Dean Health Plan, Healthways Partner to Introduce Comprehensive, Integrated … NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Healthways (NASDAQ:HWAY) and Dean Health Plan (DHP) today announced a three-year agreement to provide Healthways Well-Being Improvement Solution to DHP members, offering an integrated total population … Read more on MarketWatch (press release) Connections for Cardiovascular Health(SM) [...]
Posted on February 22, 2012
BMO Harris Bank Provides Healthy Donation to American Family Children's Hospital While health care workers can attest to how stressful their work is, especially when caring for children, this team room will provide an area for medical staff to decompress, refocus and re-energize. It will allow them to become more attuned to their … Read [...]
Posted on February 21, 2012
Fat Tuesday: King Cake, Paczkis Bad for Health Ahead of Ash Wednesday The day of indulgence ahead of Ash Wednesday and Lent may actually be bad for health. On Fat Tuesday, people load up on carbohydrates, lard, and eggs, which is basically what people traditionally did to get rid of perishables that would not last [...]
The Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut (HITE-CT) Selects … Axway (EPA:FR:AXW) , the Business Interaction Networks company, and GE Healthcare, a leading health information exchange software provider and a division of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced today that the Health Information Technology … Read more on MarketWatch (press release) Kentucky American Water Helps Sponsor [...]
Posted on February 20, 2012
Inhalable caffeine AeroShot could lead to abuse, health problems He said he's worried young people will use AeroShot and alcohol together with potentially severe health risks. "All you have to do is look at Four Loko and its niche among young people," Goldberger said. Paul Stanley, a 22-year-old architecture senior … Read more on The [...]
Wildfire Smoke Kills 339000 a Year, Researchers Say By ROBERT LEE HOTZ VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Smoke from burning forests and grasslands kills on average 339000 people a year world-wide, an international research team said Sunday in the first systematic global health study of air pollution from … Read more on Wall Street Journal Franklin: Health kept [...]
Posted on February 19, 2012
Adult Day Health Care end to cut off frail seniors The 92-year-old woman's list of illnesses is staggering, but the San Franciscan has managed to stay in her own home and out of a nursing facility with the help of in-home caregivers and a state-sponsored program called Adult Day Health Care, … Read more on [...]
Doctors Health Press Supports Study Showing That a Regular Regimen of … The Doctors Health Press, a publisher of various natural health newsletters, books and reports, including the popular online Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin, is lending its support to a new study showing that taking multivitamins regularly could help … Read more on Houston Chronicle [...]
Posted on February 18, 2012
Expect OxyContin health crisis, warns First Nations leader Health Canada says when the pill is chewed or crushed, then injected or inhaled, it produces a "heroin-like euphoria." The company that produces OxyContin will stop manufacturing the drug in Canada at the end of the month. Purdue Pharma Canada will … Read more on CBC.ca Sebelius [...]
Vt. health bill builds risk pool, limits choice Peter Shumlin to detail the costs of the governor's ambitious health insurance plan, now that three possible benefit packages have been made public. "You should be as transparent as you can so that we can understand the changes that may be coming," … Read more on CBS [...]
Posted on February 17, 2012
