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Press Release | Jan 10, 2013 3:13 pm
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David L. Katz, MD, MPH, director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, was recently named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness by the health website Greatist.
An internationally renowned authority on nutrition and weight control, Dr. Katz earned the 19th spot on the list for his significant contributions in the field of health and wellness, including founding the Prevention Research Center, creating fitness and nutrition education programs for elementary school students and their parents, and for writing hundreds of medical articles in well-known publications such as O Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Glamour, and Prevention.
In assembling the list, Greatist looked at many factors, such as social reach, trends set, products created, research contributed to, media coverage, and professional certificates and degrees.
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‘Griffin’s Katz Ranked By Website’
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Griffin Hospital | Jul 13, 2012 12:32 pm
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Griffin Hospital will provide free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests to men at the Oxford Center Fire House Car Show on Saturday, July 28.
Sponsored by the Health Initiative for Men (HiM), and Griffin’s Community Outreach Program, the PSA test will be conducted on the hospital’s Mobile Health Resource Van along with free blood pressure screenings.
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‘Griffin Hospital To Offer Free Prostate Cancer Screening At Oxford Car Show’
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C-HIT STAFF | Feb 28, 2012 9:06 am
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A Shelton nursing home is one of three facilities fined by the state Department of Health for lapses in care that led to patient injuries, C-HIT is reporting.
The Hewitt Health & Rehabilitation Center in Shelton was fined $605 by the DPH for attempting to move a patient without following a doctor’s directive.
The patient required the help of two workers to be moved, but one staff member attempted to move the patient, causing an injury.
The DPH inspection report notes that a physician had ordered that a Hoyer lift be used to move the patient, but that directive was not included in the patient’s care plan.
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‘Shelton Nursing Home Fined’
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PRESS RELEASE | Feb 27, 2012 5:18 pm
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Griffin Hospital has announced the completion of its Campaign for Breast Wellness to support the creation of a state-of-the art, comprehensive Center for Breast Wellness as part of the array of services now offered at the hospital’s Hewitt Ambulatory Pavilion.
Griffin Hospital received contributions from more than 1,300 individuals, businesses, and foundations toward its goal of raising $1 million to create the new Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness.
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‘Griffin Hospital “Campaign for Breast Wellness” Reaches Goal’
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Griffin Hospital | Feb 22, 2012 8:11 am
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Griffin Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
The accreditation, which applies to both the hospital-based MRI and the Hitachi Oasis open MRI at the Griffin Imaging & Diagnostics Center at Ivy Brook in Shelton, comes as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
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‘Griffin Hospital Receives Breast MRI Accreditation’
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Tony Spinelli | Nov 10, 2011 4:32 pm
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A former chiropractic office in the Klarides Village Shopping Center on Route 67 will soon become a physician’s office associated with Griffin Hospital.
Dr. Shyla Muriel will operate the primary care practice, according to Ken Roberts, spokesman for the hospital.
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‘Griffin Opening New Doctor’s Office In Seymour’
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Griffin Hospital Press Release | Oct 3, 2011 4:23 pm
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Griffin Hospital and the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center (PRC) in partnership with Valley School Districts are launching a childhood and adolescent obesity prevention initiative called VITAHLS (Valley Initiative to Advance Health & Learning in Schools).
Partnering in the VITAHLS project are the Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton and Region 16 (Beacon Falls) School Districts. Also participating are: Assumption School, St. Mary-St. Michael School and the Emmett O’Brien Regional Technical School.
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‘Griffin Launches Childhood Obesity Prevention Program’
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Tony Spinelli | Oct 3, 2011 12:43 pm
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Armin Zilic, 7, had to wear a helmet all summer while he recovered from a brain surgery he underwent in June.
So when Zilic returned to his third-grade class at Bradley School Monday, after recovering from a second brain surgery, all students and teachers at the school wore crazy hats in support of him.
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‘Crazy Hats Honor Derby Boy’s Recovery’
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Kate Farish | C-HIT | Sep 27, 2011 11:08 am
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Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage across the U.S. increased by nine percent this year, to $15,073, according to a survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust.
On average, workers pay $4,129 and their employers pay $10,944, the survey found.
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‘Kaiser: Family Health Insurance Cost Rose 9% Nationally’
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Tony Spinelli | Sep 27, 2011 11:03 am
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Griffin Hospital has been recognized by a national accreditation board for health care organizations in the United States.
The Joint Commission — a non-profit voluntary accreditation organization for hospitals — ranked Griffin as one of the top performers in the country.
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‘Griffin Hospital A ‘Top Performer’ In The U.S.’
