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LVHN to add behavioral health hospital – Times News Online

October 16, 2023binomo

Lehigh Valley Health Network and Universal Health Services announced plans to build a new 144-bed behavioral health hospital.

The proposed new joint-venture facility will be located on Macada Road in Hanover Township, across from the Lehigh Valley Hospital – Muhlenberg campus.

The partnership combines two leaders in health care: UHS, one of the nation’s leading providers of behavioral health care, and LVHN, long respected for its behavioral health program in our region, to address the growing demand for high-quality behavioral health care services for seniors, adults and adolescents.

Groundbreaking for the new 97,000-square-foot facility will be held in spring 2024

Do You Absolutely Hate Broccoli?

July 25, 2023binomo

June 7, 2023 · 8:50 AM

If so, it may well be because of your genes according to an article at SBS.com. Particular genes determine whether you can detect a bitter chemical (called PTC) in broccoli and other brassicas like cauliflower and brussels sprouts.

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“On average, about 70% of us can taste something bitter in broccoli or PTC, but those with two copies of the bitter sensitivity gene are closer to 20%, and they are much more likely to hate it.”

US President George HW Bush said in March 1990, “I do

Rosie O’Donnell Gives Health Update on Madonna Following Hospitalization

July 5, 2023binomo

Rosie O’Donnell has given fans a health update on Madonna, following the singer’s recent hospitalization. Over on Instagram, the comedian shared a picture of himself and Madonna from their 1992 film A League of Their Own. In the comments, a follower wrote, “God bless her I hope she’s ok.” O’Donnell replied, “She’s good,” with a red heart emoji. One other fan asked for an update, to which O’Donnell responded, “She is recovering at home — she is very strong in general.”

Madonna’s manager, Guy Oseary, first revealed the news of Madonna’s health issues. “On Saturday, June 24, Madonna developed

Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims

June 29, 2023binomo

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars…

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties — and potential bankruptcy — after a jury found it submitted more than 300 false asbestos claims to the US government, making patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn’t have received.

The federally funded Center for Asbestos Related Disease clinic has been at the forefront of the medical response to deadly pollution from mining near Libby,

Florida ramps up mosquito control efforts due to 4 cases of locally contracted malaria

June 27, 2023binomo

TERRA CEIA ISLAND, Fla.

The Florida Department of Health has issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory after four locally contracted cases of malaria were reported along the Gulf Coast south of Tampa.

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On Monday, a health alert issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also noted that another case has been detected in Texas, marking the first time there has been a local spread of malaria in the United States in 20 years.

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The four residents in Sarasota County received treatment and have recovered, according to the state’s Department of Health advisory. Malaria, caused by a

Newport News expands mental health partnership amid ‘significant’ rise in emergency calls

June 17, 2023binomo

Newport News’ dispatch center managers said they have seen a serious rise in mental health-related calls since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News 911 dispatchers are the first line of response with each phone call ringing into their center.

Lately, they said they’ve seen a lot more calls from both the 911 and 988 lines over the past couple of years regarding mental health.

“We’ve had about 1,000 calls for service last ear for our cares team where they actually went out and responded to triage to the citizens,” Newport News 911 Manager Laura

Chris Hemsworth Says Claim He Was Retiring for Health Reasons ‘Just Isn’t the Case’

June 15, 2023binomo

The actor says reports of his acting break amid his health news made it seem “like I was potentially retiring because of this thing, which just isn’t the case”

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Chris Hemsworth has no plans of retirement despite reports that his acting break was connected to his recent health discoveries.

The Australian Extraction 2 actor, 39, told Entertainment Weekly in a new cover story that the reason for his brief hiatus from work was because he was “exhausted, and I wanted to be home with my family.”

Hemsworth — who shares India, 11, and twins Sasha and

Macron says ‘positive’ news on children hurt in France knife attack

June 9, 2023binomo

Police near the scene of the stabbing in Annecy, France (OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE)

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said the health of the preschool children badly injured in a mass knife attack by a Syrian refugee was “heading in the right direction”, as police questioned the attacker.

Four children — aged between 22 months and three years old — were stabbed Thursday in a playground in the Alpine town of Annecy, a normally idyllic lakeside spot popular with tourists.

While France was in shock over the blood-curdling attack, there was a deluge of praise on social media for rescue workers