When you have kids, finding time to exercise is difficult. Before your little one is born, you may have been great at stayinghealthy and working out at the gym on a regular basis. Your baby registry probably consisted of a jogging stroller and gift certificates for mommy and baby yoga. Perhaps you even attempted a baby and me swimming class when your little one was about six months old and still too young to know the difference between a bath and Read the rest of this entry »
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System is delaying the construction of a $132-million pavilion at Schneider Children’s Hospital. It lost $180 million to $200 million in investments last year, and the pavilion’s major donor, the Blumenfeld family of Old Westbury, was burned by
’s alleged financial scam. Catholic Health Services lost $44 million in investments.
Nassau Healthcare Corp., facing $22 million in state cuts, is postponing a $55-million Read the rest of this entry »
(NaturalNews) Children whose mothers ate a high-fat diet while pregnant with them and while breastfeeding are more likely to hit puberty early and to become obese as adults, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Liggins Institute of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, in San Francisco.
Researchers fed female rats either a normal or a high-fat diet throughout Read the rest of this entry »
A new on-line tool for assessing nursing home quality just made available by the federal government may be the first step toward a pay-for-performance system for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, but nursing home officials say the five-star rating gives a flawed and incomplete picture.
The five-star ratings of 15,800 nursing homes nationwide can be found on the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Web site.
It assigns ratings that range Read the rest of this entry »
Health-Care Focus Next for Obama in Speech, Budget Proposal
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — With the economic stimulus package
signed, President
this week will outline how he
plans to provide affordable medical coverage for all Americans,
an administration official said.
Obama tomorrow will tell a joint meeting of the House and
Senate that revamping the U.S. health system is a priority,
according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Read the rest of this entry »
While the recession has forced many retailers to take extreme measures, Life Time’s member discount “begs the question of whether the lower dues are here to stay and what that means for the long-term economics of the model,” Lejuez wrote. And, because January is the peak sign-up month for health clubs, “we must also ask what if January is as good as it gets for Life Time, and attrition heads higher.”
Others are less concerned.
“It’s a consumer Read the rest of this entry »
The city’s 911 ambulance staff, experts say, is insufficiently trained and keeps patient charts that often fail to indicate the specific medical treatment provided.
Medical experts have also criticized a decision by San Francisco health officials earlier this year to postpone a program requiring city ambulances to transport severe heart attack victims to designated hospitals with specialty departments and personnel equipped to treat these patients. Read the rest of this entry »
Anyone who’s been following the vaccine trade knows that Merck is working hard to expand the use of its human papillomavirus shot. Now approved for marketing to girls and young women, Gardasil has been tested on boys, young men and on women as old as 45, with the aim of growing the potential HPV market beyond preteen, teenage and early-twenties females.
Now, Merck has officially asked the FDA to give Gardasil its blessing for use in males aged 9 Read the rest of this entry »
DAYTON — Police arrested a 23-year-old woman after doctors found drugs in her 2-year-old son’s system.
Carissa Lee Hankey and her son were taken to the hospital about 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, after they were involved in an automobile accident in the 4300 block of Burkhardt Ave., according to police.
At the hospital, Hankey and her son tested positive for the presence of cocaine, according to police. Officers determined Hankey had been Read the rest of this entry »
RALEIGH, N.C. —
State employees would have to stop smoking or lose weight if they want to receive more generous health benefits under a proposal presented to legislators Thursday.
The financial motivation for workers, retirees and their dependents to improve their health are contained in recommendations from North Carolina State Health Plan administrator Jack Walker to shore up the plan’s finances. The plan last year discontinued its wellness Read the rest of this entry »