Published: February 21, 2009
The Rockingham County Department of Public Health will offer free flu vaccinations through the end of the month. The vaccinations are being offered in response to the recent widespread flu activity throughout the state.
“Normally, flu does peak during the month of February,“ said Glenn Martin, director of the Rockingham County Department of Public Health. “It’s been relatively mild until we Read the rest of this entry »

Tuesday, 20 January 2009 12:36
Guam – The Guam Department of Public Health says there is a voluntary recall for some food items that come from the Peanut Corporation of America. No mandatory recall is in effect for any peanut butter products on Guam.
On the US mainland a salmonella outbreak has claimed 6 lives and sickened hundreds of others in 43 states. Tainted peanut butter products are blamed.
The FDA and other regulatory agencies have indicated Read the rest of this entry »

BATH — Steuben County recorded its first confirmed case of influenza in January, and the numbers have been climbing since, according to Gail Wechsler, public health coordinator for the county government’s Public Health and Nursing Services.
“The flu has hit for sure,” Wechsler said last week. “At this point, it’s throughout the county.”
The U.S. Center for Disease Control last week reported “widespread” flu activity in New York and other Read the rest of this entry »

A new study by the New York State Health Foundation shows that about one-third of enrollees in the state’s public health insurance programs, including Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and Medicaid lose their coverage because they fail to complete the annual re certification process.
Joining with Lake Research Partners, NYSHealth worked to identify the barriers and possible solutions to simplify the process. Senior VP David Sandman says efforts Read the rest of this entry »

West Chicago’s foray into the world of workouts is one that many communities have made in recent years. In Elmhurst, the park district recently upgraded its fitness facility to include granite counters and automatic soap dispensers in the restrooms. In
, members of the Premiere Fitness Club can get massages, free towels after workouts and coffee from an on-site cafe.
residents enjoy personal TV screens on cardio equipment.
“If you look around Read the rest of this entry »

For Dr. Harvey Benovitz, who graduated from medical school in 1962, it is as profound a shift in the way he treats patients as advances in
drugs.
in his small, meticulous handwriting, Dr. Benovitz, whose patients have always thought of him as a reassuringly old-fashioned internist, tapped a patient’s
and other vitals into a laptop next to the examining table during a checkup the other day.
Not only will this new electronic record-keeping Read the rest of this entry »

By Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia |
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) are seeking to amend the Medical Registration Act (MRA), which governs the registration of medical practitioners and regulates their conduct and ethics.
The proposed changes include the establishment of a Register of Family Physicians, raising standards of specialty care and allowing SMC to register doctors from diverse sources.
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10:00 PM PST on Saturday, December 20, 2008
More people suffering from flu-like illnesses went to Riverside County emergency departments in October and November than did so during the same period since 2004.
The extra emergency department visits came despite an abundance of flu vaccine available this year and pleas from national and local health officials for almost everyone, especially children, to get a shot. Influenza is a viral disease. Symptoms Read the rest of this entry »

Health-care cost controls needed, says Public Interest Research Group in Michigan
Without government intervention, the cost of an average employer-provided family health care policy in Michigan will more than double by 2016, according to a report released Wednesday.
Much of the increased costs will benefit special interests and not patients, according to the report, released by the Ann Arbor-based Public Interest Research Group in Michigan, or
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Public hospital births double risk for mother and baby, says report
February 16, 2009
WOMEN who give birth in public hospitals are twice as likely to suffer serious complications and their babies are at greater risk of death, research shows.
An analysis of more than 780,000 full-term births in Australia between 2001 and 2004 found one in 1000 babies died in private hospitals, compared with three in 1000 in public hospitals.
It also concluded Read the rest of this entry »