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Physicians from the Departments of Pediatrics and Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) are proposing that current pediatric guidelines and practices could be implemented within a Patient Centered Medical Home model to address social determinants of health. The article, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), also suggests that these guidelines could reduce socioeconomic disparities in health care for all...

Heritage Provider Network President & CEO, Dr. Richard Merkin, will speak on two different panels at the annual Milken Institute Global Conference running from April 28-May 1, 2013 MARINA DEL REY, Calif., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Richard Merkin, President and CEO of Heritage Provider Network, (HPN) will speak on two different panel discussions at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, April 29, 2013, and Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at the Beverly Hilton in Los...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A newly released national survey found that the rate of teens that are abusing prescription drugs has jumped 33 percent over the past five years. Published at Drugfree.org, the Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) found that 25 percent of teens have misused or abused a prescription drug at least once, a one-third increase since 2008. The study also found a troubling rise in the abuse of prescription stimulants. About 13 percent...

Findings are 'much worse than we imagined,' researcher says In one of the most detailed studies of its kind, a team of Greek and U.S. researchers have vividly chronicled the harmful public health impacts of the economic austerity measures imposed on Greece's population in the wake of the global economic crisis. Writing in today's [Thursday, April 18] American Journal of Public Health, the researchers cite data showing the economic recession and subsequent austerity policies in Greece...

2013 marks the 100(th) Anniversary of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors WINNIPEG, MB, April 19, 2013 /CNW/ - One hundred years after Canada's leading governing body for certified public health inspectors was formed, the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) continues to serve the community by ensuring the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe, are safe. In the 100 years since its founding, certified public health inspectors have...

DURHAM, N.C., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent study funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epicenters Program and published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (Deverick H. Anderson, M.D., MPH et al., 2013) supports and expands on previously published studies confirming the effectiveness of an automated UV-C-emitting device to combat the pathogens Clostridium difficile (C. diff.), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and Acinetobacter spp. -...

$100,000 in Funding Continues TOMs Long History of Helping Increase Access to Quality Dental Care for People in Need KENNEBUNK, Maine, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ten lucky families are community heroes as a result of their participation in the Tom's of Maine "Be a Tooth Fairy Hero" initiative, which asked parents and children nationwide to help raise awareness about the need for greater access to dental care. Each of the ten winning entries earned $10,000 for a non-profit dental...

CEO of Castlight to Join Leading Health Care Entrepreneurs and Visionaries to Discuss the Future of Health Care San Francisco, Calif. (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 Castlight Health co-founder and CEO, Giovanni Colella, M.D., will share his insights on creating the future of health care at TEDMED 2013. Colella will participate in a special Innovation in Focus session that explores the drivers of innovation in health care. Hosted by TEDMED in partnership with Big Think, the “Innovation in...

Highlights: -- Senior debt facility from EIG Global Energy Partners to provide up to US$350 million, increased from previously announced US$300 million -- Access to funding under this Facility maintains forecast construction schedule and first production in 2015 -- Existing Borrowdale Park facility to be restructured into subordinated note -- Coalspur retains all off-take and marketing rights,...

Figures add up to around 1900 fewer such admissions among adults every year This adds up to around 1900 fewer such admissions every year, the authors calculate, and confirms the value of public health interventions, such as smoking bans, they say. They base their findings on the number of emergency admissions for asthma among adults aged 16 and over in England between April 1997 and December 2010. Smoking in all public places was banned in July 2007 in England, where the prevalence...