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Having assembled the fossilised skeleton of what they believed to be a velociraptor, scientists were surprised to discover in Romania a new species of carnivore dinosaur that lived in Europe 70-80 million years ago, according to a study published Monday, cited by AFP. This biped dinosaur dubbed the ‘Balaurul bondoc’ (stocky dragon) was ‘stocky built’ and had a pair of claws attached to its rear …

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DMS Health Technologies Expands Philips Healthcare Distributorship With Nuclear Medicine Equipment Sales

FARGO, N.D. — DMS Health Technologies, a distributor for Philips Healthcare, announces the expansion of nuclear medicine equipment sales in its defined upper Midwest territory. Selected as a distributor and equipment service provider in 1972 for Philips Healthcare computed radiography, radiographic, fluoroscopic, vascular, cardiovascular, computed tomography, SPECT/CT, magnetic resonance …

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Many Public Hospitals Face Increasing Pressures; Nonprofit Hospitals Face Uncertain Futures

The Wall Street Journal: “Faced with mounting debt and looming costs from the new federal health-care law, many local governments are leaving the hospital business, shedding public facilities that can be the caregiver of last resort. … More than a fifth of the nation’s 5,000 hospitals are owned by governments and many are drowning in debt caused by rising health-care costs, a spike in …

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