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Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers is a core
patient safety practice that should be a condition of
both initial and continued employment, according to
a position paper being released by the Society for Healthcare
Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and endorsed by the Infectious
Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
This Labor Day
weekend, there's more for drivers to worry about than
high gas prices and congested highways. Since 85 percent
of the skills needed for safe driving are visual, the
biggest danger on the road might be what you can't see.
As
Florida children settle in for the new school year,
a statewide network of Florida KidCare partners - including
community not-for-profits, child advocates, healthcare
providers, businesses, and state agencies - have ramped
up efforts to help more uninsured children get healthcare
coverage.
Either
on the battlefield or at home, service members may experience
combat-related stress or difficulties reintegrating
into civilian life. During National Suicide Prevention
Week,the Real Warriors Campaign is encouraging warriors
and their families to reach out.
For many of us,
summer is the season to get active and spend time with
family and friends. But for the millions of Americans
affected by lower body pain, the thought of getting
moving - whether it's traveling or taking a walk to
enjoy the warm weather - can seem intimidating.
The Jingle Bell
Run/Walk for Arthritis raises awareness of America's
leading cause of disability, while raising desperately
needed funds for research, health education and government
advocacy to improve the lives of people with arthritis.
More than
600,000 eye injuries related to sports occur each year,
and approximately one-third of these injuries occur
in children.
Two studies released
in the last week show a dramatic surge in emergency
patients, a trend the nation's emergency physicians
predict will worsen.
According to
data being released on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, by the
Annie E. Casey Foundation in its annual KIDS COUNT Data
Book, overall improvements in child well-being that
began in the late 1990s stalled in the years just before
the current economic downturn.
This July, Discovery
Health delivers viewers from the summer repeat doldrums
with an infusion of world-premiere programming from
its signature event, BABY WEEK. This latest edition
showcases the riveting, real-life drama of babies born
under extraordinary circumstances through six captivating
specials and the network's next breakthrough series,
NICU.
Until recently,
people with diabetes focused on four essential aspects
of managing their condition - diet, exercise, medication,
and checking blood glucose levels. Overlooked, however,
was how excessive stress affects the body. It's unhealthy
- and for people with diabetes - dangerous.
A new
survey finds 77 percent of Americans are trying to lose
or maintain their weight. When asked what actions they
are taking, they are primarily changing the amount of
food they eat, changing the type of foods they eat and
engaging in physical activity.
Anne Feeley was
diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme in April of 2006.
She has survived it for more than four years and today,
she is cycling from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.,
some 4,000 miles across the country, to raise awareness
of and funding for brain cancer research.
With a dizzying
array of choices in the supermarket, finding the best
foods for your family can be a challenge, particularly
in the dairy aisle. Every shopping trip is an opportunity
to reevaluate your family's grocery store habits and
make changes for a happy wallet and a healthy body.
In the U.S.,
nearly 1.5 million eye injuries occur annually in the
home, 90 percent of which could be prevented with protective
eyewear.
Patients
with Medicare or Medicaid, the uninsured, the elderly,
and the critically ill are the heaviest users of ambulances
for transport to the emergency department.
On
June 15 and 16, 2010, child patients and their families
will meet with their legislators in Washington, D.C.
as part of the 2010 National Association of Children's
Hospitals (N.A.C.H.) Family Advocacy Day, an effort
to address the need for access to high-quality, specialized
pediatric care.
Health
care legislation established insurance reforms that
help kids, but there is still much to be done to ensure
access to high-quality pediatric care.
E. coli Outbreak
in Minneapolis
One in five people
visited the emergency department in 2007, according
to a new data brief issued by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. The report also found that uninsured
people do not seek emergency care any more than people
with health insurance.
Health
reform's focus on costs and insurance does not address
an equally important concern: Americans aren't doing
enough to make good use of the health care we do have.
In fact, a new study on Americans' health care engagement
shows two-thirds of us are not doing what it takes to
get the best results from our care.
For families
enveloped by the emotional, physical and financial stress
a child's catastrophic illness creates, the opportunity
to spend a week together at the beach is a gift unlike
any other. Public Service Announcements featuring Mike
Rowe about helping families with critically ill children.
More than 1.8
million service members have bravely served in the conflicts
in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both in the field and the home,
they may face issues related to traumatic brain injury
and combat stress. On its one year anniversary, the
Real Warriors Campaign offers resources online and on
the phone 24-hours a day encouraging warriors and their
families to reach out.
May is Mental
Health Month, and the Real Warriors Campaign is celebrating
its one-year anniversary on May 21. The campaign asks
Americans to help spread the word about the many psychological
health tools and resources available for active duty
service members, members of the Guard and Reserve, veterans
and military families.
Now that health
reform has passed, Americans are asking what these changes
mean for them. It assures health coverage for more Americans,
but what about funding for research?
The numbers tell the story of the devastating HIV/AIDS
epidemic. More than one million people in the U.S. are
living with HIV/AIDS and more than 56,000 contract HIV
each year. Scientists make progress in the quest for
a safe and effective HIV vaccine, but their work would
be impossible without the efforts of community leaders
and thousands of clinical trial volunteers.
Hands
down, healthy eating day after day is the most difficult
and challenging part of living with diabetes. The fourth
edition of Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy by Hope
S. Warshaw and published by the American Diabetes Association,
reveals the how-to's of changing habits for a healthy
lifestyle for people at risk for or with prediabetes
or type 2 diabetes.
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