SAN FRANCISCO—The city of San Francisco is accusing health insurers of discriminating against women by charging substantially higher premiums based solely on gender.
The allegations appear in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by City Attorney Dennis Herrera against California insurance and health care regulators.
In the suit filed in San Francisco Superior Court, Herrera alleges that gender-rating practices by health insurers are discriminatory and Read the rest of this entry »
UNION COUNTY, Fla. – Four students in Union County were rushed to an area hospital on Wednesday after a pickup truck driver rear-ended their school bus.
The wreck took place at about 3:15 p.m. after school on State Road 121 just south of Raiford.
Union County Sheriff’s deputies said a pickup truck driver failed to stop at an intersection and rear-ended the bus.
Four of the students onboard the bus were take to Lake Butler Hospital as a precaution. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — A drought in northern China that has
limited drinking water to almost 4 million people may also be
making birds more susceptible to the deadly H5N1 avian-flu strain.
The lack of rainfall in Shandong, Shaanxi and other northern
provinces since October causes stress for local fowl, said
, who
specializes in birds. “Any sort of stress would make birds more
susceptible to disease,” she said by e-mail today.
Bird flu killed Read the rest of this entry »
to build a proposed $151 million hospital in Olive Branch, Miss. has been introduced in the Mississippi Legislature and is making its way through the committee system.
Mississippi state Sen. Merle Flowers (R-Southaven) is the bill’s sponsor and he introduced it when the legislature convened earlier this month. The bill has passed the Senate’s Public Health and Welfare Committee and has been referred to the Appropriations Committee. Read the rest of this entry »
February 15, 2009 03:47 am
It’s mid- February, and the beginning of spring-like weather is a wonderful time in South Georgia.
It’s mid- February and the beginning of spring-like weather is a wonderful time in South Georgia. The flowers, bushes and trees are beautiful and alive. The temperatures are wonderful for being active outdoors. Not too hot, not too cold, just right. The sun is shining a little more each day — more hours Read the rest of this entry »
The FDA did not formally announce the new findings about the company’s testing, but rather made small revisions to an online report about the investigation on Thursday. Only when a Washington Post reporter discovered the changes did the news become more widely known.
As part of the investigation, the FDA found that 12 contaminated lots from the small Blakely, Ga., plant were shipped to schools in California, Minnesota and Iowa from January 2007 Read the rest of this entry »
Opinion Leaders in Women’s Health To Take the Podium at the 17th Annual Congress on Women’s Health, March 27-29, 2009
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Physicians, nurses, allied healthcare providers, and policymakers will gather in Williamsburg, VA on March 27-29, 2009 at the Williamsburg Lodge to learn practical, clinical information on cutting-edge therapeutic protocols, advances in diagnosis and management, and innovative translational Read the rest of this entry »
President Obama on Friday began dismantling his predecessor’s broad and damaging assault on women’s reproductive health and freedom. He lifted the odious gag rule that President George W. Bush imposed on international family planning groups and began trying to restore financing to the United Nations Population Fund.
It was a reassuring message that Mr. Obama takes seriously his duty to safeguard women’s lives and basic rights, Read the rest of this entry »
What do a tall mocha Frappuccino, a packet of pancake syrup, an 8-ounce tub of fruited yogurt, or a half cup of chocolate fudge brownie ice cream have in common? They all meet or exceed your daily added sugar quota for the entire day. You may be consuming much more sugar than you realize.
Elizabeth Somer, registered dietitian and author of “Food and Mood” offers the scoop on how much sugar sneaks into our diets every day:
How much sugar are we Read the rest of this entry »