Childrens' Booster Car Seats Not Being Used Appropriately According To Riley Hospital-IU Study While child booster car seat use has increased across the United States, many seats are improperly installed, leading to increased risk of serious injury for their little passengers.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEmployers' Policies On Health Coverage For Domestic Partners Vary Obtaining health insurance from an employer for a same-sex domestic partner can be a challenge, despite more states taking steps to legalize same-sex marriage, the New York Times reports. Employers who are self-insured are not regulated by states and can decide to offer domestic partner benefits, regardless if a state does not recognize same-sex marriage.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comObama Ensures Hispanic Community They Will Be Included In H1N1 Flu Outbreak Efforts In a town hall-style meeting at the White House on Friday, President Obama ensured Hispanic community leaders and advocates that the U.S. will not alienate the group as a result of the recent H1N1 flu outbreak believed to have started in Mexico, the AP/Las Vegas Sun reports. Obama also assured the group that they will receive treatment related to the virus regardless of legal status.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEx-smokers Are Healthier, Wealthier And - New Research Shows - Happier Ex-smokers are overwhelmingly happier after quitting according to a new Cancer Research UK study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research*. Researchers studied the responses of 879 adults who had stopped smoking. More than two thirds (69.3 per cent) said that they feel happier now than when they were smoking and only one in thirty (3.3 per cent) felt less happy. Around a quarter (26.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEarly Findings About Pandemic Potential Reported In New Study Of Swine Flu Early findings about the emerging pandemic of a new strain of influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico are published in Science. Researchers from the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling at Imperial College London, working in collaboration with the World Health Organisation and public health agencies in Mexico, have assessed the epidemic using data to the end of April.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThis Is No Health Budget For A Recession, Australian Medical Association The AMA says tonight's budget does nothing to provide Australians with confidence that their health needs will be met in the face of the recession. There is nothing to cushion Australians from the ravages of the recession.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSPINE Trial Shows That Acupuncture Eases Chronic Low Back Pain Acupuncture can help people with chronic low back pain feel less bothered by their symptoms and function better in their daily activities, according to the largest randomized trial of its kind, published in the May 11, 2009 Archives of Internal Medicine. But the SPINE (Stimulating Points to Investigate Needling Efficacy) trial raises questions about how the ancient practice actually works.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFewer Than 1 In 5 Heart Problems Are Diagnosed Before Symptoms Appear Clinicians are missing golden opportunities to identify heart disease before patients start displaying symptoms, according to a study of 13,877 people published in the May issue of UK-based IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. Researchers from Oregon, Maryland and Delaware, USA, found that just over 11% of the respondents had been diagnosed with heart disease.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDietary Supplements Worth $1.3 Million Condemned And Forfeited To The United States Under Consent Decree The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, entered a consent decree that condemns and forfeits to the United States for destruction about $1.3 million worth of dietary
supplements.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLawmakers Considering Changing Tax Rules To Allow Employers To Encourage Wellness, Prevention Among Workers A plan being developed by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) would give tax credits to employers offering wellness programs, such as periodic screenings for health problems and counseling, to encourage workers to adopt healthier lifestyles, the New York Times reports.
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