HEFEI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited people living with HIV/AIDS and thanked workers dealing with the disease in the eastern Anhui Province over the weekend.
Wen told a special symposium composed of AIDS experts and grassroots medical workers in Funan County, that government funds for prevention and control will increase year-by-year.
According to a joint estimation from the Ministry of Health, UNAIDS and WHO, there were Read the rest of this entry »

Disputing such underpayments is impractical and costly, physicians say, so they bill patients for the balance, hoping the patients’ complaints will prompt the HMO to pay in full.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised the ruling because it “reaffirms that patients should not be put in the middle of billing disputes between providers and health plans.”
Two years ago, Schwarzenegger directed his Department of Managed Health Care to adopt regulations Read the rest of this entry »

Disputing such underpayments is impractical and costly, physicians say, so they bill patients for the balance, hoping the patients’ complaints will prompt the HMO to pay in full.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised the ruling because it “reaffirms that patients should not be put in the middle of billing disputes between providers and health plans.”
Two years ago, Schwarzenegger directed his Department of Managed Health Care to adopt regulations Read the rest of this entry »

Visits by nurses are the cornerstone of a new program coming to Solano County that helps first-time moms, including current and former foster youth, to be successful parents.
The Nurse Family Partnership is a federal project that funds local programs that reduce child maltreatment by targeting first-time mothers who may be at high-risk for neglecting or abusing their children.
Solano County Child Welfare Services and Public Health divisions collaborated Read the rest of this entry »

There might be a break in the salmonella case — or not.

Food and Drug Administration inspectors headed for farms in Florida and Mexico on Friday as new clues emerged to the…

possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have sickened more than 500 people.
The FDA wouldn’t say where in Florida and Mexico the hunt is centering. But officials stressed that the clues don’t necessarily mean that a particular farm will turn out to be Read the rest of this entry »