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Gentiva Health posts double-digit revenue, profits gains (Newsday)
Increased Medicare revenue helps boost GTIV Increased Medicare revenues helped Gentiva Health Services Inc. post double-digit increases in both revenue and earnings in its second quarter, the Melville-based home health-care provider announced Thursday.
Think gas prices are high? Watch out for health care (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
Gas prices are in the political spotlight right now; this year’s spike has been painful and the calls for action and heads have pushed other issues to the side. But it is worth remembering that when it comes to real, sustained growth in costs, when it comes to real, sustained erosion of families’ disposable income, gas still can’t hold a candle to the real elephant in the room: health …
‘Telecoms open to allocating half of revenues to health, education’ (Philstar.com)
Instead of reducing the P1 text charge, telecommunication firms are willing to allocate half of their income from text messaging or P0.50 per text to health and education programs as investment in youth.
POLL: Nearly One-Third of Ohioans Want State to Spend More Money on Health, Education (Centre Daily Times)
Nearly one third of Ohioans would like the state to spend more money on healthcare, according to the fourth annual Ohio Health Issues Poll, which gauges Ohioans’ opinions on healthcare topics. The Ohio Health Issues Poll is funded by The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati. In future weeks, the Health Foundation will announce other results from the poll including information about insurance, …
Health savings accounts haven’t caught on (Dallas Morning News)
Four years ago, the hot new idea for reining in health costs was the health savings account, a savings vehicle tied to a high-deductible insurance policy and designed to make patients more responsible for and more aware of the expenses involved.
Health Highlights: July 30, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Health investigators use props, patience to track salmonella (USA Today)
The nation’s outbreak of salmonella saintpaul has been going on for four months. At least 1,307 have been sickened, and it’s not over yet. As state and federal officials zero in on jalapeos as the cause, the eventual conclusion of the investigation will be based on painstaking detective work. It has been slow going, patient by patient, involving hundreds of public health workers nationwide.
Climate change health problems foreseen (UPI)
WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) — Most U.S. health department directors believe their cities or counties will have serious public health problems because of climate change, researchers said.
Health Tip: Be a Smart Patient (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
(HealthDay News) — Although your doctor and other health-care professionals do their best to help you stay safe, there are things you can do to prevent problems.
One Year After Seizure, No Comment From Chief Justice on His Health (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
One year after he suffered a seizure near his summer home in Maine, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. is not commenting on the current state of his health. In his public appearances and on the bench, Roberts has shown no signs of abnormalities in the last year.
Commuter Costs Hurting Home Health Aides (CBS News)
The slow economy is taking its toll on a vital segment of the workforce: home health aides. Some caregivers commute as far as 100 miles to assist a patient, but gas prices are forcing them to reevaluate their job, Seth Doane reports.
Health-Care Reform, Corporate-Style (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
When a company unveils a new plan to rein in health-care costs, workers usually groan. Yet Toyota Motor is getting rave reviews for the on-site medical center it built at its truck factory in San Antonio. Ask line worker Louis Aguillon. He went to the clinic in May with nagging back pain, and paid just $5 for the visit. "I saw the doctor for 20 minutes," Aguillon beams. "You’re not just a …
Ariz. ends health plan for disabled (The Arizona Republic)
A temporary health insurance plan for Arizonans on disability has been shut down by the state for lack of funding, leaving 250 clients without coverage as they cope with serious medical problems.
Think gas prices are high? Watch out for health care (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
Gas prices are in the political spotlight right now; this year’s spike has been painful and the calls for action and heads have pushed other issues to the side. But it is worth remembering that when it comes to real, sustained growth in costs, when it comes to real, sustained erosion of families’ disposable income, gas still can’t hold a candle to the real elephant in the room: health …
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Health Highlights: July 29, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Smacking ’causes mental health problems’ (Daily Telegraph)
SMACKING and yelling at children is causing a rise in mental health problems, with three-year-olds suffering from depression and anxiety, a new study says.
Group: Pollution puts beachgoers’ health at risk (USA Today)
U.S. beaches continue to suffer from water pollution that puts swimmers’ health at risk, according to a leading environmental group.
X-rays: Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ the picture of health (Miami Herald)
. Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica depicts intense suffering, but its health is not in danger. That’s the diagnosis after the first X-ray of Pablo Picasso’s 20th century anti-war painting carried out by the Reina Sofia art museum.
Foreclosures raise health concerns (Boston Globe)
Half-full with water turned green by algae and surrounded by knee-high grass, the kiddie pool behind the foreclosed house on Bank Street provides the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. Such properties are a growing concern for health agent Michelle Roberts. "It’s starting to become a real problem," Roberts said last week of the town’s 10 or so foreclosed and …
Health Highlights: July 27, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
CBCP heads expect health bills, agrarian reform in Sona (Sun Star)
MANILA — Two committee heads of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expected President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to announce the controversial reproductive health bills and agrarian reform in her State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday.
Extending Health Insurance (Washington Post)
Children are generally dropped from their parents’ health insurance when they turn 18 or 19 or graduate from college. But 16 states now require insurers to cover dependent children on their parents’ policies until the children are in their mid-twenties — and sometimes up to age 30.
Cutting health care will hurt, activists argue (The Sacramento Bee)
Labor and health care activists are weighing in on the state budget fight with a new television ad seeking to avoid further cuts to health care. Following is the text of the ad and an analysis: Fresno physician Virgil Airola is one of three Valley health care workers starring in an ad denouncing cuts in health care programs. The spot, by a coalition of labor and health care advocates, …
One-Stop Spot for Health-Care Needs (Washington Post)
Prince George’s County is considering a novel way to deal with limited access to health care: converting empty stores in old shopping centers, even entire malls, into medical facilities.
Obesity causes health problems for youths (UPI)
NEW YORK, July 26 (UPI) — Hundreds of thousands of U.S. youths have prescriptions for medications used to treat chronic health problems linked to childhood obesity, pharmacy data shows.
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