Know your responsibilities in handling Vaccine Information.
SAN FRANCISCO -- If you're not giving parents a copy of a Vaccine Information Statement every time they accept or reject a child's immunization, you're not meeting your obligations under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and could be increasing your legal liability, Dr. Kristina Bryant advised. ...

Humana Names President of North Region Medicare Operations.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-13 February 2008-Humana Names President of North Region Medicare Operations(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Humana has named Deborah Gracey president of Medicare operations in Humana s North Region, encompassing Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. ...

Hardee's Sells Restaurants.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-1 May 2008-Hardee's Sells Restaurants(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com CKE Restaurants announced the sale of 59 restaurants as part of its ongoing strategic refranchising program that was originally announced in April, 2007. To date, the company has sold 195 restaurants to franchisees...

Elizabeth E. "Betty" (Roberts) Marengo, 87.
UPTON Elizabeth E. "Betty" (Roberts) Marengo, 87, of Upton, died Thurs., June 12, in Beaumont Nursing Center in Northbridge after a period of declining health. The widow of Robert Marengo, who died in 2000, she was previously married to Alvin P. Nichols from 1963 until his death in 1995....

Rectal, colon carcinoid tumor staging systems proposed.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. -- Two proposed staging systems would divide patients who have rectal and colon carcinoid tumors, respectively, into statistically significant prognostic groups based on survival data, Dr. Christine S. Landry reported at the Academic Surgical Congress. The proposed staging systems show overall survival at 5...

Obstructive apnea may cause cognitive deficits.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- Although some children with sleep-disordered breathing experience significant cognitive deficits, not all do, and identification of those at risk remains a clinical challenge, according to a sleep medicine expert. There is a wide range in individual susceptibility, Dr. David Gozal said. 'A child...

Victor "Vic" Jameson.
Victor "Vic" Jameson, 83, an engaging writer who covered a generation of Presbyterian news, died May 18 in a Santa Fe, New Mexico, nursing facility as a result of complications from a fall at his home last August. Jameson was a director of the Presbyterian information office in New...

Parkinson's patch recall is hard for some patients.
The recent recall of the rotigotine patch used in early Parkinson's disease has been difficult for some patients, according to Dr. Irene Litvan, director of the movement disorder program at the University of Louisville (Ky.). Patients liked the fact that they had to apply the rotigotine (Neupro)...

Rondo is a video fanatic.
Byline: Bill Doyle COLUMN: CELTICS NOTES BOSTON - Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo watches game tapes up to two hours a day. Rondo viewed a tape of Game 1 of the playoffs 12 times, more than twice as many times as Celtics coach...

Money could help keep racial balance.
Byline: Clive McFarlane COLUMN: CLIVE MCFARLANE Some are worried that Worcester will run into trouble over its racial integration program for its public schools. Ten schools are currently outside the enrollment range, created by a mathematical formula that sets the minority student enrollment...