NHS Lothian chiefs are fighting plans to elect health boards, saying it would confuse the public and allow pressure groups to take over the running of hospitals.
The Scottish Government wants a proportion of health board members to be directly elected by the public in a bid to make them more accountable and transparent.
But NHS Lothian, [...]
Madison is no longer one of the top 15 sexually healthy schools, according to a Trojan Sexual Health Report Card released Monday.
The university dropped to 35th this year after placing 14th on 2007’s report card. The 2008 list ranked 139 U.S. colleges.
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Remember when we thought slathering on baby oil to promote tanning was doing something good for our skin?
These days, a dizzying number of sunscreens and sunblocks cram stores’ shelves, promising protection from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays. If you don’t have a PhD in chemistry, reading and understanding the ingredients lists on those bottles is [...]
Employers that invest in workplace safety and health can expect to reduce fatalities, injuries, and illnesses. This will result in cost savings in a variety of areas, such as lowering workers’ compensation costs and medical expenses, avoiding OSHA penalties, and reducing costs to train replacement employees and conduct accident investigations. In addition, employers often find [...]
In addition to their social costs, workplace injuries and illnesses have a major impact on an employer’s bottom line. It has been estimated that employers pay almost $1 billion per week for direct workers’ compensation costs alone. The costs of workplace injuries and illnesses include direct and indirect costs. Direct costs include workers’ compensation payments, [...]
Editor’s note: This is the second part in a two-part series on the black lung program and events planned to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the 1978 amendments to law that created the federal black lung district offices in Charleston and Parkersburg.
In 1962, a young doctor from Manassa, Colo., saw a [...]
A growing number of students in the Boulder Valley School District are reporting having already tried alcohol, drugs and sex by the time they start high school.
Results from a 2007 survey, made public Tuesday, show that 16.7 percent of freshmen in Boulder Valley said they binge drink, up from 11.5 percent in [...]
Local Democratic Party activist and relative newcomers help form the 109-strong state delegation heading to Denver for the Democratic National Convention.
State party leaders hail the diversity of the delegation, nearly half people of color.
Delegate Claudia Cody, of Becker, was born in Brazil and believes she may be the first Brazilian national [...]
The CEO of Mayo Clinic plans to speak at one of the first events planned by the Denver host committee at the start of the Democratic National Convention.
Dr. Denis Cortese will speak Monday at the 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable on Health, Wellness and Prevention, an event billed as “one of a series of [...]
A health policy researcher at UBC Okanagan says the provincial government’s recent “conversation on health” was an attempt by the government to get the public onside with its agenda of expanding the role of private health care.
British Columbians however, refused to go along.
In the latest issue of the journal, Healthcare Policy, associate professor [...]
