Wounds and mental disabilities of troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq can mess up their sex lives too, health experts said Wednesday. But those wounds often go untreated because the topic is taboo and has gone unstudied.
Whatever the reason, failed sexual intimacy can contribute to higher suicide and divorce rates among returning troops, specialists told [...]
May is National Mental Health Month, with the theme “Get Connected.” Mental Health America, the nation’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives, founded Mental Health Month more than 50 years ago to raise awareness about mental health conditions and the importance of mental health for everyone.
Due to a long-standing stigma [...]
How big might the change be? Well, you might be taxed on what your employer pays for your health insurance coverage, for instance. (Right now, you’re probably not, if you work for a big company.) Or you might be guaranteed health insurance, with the government picking up the tab.
Indiana and North Carolina Democrats are to [...]
A same-sex marriage ban prevents governments and universities in Michigan from providing health insurance to the partners of gay workers, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The 5-2 decision affects up to 20 universities, community colleges, school districts and governments in Michigan with policies covering at least 375 gay couples.
Gay rights advocates said the ruling was [...]
The economic slowdown has swelled the ranks of people without health insurance. But now it is also threatening millions of people who have insurance but find that the coverage is too limited or that they cannot afford their own share of medical costs.
Even many of the 158 million people covered by employer health insurance are [...]
Here’s what’s not in dispute: The United States spends 16 percent of its national income on health care, more than any other country in the world. In return, we get lower life expectancy than most other Western countries, uneven care, and enormous anxiety about how to pay for it.
Who’s to blame? Not the hospitals and [...]
The need for meaningful health care reform remains one of the hottest topics in the public as we approach our national election. Health Sexual An important new study, Health Insurance in the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine, reveals a growing consensus among practicing physicians that our broken health care system would be best [...]
Jack Shaw reclines in his cushy lounge chair as Dottie Magee gently removes his sneakers and socks while the sound of New Age synthesizers competes with the bland drone of an oxygen pump.
Magee takes Shaw’s feet in her hands and gently rubs in silky lotion. Her fingers travel up, down and around the toes, heels, [...]
Cases of hospital-borne infection reported to the state Health Care Cost Containment Council in 2006:
Urinary tract , 13,635
Gastrointestinal , 3,963
Multiple infections (any combination) , 3,732
Pneumonia , 3,326
Bloodstream , 2,945
Surgical site , 1,671
Other infections , 965
TOTAL: 30,237
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Source: Pa. Health Care Cost Containment Council
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Cases of hospital-borne infection reported to the state Health Care Cost Containment Council in 2006:
Urinary tract , 13,635
Gastrointestinal , 3,963
Multiple infections (any combination) , 3,732
Pneumonia , 3,326
Bloodstream , 2,945
Surgical site , 1,671
Other infections , 965
TOTAL: 30,237
,,,
Source: Pa. Health Care Cost Containment Council
Tags: health, health care
Related posts
Will patients agree to have their literacy skills assessed in [...]
