Seven-day week health unit opens (BBC News)
Published:Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:13:03 GMT
A health centre which will treat patients with minor ailments and illnesses opens on Teesside....
Published:Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:13:03 GMT
A health centre which will treat patients with minor ailments and illnesses opens on Teesside....
Getting a Health Policy When You?re Already Sick (New York Times)
Published:Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:06:40 GMT
Health insurers put up additional hurdles for people with pre-existing conditions who want to buy or hold onto their policies....
Published:Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:06:40 GMT
Health insurers put up additional hurdles for people with pre-existing conditions who want to buy or hold onto their policies....
Canadian, European hostages in good health (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Published:Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:23:45 GMT
Two Canadian diplomats and four tourists kidnapped in Niger are in good health despite months in captivity, Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure told Canadian broadcaster CBC....
Published:Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:23:45 GMT
Two Canadian diplomats and four tourists kidnapped in Niger are in good health despite months in captivity, Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure told Canadian broadcaster CBC....
How to find health care services at reduced cost (Detroit Free Press)
Published:Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:21:37 GMT
With 1.1 million uninsured adults in Michigan, more people than ever need help looking for free and reduced-cost health care. Metro Detroit now has a clearinghouse through United Way's 2-1-1 hotline that steers people to programs....
Published:Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:21:37 GMT
With 1.1 million uninsured adults in Michigan, more people than ever need help looking for free and reduced-cost health care. Metro Detroit now has a clearinghouse through United Way's 2-1-1 hotline that steers people to programs....
Health Highlights: April 3, 2009 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Published:Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:02:59 GMT
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:...
Published:Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:02:59 GMT
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:...
Covisint system to combine health plan info (Detroit Free Press)
Published:Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:20:49 GMT
Compuware's Covisint subsidiary soon will begin installing a new computer system to streamline communications between 17 Michigan nonprofit health plans and their doctors. Up to now, doctors participating in more than one insurance plan had to use different passwords and user names to get access to patient information, a time-consuming task....
Published:Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:20:49 GMT
Compuware's Covisint subsidiary soon will begin installing a new computer system to streamline communications between 17 Michigan nonprofit health plans and their doctors. Up to now, doctors participating in more than one insurance plan had to use different passwords and user names to get access to patient information, a time-consuming task....
State's health chief issues call to action (The Toledo Blade)
Published:Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:33:47 GMT
Health disparities among Lucas County residents are easy to find. While 30 percent of white Lucas County residents had high blood pressure in 2007, for example, 53 percent of their African-American counterparts did. Eleven percent of Hispanic residents and 22 percent of African-Americans had diabetes, compared to 9 percent of whites that year. And infant mortality rates among African-American ......
Published:Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:33:47 GMT
Health disparities among Lucas County residents are easy to find. While 30 percent of white Lucas County residents had high blood pressure in 2007, for example, 53 percent of their African-American counterparts did. Eleven percent of Hispanic residents and 22 percent of African-Americans had diabetes, compared to 9 percent of whites that year. And infant mortality rates among African-American ......
Many buy high deductible health plans (UPI)
Published:Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:32:25 GMT
ATLANTA, April 3 (UPI) -- In 2007, 17.3 percent of U.S. adults under age 65 with private health insurance were enrolled in a high deductible health plan, researchers said....
Published:Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:32:25 GMT
ATLANTA, April 3 (UPI) -- In 2007, 17.3 percent of U.S. adults under age 65 with private health insurance were enrolled in a high deductible health plan, researchers said....
County's rivers flunk health test (The Capital)
Published:Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:36:07 GMT
BOWIE - Anne Arundel County's rivers - the Magothy, Severn, South, West and Rhode - have the poorest health of all the rivers in the Chesapeake Bay region....
Published:Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:36:07 GMT
BOWIE - Anne Arundel County's rivers - the Magothy, Severn, South, West and Rhode - have the poorest health of all the rivers in the Chesapeake Bay region....
