Northwest Community Healthcare to use more therapy dogs
Source: The Daily Herald
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 13:55:01 -0700 | health-news
While NCH's therapy dogs have been visiting patients at the hospital in Arlington Heights since 2007, the friendly canines are making their first appearances at NCH Medical Group physician offices at 1051 W...NCH is planning to expand the program to...
ATK receives DARPA research contract
Source: United Press International
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 07:10:30 -0700 | health-news
Research on technologies to provide surveillance data to U.S. troops using small, quickly launched satellites is being conducted by ATK...Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for its Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements program.
Arlington residents to walk for bladder cancer awareness
Source: The Arlington Advocate
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 13:40:37 -0700 | health-news
Did you know that more than 72,000 men and women, of varying ages, are expected to be diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2013? This statistic, published by the American Cancer Society, highlights the need for increased knowledge of the threat...
Society launches customizable plastic surgery iPad app
Source: The Daily Herald
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-11 08:16:19 -0700 | health-news
Practice Marketing App, which allows member surgeons to create a custom iPad App for their plastic surgery practice. The new tablet-based Practice Marketing and Patient Education App is a custom tool designed for both aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgeons.
Slide Show: The numbers on child care's skyrocketing costs
Source: MarketWatch
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-08 04:40:00 -0700 | health-news
Child-care spending up 70% since 1985 Parents across the U.S. know all about the tough finances of family life. Families with working mothers and young children have seen child-care payments, adjusted for inflation, rise 70% over a quarter of a...
Western Washington Medical Group on a growth path
Source: Herald Net
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-08 02:00:05 -0700 | health-news
These are interesting times to be in health care if you talk to Jerry Tillinger for a couple of hours. The chief executive of Western Washington Medical Group is guiding the practice through a period of growth in Snohomish County...
Arlington resident helps cure cancer
Source: The Arlington Advocate
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-07 06:17:32 -0700 | health-news
Arlington resident Laura Bartle, a principal research associate at biotech company ImmunoGen, has joined the elite few who can say they're helping cure cancer. A 17-year resident of Arlington with has two teenage daughters, Bartle worked on a new breast...
Texas Republican leadership stands united on Medicaid
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-02 16:38:58 -0700 | health-news
In the ongoing battle over Medicaid in Texas, no one budged on Monday...Some estimates show that expanding Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act could give coverage to another 1.5 million low-income Texans...Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, who stood with...
Obama to Announce Jobs Proposal to Aid Veterans
Source: Fox
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2012-04-03 15:43:44 -0700 | business-news
In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, the Obama administration is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands. The administration also will seek more...
Obama to unveil veterans jobs proposal
Source: CNN
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2012-04-03 15:43:40 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama is unveiling a new jobs initiative geared toward veterans Friday that the administration says will put thousands of former men and women in uniform back to work. The new so-called Veterans Jobs Corps initiative, first mentioned in...
Steelers to sit Clark in Denver over health risks
Source: Reuters
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2012-03-04 00:36:29 -0800 | sports-news
Topics Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson (R) drops a pass as he is chased by Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark (25) in the fourth quarter during the NFL's Super Bowl XLV football game in Arlington, Texas, February 6,...
ATK Applauds NASA Decision on Space Launch System Architecture
Source: PR Newswire
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2011-11-15 14:58:14 -0800 | technology-news
ATK's five-segment solid rocket motors as the baseline design for the initial flights. ATK's five-segment boosters provide unmatched capability and we will deliver this performance within the current budget. We are confident in the design and look forward to the...
Nutrition Criteria Coming for Kids' Food
Source: KSAZ
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2011-09-15 07:07:39 -0700 | business-news
A group of the United States' largest food companies announced Thursday that they have agreed to follow uniform nutrition criteria for foods advertised to children...Council of Better Business Bureaus, include food giants such as Kellogg's, General Mills, McDonald's, Coca-Cola and...
Prep girls tennis: 4A District 1 meet
Source: Herald Net
Vernon Hills :: IL :: USA | updated 2011-07-18 20:58:49 -0700 | sports-news
Heather Smith (St) 6-0, 6-0; Sarah Tuemmler (Marysville Pilchuck) def...Doubles Quarterfinals--Brady Coad-Brielle Nicholas (Snohomish) def. Lilly Jacobsen-Quinn Michaels (J) 6-4, 6-0; Zoe Javanovich-Veronica Ahn (K) def. Brooke Larsen-Kylee Hilde (Lake Stevens) 6-3, 6-2; Kendra Whitfield-Alyssa...
Robert MacNeil returns to PBS NEWSHOUR to report on Autism Today
Source: Left Brain Right Brain
Arlington :: TX :: USA | updated 2011-05-31 05:12:03 -0700 | entertainment-news
The PBS Newshour is one of the premiere news programs in the US. Many will remember it as the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, for Robert Macneil and Jim Lehrer. Robert MacNeil is returning from retirement to present a series of episodes on...
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