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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Workers with job-based coverage for their families saw earnings rise 3% from 2001 to 2005, while their health insurance premium contribution increased 30%, according to the study by researchers at the State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota.
The average cost nationally of family coverage during the period increased nearly $2,500, to [...]
WASHINGTON - What do former patients think about the care they received at your local hospitals? The government wants to make it easier for you to find out.
Federal health officials in recent years have made strides to improve transparency in health care. But measuring how well hospitals do their job can be technical. New patient [...]
CAMDEN, N.J. - New Jersey has become the last state where intravenous drug users can legally get clean needles, but two of the state’s three needle exchanges are struggling to get clients.
A lack of funding, winter weather, remote locations and a mistrust by drug users are all making it tough for the exchanges to reach [...]
