Thousands of Ohioans could lost their homes and possibly even their health and lives right now, not because of the loss of jobs but rather state budget cuts to mental health services, according to WKSU News.

Danielle Everman had never heard of pelvic prolapse until she started the Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Cincinnati.

Cardinal Health is thinking about selling some CareFusion stock, sending the California spinoff’s stock down on Wednesday.

Cardinal posted a $38.2 million loss, or 11 cents per share, during this fiscal first quarter — compared to a profit of $249.1 million, or 69 cents per share, compared to last year at this time. Cardinal took a 71 cent per-share charge as a result of the spin-off.

Some analysts wonder whether the “new” Cardinal Health can manage without the high-growth products that went in the CareFusion spin-off. Mark Rosenbaum, Cardinal’s chief customer officer, discusses Cardinal and its new opportunities: from potential acquisitions to medical convention centers.

Health services giant Cardinal Health completed its 2009 fiscal year with revenue down 11 percent from last year, and offered up-and-down predictions in 2010 for both itself and new spinoff CareFusion.

Cardinal Health on Wednesday elected as planned its new chief executive officer, George Barrett, who has lead the Healthcare Supply Chain Services segment since January 2008.

Cardinal stopped shipping and in June issued a recall on more than 180,000 combined Alaris PC units and PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia) modules. Now, though, the company can beginning shipping after it received a 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Ohio’s Cardinal Health will name its new spinoff medical technology company CareFusion, a San Diego-based company with a focus that includes include medication safety and infection prevention products.