Occupational Health News Roundup
Occupational Hazards: The Charlotte Observer’s six-part series on health and safety problems in poultry plants got the attention of several Members of Congress, some of whom are planning hearings on worker safety in the poultry ...
Health Care for America
A health care plan that combines the best elements of the current employer-based system and the Medicare model would create big savings, offer more choices, and guarantee affordable coverage to all US residents, according to a new cost ...
13 Scientifically Proven Health Benefits Of Exercise
Study after study has shown that exercise promotes mental health and reduces symptoms of depression. The antidepressant effect of regular physical exercise is comparable to the potent antidepressants like Zoloft. ...
The Health Care Crisis and Why it was Inevitable
Since 1970, the health care industry has undergone a revolutionary change. Before that time people were overwhelmingly (about 70%) in traditional indemnity plans where patients pay a certain percentage of health care costs. ...
Top Tulsa health systems competing for real estate
Tulsa-area health care construction is booming and the companies behind the building are basing decisions in large part on what their competitors are up to. When St. John Health System builds its new facility in Broken Arrow it will be ...
Engineering Grand Challenges - Advancing health informatics
First of all, health informatics probably means different things to different people. In my mind, health informatics is only really useful if it not only benefits the individual, but also our overall understanding of medicine. ...
Bad health care omens
This is disturbing: Mike Lux, a veteran of the Clinton health care wars, pointed out today that Obama is using as a surrogate on health care Bush Dog Democrat Jim Cooper. Cooper spent a good amount of time in 1993-1994 working to ...
City: No harm in health spending law
Kennedy to allow a federal appeals court to go forward with an expedited review of a local ordinance that specifies minimum spending by employers on workers’ health care. Responding to a restaurant association’s application (07A654) to ...
Crist proposes low-cost health insurance
Charlie Crist announced Tuesday plans to help the uninsured with new, low-cost health insurance, vastly expanded coverage for children and a pilot program offering low-cost primary care in 14 counties, including Miami-Dade and Broward.
Health Effects of Pesticide Mixtures: Unexpected Insights From the ...
According to Scholz, “We have a pretty good handle on how to assess the health effects of single chemicals in conventional toxicity trials. But the real world is usually more complex, and exposures to mixtures of chemicals can be more ...