TUESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) — Thanks to a new liver transplant allocation system that gives preference to patients with the greatest need, rather than time spent on a waiting list, racial disparities among those waiting for new livers are narrowing.
Blacks are no longer much more likely to die or become too sick for a transplant while on the waiting list, although there are still noticeable gender gaps, according to the study published in Read the rest of this entry »
Texas and local hospital districts spent hundreds of millions of dollars on undocumented immigrants’ health care in 2006.
Recent figures from Texas’ Health and Human Services Commission should be a poke in the arm to Congress, which has been too paralyzed to pass immigration reform that secures the border while acknowledging 1) our market for immigrant labor and 2) the millions of illegal immigrants already here — without resources to keep Read the rest of this entry »
City Health Dept., food inspection cuts put public at risk: union boss
Mayor Daley is inviting restaurants and groceries to cut sanitary corners and putting public health at risk by slashing Health Department spending and reducing Chicago’s army of food sanitarians by 23 percent, a union leader is charging.
Henry Bayer, executive director of AFSCME Council 31, said the current staff of 62 food sanitarians is inadequate to respond to thousands Read the rest of this entry »
Shilpa
Shetty’s cool as a cucumber, that she proved during her stint at the Big
Brother’s house — the UK reality show where she was reportedly
subjected to racism.
But the world didn’t just sit up
and take notice of her calm composure, they also noticed her hot bod. The body
she so meticulously carved and sculpted over the years. As a housemate of Big
Brother, the cameras followed her every move and people got to know of her
fitness Read the rest of this entry »
Akron, OH
Albuquerque, NM
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Anchorage, AK
Arlington, TX
Atlanta, GA
Aurora, CO
Austin, TX
Bakersfield, CA
Baltimore, MD
Baton Rouge, LA
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Boston, MA
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Chicago, IL
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El Paso, TX Read the rest of this entry »
Dec. 2, 2008 — Almost half of women surveyed in a national poll said they had failed to seek health care for themselves or their families over the previous year because the cost was too high.
The annual survey of women’s attitudes and behaviors regarding health care, released today by the National Women’s Health Resource Center (NWHRC), found that women were most likely to put off doctor visits for themselves and least likely to put off doctor Read the rest of this entry »
for egg nog and a nice, friendly discussion about health
reform and reproductive health during the holidays?
What, you’re too busy shopping
the discount stores for affordable presents, figuring out what to serve
at that Chanukah party or Christmas dinner and – oh yes, worrying
about your rent, your mortgage, the grocery bills, your 401K and even
whether you’ll still have a job come January? Don’t have time to
dust for Daschle?
Yes, Read the rest of this entry »
The hospital lost power at 1:45 a.m. Saturday, and the backup generator soon kicked in. The generator is designed to work as a bridge until the self-contained power plant, about 100 yards from the hospital’s eastern edge, fires up. The generator did its job, but the power plant didn’t — a fuel pump failed.
“We don’t know why the fuel pump failed. It was tested as recently as Wednesday,” said Michael Wilson, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Read the rest of this entry »
Even though using a computer to promote exercise may seem like an
oxymoron, the Internet is a highly effective way to deliver information
right to the person who needs it. “Research is
starting to show that providing fitness and wellness advice via the
Internet can be an effective method of counseling clients,”
says Reents, who is a former healthcare professional. “Our
goal is to provide exercise guidance Read the rest of this entry »