HOLIDAY ISLAND — There is a shortage of doctors and nurses in Arkansas, and that shortage will become greater as the baby-boomers enter their retirement years. Luckily, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hopes to do something about it by opening up a satellite campus in Fayetteville.
That was the message from Dr. Peter O. Kohler, who was named UAMS vice-chancellor for the Northwest Arkansas region last year. He spoke at the Read the rest of this entry »

Presentation to connect race, women’s health
A special presentation on the connection between race and the preconception of health of women will be made by Ingham County Deputy Health Officer Renee Canady at a free health education breakfast, hosted by the African American Women’s Health Initiative.
The public event will be 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at Maranatha Original Church of God, 400 Waubascon Road. Seating is limited. Call Lynn Ward Gray Read the rest of this entry »

This is the first of a three-part series on home health aides, to be run on consecutive Tuesdays at The New Old Age.
Living out their lives at home, rather than in an assisted living center or a nursing home, is the overwhelming preference of the elderly and their adult children. Remaining at home often means hiring, paying for and supervising aides to help with shopping, cooking, bathing, dressing, eating, toileting and medication management.
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Workers who find themselves unexpectedly laid off in middle age or forced into early retirement have many worries. One of their greatest fears is about finding health insurance coverage. Some 21 percent of baby boomers ages 45 to 64 report they are not confident they will be able to afford medical care this year, according to a new AARP survey.
“The boomers are at a high risk of being uninsured, and they’re particularly worried. They’re concerned Read the rest of this entry »

Papa John’s International Inc. founder John Schnatter and business partner Mark Bates have announced plans to open a second sandwich restaurant in Louisville.
’s Health Care Outpatient Center, 401 E. Chestnut St. It will replace an espresso bar currently operating there.
In July,
, an upscale sandwich, soup and salad concept, on the southeast corner of Dutchmans Lane and Dupont Circle on the south side of St. Matthews.
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GAZA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — The sudden and violent beginning of Israel’s areal onslaught into Gaza Strip was bigger that the emergency plans drawn up earlier by the Palestinian health care system, Gaza doctors say.
The crisis emerged widely in al-Shifa hospital, the only main sanatorium for Gaza’s 1.5 million population. The hospital’s floors were colored in red, and also the grass in its yard, as doctors and volunteers offered first aid to hundreds Read the rest of this entry »

The calendar says it’s 2008, but inside a classroom at the Willows Senior Center in San Jose, it’s all early ’90s, all the time.
There’s Richard Simmons on the small television screen, all big hair and big voice, leading a handful of seniors through a thumpa-thumpa disco-infused routine playing on the VHS recorder.
It feels, well, a little dated. But for the seniors who use this center, the low-tech exercise-to-a-video class is better than nothing.
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BANGKOK, Oct 20 (TNA) – Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has launched a plan to strictly control melamine contamination in milk and dairy products, Deputy Public Health Minister Vichan Minchainant said here Monday.
The latest testing has found no melamine traces in local condensed non-dairy creamer and butter, the minister said.
Mr. Vichan said the plan, which was the co-operation among other agencies nationwide, was aimed at protecting Read the rest of this entry »

A woman who gave birth to a set of sextuplets over the weekend in Nigeria has died of complications.
Ajoke Bello, 32, gave birth to the six babies by Caesarean section operation on Thursday and was initially in a stable condition.
But she developed complications from excessive bleeding at hospital in Sagamu, Ogun State, south-west Nigeria.
The naturally conceived babies – three girls and three boys – were in a stable condition, said medical Read the rest of this entry »

WSU celebrated National Recreational Sports & Fitness Day a day early, holding an All Campus Challenge at the Rec Center on Monday.
The goal of the the event was to total 80,000 minutes of activity at the SRC. Students were asked to participate by logging how many minutes of activity they completed into a computer.
“Achieving 80,000 minutes shows how much WSU promotes healthy activity in the community,” said Bryce Wilson, a sophomore and volunteer Read the rest of this entry »