Last year alone, 1,025 people committed suicides in Lithuania.
Psychologists and psychiatrists point out that no measures have been taken in the suicide prevention field.
from the Psychological department at Vilnius University has been studying reasons for suicides as well as social economic consequences for many years already.
“I should say that the statistics of suicides has started improving a bit. No studies have been conducted regards the Read the rest of this entry »

Top 10 Health Information Sites by Unique Visitors
July 2008 vs. July 2007
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore Media Metrix

Total Unique Visitors (000)
Jul-2007 Jul-2008 % Change

Total Internet: Total Audience 180,078 189,134 5
Health – Information 56,865 69,008 Read the rest of this entry »

WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Santa Barbara, CA – iTMP Technology, Inc., a
pioneering iPhone hardware and software developer, announces the commercial
launch of SMHEART LINK, a highly-anticipated new technology that is poised
to bring unparalleled health and fitness capabilities to Apple iPhone and
iPod touch users. For the first time ever, a technology is now available
that allows the iPhone to double as a heart monitor and fitness Read the rest of this entry »

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says health insurer Cigna Corp. is joining a nationwide push to reform how health care reimbursement rates are set.
Cigna will stop using a controversial database to calculate reimbursement for patients who see doctors outside their insurance networks. The company will also contribute $10 million to a new, independent database.
Cuomo says the Ingenix database, owned by UnitedHealth Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is asking wounded, ill or injured service members and their families to rate their medical care in an anonymous poll that officials hope will encourage candor.
The Defense Department on Thursday posted questionnaires on the Web site of the Military Health System, which has struggled to meet unprecedented demand because of the two ongoing wars on Iraq and Afghanistan.
The system serves some 9 million people Read the rest of this entry »

TAMPA – Three of 31 nursing homes in Hillsborough County received five stars while six received just one in a national ranking system just launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Administrators for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services took existing data already on the agency’s Web site and made it easier for patients and families to evaluate a nursing home.
The ratings are based on three major criteria: state inspections, Read the rest of this entry »

The coverage at issue was established in 1996 by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. A key goal was ensuring that people who lost their jobs were able to remain insured. HIPAA works in tandem with COBRA, a federal law that extends job-based group insurance coverage, entirely at the individual’s expense, for up to three years after a person leaves or loses a job. (COBRA stands for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Read the rest of this entry »

Feb. 3, 2009 — A woman’s heart rate taken when at rest is a good predictor of her heart attack risk, a new study shows.
Regardless of other risk factors for heart attack, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, researchers say they’ve found that a simple pulse rate measurement can predict risk of coronary events in postmenopausal women.
The research team was led by Judith Hsia, MD, a professor at George Washington University School of Medicine. Read the rest of this entry »

N.Y. prevails over Amazon in suit
New York state has won a round in court against Amazon.com Inc. over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.
A state Supreme Court justice in Manhattan dismissed a suit challenging the law’s constitutionality, saying Amazon had no basis for legal action.
The law applies to companies that don’t have offices in New York but have at least one person Read the rest of this entry »

Chandler’s four nursing homes are rated better than most in Arizona, according to a new star-rating system by federal regulators.
The city’s average of 3.5 stars topped the statewide score of 2.85 and the national score of 2.81.
Chandler also was one of the few cities with a nursing home that received a perfect 5-star rating. That score went to Park Regency Care Center at 2555 N. Price Road.
• Desert Cove Nursing Center, 1750 W. Frye Road, Read the rest of this entry »