Of local radio stats and Ducks in black.
Byline: Bob Welch The Register-Guard During this special week, let us give thanks for local trivia, which, if not sustaining us, makes for good chit-chat: Question: The Oregon Lottery has been running ads with three photos allegedly depicting the Salmon River Estuary in 1808, 1908...

Dad, son charged in raid at Mr. D's.
Byline: Brian Lee SOUTHBRIDGE - The liquor license holder at Mr. D's Raging Bull bar and his father pleaded not guilty to drug charges yesterday in Dudley District Court. Nicholas P. DiGregorio, 28, of 127 Everett St., second floor, and Dana P. DiGregorio, 51, of...

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COLUMN: BEACON HILL ROLL CALL Beacon Hill Roll Call, by Bob Katzen, records local representatives and senators' votes on two roll calls from prior legislative sessions. There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. Prohibit renting of pets (H 5006)...

Law requires equality for mental health coverage.
After a 12-year fight led by mental health advocates, patients, families, clinicians, and a handful of members of Congress, approximately 113 million Americans will soon have equality of coverage between their benefits for physical health care and those for mental or behavioral health care. The Paul Wellstone...

Aetna to Link Its Online Provider Directory to GLMA's Database.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-22 October 2008-Aetna to Link Its Online Provider Directory to GLMA's Database(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Aetna and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) announced that Aetna is the first health benefits company in the U.S. to link its online provider directory --...

Corphealth Chosen to Provide Managed Behavioral Health Services to Bravo Health Members.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Corphealth, a health and productivity improvement company, announced that it has been selected by Bravo Health to provide managed behavioral health services. Bravo Health offers Medicare Advantage plans and standalone prescription drug plans to more than 208,000 members. The agreement is for...

Effective, respectful care for all pregnant women: on our way, but not yet there.
Improving health care for pregnant women has been one of NWHN's goals since the very beginning. We've made a lot of headway since 1975, when pregnant women were still subject to untested drugs, unsafe advice, and inhumane hospital routines. But we're still far from where we'd like to be:...

Crime & punishment in the United States; 3v.
9781587654275 Crime & punishment in the United States; 3v. Ed. by Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld. Salem Press 2008 1092 pages $217.00 Hardcover HV6779 Extracted from Salem Press's Criminal Justice set (2005), this...

Battening down the hatches: Oregon-based maker of doors and windows seals its hiring practices with integrity tests.
For a rapidly growing company, Klamath Falls, Oregon-based JELD-WEN Inc. has a remarkably comprehensive and sophisticated workers' compensation and disability management program. Starting in 1960 with a handful of employees the company has expanded globally to more than 350 locations with approximately 25,000 employees. The...

Mental health care parity signed into law; starts in 2009: health plans can decide what to cover.
After a 12-year fight led by mental health advocates, patients, families, clinicians, and a handful of members of Congress, some 113 million Americans will soon have equality of coverage between their benefits for physical health care and mental or behavioral health care. The Paul Wellstone and Pete...