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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Empty Nest Syndrome, the non-clinical condition that can lead to feelings of loneliness in middle-aged adults after their children have grown and moved out, is becoming a thing of the past in an age where those individuals are caring for both aging parents and kids who have trouble finding employment and escaping the family home – but researchers say that this new situation brings with it problems of its own. Writing in the...
Health in Mind Features Solutions to Public Education and Health Challenges WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health in Mind, a new report from Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) and Trust for America's Health (TFAH), details immediate solutions that can help close the achievement gap and create a healthy future for all children. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100204/TFAHLOGO) American children are struggling academically and the nation faces a growing...
Millions of people across the world have spent years to figure out how to be healthy without spending a lot. Recently launched website Howtobehealthyfast.com offers surefire tips to attain a healthy body quickly and maintain the same throughout the life (PRWEB) January 23, 2013 One of the most discussed topics in the fitness community involves finding out how to be healthy. Health enthusiasts around the world spend lots of time and money on different diet plans, exercise programs, and...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Trust for America's Health (TFAH) applauds Senator Tom Harkin (IA) for re-introducing the Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention (HeLP) for America Act--an important step in moving the country from a sick care system to a health care system. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100204/TFAHLOGO) The following is a statement from Jeffrey Levi, Ph.D., executive director of TFAH. "More than half of Americans are living with one or...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What will public health in the U.S. look like in 2030? To explore this question and identify implications for today's strategies, the Kresge Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) have awarded the Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) funding to develop scenarios describing expectable, challenging, and visionary futures of public health in the U.S. Local, state, and national organizations and leaders in...
Health Council of Canada releases 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey results TORONTO, Jan. 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Today, the Health Council of Canada released results from the 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey. As part of our Health Care Matters Series, How do Canadian primary care physicians rate the health system? examines physicians' perspectives on the performance of the health care system. The survey results show wide variation in how...
Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher in black persons and highest in blacks living in the most segregated counties in the United States, regardless of socioeconomic status, according to a report published in the January issue of JAMA Surgery, a JAMA Network publication. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and blacks are disproportionately affected with the highest incidence and mortality rates. Awori J. Hayanga, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of...
Statement from Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director of the American Public Health Association WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "On behalf of the American Public Health Association, I applaud President Barack Obama for moving forward on meaningful action toward reducing the incidence of gun violence in our nation. Following recommendations presented by the administration's inter-agency gun work group led by Vice President Joe Biden, the president's...
PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Health care journalists, providers and administrators seeking research on interventions to address heath disparities now have access to the most comprehensive collection of summaries and systematic reviews of racial and ethnic health disparities intervention literature available anywhere. The Finding Answers Intervention Research Database - known as the FAIR Database www.solvingdisparities.org/fair -- contains 388 journal article...
HSA for America is releasing new information about which health insurance plans will meet the mandate to carry minimal health benefits. They will be answering questions Jan. 15 during a live teleseminar. Fort Collins, CO (PRWEB) January 14, 2013 High deductible HSA-qualified health insurance plans with an individual deductible up to $6,000 will be sufficient to avoid a penalty for failure to maintain adequate health insurance coverage under Obamacare rules starting in January 2014....
