LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 21, 2009)
− A new program for pediatric patients at the
University of Kentucky draws on the strengths of the medical and legal professions to reduce
health care disparities for low-income families.
The University of Kentucky College of
Medicine Department of Pediatrics and Kentucky Children’s Hospital have collaborated with the
Access to Justice Foundation through the Kentucky Volunteer Lawyer Program Read the rest of this entry »

As part of its on-going activities, Dubai Shopping Festival will see the roll out of the first-of-its-kind health initiative, the Family Health Festival. Conceived by ExHealth and supported by Dubai Health Care City and Green Crescent Insurance Company, the month long activity aims to generate awareness among the residents about various health problems such as diabetes, blood pressure, obesity and many others. Green Crescent, a dedicated health insurance Read the rest of this entry »

Port Huron native Dr. Jim Mlejnek left the country about
four years ago with his wife and their 6-week-old son to
study medicine at American University of the Caribbean in
St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles.
He didn’t want to leave Michigan and plans to practice
emergency medicine here after his residency, but the number
of students applying to medical schools squeezed him out, he
said.
”My GPA fell into the range they wanted but was
just Read the rest of this entry »

January 27, 2009
JERUSALEM (JTA)– A Jordanian military field hospital was established in the Gaza Strip.
Israel and Jordan coordinated the establishment of the hospital adjacent to the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Some 33 trucks with approximately 210 medical staff and equipment crossed into Israel at the Allenby Bridge and traveled in a convoy to the Gaza Strip through the Erez crossing, according to the Coordinator of Government Activities Read the rest of this entry »

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – With more and more Americans losing their health insurance, people are searching for new ways to get healthcare.
In the Louisville area, many people who don’t have health insurance seek out care at Family Health Centers.
“For the past several years, almost 60 percent of the patients that we see are uninsured,” said Bill Wagner, executive director of the Family Health Centers in Louisville.
Wagner said the seven Family Health Read the rest of this entry »

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP)
— Leah Smith shells out more than $730 a month for health insurance but you won’t hear her complaining.
Among the jobless, Smith is one of the lucky few with solid health insurance that she can afford.
And it covers thousands of dollars in prescription drugs she could never pay for herself.
Health problems forced the 55-year-old to leave her job as a human resources director several years ago.
She takes medication Read the rest of this entry »

The former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spoke at a health summit in Santa Clara on Wednesday morning about the health issues local communities face and how health inequities should be addressed.
Dr. Julie Gerberding, who resigned her post with the CDC effective Jan. 20 as part of the transition to the administration of President Barack Obama, was the keynote speaker at the Health Equality Summit.
The event was Read the rest of this entry »

Instead, the county is enrolling these residents in other state, federal and nonprofit programs they didn’t realize they were eligible for. The disconnect, county officials say, points to troubling gaps not just locally but also across the nation in matching critical services with those who need them.
“This is a tremendous indictment of how badly the health care system is set up,” said Howard County Health Officer
. “These people have been going Read the rest of this entry »

New Market Elementary held a Family Fitness Festival on Nov. 5, and more than 80 families attended, according to Assistant Principal Cindy Alvarado.
The evening was an attempt to involve New Market families in their children's fitness, she said.
It centered on 10 sessions, which covered subjects related to family health and childhood obesity. School officials have set fitness as a goal for this year, after New Market Elementary students ranked Read the rest of this entry »

However, women who took multivitamins weren’t any more likely to ward off a diagnosis of breast, ovarian, lung, stomach, bladder, kidney, colorectal or endometrial cancer than were women who didn’t take multivitamins. Nor were multivitamins in general helpful in preventing heart attacks, strokes, blood clots or reducing the risk of death from any cause during the study period.
The research team, led by scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Read the rest of this entry »