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The Ensign Group Announces Acquisition of $150MM Credit FacilityMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:08AMMISSION VIEJO, Calif., July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) announced today that Ensign and its operating subsidiaries have secured a $150,000,000 senior credit facility from a five-bank lending consortium arranged by SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20071213/LATH168LOGO ...

Higher rates of falls can occur very early in Alzheimer's diseaseMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:00AMFalls are more common among individuals with the earliest signs of Alzheimer's, according to a study presented at the Alzheimer's Association® International Conference 2011.

Falls More Common In Early Alzheimer'sMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:36AMFalls are more common in people with the earliest signs of Alzheimer's Disease, according to new research from the US presented at a conference in Paris at the weekend, where delegates learned how cognitively healthy older adults with and without preclinical Alzheimer's had twice the risk of falls if PET scans of their brains showed signs of beta-amyloid plaques, one of the hallmarks of the ...

The Comeback KidMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:07AMOn March 16, Ibrahim "Ben" Benbenu, 53, was sitting at his computer in his Orange City home when he was, as he put it, "struck by internal lightning." His youngest daughter, Miriam, rushed to his side only to see what looked like the left side of his face "sliding off." His oldest daughter, Rachel, called 9-1-1 and Benbenu was taken to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City where he was ...

Enid school board will meet tonightSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:03PMRenovation work on Enid High School is just around the corner.

HSE unsure if agency workers were vettedFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:25PMTHE HSE cannot be sure all agency workers placed in hospitals have undergone Garda clearance or tests for blood-born occupational health conditions such as Hepatitis B and C.

Greater Medford VNA awarded CHAP accreditationFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:53PMCommunity Health Accreditation Program, Inc. (CHAP) announced this month that Greater Medford VNA has been awarded CHAP accreditation under the CHAP Home Care Standards of Excellence.

State’s first comprehensive care, one-stop center for spinal cord injury patients opensFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:38PMRoper Rehabilitation Hospital, MUSC Health, Carolinas Rehabilitation and the Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund (SCIRF) have developed a new, collaborative program that will improve patient care for hundreds of people in our area living with spinal cord injury.

Beware of This Financial Advice About Aging ParentsFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:20PMSome financial advisors suggest that our aging parents should attempt to apply for government benefi