for food stamps
Los Angeles TimesTo hear Republicans -- and some Democrats -- in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps (the...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Nutrition, Osteoporosis, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses
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Connecticut Hospital Salaries Show 18 Executives Making More Than $1 Million
The Hartford CourantLast year, 18 executives at 11 Connecticut hospitals were compensated more than $1 million, according to a database released annually by the state Office of Health Care Access. Hartford Hospital and Yale-New Haven Hospital each had four executives...Tags: Milford (New Haven, Connecticut), Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Unemployment Benefits, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance
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Fort Wayne Schools cutting hours over insurance
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — One of Indiana's largest school districts is cutting the hours of 610 part-time teaching aides and cafeteria workers to save money and to avoid providing them health insurance under the federal health care overhaul, its chief...
Tags: Health Insurance
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Exclusive-'Workplace wellness' fails bottom line, waistlines -RAND
ReutersBy Sharon Begley NEW YORK, May 26(Reuters) - A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar of the...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Symptoms, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Treatments, Walmart
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Judge not inclined to let DWP keep salaries and names secret
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Chalfant stared in disbelief Tuesday at a list of hundreds of Department of Water and Power employees who have asked that their names and salaries be withheld from the public, citing safety concerns. On...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, California Public Records Act
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Builder of 1st phase of California's bullet train faces scrutiny
The state bullet train agency is pushing full throttle to start construction of the important first phase of the California high-speed rail system in as little as six weeks, prompting scrutiny of the state's selection of a construction company with the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Railway Transportation, Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Subway Transportation Industry
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Trustees OK sex-change surgery for UIC student health plan
University of Illinois trustees Wednesday approved a student health insurance plan for the Chicago campus that for the first time covers gender reassignment surgery, a move that about three dozen other colleges have made in recent years. The insurance...
Tags: Northwestern University, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Health and Safety at School, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Chicago
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COLUMN-Toxic gas in Bakken pipeline points to sour well problem: Kemp
ReutersBy John Kemp LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - The discovery of perilous concentrations of hydrogen sulphide gas in a crude oil storage tank earlier this month has sparked a furious row between pipeline operator Enbridge and Bakken crude shippers including...Tags: Shipping Service, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Standards
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Exide plant workers and Vernon-area residents square off at meeting
Frightened residents and worried workers squared off Thursday in an emotional public meeting about the potential health risks posed by a battery recycler in Vernon accused of releasing dangerous levels of lead and airborne arsenic. The state...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Exide Technologies, Asthma, Health
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