CRC Health Group Joins Hero Health Hire to Promote Employment of America's Wounded Warriors and Veterans
CUPERTINO, CA– – CRC Health Group today announced that it has joined Hero Health Hire, a coalition of companies and other entities in the health care industry that are united with the goal of employing …
Health groups urge Ottawa to save refugee services
The heads of several of Canada's leading health-care organizations have written a strongly worded letter to the federal immigration minister, urging him to rescind plans to cut health services to refugees and refugee claimants.
Some bagged salads deemed health risk
Citing a potential health risk, the California Department of Public Health warned consumers Friday to not eat certain bagged salads manufactured by River Ranch Fresh Foods and sold under various names.
Mass. Senate OKs version of health care bill – Boston Globe
The Massachusetts Senate passed its version of a health care cost reduction bill Thursday night, aimed at trimming projected health care costs in the state by $150 billion over the next 15 years. The Senate voted 35-to-2 for the measure after …
Health secretary addresses health care, religious freedom in protested graduation speech – CNN
Washington (CNN) – In an anticipated and controversial address Friday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius delivered a speech that blended inspirational messages to graduates with a discussion of public policy’s tough …
The 15 Minute Physical: Dr. Oz Showcases Power Of Electronic Health Records – Forbes
At a taping of the Dr. Oz Show on Saturday, Dr. Mehmet Oz and 75 laptop-wielding medical students entered clinical information on 1,000 patients into an electronic health record, courtesy of Practice Fusion, a provider of free web-based EHRs.
Integrative Medicine’ More Effective in Treatment of Diabetes, Claims Expert in the UAE – PR Inside
Around the world, some 285m people now have diabetes, a figure expected to climb to 440m within 20 years. In the UAE too there has been a sharp rise in diabetes cases. International Diabetes Federation estimates that over 20 per cent of the country’s …
In Benin, health extension workers bring care close to home
UNICEF correspondent Suzanne Beukes reports on health extension workers bringing vital health services to families in Ketou, Benin. For more information, please visit: www.unicef.org
Hospitals mobilize on health cost bill – The Boston Globe
Last Monday, leaders from Partners HealthCare System Inc. gathered in the dark-paneled office of Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo to lay out their objections to his expansive 278-page plan to tame health care costs. The House proposal …