A day after he had to jettison the person he hoped would be the architect of a healthcare overhaul, President Obama this afternoon will get to claim a smaller victory.
He signed into law a bill, given final approval by the House today, to extend subsidized coverage to 4 million more children across the country. The bill on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program costs nearly $33 billion and covers children whose parents earn too much to qualify Read the rest of this entry »

ST. LOUIS
,
Jan. 27
$7,500
grant to The Center for
Black Women’s Wellness, Inc. (CBWW) to support Journey to Wellness, a program
designed to address the disparity of mental health among black women.
Through education and advocacy, the program uses nontraditional modes such
as drama, movie nights with discussion sessions, and tea parties to provide
culturally appropriate opportunities for women to address fears associated
with accessing mental Read the rest of this entry »

ST. LOUIS
,
Jan. 27
$7,500
grant to The Center for
Black Women’s Wellness, Inc. (CBWW) to support Journey to Wellness, a program
designed to address the disparity of mental health among black women.
Through education and advocacy, the program uses nontraditional modes such
as drama, movie nights with discussion sessions, and tea parties to provide
culturally appropriate opportunities for women to address fears associated
with accessing Read the rest of this entry »

The U.S. Department of Labor
that another 533,000 jobs were lost in November; catapulting the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent–and bringing the grand total number of jobs lost this year to a whopping
.
Further adding to these depressing stats: many of the jobs lost aren’t coming back.
Among the unemployed, the number of persons who lost their job and did not expect to be recalled to work increased by 298,000 to 4.7 million in November. Over Read the rest of this entry »

With a leafleting, lobbying, and letter-writing blitz, healthcare groups are urging Governor Deval Patrick to use expected federal bailout money to shore up health programs slashed this fall because of the state’s budget crisis.
A coalition of three dozen social service, healthcare, labor, and legal groups – dubbed Put Patients First – is mailing 100,000 Boston area voters a flier about the specific effect of recent cuts to Boston Medical Center Read the rest of this entry »

At Lehigh Regional Medical Center in Lehigh Acres, admissions and surgeries are significantly lower than preceding years, but this parallels the rest of the country. Almost two-thirds or recently surveyed hospitals are reporting the same information with dwindling admissions, less surgery and significant increases in non-paying patients.
People with and without insurance try to avoid hospitalization because of the financial burden it places on the 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 »

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and was reprinted with its permission.
The current worldwide financial crisis is transforming the problem of rising U.S. healthcare costs into a dire threat to our entire economy, making healthcare reform an increasingly urgent priority. Any potential approach to restructuring healthcare must include universal electronic medical records so that both patient care and policy decisions are fully informed. In his weekly address to the nation on Dec. Read the rest of this entry »

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS): Natural drugs, especially of plant origin, are expected to play a major role in the healthcare programme in the 21st Century, a leading scientist has said.
“The revival of interest in plant-based drugs and other herbal products is mainly because of the widespread belief that ‘green medicine’ is healthier than the synthetic products,” said veteran scientist P. Pushpangadan in a paper titled ‘Health Food and Nutraceuticals Read the rest of this entry »