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Hopefully a good night of sleep took care of it, but the prospect of a trip to McKinley Health Center is not out of the question. McKinley is quite the convenience for U of I students. All students pay for McKinley as part of semester …

Findings From the 2007 EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Survey - EBRI - About 2 percent of the population is enrolled in a consumer directed health plans. Significant points for me: (1) almost half of the population with a …

Headlines that have caught my attention: More Nurses Leaving UK for Australia “The Australian recruitment drive comes as the number of foreign nurses seeking work in the UK is falling.” (BBC) Water Utility in Malawi’s Largest City At A …

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Lawrence company recalls cantaloupe linked to salmonella. Family study associates pesticide use with Parkinson’s. Yes, running can make you high. Navigating the earache …

I’ve taken the survey and it doesn’t take long to participate. Perhaps you’d take a few minutes to answer their questions by clicking HERE. Their goal is to “help improve and promote cycling for health and transportation.”

I have to acknowledge to being one of the lucky duckies who fall into this group – 1000000 Michiganders with no health insurance (go me!). Been like that for about a year and a half, matter of fact, since I was laid off my last full …

I’m now four weeks out from my collarbone surgery. I still have limited mobility in my right arm and, sadly, I’m still a long ways out from being completely healed. The good news is that the pain is almost completely gone. …

To survive, America’s workers are forced to take low-paying jobs that rarely offer health care or retirement security—and that’s not right, says Constance, a 59-year-old single woman from Illinois. If you work in the United States, …

You really learn new things every day. Yesterday I visited an old friend. I think I missed talking to him in a way because we always argue on everything. But we didn’t do that. I saw his cat … and it’s fur was messy. …

Daughters of Charity- St Francis Medical Center- Lynwood CA March 26, 2008. After several attempts to organize over the last 15 years, including the vicious anti-union campaign 10 years ago when St Francis was part of Catholic …

Dentists used to have a health fund guide as to what patients could get back for any treatment but now different patients get different amounts back for the same treatments even when in the same fund. There is now a push for dentists to …

For the rest of you knowledge seekers, Arizona State University researcher Wayne Frasch has developed a biosensing nanodevice that could possibly revolutionize health screenings and speed up that grueling airport security process. …

Beginning on Saturday night, 11pm:. Step 1: Smell the potentially moldy stock, which has been sitting in the fridge for a few weeks. If it is not unpleasant, remove fat and other unidentified solids, including any potential moldy swarms …

I spent yesterday in Boxborough, MA at Health Care For All’s fifth annual policy & organizing conference. The prevailing climate was of advocates, providers and state administration very comfortable working together toward a common goal …

Panacea Or Placebo: Electronic Health Records Come To The US Ars Technica By Jonathan M. Gitlin march 26, 2008. Click here to read the full article.

She cannot accept that this nobody from nowhere could have beaten her, quietly and silently, every day. (She cannot accept that she still doesn’t know how he did it!) (more…) — Related Articles at Health & Nutrition by Michael R. …

It preys the most vulnerable—those least able to make rational decisions, and often denied access to health care—the mentally ill. Instead of offering real mental health care to those in need, they inculcate them into their cult, …

“I know that there are a lot of experts who may disagree about how to get to universal health care,” she said. “But they agree with me that in the absence of universal health care it’s very difficult to control costs, and it’s extremely …

His life partner Ralph Martinelli was a district sales manager for Konica Minolta, based in New Jersey, and Ryan was covered as a domestic partner under the company’s health plan. But that coverage came to an end after Martinelli was …

Good health starts in the grocery store. When you get back at your house, “If it ain’t there, you can’t eat it.” Buy healthy, nutritious foods at the store and you will have healthy, nutritious foods to eat at home. …

Content Filtration: A little dirt for your health? Modern science has invented numerous methods of removing allergens from our lives. We have air purifiers, hand sanitizers, and anti-dust mite methodologies. What should have happened is …