February 11, 2009, New York, NY — Today, Gay Men's Health Crisis released its 2009 State Policy Agenda. A full copy of the Agenda can be found here: http://www.gmhc.org/pdf/nys_pol_agenda09.pdf
The 2009 State Policy Agenda lays out four major priorities of GMHC for the year: expansion of HIV testing while maintaining written informed consent; promotion of comprehensive sexuality education; strengthening the healthcare safety net for people Read the rest of this entry »

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Premier retail clinic-focused publication focuses edition on self-care options.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ — Retail Clinician publishes, this month, a bonus edition of its quarterly magazine with an issue focused on the self-care revolution. This Special Issue was developed with support from McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company (NYSE: JNJ) the producer of some of Read the rest of this entry »

“MRO continually reaches out to its customers
for feedback during product development and Henry Ford Health System has
been one of the driving forces behind RAC Tracker Online,”
says John Walton, vice president of client relations for MRO. “We
value our partnership with the organization’s
HIM and compliance teams, as they have been instrumental in identifying
opportunities to upgrade both our ROI and Read the rest of this entry »

(NYSE: MDT) on Thursday announced its official entrance into the psychiatric therapies field, with federal regulators approving an implanted device meant to treat severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Fridley-based Medtronic’s Reclaim Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy is a small pacemaker-like device that delivers electric charges to the brain.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the device under a “humanitarian device exemption.” Read the rest of this entry »

Patrick Swayze has been released from the hospital, his rep confirms.
“I am happy to announce that Patrick Swayze is home after a brief hospitalization for pneumonia,” his rep Annett Wolf tells PEOPLE exclusively.
Swayze, 56,
into the hospital for observation on Jan. 9 after revealing he had pneumonia, canceling his appearance at the Television Critics Association press event to promote his new A&E series,
, which premiered Jan. 15.
The Read the rest of this entry »

Infections contracted by patients in Pennsylvania hospitals dropped nearly 8 percent from 2006 to 2007, according to a report released Thursday by the
.
The PHC4 study found 27,949 patients — or 17.7 per 1,000 admissions — contracted an infection during their hospital stay in 2007, down from 30,237 patients (19.2 per 1,000 admissions) in 2006.
Figures for 2008 are not yet available.
“The decline in the infection rate from Read the rest of this entry »

4:45-6 p.m. today through Thursday at Prairie Life Fitness Center, 3690 Houston Levee, Collierville. For children 8-13. Open to the public. Includes Body Mass Index discussions and testing. Call 854-8998.
American Heart Association’s Memphis Start! Heart Walk:
5K walk starts 8 a.m. Saturday at Shelby Farms. Walkers asked to raise funds for local heart disease and stroke research. Pets welcome. Register online:
. Call 383-5400.
10:30 a.m.-2:30 Read the rest of this entry »

Nine San Mateo County health groups received $2.8 million in much-needed funding from the Peninsula Health Care District on Thursday.
The district bestowed its 2009 community health grants to the Children’s Health Initiative, College of San Mateo nursing program and others. The district collects taxes from the area stretching roughly from Foster City to San Bruno and distributes a new round of grants near the beginning of each year. The new contributions Read the rest of this entry »

LOXLEY, Ala. — When Lisa Rodrigue was a youngster in Houma, La., she loved to dance. She took dance lessons for years.
Until one day, she was singled out for a special project.
“I was in dancing school, and I got pulled out by a lady to teach fitness,” said Lisa, now Lisa Brown of Daphne. She found she enjoyed teaching fitness classes, and made a career of it. She’s been an instructor for more than 20 years. She says she is certified by Read the rest of this entry »

A state commission’s report calls for an ambitious five-year blueprint to reform Georgia’s troubled mental health system, but contains no financial plan on how to fund the improvements.
Gov. Sonny Perdue’s mental health commission, in recommending expanded mental health services, cites the current “economic realities” the state faces. The panel, though, questions recent spending cuts for mental health that state officials Read the rest of this entry »