AIDS/HIV has slowly become a topic discusses in the public instead of behind closed doors. In recent years many campaigns and celebrities have participated in the pandemic known as AIDS. It is important for everyone to know their status regardless of sexual orientation, race, or religion.
However, how does Chicago “rank” when it comes to AIDS/HIV?
We know the facts nationally but what about AIDS/HIV when it hits closer to home?
It Read the rest of this entry »
St. Luke's Medical Bulletin on Bolante (Oct. 30, 2008)
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St. Luke’s Medical Bulletin on Bolante
We are issuing this medical bulletin relating to the confinement of Mr. Jocelyn I. Bolante at St. Luke’s Medical Center after receiving the patient’s and his family’s consent to release the information.
Mr. Bolante was admitted at around midnight of October 28, 2008. He was complaining of chest pain and general body weakness. Read the rest of this entry »
The state’s insurance pool for high-risk patients opened for enrollment Monday.
The Inclusive Health plan recently won state approval for its benefit plans and premium rates.
The state created the high-risk pool in August 2007 to provide coverage to residents who face high premiums from private insurers because of existing conditions. In June, state officials picked Charlotte-based
to administer the plan, which is expected to serve 13,000 Read the rest of this entry »
Suleman, a single mother who already has six children and gave birth to octuplets Jan. 26, lives in Whittier with her mother in a three-bedroom home that is in pre-foreclosure. She does not have a job and relies on government assistance, including food stamps and disability income for three of her six older children.
McGraw said Suleman told him that hospital officials had some concerns about her “ability to care for the children.” He did not Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON – As Barack Obama prepares to spend billions on health information technology as part of his plan to revive the US economy, some specialists are warning against investing too heavily in existing electronic recordkeeping systems.
In a recent open letter to the president-elect, a top technology adviser to the American Academy of Family Physicians said that current systems are expensive, cumbersome to use, and cannot easily exchange information Read the rest of this entry »
Philanthropists and anti-poverty experts who use microloans to help families buy a cow or a kiosk to lift themselves out of extreme poverty have noticed illness is the most common reason for default.
Freedom from Hunger, based in Davis, is funded by a $5.6 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and is among a handful of nonprofits experimenting with health care microfinancing.
“Through lots of discussions with banks and microfinance Read the rest of this entry »
Benefits
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Fewer American workers are getting health insurance through their jobs, either their own or that of a family member. A new study by Elise Gould, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute, finds that more than 3 million fewer Americans under 65 had employer-sponsored health insurance in 2007 than in 2000.
Over that time, the number of uninsured workers has grown by 4.1 million. Barely three Americans in Read the rest of this entry »
Most of the patients who come to Maricopa County’s newest health care clinic are seeing a doctor for the very first time.
This lack of medical treatment is why the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic is now offering services through the Women’s Care Center in the Comprehensive Health Care Center building of the Maricopa Integrated Health Services.
“These women, they deserve to be helped,” said RWHC Program Manager Jeanne Nizigiyimana.
A refugee herself Read the rest of this entry »
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Jazz Artist Liza Lee Releasing Exciting New CD, Anima, With A Personal Mission on January 27, 2009
Jazz artist Liza Lee's new CD, Anima, is due to be released January 27, 2009, on the Jazz Doll Records label. In 2006 her promising jazz career was taking off with release of her first CD Scarlet Mark, when 29-year-old Liza suffered a stroke. Liza is back with a new CD reflective of her life Read the rest of this entry »