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Minimum-Wage Increase to Become Reality
Minimum-Wage Increase to Become Reality
posted by danieljohn 592 days 13 hours 2 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 592 days 13 hours 6 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 510 days 19 hours 37 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 510 days 19 hours 39 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 510 days 19 hours 41 minutes ago
Find out the lies behind this disease-promoting ingredient.
Read more...California Family Grieves Dead Soldier
California Family Grieves Dead Soldier
posted by travel_nursing 592 days 13 hours 1 minute ago
In high school, Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. was surprisingly self-assured, knowing early what he wanted to do with his life: the military.
Read more...Companies Turn to In-house Health Clinics to Control Skyrocketing Health Care Costs
Companies Turn to In-house Health Clinics to Control Skyrocketing Health Care Costs
posted by tnelson 510 days 19 hours 46 minutes ago
According to a recent study, the economic strain levied on employers in the U.S. from employee health care costs is growing exponentially, leaving many employers scrambling to find alternatives to their present health care models.
Read more...Why Africa Fears Western Medicine
Why Africa Fears Western Medicine
posted by jlittle 510 days 20 hours 40 minutes ago
To Westerners, the repatriation of five nurses and a doctor to Bulgaria last week after more than eight years' imprisonment meant the end of an unsettling ordeal. The medical workers, who in May 2004 were sentenced to death on charges of intentionally infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, have been freed, and another international incident is averted. But to many Africans, the accusations, which have been validated by a guilty verdict and a promise to reimburse the families of the infected children with a $426 million payout, seem perfectly plausible. The medical workers' release appears to be the latest episode in a health care nightmare in which white and Western-trained doctors and nurses have harmed Africans - and have gone unpunished.
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