DR. JOSHUA LIPSMAN, Westchester County’s health commissioner, has taken the
test. He tells his friends and family to take the test, and he wants you to take it too.
He is on a mission because Westchester has the highest number of H.I.V. infections in the state outside New York City.
“We think that about 3,000 to 5,000 people in Westchester are H.I.V. positive,” Dr. Lipsman said. Unfortunately, he said, 20 percent of those Read the rest of this entry »
The rule says providers — including hospitals, clinics, universities, pharmacies and doctor’s offices — can be charged with discrimination if an employee is pressured to participate in care that is “contrary to their religious beliefs or moral convictions.” Violators would lose their federal funds.
Critics of the rule said it was too broad and threatened the rights of patients.
They said they were particularly worried that patients would not Read the rest of this entry »
Oct. 20, 2008 | If Barack Obama or John McCain wants to find a federal program that wastes hundreds of billions of dollars, he can take the scalpel (or better yet the hatchet) to the national war on drugs. Economists, physicians, police chiefs and prison wardens have repeatedly concluded that the drug war has been a very costly failure over the past four decades, but then neither Obama nor McCain needs to hear the truth from any expert — because Read the rest of this entry »
Published: December 18, 2008 3:00 a.m.
Specialized footwear designed for results, but fit is personal
Because the human foot is best suited for walking barefoot on uneven surfaces, it would seem the next best thing would be a shoe that could replicate that.
Designed with negative heels and major support, so-called physiological shoes are often short on style and stability.
They were created for physical-therapy patients, but some brands are Read the rest of this entry »
IN the past decade, baseball has experienced a data-driven information revolution. Numbers-crunchers now routinely use statistics to put better teams on the field for less money. Our overpriced, underperforming health care system needs a similar revolution.
Data-driven baseball has produced surprising results. Michael Lewis writes in “Moneyball” that the Oakland A’s have won games and division titles at one-sixth the cost of the Read the rest of this entry »
Brandon resident Tina Womble knows she is at risk for ovarian cancer. The disease took the lives of her mother, her aunt and her grandmother.
But she cannot convince her insurance company that annual cancer screenings are necessary, leaving her to pay the $800 out-of-pocket cost for the test. As a single mother of three children, two of whom are in college, sometimes she just cannot afford it.
“If it’s a bad year, I just have to wait and hope Read the rest of this entry »
OPELOUSAS, La. — The sheriff of St. Landry Parish announced in July that an undercover investigation of area gyms had produced the largest anabolic steroid bust ever in this rural Cajun county.
In an investigation that has identified about 100 suspected steroid users and 15 dealers in the county, 10 people have been arrested, including two former high school football players, the sheriff said. He added that of those 100 suspected users, as Read the rest of this entry »
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U.K. Drivers to Take 10-Year Health Checks, Telegraph Reports
Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — British motorists will have to take
regular health tests to determine whether they are fit to drive
under a major reform of the U.K. drivers-license system, the
Daily Telegraph reported, citing a person close to the matter.
Drivers will have to declare they are medically fit every 10
years or take tests checking eyesight and reaction times, the
newspaper said. Read the rest of this entry »
The deadly salmonella outbreak traced to a Georgia peanut company is having an unexpected effect: It’s forcing lawmakers — finally, critics say — to improve food-safety regulations that in some cases haven’t been updated in a century.
Georgia legislators last week introduced bills that would enable county health officials to inspect local food-processing plants and also require food processors to report inspection results Read the rest of this entry »