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Last month the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) released the first comprehensive report on state mental health care in over 15 years. Grading the States: A Report on America’s Health Care System for Serious Mental Illnesses …

There is a crisis in our health care system. Many Americans are uninsured. These uninsured patients cause an economic drain in terms of lost work potential, disease management costs, and public health disturbance costs. …

In a January 28 article, Washington Post staff writer Christopher Lee suggested that President Bush’s proposal to “replac[e] a tax break for employer-provided health coverage with a new $15000 tax deduction for families and $7500 for …

Estimated at nearly 15 million, the AA&NHPI community is the second fastest growing population in the US However, the community’s health needs remain underserved, with little existing research and data to accurately measure its …

In opening remarks to a packed auditorium at the Military Health System conference here Jan. 28, Dr. S. Ward Casscells, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, delivered a presentation featuring data comparing military care …

In a country so starved for medical personnel, holding back potential doctors on a formality is hardly a positive step in improving health care. In an effort to fulfill this requirement, the Hunts worked with the students on their …

The purpose of conference support funding is to provide partial support for specific non-Federal conferences in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention, education programs, and applied research. …

CANADA’S HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM COMPARES POORLY WITH EUROPE. When it comes to patient rights and providing the health-care consumer with information, Canada lags far behind most of Europe, according to study… EURO-CANADIAN HEALTH CONSUMER …

Two seasoned political strategists, Paul Begala, and Stan Greenberg, spoke at “Health Action 2008,” a conference that Families USA sponsored in Washington last week. There, they argued that the US may be on the threshold of what Begala, …

Background: Social environment and health status are related, and changes affecting social relations may also affect the general health state of a group. In the past years, several events influenced the relationships between Muslim …

Background: Extensive research has shown that ethnic health disparities are prevalent and many psychological and social factors influence health disparities. Understanding what factors influence health disparities and how to eliminate …

The optimal support of health-related research and development with public money is a complex challenge. Over the last century, policy makers in England have conceived and implemented a variety of models, ranging from independent, …

For those patients who cannot or will not share responsibility for their spinal health, returning to the medical system and pursuing a traditional method of treatment is the correct course of action. No matter how accomplished a …

With the demise of Assembly Bill X1-1, the compromise health care reform package proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Speaker Fabian Nunez, California has demonstrated how difficult it is to pass comprehensive changes. …

Continuing from my earlier posting, The Commonwealth Fund recently published Bending the Curve – Options for Achieving Savings and Improving Value in US Health Spending. In it, they identified four areas of focus that, if implemented …

It’sa study estimating the top 10 most expensive health conditions. It has the usual…heart conditions and cancer are numbers 1 and 3, respectively, but “Mental disorders, including depression” came in at number 4 with an estimated cost …

Who: The Environmental Justice Network of Southern California (EJNSC) and local community members, students, parents, and health experts will hold a press conference to launch campaign for improving the quality of environmental health …