Health and fitness facilities need defibrillators
...at health and fitness clubs, including more senior citizens and people with undiagnosed heart disease who may ... in all 50 states now provide legal protections to citizens who respond to medical emergencies. With the recent approval of the use of AEDs by trained first ...ACP-ASIM releases plan to eliminate uninsured by 2009
... making health insurance coverage available to all citizens within seven years. Our plan prioritizes the neediest people for the quickest action, said Dr. Walker. Those making less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level would receive relief from the high cost of health insurance beginning in 2005. ...Senior citizen drinking problems labeled invisible epidemic
... health care experts the growing number of senior citizens with out-of-control drinking problems. According to Inebriated Elders, a just-published article in the University of Illinois Elder Law Journal, as many as one in six Americans 60 and older are overdependent on alcohol. Twenty percent of the elderl...Pregnancy, birth rates fall among young women exposed to elementary school intervention program
...h in this country to produce committed, productive citizens who can have a full life," Hawkins said. "To do that we have to make sure that children get off to a good start in elementary school. What is amazing is that without ever saying the word 'sex,' we can have this kind of effect on the pregnancy rate....UT Southwestern researcher studies causes, treatment of bipolar disease coupled with drug abuse
... 2002 The lasting effects of Sept. 11 on everyday citizens caused Dr. Vicki Nejtek, assistant professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, to wonder how terrorism's aftermath impacts her vulnerable research population -- patients suffering from dual diagnosis. Dual-diagnosis psychia...HHS announces contracts for developing a new anthrax vaccine
... to devise more effective measures to protect U.S. citizens from the harmful effects of anthrax spores used as instruments of terror," said Secretary Thompson. "These awards represent the first step toward our goal of securing an initial 25 million doses of an improved anthrax vaccine for our emergency stockp...Multiple characteristics of HAART affect adherence
...ucted in six U.S. cities with a high proportion of citizens infected with HIV (Seattle, San Francisco, Miami, New York City, Atlanta and Washington, D.C.). All individuals who participated in the survey were treatment-experienced with the majority having been on HAART regimens for four years or more. Of 295 p...Purdue researchers design fishes' diets to make you healthier
... the size of a deck of cards. In one study, senior citizens who ate one serving weekly had a 44 percent lower risk of heart attack, according to the organization. Special fish diets using additives, such as CLA, and grains, such as soybeans, can be formulated to produce designer fish that are high in benefici...Argentina's largest health system works to lower drug costs
...ng drugs costs and also improve services to senior citizens and disabled persons, two of the country's most vulnerable population groups. The National Institute of Social Services for Retirees and Pensioners (NISSRP) ("Instituto Nacional de Servicios Sociales para Jubilados y Pensionados") is Argentina's sin...Drug may eliminate transfusions in patients with blood disorder
...ional Institutes of Health recommend that all U.S. citizens should be tested for the thalassemia trait....HHS announces new regional centers for biodefense research
...ccines, diagnostics and other tools to protect the citizens of our country and the world against the threat of bioterrorism and other emerging and re-emerging diseases." The RCE program's primary role is to foster the physical and intellectual environments in which wide-ranging research on infectious diseases...NIAID reports 'tremendous progress' in biodefense research
...ly is helping us become better prepared to protect citizens against a deliberately introduced pathogen, it also is helping us tackle the continuous tide of naturally occurring emerging infections such as SARS and West Nile virus," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. The 37-page report covers progress o...Report shows high arsenic in some southeast NH private wells
...at a local level and provide useful information to citizens and state health authorities." The study, conduc...bout putting important information in the hands of citizens so that they can make informed decisions about how to manage and test their drinking water wells, an...Couch potato lifestyle takes a big bite out of health
...und that weekly, peer-led walking groups of senior citizens improved quality of life and increased overall physical activity in neighborhoods. Still another research project led by scientist Fuzhong Li, Ph.D., demonstrated that doing low impact exercises such as Tai Chi two or three times a week improves bala...What you should know about statistics
...nks changing college statistics courses could help citizens better understand statistics-oriented news. Calculation-heavy courses teach t-tests, ANOVAs, and other statistical procedures. But students don't learn to spot common errors in statistical statements -- a problem when they need to read statistical re...HHS awards $14 million to support Bioethics Research Center
...al element of biomedical research is to assure all citizens that their rights are protected when they participate in research projects and that core ethical principles are exercised by all sectors of the health care profession," NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., said. "The Bioethics Center at Tuskegee Uni...Healthy hearts predict healthy old age, says University of Pittsburgh study
...ith minimal disease and disability, healthy senior citizens should pay strict attention to controlling cardiovascular risk factors."...NCCAM awards planning grants for International Centers for Research
...and result in research that benefits the health of citizens in many countries," said John Killen, Jr., M.D., Director of NCCAM's Office of International Health Research. "We know that 80 percent of the world's population uses plants to meet their primary health care needs, so research on indigenous practices...Joslin announces first international affiliate in Bahrain
...nt by the Kingdom medical services is available to citizens and residents free, or at a nominal cost. The Bahrain Ministry of Health, with coordination of other Ministries, the private sector and the community, provides integrated preventive and curative health services through a network of primary, secondar...NIH funds project to help senior citizens access health care
...for a project aimed at making it easier for senior citizens to access Virginia Department for the Aging (VDA) ... Bouguettaya said. The healthcare needs of senior citizens are expected to surge as baby boomers start retiring, Bouguettaya noted, which will further stress c...