Lawmaker Calls For State Funds To Clear Backlog Of Veterans' Benefits Claims
Source: Big News Network
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:57:45 -0700 | health-news
Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner called on Gov. Jerry Brown Monday to support spending provisions recently approved by state legislators that would provide $6 million to reduce the long backlog of veterans' benefit claims in California. Speaking at a news conference outside...
Diabetes has been a part of my daughter's life for a quarter-century
Source: Washington Post's The Checkup
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:54:44 -0700 | health-news
My daughter has been a Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic since she was 10 months old...There were some scary moments when she was very young, and some rough times when she was a teenager...One of the silver linings of the early...
Myofascial pain syndrome often leaves doctors baffled and patients untreated
Source: Washington Post's The Checkup
Bethesda :: MD :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:54:41 -0700 | health-news
In myofascial pain syndrome, muscle fibers contract but don't release. This creates knots of taut muscle, or trigger points, that send pain throughout the body, even to parts that are perfectly healthy. My symptoms started in January 2008, with deep...
Health official reiterates hepatitis outbreak findings
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:53:51 -0700 | health-news
The Southern Nevada Health District's senior epidemiologist stood firm on the witness stand Monday in his conclusion that the 2007 hepatitis C outbreak was the result of unsafe injection practices at clinics run by Dr. Dipak Desai. Brian Labus, the...
The Human Voice May Not Spark Pleasure In Children With Autism
Source: National Public Radio
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 18:30:50 -0700 | health-news
The human voice appears to trigger pleasure circuits in the brains of typical kids, but not children with autism, a Stanford University team reports. The finding could explain why many children with autism seem indifferent to spoken words. The Stanford...
Clifton pediatrican takes case to U.S. Supreme Court
Source: Montclair Times
Clifton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:49:04 -0700 | health-news
More than a decade ago, a Clifton pediatrician became so fed up with the state's largest managed-care companies and their delays, denials and cuts in reimbursement that he filed a series of class-action lawsuits on behalf of the state's physicians....
Let's Take Our (Healthy) Relationship to the Next Level
Source: Fitsugar
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:29:48 -0700 | health-news
Fitness for the latest on workouts, fitness gear, and tips on healthy living, but we don't stop here! For an extra dose of all things fitness, find us on Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Google+. Whether we're sharing our...
Night-Time Potty Training: Dry Days AND Dry Nights
Source: EmpowHER
Scottsdale :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:28:53 -0700 | health-news
Erwin Wodicka/PhotoSpin Daytime toileting is usually mastered before nighttime toileting and before children's bladders are fully developed. (1, 2) Their bodies are also still too immature to reliably wake them up in the middle of the night to go to...
Observatory: Rickets Plagued Children of the Medicis
Source: The New York Times
Rome :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:27:42 -0700 | health-news
A team of Italian researchers found evidence of the disease in the skeletons of nine 16th-century Medici children. Several of the skeletons had curved arm and leg bones a telltale sign of walking or crawling on soft bones...Rickets is caused...
Crown and defence recommend 10-year sentence after man with mental health issues pleads guilty to ...
Source: The Province
Ontario :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:27:31 -0700 | health-news
An Ontario man with a history of mental health issues had recently been discharged from hospital when he fatally stabbed a talented young music producer in a vehicle, court heard Monday. On what was to have been the first day...
Medivo raises $15M to bridge gap between patients and physicians
Source: Venture Beat
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:26:51 -0700 | health-news
The healthcare industry is sick, but increasing numbers of startups are applying their tricks and treatments to nurse it back to heath. Health startup Medivo has raised $15 million to expand its health monitoring platform that connects doctors, consumers, and...
Challenge: Summerproof your skin
Source: Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 13:58:21 -0700 | health-news
summerproof your skin Summer weather has finally arrived in Boston, and you'll likely need to make some adjustments to your skin care routine as you head to the sandy beach or a chlorinated pool. Here's how to maintain the health...
Getting a proper diagnosis requires persistence
Source: Washington Post's The Checkup
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 13:57:15 -0700 | health-news
Finding the right doctor I can identify with Shannon Bream's story in An eyeful of agony [June 11]. I spent most of 2010 lying on the couch with a splitting headache. I was pretty sure the root of the problem...
Health-care law's network for resolving confusion shows mixed results
Source: Washington Post's The Checkup
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 13:57:11 -0700 | health-news
Health policy experts and consumer advocates are concerned about consumers falling through the cracks and not having clear information about where to go for what, says Sabrina Corlette, a research professor who directs Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reforms....
Stem cell discovery might someday help regrow lost fingers
Source: Washington Post's The Checkup
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 13:56:58 -0700 | health-news
The power of regeneration might be right at your fingertips Clumsy manicurists can thank a set of stem cells under the base of the fingernail for erasing their mistakes. Those cells allow not only trimmed fingernails but amputated fingertips to...
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