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Cost-Effective Method of Lowering Heart Disease Risks
Cost-Effective Method of Lowering Heart Disease Risks
posted by tnelson 275 days 20 hours 20 minutes ago
As U.S. policy experts continue to search for ways to re-engineer the country's healthcare system, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine shows that a case-management approach helped a diverse group of patients reduce their overall risk of heart disease by roughly 10 percent, and did so in a cost-effective way.
Read more...VA Announces New Nursing Academy Sites
VA Announces New Nursing Academy Sites
posted by kmarshall 279 days 4 hours 30 minutes ago
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is launching a new initiative that partners the Department's world-class health care system with four of the country's finest nursing schools.
Read more...Africa AIDS war undercut by health worker crisis: MSF
Africa AIDS war undercut by health worker crisis: MSF
posted by aliux 362 days 20 hours 26 minutes ago
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A critical shortage of healthcare workers and restrictions on prescribing life-saving drugs are crippling the war on HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.
Read more...Minimum-Wage Increase to Become Reality
Minimum-Wage Increase to Become Reality
posted by danieljohn 362 days 20 hours 29 minutes ago
America's lowest-paid workers won a $2.10 raise Thursday, with Congress approving the first increase in the federal minimum wage in almost a decade.
Read more...Emory University Partners with realhealth.TV for Internet Videos
Emory University Partners with realhealth.TV for Internet Videos
posted by marcusy56 362 days 20 hours 33 minutes ago
NEW YORK & ATLANTA, BUSINESS WIRE, an Internet TV channel dedicated to a new form of consumer health education by showcasing real people sharing their health stories, has teamed with Emory University to provide Internet videos of Emory medical experts dispensing health information and commentary.
Read more...The Snowball Effect of Obesity
The Snowball Effect of Obesity
posted by kmarshall 281 days 3 hours 4 minutes ago
Being overweight in early childhood increases chances a person's chance for obesity at age 12.
Read more...Mandatory AIDS Testing Proposal in Public Health Facilities
Mandatory AIDS Testing Proposal in Public Health Facilities
posted by tnelson 281 days 3 hours 6 minutes ago
Based on a newly published report, some doctors are now calling for the nationwide, mandatory testing of all adults for AIDS.
Read more...The politics of sugar
The politics of sugar
posted by tnelson 281 days 3 hours 9 minutes ago
Find out the lies behind this disease-promoting ingredient.
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