TUESDAY, June 26 (Healthday News) -- Women who regularly eat a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet may be raising their Risk of heart disease and stroke by as much as 28 percent, a new study suggests. read more..
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In economically distressed northeastern Pennsylvania, Community Health Systems Inc is investing heavily in more than half a dozen hospitals it has bought in the last three years. At Wilkes-Barre General, the company is spending $53 million to build a new emergency room that doubles the size of the previous ER and a Heart and Vascular Institute where heart problems are diagnosed and treated. In Scranton, it plans to spend $128 million over the next five years to upgrade five facilities. ... read more..
