Unused PC Power to Run Grid for Unraveling Disease By STEVE LOHR The World Community Grid will be introduced by I.B.M. to utilize the untapped computing power from personal computers to help unlock the genetic mysteries of diseases.
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Reaction to King/Drew Proposal Loud, Clear In an outpouring that was by turns hostile and heartsick, the community that relies on Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center turned out in force Monday to strenuously oppose plans to close the hospital’s prized trauma unit. By Mitchell Landsberg, Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber.

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Budget boost urged for adult protection
Reform would address ‘horrific’ plight of elderly AUSTIN – To combat conditions deemed “horrific” in adult protective services, Texas should spend $34.1 million on more caseworkers, better training, digital cameras and portable computers, according to a final report released Monday.
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A study showing that a new heart drug combination dramatically improves outcomes for African Americans has sparked debate on the ethical implications of race-based treatments.
(By January W. Payne, The Washington Post)
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Robot makes the rounds at Michigan hospital
Rosie, as she is known around the emergency department, has been tooling the halls of Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center in Dearborn, Mich., for six months. The fifth-generation remote-presence vehicle developed by California-based InTouch Health is one of 10 such robots in operation in hospitals around the country and the only one in Michigan.
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West braces for elderly population boom
The Census Bureau says the population of those 65 and older will increase more rapidly in the West than in any other area of the country. While retirees settle in, states are figuring out how to keep up with an aging population and asking questions about whether there are enough doctors and nurses, hospitals and nursing homes.
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Kimberly-Clark Professional Offers Web-Based Guides for Health and Hygiene
ROSWELL, Ga. — Kimberly-Clark Professional introduces Workplace Wellness Guides, a series of web-based guides relating to health and hygiene issues in away-from-home settings. The guides are available for downloading and printing.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. — Nabi Biopharmaceuticals announced results from a study presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the American Heart Association that showed that Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections) in patients with cardiovascular devices significantly increased the incidence of medical complications, treatment costs and death.
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CARING for her community
Quad City Times – Davenport,IA,USA
… She is described as a caring nurse educator who has applied her talent as a … In June 1961, she was hired as the assistant director of nursing education at the …
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HEALTH care workers hope to save nursing home WTNH – New Haven,CT,USA … to go. I’m trying to console her as I’m trying to console myself,” says Barbara Jean Sands, certified nursing assistant.
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JOB lessons include downsizing
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee,WI,USA … The same is true for 17-year-old Jody Miller, a certified nursing assistant at the Franciscan Villa nursing home in South Milwaukee. …
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Four top-level administrators at a Crown Heights nursing home under state investigation were placed on indefinite leave yesterday after one complained the water in patients’ rooms was too hot, the Daily News has learned. The three other officials from the Marcus Garvey Nursing Home were locked out of their offices last week and their computers with confidential employee records were taken away.
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ABUSE and Neglect Among the Elderly
Emediawire (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA … They investigate the welfare, well-being, physical health, hygiene, background of the staff, and nursing facility background.
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SOUTHERN Maine to have facility for hospice care MaineToday.com – Portland,ME,USA … Pope said residents moving to the facility will include dying patients who … receiving aggressive treatment in hospitals but still require skilled nursing care. …
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