Health care News
|
The National Cancer Institute has found that obesity can be worse for your lifespan than smoking. Will this prompt changes in legislation?
|
|
A newly-released report by a US-based health care research organization has ranked Britain's National Health Service (NHS) the best among 11 most-developed nation health systems, with the United States placing last.
|
|
Edmonton -
The third annual National Day of Action for Refugee Health Care was observed in Edmonton with a small but passionate group.
|
|
Center of attention in a federal budget brawl, the introduction of a $7 Medicare co-payment has brought doctors up in arms, stating the co-pay will threaten not only their business model, but survival of medical practices.
|
|
The top official for Veterans health care services resigned Friday, in what is being called the result of the growing scandal over alleged delays in care and falsifying of records at veteran's hospitals.
|
|
After more than 55 failed attempts by the House, Speaker John Boehner finally conceded that Obamacare is here to stay. Boehner’s admission comes only three weeks after he vowed the House would continue to try to repeal the law.
|
|
Last minute health insurance shoppers nationwide turned up in record numbers online Monday, and they also showed up in person at clinics, county health departments and libraries to sign up for Obamacare on the last official day of open enrollment.
|
|
While Latino enrollment has lagged in California’s insurance marketplace, Asians have signed up in numbers outstripping their representation in the pool of eligible people.
|
|
When sweeping new advice on preventing heart attacks and strokes came out last November, it wasn’t clear how many more Americans should be taking daily statin pills to lower their risk.
|
|
Carlos Velazquez’s skateboard slipped out from beneath his feet and he spiraled onto the ground, landing hard on his left arm. He decided not to go to the doctor after the 2012 accident, resorting to over-the-counter pain medication and home remedies.
|
|
Injured patients who had to travel an average 13 minutes longer to reach a hospital trauma center because a facility nearer to home had closed were more likely to die of their injuries in the hospital, according to a new California study.
|
|
Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego, knows when his patients’ hearts are racing or their blood pressure is on the rise, even if they’re sitting at home.
|
|
The Obama administration released a set of regulatory changes to the health law that would give some consumers more time to stay in plans that don't comply with all its coverage requirements and all consumers more time to enroll in coverage come 2015.
|
|
Close to 60,000 people with the virus live in U.S. states that are not expanding their Medicaid programs and are likely to remain uninsured.
|
|
There's a new drug regimen being touted as a potential cure for a dangerous liver virus that causes hepatitis C. But it costs $84,000 -- or $1,000 a pill.
|
|
Seniors enrolled in Aetna’s Medicare Advantage plan In Baltimore County, Md., saw their monthly premiums rise from $33 to $51 this year. Enrollees in HealthNow New York, a Medicare HMO in Erie County, saw their premiums jump from zero to $28 a month.
|
|
Proponents of expanding Medicaid in Florida argue that a 'no' vote means that legal immigrants will have access to insurance subsidies while some U.S. citizens go without coverage.
|
|
A 75-year-old man from France, after surviving a week with an artificial heart, chatted with family and fed himself. The man was the first in the world to be fitted with an artificial heart.
|
|
How did it happen that we are allowing the conservatives to label The Affordable Care Act (ACA) as socialized medicine and or socialism? Are they trying to hide just how capitalistic the ACA really is?
|
|
Medical marijuana is constantly in news and more positive views about its “harmless” nature seem to be attempting to win public opinion. But is it really safe? One experienced doctor rejects all safety claims of medical cannabis.
|
|
Plano -
One factor that can make Obamacare significantly more acceptable to people is inclusion of alternative medicine and treatment, says author and alternative health advocate Alan Smith.
|
|
Kenyase -
A meeting aimed at discussing the findings and charting the way forward towards improving HIV care and treatment by empowering nurses, was held in Kenya at the weekend, with the Health Cabinet Secretary Mr James Macharia pledging government support.
|
|
Washington -
Read my lips, "You can keep your insurance policy and your doctor...period." That's the infamous promise touted repeatedly by Democrats, including President Obama, who used the slogan as a campaign weapon against his enemies,
|
|
With mounting complaints against Obamacare’s attempt to require people to buy solid health care insurance, President Obama has decided to allow so-called “Junk Insurance” to be sold through 2014.
|
|
President Obama has tried to expand health insurance for his people but has met obstacle after obstacle. Here is a chance to clear the path.
|
|
As shown by a recording of Sean Hannity, speaking to an Obamacare phone operator, the problems may run deeper than just a website which doesn't work.
|
|
Crashes of Obamacare online accessibility in its first week didn't occur in a vacuum. Who hasn't suffered a problem even with Apple, or had to return a car for a dangerous problem.
|
Dar Es Salaam -
" When we try to visualize the application of primary health care here at home, sometimes we really have to search tor examples that will convey the concept."
|
|
The Obama Administration has always considered healthcare a central part of its plans. The government shutdown as a result of Republican attitudes towards what they and the media have dubbed ‘Obamacare’ has put thousands of families at risk.
|
|
With the federal budget debate heating up among congressional legislators, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) appeared on Fox News to defend the GOP effort to defund Obamacare and said the bill "sucks."
|
apis-245531 apis-243376 apis-242953 apis-241638 apis-240030 apis-238355 apis-235129 apis-234189 apis-233557 apis-232783 apis-232113 apis-231599 apis-230813 apis-230292 apis-230291 apis-229463 apis-229462 apis-220773 apis-220042 apis-219461 apis-219210 apis-218976 apis-218281 apis-217797 apis-217538 apis-216327 apis-215441 apis-215008 apis-214407
Health care Image
Courtesy Kaiser Health News
New tech may help physicians keep tabs on patients
image:178922:0::0
White House Photo by Pete Souza
The President signing health care reform into law
image:65230:3::0
Flillmore Photography
Prescription pills
image:39018:4::0
Lindsay Ripley
Jackson and Kennedy
image:125776:0::0
by Reza Vaziri
A nurse in Markham, Ontario
image:68126:3::0
YouTube
The hearing held by the Senate sub-committee on Primary Health and Aging, March 12, 2014.
image:179519:0::0
Katy Walters
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, an NHS hospital
image:195383:1::0
CDC
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Survelliance System, CDC
image:54928:1::0
White House photo
President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Care Act during a ceremony at the White House in March 2010
image:177871:0::0
Courtesy Focus Clinics
A patient getting laser eye surgery
image:157359:0::0
Official White House photo
President Barack Obama delivering a speech
image:163839:1::0
Philippe Leroyer
A demonstration by illegal immigrants and their supporters in Paris, 2008
image:78402:1::0
oedipusphinx — — — — theJWDban
image:97724:0::0
White House Photo by Pete Souza
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulates President Barack Obama on the House vote to pass health care reform, prior to a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House
image:65193:2::0
Natchitoches General Hospital in Natchitoches, Louisiana provides personalized health care.
image:83693:2::0
Pete Souza / White House
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on Medicaid fraud and health care reform at St. Charles High School in St. Charles, Missouri, March 10, 2010.
image:64604:2::0
Rural health workers, called ASHA workers are going out to Damchherra villages in Tripura, India. These women are playing vital role in providing rural health care to villagers who are mostly poor, ignorant and illiterate. Owing to their continuous effort, pre-natal and post natal death in rural Tripura have significantly reduced. These women, each responsible to oversee particular area, maintain a good rapport and come handy in case of medical emergency to helpless villagers.
image:100915:0::0
wikipedia
labour union on strike leaving a colliery in the UK
image:75421:3::0
Via Flickr user Mark
Medical marijuana
image:159701:2::0
White House photo by Chuck Kennedy
President Barack Obama greets doctors and nurses following his remarks about health care reform in the East Room of the White House
image:65186:1::0
|
|
