Jury Awards Valley Medical Center Patient $1.8 Million for Nursing Negligence

...esponsibility in Ellen's case," Gellatly added. "The family wanted an explanation and help to pay for their mom's nursing-home care and Valley offered indifference and callous disregard." Gellatly noted just one of Valley's expert witnesses cost Valley more than $90,000 in its attempt to avoid accountab...

Retail Union Head Blasts Merchants Group for Opposition to Health Care Reform

...th care reform, the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU, UFCW) is blasting US merchants for what he termed "shameless indifference to a crisis they helped create." Union President Stuart Appelbaum's comments came in response to a threat by National Retail Federation Vice Pres...

NAACP & Nine Class Reps File Motion for Class Certification Against Eli Lilly in Pervasive Discrimination Case

...hese individual and collective employment experiences make clear, for several decades Lilly has intentionally engaged in discriminatory practices with indifference to the federally protected rights of its African American employees," said Ms. Ciccolo, General Counsel of the NAACP. "This company's longstanding p...

'AIDS is DC's Katrina' Ad Challenges Obama to Act on U.S. Epidemic

...to symbolize the Bush Administration's neglect and indifference of some of America's most vulnerable citizens. Tod...40% increase from last year, symbolize neglect and indifference -- and the failure of our U.S. HIV prevention effo...icane Katrina symbolized George Bush's neglect and indifference of some of America's most vulnerable citizens. ...

Family Prayer Candle Light Vigil for Life-Saving Rescue of 6-year-old 'Little Ambassador'

...nd her mother will pray to God for her life-saving rescue and protection, and demonstrate that the public is watching closely the inaction and callous indifference of the troubled Child and Family Services Agency of Washington, DC. How many more children must die, for this system to be accountable? Not one more! ...

Rarely Used Closed Doors Slammed Again in U.S. Senate Health Care Reform; Sen. Max Baucus Must Publicly Answer 10 Questions About Mandatory Purchase of Health Insurance

...vate insurance policies without offering a public alternative to the private market is nothing other than a bailout for HMOs -- whose greed, waste and indifference to our health have created the current mess. "There's no mention of cost-cutting in the Senate Finance Committee's 'policy options' document bein...

Support Bristol's Highly Qualified Independent Nominees for Advocat Board

...d to $447,412 and $305,186 respectively upon a non-renewal of their Employment Agreements. We believe these "golden-parachute" payments exemplify the indifference to stockholders and lack of accountability this Board seems willing to indulge. Allowed the Company to delay its mail...

Sen. Max Baucus: Answer 10 Questions About Mandatory Purchase of Health Insurance Including Why the Public Was Excluded From Today's Committee Meeting

...vate insurance policies without offering a public alternative to the private market is nothing other than a bailout for HMOs -- whose greed, waste and indifference to our health have created the current mess. "There's no mention of cost-cutting in the Senate Finance Committee's 'policy options' document bei...

Containment Technologies Group Announces Results of Legal Action

..., defamation actions based on speech about matters of public concern require proof of "actual malice" - either knowledge of actual falsity or reckless indifference to truth or falsity. The court acknowledged that "whether or not Peters did legitimate work, ASHP is protected under an actual malice standard..." ...

U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA proposes more than $1.2 million penalty to St. Louis area chemical repackaging and distribution company

...iated with the transfer of PNA and other workplace practices. OSHA defines a willful violation as one committed with intentional disregard of or plain indifference to the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Repeat violations are issued when an employer has been previously cited for the same, o...

indifference in Medical Dictionary

Lethargy

... and encyclopedia. ... Synonyms: lethargy , lassitude, torpor, torpidity, stupor, languor ... Lethargy is a state of drowsiness, inactivity, or indifference in which there ... Lethargy may also refer to the general malaise and decreased activity exhibited ... Online Medical Dictionary and glossary ...

Apathy

...athy ... The Third One.--I Don'T Care. ....Get It? apathy - 17 definitions - A complete lack of emotion or motivation, whether ... apathy indifference apathetic lazy meh ignorance sarcasm whatever disinterest ... Articles on depression and bipolar disorder by John McManamy. ... Apathy is al...

indifference in Biological News

Cats' indifference towards sugar explained

Unlike most mammals, cats--both domestic and wild--are indifferent to sweets. A new study in PLoS Genetics explains the molecular mechanism behind their strictly carnivorous behavior. "We took a behavioral question and answered it molecularly," says Joseph Brand, senior author of the study and Asso...

The truth about cats and dogs

...ositive relationship between their cat and dog. But it wasn't all sweetness and light (or, for that matter, bones and catnip). There was a reported indifference between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes. One reason for the fighting might have...

Psst! Coffee drinkers: Fruit flies have something to tell you about caffeine

...l caffeine avoidance behavior and without it, flies are seemingly indifferent to the bitter taste. The researchers went on to examine whether this indifference to bitter was due to the taste nerves on the fly's "tongue" or some malfunction in the fly's brain. Chemical stimulants trigger taste receptor cells t...