Today, Dec. 30
Children’s Support Group,
4 p.m. Peitz Cancer Support House, 315 Powers St. For children with parents or family members with cancer. Carol Havner, social worker will facilitate. 508-1442.
Marion County Cancer Support Group,
5 p.m. Marion County Health Unit, state Highway 202, Yellville. (870) 449-6363 or (870) 449-4259.
Growing Through Grief,
6 p.m. Baxter Regional Medical Center Home Health and Hospice building, 701 Burnett Read the rest of this entry »

Today, Oct. 28
Children’s Support Group,
4 p.m. Peitz Cancer Support House, 315 Powers St. For children with parents or family members with cancer. Carol Havner, social worker, will facilitate. 508-1442.
Marion County Cancer Support Group,
5 p.m. Marion County Health Unit, State Highway 202, Yellville. (870) 449-6363 or (870) 449-4259.
Growing Through Grief,
6 p.m. Baxter Regional Medical Center Home Health and Hospice building, 701 Burnett Read the rest of this entry »

States, Groups File Suit To Stop Rule Protecting Doctors Who Refuse To Perform Abortions
January 19, 2009 7:21 a.m. EST
Washington, DC (AHN) – Seven states and two organizations are suing the Bush administration for enacting a rule that protects health care workers from discrimination if they refuse to perform abortions.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed the lawsuit last week on behalf of his state, California, Illinois, Read the rest of this entry »

Bonnie Hill went to clinics, emergency rooms
and hospitals for years with all the signs of domestic abuse. She
had mysterious bruises, broken bones, anxiety and depression. But
hardly any of the doctors and nurses she visited asked how she got
them. When she finally summoned up the courage to tell one nurse
that her husband, the town pastor, was beating her, the nurse never
followed up. It took years of suffering before Hill found the help
she needed.
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Superheroes Wear Pink: Local groups team up to fight breast cancer, raise awareness
Even tough guys wear pink. If it’s for a good cause, anyway.
Huntley Fire Protection District firefighters have been wearing pink T-shirts while on duty this month in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Inspired by a firefighter’s mother, they’re also selling the shirts to raise money for women who can’t afford mammograms.
Some Read the rest of this entry »

Park Nicollet also will cut the number of sites at which it offers specialty services. Many specialists such as cardiologists currently travel to see patients at primary care clinics once a week or so. It also is exploring options for its wellness consulting arm, Park Nicollet HealthSource, including a possible sale.
“We had to make these difficult changes to adjust to the national economic downturn and lower demand for health care services, which Read the rest of this entry »

ALBANY — For about a week, he was the second-most recognizable blind man in New York.
But Juan Pietri, who appeared in a television commercial asking Gov.
, who is also legally blind, “Why are you doing this to me?” has been taken out of an advertising campaign paid for by health care interest groups.
The move represents a softer approach by 1199 S.E.I.U. United Healthcare Workers East and the Greater New York Hospital Association, Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, January 26, 2009, 4:33 PM
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the American Frozen Food Institute, the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the Food Marketing Institute are among a group of ten food industry organizations who have sent a letter to members of Congress asking for changes to the food safety system in the United States.
For one thing, they ask that the Food and Drug Administration be given the authority to order a food Read the rest of this entry »

Today, Nov. 25
Children’s Support Group,
4 p.m. Peitz Cancer Support House, 315 Powers St. For children with parents or family members with cancer. Carol Havner, social worker will facilitate. 508-1442.
Marion County Cancer Support Group,
5 p.m. Marion County Health Unit, State Highway 202, Yellville. (870) 449-6363 or (870) 449-4259.
Growing Through Grief,
6 p.m. Baxter Regional Medical Center Home Health and Hospice building, 701 Burnett Read the rest of this entry »

ATHENS – Community organizations and agencies in 21 southeastern Ohio counties are eligible to receive between $500 and $1,500 to plan and conduct conferences, workshops, health fairs and other events to promote the second annual Ohio Women’s Health Week, scheduled for May.
The Ohio Department of Health, in partnership with Area Health Education Centers based at the state’s seven medical colleges, provide the funding for programs focused on health Read the rest of this entry »