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Snow Day? No Way
February 25, 2010 8:50 AM by Heather Simons

Here in Pennsylvania, the ADVANCE staff is experiencing--for the third time this winter--a snow day. Huge flakes are falling, the roads are slick, and most of us are working from home. We have the option of settling in with a laptop, a notebook and a Read More...

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Mice-on-Resident Violence
May 1, 2009 9:11 AM by Adkins-Ali Carrie

A news item about a mouse-on-resident attack in an Australian nursing home is hitting the U.S. media. Tales of mice chewing off residents' ears are, we can only hope, extremely rare, but certainly stir up a lot of attention and fear. Do you think the Read More...

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Falls Cause More Than Broken Hips
June 26, 2008 4:00 PM by Maureen McAndrews

Fall-induced traumatic brain injuries caused almost 8,000 deaths and 56,000 hospitalizations in 2005 among Americans 65 and older, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the June issue of the Journal of Safety Research . In 2005, TBIs Read More...

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HHS to Help Medicare Beneficiaries and Providers in Iowa and Indiana
June 16, 2008 2:36 PM by Maureen McAndrews

Acting under his authority in the Public Health Service Act, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today declared a public health emergency in the flood-stricken states of Iowa and Indiana. The action gives CMS Medicare beneficiaries and their health care providers Read More...

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Is your keyboard making you sick?
January 7, 2008 4:21 PM by Maureen McAndrews

Norovirus, often called the "stomach flu," often shows its face this time of year. Most people realize it's highly contagious but, for the first time, U.S. health officials report it can be spread from contact on computer keyboards and computer mice . Read More...

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