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American College of Surgeons Announces Goal to Enlist 1,000 Hospitals to its National Surgical Quality Improvement ...Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:08PMCHICAGO, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Surgeons (ACS) today announced its goal to enlist at least 1,000 hospitals into its respected National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®). The commitment is part of the ACS Inspiring Quality initiative launched today, an effort to raise awareness of proven models of quality improvement, coordinated care and disease ...

Doctors To Pregnant Women: Wait At Least 39 WeeksMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:49PMA full-term pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but some women are now electing to deliver two or three weeks early. Even though 37 weeks is still considered full term, studies show that babies born even a few weeks too early are at greater risk for health problems than those who are born later. read more

How to Take Your Blood Pressure at HomeMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:36PMSometimes, the simplest tools in medicine are the ones that give us the most useful information. Take the humble blood pressure machine, for example. It’s been around for years, and it’s cheap, compared to a lot of other medical devices....

Colt McCoy wraps up youth football camp in StrongsvilleMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:29AMSTRONGSVILLE Young, aspiring football players received some quality top-of-the-line instruction over the weekend.

Denise Brown: Sun Messenger 'Person of the Week'Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:51AMThis South Euclid woman is a nurse practitioner specializing in gerontological care, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Maven Semantic: Radiotherapy Dosage Research DatabaseFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:21AMMaven Semantic announces updates to their Radiotherapy Dosage research database.

Kasich serves up several surprisesFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:10AMIn what was supposed to be a day of events tailored to specific messages yesterday, leave it to Gov. John Kasich to flip the script.

Local leaders say nobody is to blame for Cleveland losing out on job-creating NASA contractFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:07AMWhile a Cleveland nonprofit lost its bid this week to manage a portion of the International Space Station NASA picked a Florida group instead a handful of elected officials and business leaders said nobody here is to blame. The consensus contradicted U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Avon, who criticized state leaders earlier this week for failing to match an attractive tax credit package ...

Panera Bread's largest franchisee ready to open in Willoughby (with video)Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:52PMA trio of Panera Bread eateries can be found along a quick 15-minute drive from Mentor to Willoughby on Route 20.