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9 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
Currently, foreign-born people make up approximately 13 percent of the total U.S. population. As the immigrant population grows, understanding its disability status and employment characteristics becomes increasingly important...
9 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered that exposure during pregnancy to Bisphenol A (BPA), a common component of plastics, causes permanent abnormalities in the uterus of offspring, including alteration in their DNA. The findings were reported in the March issue of Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB J.). Led by Hugh S. Taylor, M.D...
9 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
The Johns Hopkins Hospital has again received the 2010 American Alliance of Healthcare Providers' (AAHCP) American Hospital of Choice Award. Johns Hopkins has been selected for this award seven times since the award's inception in 2002...
9 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
Americans recognize things need to change in the grocery aisle, and they support Uncle Sam's efforts to overhaul what is included in their food and on the packages. The majority also believe they are individually responsible for making the right food choices to avoid obesity, but will readily accept the government's help to be successful, according to a new survey by FoodMinds...
9 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
The U.S. 'race gap' in the commission of violent crime has narrowed substantially, yet persists - with murder arrest rates for African Americans still out-distancing those for whites - concludes a new 80-city study by the University of Maryland, Florida State University and the University of Oregon...
9 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
New World hemorrhagic fevers are emerging infectious diseases found in South America that can cause terrible, Ebola-like symptoms. Current treatments are expensive and only partially effective...
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00am
Poughkeepsie Journal: A new report on New York drug prices, "issued by the New York Public Interest Research Group, Consumers Union, the Center for Medical Consumers and AARP, looked at the price of the 10 most popular drugs found in the state's pharmacies provided through a Freedom of Information Law request...
9 Mar 2010 at 5:00am
Experiences from the Holocaust led to the international community coming together and agreeing on the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Despite this, more cases of genocide occurred during the 20th century than during any other century...
9 Mar 2010 at 5:00am
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a new syndrome affecting potentially thousands of hospital inpatients...
9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
New measures to speed up delivery of wheelchairs to patients who need them will be announced today by Health Minister Edwina Hart. Faster access to equipment including hearing aids and artificial limbs will also be prioritised, Mrs Hart will tell the Health, Well-Being and Local Government Committee. Around 70,000 people in Wales are wheelchair users - about one in every 43 people...
9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
The Department of Health has failed a key test to demonstrate its willingness to empower the independent sector according to ACEVO, the representative body for charity CEOs. The claim comes as the NHS panel responsible for upholding the rules of Co-operation and Competition for NHS-funded services has dropped a critical case brought to them by ACEVO and the NHS Partners Network...
9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
The Board of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has decided to dissolve the executive agency status of the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) and to bring its staff and functions into the FSA to form the core of a new FSA Operations Group...
8 Mar 2010 at 6:00am
Today, the American Hospital Association (AHA) urged the Internal Revenue Service to improve the new hospital community benefit reporting form - Schedule H to Form 990 - to better reflect the benefits nonprofit hospitals provide to their communities. The AHA cited new research that examines how the new form does not recognize fully the community benefit of nonprofit multi-hospital systems...
8 Mar 2010 at 6:00am
National organizations will have a key role in building a healthier nation as part of the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative...
8 Mar 2010 at 6:00am
NYU Langone Medical Center announced today that the NYU Hospitals Center received The Gold Seal of Approval by The Joint Commission, a national nonprofit organization responsible for certifying that some 17,000 U.S. healthcare institutions are following the very best practices in terms of patient care and safety...
