Nearly three-quarters of a million dollars will be distributed among three health centers in southern New Jersey, with senior citizens and women receiving most of the benefits.
The money is part of $5 million being awarded to 16 federally qualified health centers in New Jersey by the state Department of Health and Senior Services. Eight centers are putting the grant money toward services related to prenatal care and women’s health.
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Our health-care system is so enmeshed in the economy that expenses and revenues are measured with the same intense anxiety I feel when monitoring a diseased patient’s failing vital signs. With economists predicting that four million more people are likely to lose their jobs and health coverage in 2009, I shudder for the hard times ahead.
Something encouraging, however, is encased in the bad news: Our political leaders are finally connecting the Read the rest of this entry »
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Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) –
, after months of concern
about his health and weight loss, said he is suffering from a
nutritional ailment and that he plans to remain
’s
chief executive officer during his treatment.
“I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has
been a mystery to me and my doctors,” Jobs, who turns 54 in
February, said today in a statement. “After further testing, my
doctors think they have found the cause — a hormone Read the rest of this entry »
The Best Nutrition for the New Baby/w birth 3D animation.
Have scientists improved on the Creator’s built-in method of feeding infants? Hardly. UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) states:
alone is the best possible food and drink for babies in the first four to six months of life.” Breast milk contains all the proteins, growth stimulants, fats, carbohydrates, enzymes, vitamins, and trace elements that are vital to an infant’s Read the rest of this entry »
MONDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) — In yet another blow to the dietary supplement industry, researchers find no evidence that multivitamin use helps older women ward off heart disease and cancer, the top two killers of women, respectively.
“Women can be encouraged by the fact that these vitamins seem to do no harm, but they also seem to confer no benefit,” said study co-author Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, a professor of epidemiology and population Read the rest of this entry »
Health care is usually seen as a resilient industry during periods of economic downturn, but the current recession will have three key effects:
–The number of uninsured will rise.
Most U.S. residents under age 65 have access to health insurance through their employer, and as layoffs continue, people will also lose their health coverage along with their job. Moreover, some employers could look to cut fringe benefits–in addition to freezing wages–in Read the rest of this entry »
Jan. 14, 2009 10:28 a.m.
The Brew City’s reputation for girth takes a beating in the latest issue of Men’s Fitness Magazine, which
as the nation’s 11th Fittest, not Fattest city.
Our fine neighbors to the south scored number 13, in the fattest category. Perhaps Chicagoans can study the motivation of Milwaukeeans, which earned an A grade in the magazine report card.
Salt Lake City took honors as the fittest city, while Miami brought up the Read the rest of this entry »
At 11:45 p.m., officers with the LAPD’s Southwest Division responded to a shooting in the 2000 block of W. 48th Street near Arlington Street. Investigators said Carrington Henderson, 25, of Los Angeles, was standing in the street when suspects in a mid-sized car or sport utility vehicle shot at him multiple times. Henderson was pronounced dead at a hospital. The killing is believed to be gang-related, police said.
Just before 1 a.m. Saturday in Read the rest of this entry »
Too many infants in Calhoun County are dying. 9.6 infants, out of every 1,000 births, died in Calhoun County in 2004-2006, compared to the Michigan rate of 7.6.
The Maternal and Infant Health Commission (MIHC), an Issue Action Group of the Regional Health Alliance (RHA), is researching the details behind infant deaths in Calhoun County. They look at causes of death and factors associated with those deaths. This means understanding the infant’s Read the rest of this entry »