Oct. 21, 2008 — Many children don’t have health insurance, even if their
parents do, according to a new study published in
. This phenomenon — uninsured children with at
least one insured parent — is particularly prevalent in low-income and
middle-income families.
Jennifer DeVoe, MD, DPhil, from Oregon Health and Science University, and
colleagues looked at records of 39,588 children and teenagers and found that
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Elizabeth Edwards said Tuesday she is discouraged that health care is falling on the nation’s list of priorities and critiqued the plans of both leading presidential candidates.
In her first public talk since her husband, two-time Democratic presidential candidate and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, publicly admitted to an extramarital affair, Elizabeth Edwards confined her remarks to health coverage — Read the rest of this entry »
The Society for Women’s Health Research is the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy. Founded in 1990, the Society brought to national attention the need for the appropriate inclusion of women in major medical research studies and the need for more information about conditions affecting women disproportionately, predominately, or differently than men. The Read the rest of this entry »
Through a program that provided grants to three north country hospitals, Samaritan Medical Center received a $500,000 state grant to expand access to primary care by electronically linking its family health centers.
SMC’s funds will be used to provide electronic health records that can be shared throughout Samaritan Family Health Centers.
Other grants include $500,000 to Carthage Area Hospital, for the hospital’s Community Health Center, and just Read the rest of this entry »
Temple Beth-El, 3610 Dundee Road, Northbrook, will host free karate lessons for kids who are cancer survivors, in current treatment, or have a parent or sibling who is a survivor or in treatment with Paul Sweetow, LCSW. Sweetow is a state, national and international medalist and a former member of the US Karate Team. Classes will be held on Thursdays. Enrollment is on-going; call now to reserve your spot: (847) 441-0200.
Lake Forest Hospital, 660 Read the rest of this entry »
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s Health Minister is resigning amid an uproar over the government’s failure to notify people who had tested positive for AIDS.
Presidential spokesman Francisco Vidal said Tuesday President Michelle Bachelet accepted the resignation of Soledad Barria.
A television station reported this month that officials at a hospital in the northern city of Iquique failed to track down and inform patients who had tested positive Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (AP) — The off-color jokes flew around the room. As the anecdotes got bawdier, the laughter intensified. Some recited from memory, others read from notebooks they brought along.
The setting for the hilarity was the Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center at Montefiore Hospital. The participants were cancer patients, some with advanced stages of the illness.
They were taking part in the hospital’s monthly “Strength Through Laughter” therapy. Read the rest of this entry »
RICHMOND, Calif.—A Richmond police officer is on life support after his patrol car crashed into a light pole.
Authorities say 29-year-old Bradley Moody was responding to an assault call Saturday morning when he lost control of his car and slammed sideways into the pole. It was raining at the time.
He was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan says the officer, a seven-year veteran of the force, Read the rest of this entry »
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The government and the Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc officially ordered an extension to the current extraordinary Diet session until Dec. 25 to secure passage of two key bills.
The special antiterrorism bill enabling the Maritime Self-Defense Force to continue its refueling activities in the Indian Ocean and a bill to bolster the banking sector are currently stuck in the opposition-controlled Upper House, where the Democratic Read the rest of this entry »