The Left And Right Are Miles Apart On A Fiscal Cliff Deal

The Left And Right Are Miles Apart On A Fiscal Cliff Deal

Silicon Alley Insider

Should be a big week for cliff diving. All the deciders are back in town, and they will be talking.

Give teens access to emergency contraception, pediatricians say

Give teens access to emergency contraception, pediatricians say

WTEN-TV Albany

Birth control pills are safe and should be sold over-the-counter without the need for a doctor's exam or prescription, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended Tuesday.

Mean doctors and nice nurses: It's time to change our brand

Mean doctors and nice nurses: It's time to change our brand

Kevin, M.D.

... without a license. Their PR is better than ours because their PR task is easier: patients already think mid-level health care personnel, especially nurses, are basically nicer and more sympathetic than we are. Just look at the recent coverage of ...

Carbs are bad, but are fats good for brain?

Carbs are bad, but are fats good for brain?

Star Tribune

... Now Roberts is examining the impact of diabetes -- the body's inability to adequately control blood sugar -- on brain health, using some of the same older residents of Olmsted County.

Doctors to advise teens on emergency contraception

Doctors to advise teens on emergency contraception

WLS-AM Chicago

... your practitioner as a parent or a patient about what you plan to do about your own family planning and reproductive health before there has to be a discussion about "I had unprotected sex" or "I had non-consensual sex," she says.

NFL cheerleader who shaved head 'personally affected by cancer'

NFL cheerleader who shaved head 'personally affected by cancer'

WLS-AM Chicago

... Coach Pagano a free buzz cut and a $10 donation to Blue's CHUCKSTRONG Challenge. All money raised will go to the IU Health Simon Cancer Center, according to the Colts' website. Pagano has been absent from the team's sidelines recently while he ...

Possible new treatment for Ewing sarcoma

Possible new treatment for Ewing sarcoma

Science Blog

Discovery of a new drug with high potential to treat Ewing sarcoma, an often deadly cancer of children and young adults, and the previously unknown mechanism behind it, come hand-in-hand in a new study by researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah.

10 minute tension tamer helps with insomnia

10 minute tension tamer helps with insomnia

WAFF-TV Huntsville

... are a lot of studies coming out supporting the role of enough sleep with weight management, with cardiovascular health, so certainly trying to burn the candle at both ends can be dangerous - for not just when you're driving or at work with falling ...

IASIS Healthcare to Participate in Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Leveraged Finance Conference

IASIS Healthcare to Participate in Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Leveraged Finance Conference

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IASIS Healthcare® LLC today announced that the Company will give a presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Leveraged Finance Conference to be held December 3 - 5, 2012, in Boca Raton, Florida.

The Company also announced that a live broadcast of its conference presentation will be available on Monday, December 3, 2012, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. To access the broadcast, listeners should go to the Company’s website, www.iasishealthcare.com, approximately 15 minutes prior to the event to register and download any necessary software, Microsoft Media Player or RealPlayer. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available for 30 days on the Company’s website.

IASIS Healthcare, located in Franklin, Tennessee, is a leading provider of high quality, affordable healthcare services in urban and suburban markets. With total annual net revenue of approximately $2.6 billion, IASIS owns and operates 19 acute care hospitals, one behavioral health hospital facility, several outpatient service facilities, more than 160 physician clinics, and Medicaid and Medicare managed health plans in Arizona and Utah that serve more than 178,000 members. IASIS’ healthcare facilities offer a variety of access points for convenient patient care in numerous regions across the U.S., including: Salt Lake City, Utah; Phoenix, Arizona; Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida; five cities in Texas, including Houston and San Antonio; Las Vegas, Nevada; and West Monroe, Louisiana. For more information on IASIS, please visit the Company’s Web site at www.iasishealthcare.com.

Contacts

IASIS Healthcare LLC
Investor Contact:
John M. Doyle, 615-844-2747
Chief Financial Officer
or
Media Contact:
Michele M. Simpson, 615-467-1255
VP, Corporate Communications

House GOP re-nominates Harwell for speaker

House GOP re-nominates Harwell for speaker

SFGate

In this Nov. 7, 2012, photo, Republican House Speaker Beth Harwell speaks to reporters in her legislative office in Nashville, Tenn.

Emergency Contraception, Smoking and mental ability, Hot Drinks

Emergency Contraception, Smoking and mental ability, Hot Drinks

FOX16

... group is also asking pediatricians to advocate for better insurance coverage. Smoking is not only bad for your health, it may also damage your brain. British researchers gave brain tests to nearly 9,000 people over the age of 50. They repeated these ...

Cancer warning for pasty ginger folks

Cancer warning for pasty ginger folks

The Sun Online

A study found people with very light skin colour and fiery ginger locks are most likely to get the killer disease, regardless of time spent in the sun.