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• All eyes on med school - Despite worries about funding, a harsh winter, tight construction schedules and late-night meetings, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will open to its first class of 42 students in a week....
• Meet the community: Medical school's opening was a Virginia Tech/Carilion partnership from the start - ...
• Advice from others to VTC medical school: What they learned from year one - ...
• Constructing a medical school in Roanoke: A local effort from the ground up - ...
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• Employers prepare for changes to workplace breastfeeding rules - ...
• Employers prepare for costs of expanding dependent coverage - ...
• Firms ponder compliance with health care mandate - Larger employers conceivably could pay a fine that would be less than the cost of providing insurance....
• Roanoke shop fills need for breast cancer survivors - ...
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• Legislators explain voting decision - U.S. Reps. Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon, and Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke, both voted against the House bill on health care reform. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Albemarle County, voted for it. Here's what they said about their decisions....
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• Years in the making, the new medical school takes shape - Money, staff, students: The pieces are all falling into place for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine....
• An inside look at the Virginia Tech Carilion medical school construction - ...
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• Medical school honors 2 faculty members - ...
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• Business continuity strategies critical during flu season - Flu season has arrived with hurricane force and companies around the region are planning for...
• 3 things businesses should know about health care reform - What should businesses know about the health care legislation now before Congress? We asked our panel of experts - otherwise known as our congressional delegation....
• Directing the future of long-term care - ...
• N2Care’s MedCottage: Home care meets medical need - The dream of Salem entrepreneur, academic and pastor Kenneth Dupin is on the verge of fruition...
• Healing their pain - As several busy area doctors will attest, an emerging trend in health care is the specialty of pain management. Can the number of providers keep up with demand?...
• Spa VA's Robyn Goodpasture on building a "beautiful" business - Self-described "serial entrepreneur" Robyn Goodpasture is credited with pioneering the Valley's now-burgeoning full-service spa industry. On her quest for a success, she built a power-brand in regional wellness...
• Unhealthy benefits - The long and winding road to employer-sponsored health care...
• When the doctor says it's cancer - Drawing from personal experience, a Virginia financial planner turned author addresses smart estate planning for families facing a terminal illness...
• Elephant in the room: a look at America’s ‘broken’ health care system through the regional lens - ...