When my father started his career in the 1960s, it was generally assumed he would have health benefits funded by his employer for the remainder of his life. But now, as he heads toward retirement, those benefits have all but disappeared, with health care one of his largest monthly expenses.
This situation is not unique to my father. As business owners have become saddled with double-digit increases each year for the cost of health insurance, workers Read the rest of this entry »
n a Sunday in January, Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silver joined Gouverneur
Healthcare Services at the first
annual LES Family Health Day at the
Orenstein Pavilion. The free community
health and wellness event was a collaborative
effort of Gouverneur, Bialystoker
Synagogue and community partners that
included the United Jewish Council,
LoHo Realty, the Jewish Heritage for the
Blind, the NY State Comptroller’s office,
the NY City Fire Department, Read the rest of this entry »
KEVIN RUDD has defended the appointment of his deputy’s partner as a men’s health ambassador.
Mr Rudd described Tim Mathieson – the partner of Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard – as a great bloke.
The ambassadors were honorary positions being done out of love and public duty, he said.
He also admitted he’s an average bloke when it comes to health.
“If you’re a bit like me, blokes are notorious about not having any interest in their health Read the rest of this entry »
SPRINGFIELD – Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, is asking consumers to let store managers and their local health department know when they see items on grocery store, in vending machines, gas station or convenience stores shelves that have been recalled because of the nationwide
outbreak.
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is working with local health departments across the state to check stores for recalled products, Read the rest of this entry »
SEX matters – especially in the doctor’s office.
Many prescription drugs, including antihistamines, antidepressants, and heart medications, work much differently on men and women. Women are also more vulnerable to certain diseases. Eighty percent of those with osteoporosis are women. Heart disease kills over 50,000 more women than men each year. And women are more than twice as likely to suffer from depression.
The difference between the sexes Read the rest of this entry »
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Spectrum Health plans to resume using a helipad atop
Butterworth Hospital in downtown Grand Rapids where two
people narrowly avoided serious injury in the crash of a
medical helicopter.
The health system’s Aero Med helicopter service will
begin training take-offs and landings Monday if weather
permits. Patient transport will begin at a later date at the
enlarged and enhanced helipad.
The helipad now accommodates Read the rest of this entry »
DATE: January 12, 2009
CONTACT:
Jennifer Goree, 864-656-1823
WRITER:
Angela Nixon, 864-656-0382
CLEMSON— At the start of a new year, many people make a resolution to lose weight and get in shape. Clemson University is helping its students, employees and others stick to those resolutions with the Tiger Fitness Challenge, which will kick off Jan. 14.
Students, faculty, staff and community residents can participate by
or picking Read the rest of this entry »
A new NHS computerised medical records system on trial at a London hospital has been criticised by a hospital boss for causing “heartache and hard work”.
Andrew Way, chief executive of London’s Royal Free Hospital, said technical problems had cost the trust £10m and meant fewer patients could be seen.
The Department of Health said lessons had been learnt from the trial.
The England scheme, part of a £12bn IT upgrade, aims to put 50 million Read the rest of this entry »
TAMPA, FL — “I would gain weight, lose some weight and then gain weight again,” said June Zimmerman, a yo yo dieter.
Zimmerman, 42, has struggled with her weight her entire life, at one point reaching 200 pounds.
“Even though I’d lose weight, I would always be chunky and thick in the stomach and I had cellulite,” Zimmerman said.
She says that all changed when she went on a new European diet called “Ideal Protein” four months ago, which was Read the rest of this entry »
Bush Administration Could Still Have Negative Impact On Abortion Rights, New York Times Editorial Says
Although President Bush only has 77 days left in his presidency, his aides “have been scrambling to change rules and regulations” on issues such as abortion rights, civil liberties and the environment, and “few” of their actions are “for the good,” a
editorial says.
For example, the editorial says that HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt soon after Read the rest of this entry »