State labor board moves to limit UC Medical Center strike
Source: KTUV
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 19:25:41 -0700 | health-news
Board will seek a temporary restraining order on Monday blocking some employees from taking part in the planned strike after university officials argued that their doing so would constitute a threat to public health and safety, according to a statement...
How Trace Amounts of Arsenic End Up In Grocery Store Meat
Source: KQED
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 11:22:21 -0700 | health-news
Roxarsone, a drug linked to elevated levels of inorganic arsenic in chicken meat, is no longer used in chicken farming, producers say. But another arsenic-based drug is still used to raise turkeys. Photo: iStockphoto Post by by Allison Aubrey, The...
Bring a healthy attitude to class
Source: Examiner
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 21:44:50 -0700 | health-news
In June, I was physically unhealthy, taking medication for diabetes, and I was selected to run a large urban school district perhaps one of the more stressful jobs there is. I took a hard look at what I was about...
9 get to attend W. Pa. prom despite vaccine issue
Source: SF Gate
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-11 08:04:09 -0700 | health-news
Pa. (AP) Nine students in a western Pennsylvania school district who were told they couldn't attend their prom because they hadn't been vaccinated for chickenpox were able to attend after all. The Pennsylvania Department of Health notified the Norwin School...
Legal help for AIDS patients
Source: SF Gate
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-11 06:41:36 -0700 | health-news
The collaboration includes the Mississippi State Department of Health's Crossroads Clinics Central and the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation ...Officials say there are 97 medical-legal partnerships in the country serving 54,000 patients a year.
Stick with your meds schedule
Source: Examiner
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 17:46:43 -0700 | health-news
You can skip a rock, skip school or simply skip for exercise (see iskip.com if you don't believe us)...It allows your blood pressure to rebound to its previously high, potentially dangerous levels. Overall, not taking prescribed medications costs the U.S....
Doctors recommend limiting juice consumption for kids
Source: KTUV
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 17:13:03 -0700 | health-news
While Americans have been cutting back on their soda consumption for every year for almost the past decade, at the same time, the sales of juice and "juice-like drinks" are on the rise...Patel says most people don't realize how many...
Omaha trial on deaf medical student's lawsuit set
Source: SF Gate
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 13:31:32 -0700 | health-news
Neb. (AP) Jury trial has been set in the case of a man who accuses Creighton University in a lawsuit of discriminating against him because he is deaf. The trial is set for the week of Aug. 20 in Omaha's...
Major insurance changes loom with Affordable Care Act
Source: KTUV
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-06 17:59:55 -0700 | health-news
The Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare -- was signed in 2010, but many people are still unclear on the free benefits and services that the act requires insurance plans to provide to customers...There are dozens of preventive health...
Md. Police ID man found dead along Potomac River
Source: SF Gate
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-06 04:56:19 -0700 | health-news
Md. (AP) Maryland State Police are identifying a man found dead at Point of Rocks State Park...O'Connell of Frederick was found dead along the banks of the Potomac River on Sunday afternoon...O'Connell's car was found in a parking lot about...
Coupons to Castro businesses offered for STD tests
Source: Examiner
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 20:45:20 -0700 | health-news
Examiner file photo Castro businesses will offer coupons to promote HIV testing. The Department of Public Health is encouraging gay men to get regular HIV and STD testing by offering them coupons to businesses in the Castro district. The six-month...
Doctors tout effectiveness of 3D mammography
Source: KTUV
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 17:57:32 -0700 | health-news
While many insurance policies may not cover 3D mammography, some doctors are urging women that the new high-tech mammograms are worth the price. The new procedure is the hottest thing in breast cancer screening...The medical center offered the special mammograms...
Reverend Run to make appearance at Detroit church
Source: SF Gate
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-28 02:42:40 -0700 | health-news
Hip-hop legend Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons is coming to Detroit to discuss the need for early diabetes detection. The member of the famed group Run DMC is an ambassador for the "Ask.Screen.Know." campaign, which is dedicated to increasing awareness about...
Miss. Health Dept. seeks to avoid cutting 82 jobs
Source: SF Gate
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-26 16:11:27 -0700 | health-news
Miss. (AP) Top officials at the Mississippi State Department of Health say they're trying to prevent layoffs for 41 employees and 41 contract workers who were part of a program to help women with high-risk pregnancies. Dr. Mary Currier ,...
Fund Basic Research, It's For Your Own Good
Source: KQED
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 14:24:08 -0700 | health-news
The budget proposal by the Obama administration is a mixed bag in terms of funding for science . Targeted research received some OK gains but basic research was left with the same or even less money than the previous year....
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