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Environmental Health Risks Are Focus of New UAB Program

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:25:39 -0700
UAB has created a Program in Environmental and Translational Medicine, a multi-faceted approach to dealing with health issues tied to environmental origins. The program has three components: providing clinical care for patients with disease tied to environmental exposure; public education on the issue; and a research component to better assess the risks and sources of exposure.
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Garfield County environmental health officer Jim Rada leaving

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:17:14 -0700
John Stroud Post Independent Staff Glenwood Springs CO, Colo. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Garfield County's environmental health manager is leaving the county after seven years to take a similar position in the Denver area.
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VHA Inc. Recognizes Eight Member Hospitals for Efforts to Reduce Health Care's Impact on the Environment and Communities

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:10:00 -0700
IRVING, TX-- - VHA Inc., the national health care network, today recognized eight member health care organizations for their work to develop and implement industry leading environmental sustainability ...
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Pa. health care company seeks gas drilling facts

Sun, 20 May 2012 12:46:19 -0700
Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't.
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Environmental health risks are focus of program

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:05:41 -0700
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham has created a Program in Environmental and Translational Medicine, a multi-faceted approach to dealing with health issues tied to environmental origins. “The environment can have a profound effect on human health,” said Veena Antony, M.D., a professor in the UAB School of Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and ...
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Phoenix area under ozone health watch Monday

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:22:54 -0700
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued an ozone health watch for metropolitan Phoenix on Monday.
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The University of Texas at El Paso Selects Locus Technologies Cloud Software for Compliance Management

Mon, 21 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700
SAN FRANCISCO, CA and EL PASO, TX-- - The University of Texas at El Paso Environmental Health and Safety Department has selected Locus Technologies' award-winning ePortal™ platform to provide a comprehensive, ...
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Health care company seeks sound gas drilling facts

Mon, 21 May 2012 01:50:36 -0700
PITTSBURGH - Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't.
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Health Care REIT Property Awarded Prestigious LEED® Environmental Certification

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:02:00 -0700
Health Care REIT, Inc. announced today that Paramount Senior Living at Peters Township, a premier assisted living facility in the South Western Pennsylvania region that is owned and developed by Health Care REIT, has been awarded LEED® Silver certification .
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RMC receives prestigious honor

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:00:13 -0700
Ridgeview Medical Center has been awarded the highest environmental achievement award presented by Practice Greenhealth, a national membership organization for health care facilities committed to environmentally responsible operations.
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