Justice Department Announces Settlement That Requires Homeless Shelters In Washington, D.C., To Provide Adequate Accommodations For Disabled The Department of Justice on Friday announced that it has reached a settlement with Washington, D.C., officials that requires the district to make homeless shelters more accessible to disabled populations, including people living with HIV/AIDS, the Washington Times reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFor Unmarried Families, Critical Family Bonding Begins Before Birth The best chance of "reeling-in" an unmarried father and building the foundations for a stable family life are the critical months of pregnancy, says new research from the University of Maryland. Marriage itself is no guarantee, the study adds.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUninsured Rates In Georgia Expected To Increase Amid Economic Recession, Growing Job Losses Twenty percent of Georgia residents younger than age 65 in 2007 did not have
health insurance, nearly the same rate as in 2006, but the number of uninsured residents is expected to increase in 2008 and 2009 because of the economic recession, according to a study released Thursday by the Center for
Health Services Research at Georgia State University, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comObama Has Ability To 'Diffuse Bitter Culture War' Surrounding Abortion, Opinion Piece Says Signing the Freedom of Choice Act once in office would be a "huge mistake" by President-elect Barack Obama, Frank Schaeffer -- author of "Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right and Lived To Take All (or Almost All) of it Back" -- writes in a Baltimore Sun opinion piece.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealth Care Industries Lobby For Funds In Proposed Economic Stimulus Package As President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders craft an economic stimulus package, "a parade of interest groups is seeking shares of the portion that will go to infrastructure construction projects," including some in the
health care sector, the Boston Globe reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNewly Discovered Esophagus Stem Cells Grow Into Transplantable Tissue Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine have discovered stem cells in the esophagus of mice that were able to grow into tissue-like structures and when placed into immune-deficient mice were able to form parts of an esophagus lining. The investigators report their findings online this month in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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