Medicare beneficiaries will be able to get coverage for preventive obesity counseling, CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) announced today. The CMS says this is part of the widening range of preventive services CMS has been adding to its c…
read moreChildren With Sickle Cell Disease, Hypertension, And Anemia At Risk For Silent Strokes
November 30, 2011
A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Vanderbilt University and elsewhere have demonstrated that high blood pressure and anemia together put children with sickle cell disease (SCD) at serious danger for symptomless or so-calle…
read moreLeading Out-Of-School-Time Organizations Unite To Combat Childhood Obesity Epidemic
November 30, 2011
ChildObesity180, an alliance of multi-sector national leaders committed to reversing the trend of childhood obesity, announced today a unique partnership of leading out-of-school-time organizations that have united to adopt consistent principles for nu…
read moreProgress In Pursuit Of Global Reproductive Health And Rights May Be Hampered By Good Intentions
November 30, 2011
Serious global discussions have begun in the lead-up to the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) deadline of 2015. Governments and international agencies are asking what has been achieved, what still needs to be done and how best to proceed after the dead…
read moreResearchers have published the largest single patient population study to date on a method for following patients with retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters – devices used to keep blood clots from traveling to the lungs…
read moreResearchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Injury Research and Prevention studied nearly 1,000 1- to 8-year-old children involved in crashes and found no evidence of increased injury risk for children across a broad weight rang…
read moreHave you ever given a thought to the fact that carrot, one of the healthiest and frequently used vegetables can be allergic to some people? Although not so common in the United States, it affects almost 25% of the population in Europe. Let’s find out, …
read moreThe importance of primary health care is considerably high in every country. It is because, such organizations work for improving the well-being of people and have provision for holistic treatment of people who are seeking medical aid. We have elaborat…
read moreTaking ‘analgesics’ or ‘painkillers’ is the easiest way to get rid of headache or body ache. But have you ever tried to find out how do painkillers work? How do painkillers know where the pain is? Read this article to know about the reactions that take…
read moreAmerican adults now weigh an average of 20 pounds more than they did two decades ago, and their view of what they should ideally weigh has also increased, according to Gallup’s annual Health and Healthcare survey, which questioned 532 men and 480 women…
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