Public libraries’ significant role supporting the mental health of young people risks being undermined by swingeing budget cuts forced on local authorities, the head of their professional body warned this week. He added that, if funding is not protected, the work of libraries as frontline information resources for young people ... Read More »
The man police say opened fire with a gun from his checked baggage at a Florida airport had a history of mental health problems — some of which followed his military service in Iraq — and was receiving psychological treatment at his home in Alaska, his relatives said Friday after ... Read More »
A former US military member suspected of shooting five dead at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale airport had been evaluated for mental health issues, US media reports. Estaban Santiago, 26, is suspected of opening fire near the baggage carousel about noon Friday after arriving on a flight from Canada and loading his ... Read More »
The Iraq war veteran who allegedly shot and killed five people at Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida on Friday had been having mental health issues after returning from a year-long tour in the Middle East, his aunt has said. Esteban Santiago, 26, was hospitalised over mental health concerns after serving ... Read More »
This is the third in a series that will briefly examine various plans designed to repeal and replace Obamacare. My first post examined the Patient CARE Act and the second reviewed 2017 Project’s Alternative To Obamacare. Today I will focus on AEI’s Improving Health And Health Care Plan, developed by a group of scholars affiliated with the ... Read More »
The NHS is becoming the “national hangover service” as medics spend most of their time dealing with Britain’s binge drinking problem, a health boss has fumed. Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, slammed “selfish” party-goers in a stark warning as the nation gears up for one of the most ... Read More »
The NHS is becoming the “national hangover service” as medics spend most of their time dealing with Britain’s binge drinking problem, a health boss has fumed. Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, slammed “selfish” party-goers in a stark warning as the nation gears up for one of the most ... Read More »
Carrie Fisher is in stable condition days after suffering a medical emergency, according to her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds. Reynolds tweeted Sunday that the family would share any updates on Fisher and thanked the public for its “prayers & good wishes.” Earlier in the day, Oscar winner Sally Field tweeted ... Read More »
Ingredients 2 pounds beets, peeled and trimmed 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 plump cloves garlic, minced 1/2-1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary 1/2-1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves (or 1/2 tsp. dried) 1 pound stemmed beet greens or spinach, washed thoroughly twice and coarsely chopped (8 tightly packed cups) Salt and ... Read More »
America spends more on healthcare per capita than any other country in world. In 2015, the US devoted 17% of the gross domestic product, more than $3 trillion, to health expenditures. 17% of the GDP is approximately twice the average health cost of the OECD countries. Unfortunately this unsurpassed spending ... Read More »
Republicans are united on repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law, but ideologically and practically speaking, they’re in different camps over replacing it. Getting the factions together won’t be easy. Some Republicans would revise and rebrand “Obamacare,” junking unpopular provisions like its requirement that most Americans carry health insurance, while ... Read More »
Obesity is one of the most haunting disorders of the body that causes excessive weight gain in the rigid regions of your body. This mainly happens when overconsumption of junk food facilitates the entry of excess calories into your body and accumulation of fat layers in your abdomen and thigh ... Read More »
