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The $100M Question

by Christine Stuart | Mar 18, 2010 2:03 pm | Comments (0)

It remains unclear after President Barack Obama’s interview with Fox News last night if $100 million for the University of Connecticut hospital expansion is still in the national health care reform bill.

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Rookies Hear Frank Suicide Talk From Cop’s Survivor

by Abram Katz | Mar 18, 2010 7:48 am | Comments (4)

Janice McCarthy carries a certain melancholy that few radiate but the spouses and survivors of a police officer’s suicide.

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Nanosilver: Do We Know The Risks?

by Alex Halperin | Mar 17, 2010 2:38 pm | Comments (2)

In ancient Rome, tipplers lined jars of wine with the precious metal to keep it from going bad. Millenia later we are buying refrigerators and socks, with microscopic silver particles to keep them fresh. The particles are called “nanosilver,” and they’re seeping into more and more consumer products.

Now the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it plans to announce formally, in the federal registry, that it will take a look at its regulatory procedures for nanosilver. The announcement follows calls by health and environmental watchdog groups for a crackdown.

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Tie Vote On Health Lab

by Christine Stuart | Mar 17, 2010 6:14 am | Comments (0)

Full story here.

“Tan Ban” Weighed

by Melinda Tuhus | Mar 16, 2010 8:10 am | Comments (9)

Milena Kotara (pictured) stepped into Tommy’s Tanning on Whalley Avenue one day last week to get a head start on her tan before heading to Florida for spring break. The SCSU student said said she isn’t concerned about the warnings from dermatology experts that she may have increased her chances of getting cancer.

“I don’t like being pale,” she explained.

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Toxic Toys Targeted

by Chase Carnot | Mar 16, 2010 6:59 am | Comments (0)

The Environment Committee approved a bill Monday that would help reduce the number of toxic chemicals in children’s toys available in Connecticut.

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Should State Subsidize $352M Dempsey Hospital Expansion?

by Christine Stuart | Mar 16, 2010 5:02 am | Comments (0)

No one showed up Monday to speak against Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s proposal to expand the University of Connecticut’s John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, but many remained cautious about the $352 million plan.

“Where did this plan come from?” Rep. Roberta Willis, D-Lakeville, asked the University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees, during a public hearing on the proposal.

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1,000 Swarm Free Dental Clinic

by Christine Stuart | Mar 14, 2010 8:33 am | Comments (0)

They began lining up as early as 3 a.m. Friday morning and by 7:30 a.m. the line for the free dental clinic in Middletown had to be closed as the Connecticut Mission of Mercy reached its 1,000 person limit for the day.

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Local Health Reformers Crash DC Confab

by Sharon Bass | Mar 10, 2010 2:21 pm | Comments (0)

WASHINGTON DC—A handful of Connecticut activists joined thousands of like-minded souls here Tuesday to get in the face of the health-insurance lobby during its annual policy conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Full story here.

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How To Save $900M

by Christine Stuart | Mar 8, 2010 4:27 pm | Comments (0)

Reducing the number of patients in nursing homes, and increasing those served in their own homes will help shave $900 million off nearly $3 billion in the state’s long-term care costs over the next 15 years, according to a report released Monday by the Connecticut Regional Institute for the 21st Century.  Full story here.

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