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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.

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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.

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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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