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 »

Free fully customizable diet plan offered by Dr. Gourmet
,
Jan. 7
Timothy S. Harlan
, M.D., also known as Dr. Gourmet, today launches the newest version of his free, customizable
, which is now available @
The name of the plan reflects Dr. Harlan’s belief that quality calories – found in healthy, delicious foods – are the key to eating healthy and sustained weight loss.
The software is based on the 5 areas that research has shown help Read the rest of this entry »

— the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization.
The award and ranking are based on patient survey data collected as part of the federal government’s Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.
The federal assessment gathers patient responses to 27 survey questions related to physician and nurse communication, speed of responsiveness, hospital cleanliness and noise levels, medication information 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.
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The researchers enrolled 787 participants from among non-medical staff of
Kaiser Permanente of Northern California. Participants were randomized to
receive the Alive! program immediately or after an eight-month delay. “It was
quite impressive to see that degree of participation, considering that there
was no monetary incentive and people knew they could be randomized to a group
that would have to wait eight months,” said Barbara Sternfeld, PhD, Read the rest of this entry »

Published: December 30. 2008 9:43AM
Q Too often now, it is possible to keep an individual existing for years with feeding tubes and breathing machines, whether the patient wants them or not.
That’s not my definition of living. Is it for the benefit of the patient or family? No! Life is completely on hold. Is it for the benefit of nursing homes, doctors and hospitals? Oh, yes.
Doctors just stick their heads in my room once a day or week and get Read the rest of this entry »

Postmenopausal women who have hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) – a low level of sexual desire — have a worse health-related quality of life than their counterparts who are happy with their sex lives, according to a new study.
In fact, the researchers say, HSDD can cause in impairments in well-being on par with those seen in chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis and asthma.
HSDD, the “persistent lack of sexual Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The smarter the man, the higher the quality of his sperm, new research published in the journal Intelligence shows.
But women having difficulty conceiving shouldn’t question their partner’s intelligence and men who aren’t quite geniuses should not worry about their ability to father children, lead researcher Rosalind Arden of Kings College London told Reuters Health. “This is scientifically interesting, but unimportant Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK – The city’s Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene is launching a study of New York City’s air quality.
The New York City Community Air Survey will use air pollution
monitors throughout the five boroughs to measure pollutants.
The data will be collected over the next year from 150
locations, each of which will be monitored for two-week periods.
The department said the locations are mixed in terms of building
density, traffic patterns, Read the rest of this entry »