Nursing - News March 5, 2011

QA medics help stroke victims out in Ghana (Grantham Today)
MEDICS from Portsmouth are going above and beyond the call of duty by helping improve the lives of stroke patients in Africa.

Trinity Health to buy Chicago's Loyola Health System (Detroit Free Press)
The Novi-based Trinity Health System, one of the nation's largest Catholic health care systems, is buying the Loyola University Health System of Chicago and consolidating research with the affiliated Loyola University Chicago, it was announced today.

March of Dimes urges women not to give birth early (The Hartford Courant)
Near the end of pregnancy , many women can't wait to give birth. But a new campaign asks them to hold on as long as they can.

New labels for medicine bottles (BBC)
Familiar phrases on medicine labels are likely to change after a report claimed some of them were confusing.

Pell City veterans home gets grant for construction (The Mobile Register Online)
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says it will award $32,965,078 for construction at the state veterans home in Pell City.

Prescription cost rise in England (BBC)
The cost of prescriptions in England will rise by 20p to A 7.40 per item from 1 April, the government has announced.

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