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'Health' Tag
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Non-profit operations plugging health care gap in Chicago
March 11, 2010[Story ID: 785]
Medill Reports presents a story on community health centers in Chicago that try to fill access-to-care gaps for people too sick to get health care coverage or too poor to afford other care. -
Passage of legislation could spell disaster for Idahos health care system
March 11, 2010[Story ID: 792]
Hundreds of thousands of Idahoans struggling with the high cost of health care received bad news last night — no relief and more problems are on the way. With the passage of the Idaho Health Freedom Act (House Bill 391), the Senate moved forward legislation that could spell disaster for Idaho’s health [...] -
Obama attacks insurers, rallies public to press Congress to approve health reform
March 10, 2010[Story ID: 771]
“The White House is mounting a stinging, sustained broadside against health insurance rate increases,” The Washington Post reports, adding that President Obama “and his health secretary staged a two-pronged attack Monday in a stern letter to health insurance chief executives and a speech in which the president castigated insurance companies 22 times. -
Bioengineer goes global with low-cost healthcare technologies for the poor (UC Berkeley NewsCenter)
March 9, 2010[Story ID: 751]
During three prolific decades, Boris Rubinsky has stacked up nearly 40 patents and cofounded startups in surgical techniques, bionic technology, and imaging. The UC Berkeley researcher and educator is convinced that inexpensive but scientifically advanced technologies can improve health care for underserved populations — from tiny Indian villages to inner-city Chicago. -
Wasteful medical spending clogs health care industry
March 4, 2010[Story ID: 680]
CNN: “Consider this: For every dollar the nation spends on health care, 50 cents is wasted. According to a 2008 report by Pricewaterhouse Cooper’s Health Research Institute, wasteful spending accounts for $1.2 trillion of the $2.2 trillion spent on health care in the United States.” CNN says the waste includes “costs associated [...] -
Nancy Pelosi holds press availability on health insurance reform in the Capitol
March 3, 2010[Story ID: 670]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a press availability this afternoon on health insurance reform in the Capitol. -
GE Healthcare to showcase next-generation eHealth Solutions platform at 2010 HIMSS conference
March 3, 2010[Story ID: 672]
GE Healthcare today announced the launch of its next-generation eHealth Solutions platform ‘ -
Seventh annual forum to discuss Ontarios alcohol policy and actions need to address alcohol-related harm
March 1, 2010[Story ID: 641]
As the question of how best to deal with privatization of alcohol sales and drinking and driving continue to be debated in Ontario, the Ontario Public Health Association and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) are pleased to present the seventh annual forum, aptly entitled Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity. -
Overturning EPAs endangerment finding: American Public Health Association, leading health organizations oppose
February 27, 2010[Story ID: 628]
The American Public Health Association yesterday joined a dozen leading health organizations in urging the U.S. Senate to oppose a resolution introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski to overturn or block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s finding for six greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. -
NIH awards $3M grant to VCU Massey Cancer Center to develop test to measure health literacy of cancer patients
February 27, 2010[Story ID: 619]
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Virginia Commonwealth Massey Cancer Center a National Cancer Institute grant totaling nearly $3 million to develop a standardized test to measure health literacy among cancer patients.