While your article points out that I helped draft the principles for universal coverage outlined by the Institute of Medicine in 2004, it may create the impression that UnitedHealth Group was reluctant to support them when faced with a shareholder resolution.
In fact, our company has publicly embraced and acted on its commitment to universal access [...]
The Ministry of Health (MoH) is studying the implementation of mental health programmes in primary health clinics across the country, an official has told Khaleej Times.
According to Dr Muna Al Kuwari, Director of Central Primary Health in the MoH, primary health services in the country will be expanded to include mental health services to both [...]
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, [...]
Now, her family urges anyone else suffering domestic violence to seek help before the tragedy repeats itself.
The 33-year-old was found dead in a van in the Lower Hutt suburb of Taita on Easter Monday last year.
Last week Manu Sikuvea, 35, pleaded guilty to her murder and to two charges of sexual violation. He was remanded [...]
Welcome to Generation Z, the forgotten generation. Generation Z encompasses children aged 17 and younger, one in five of whom will have some form of mental illness.
One in four will be bullied, most likely over the internet. Also known as the New Silent Generation, it will be the most educated, financially well-off and technologically literate [...]
Laisha Kneuven�s clients are women who are ending a marriage, starting a business, facing retirement, struggling with an illness or are simply concerned about their future.They�re women who have taken care of children and husbands for so many years, said Kneuven, and they�ve forgotten about themselves. Since becoming a certified ontological life coach in 1999, [...]
Editor’s Note: This is the last in a series focusing on the different stages of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia though one family’s eyes. This week’s focus: caregiving in the severe stage.
The day after Christmas last year, Marjorie Jackson faced the most difficult decision of her life. One she was not prepared [...]
Both programs are expected to come under increasing pressure as 78 million Baby Boomers start retiring and drawing benefits.
“The financial difficulties facing Social Security and Medicare pose enormous challenges,” the trustees said in their report. “The sooner these challenges are addressed, the more varied and less disruptive their solutions can be.”
Treasury Secretary [...]
Patients in Norfolk have been promised a host of health improvement measures in a plan which was today agreed by the county’s health bosses.
A Health Improvement Strategy underpins NHS Norfolk’s priorities for the delivery of healthcare for the next three years with a variety of targets including smoking, obesity and sexual health.
NHS Norfolk’s director of [...]
The first national guidelines telling doctors, nurses and others how to inform patients they have suffered harm while receiving medical treatment are to be released Tuesday, though there is a sticking point over how %26#8211; or even whether %26#8211; to use the word %26#8220;sorry.%26#8221;
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute guidelines, to be released Tuesday at [...]
