The character attack on a state toxicologist by environment and health administrators last week and the abrupt resignation submitted a day later in protest by one of the toxicologist’s managers shed more light on the volatile mix of politics and public-health policy now in play at the highest levels of ... Read More »
Mutual organisation Australian Unity has beaten a joint venture between listed heavyweight Lend Lease and Trinity Health for the rights to Brisbane’s $1.1 billion Herston Quarter redevelopment. The site in inner Brisbane is one of the most high-profile development opportunities in southeast Queensland and was offered by the state government ... Read More »
Over the past few years, health and wellness programs have slowly made their wayinto employer provided health care. However, they can be difficult to include in small business health benefits due to their cost. A survey by Welltok, Inc and the National Business Group on Health examines the effect of ... Read More »
Editor’s note: This is the first in a four-part series on the Community Health Needs Assessment completed by SIH. Next week’s story will be on diabetes and obesity and their roles in heart disease. When Southern Illinois Healthcare released findings from its Community Health Needs Assessment in March, they chose ... Read More »
Truck drivers and social service workers have something in common: The people who work in these two occupations are the least likely to be heart healthy, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the study, researchers looked at seven measures of heart health ... Read More »
Butter and Health What impact does butter have on health? This is a sensitive and frequently debated topic in France, where butter is a staple in culinary tradition and very important to the industry. In the background is the issue of the relationship between consuming saturated fatty acids and cardiovascular ... Read More »
Ivan Bartolo, CEO of health IT solutions company 6PM, speaks to Anthony Manduca about his drive to revolutionise the health market and the progress of 6PM’s emCare subsidiary company. Malta must wake up to the fact that its health service will soon become unsustainable – unless major changes are brought ... Read More »
As a primary care doctor who gets to know and follow patients over many years, I like to think of myself as a trusted health advisor. When it comes to advice about lifestyle issues that affect health, I rarely think in terms that are black or white. There are exceptions ... Read More »
Earlier this week the American Psychiatric Association cautioned psychiatrists against taking part in a feverish new national hobby. Catching Pokémon wasn’t mentioned. Psychoanalyzing Donald Trump was. On the organization’s website APA president Maria A. Oquendo wrote: “The unique atmosphere of this year’s election cycle may lead some to want to ... Read More »
Apprehensive of an adverse impact on organ transplant programmes in the country following the arrests of doctors in the kidney racket at the L.H. Hiranandani Hospital, a delegation of medical experts met State Health Minister Deepak Sawant on Saturday. The delegation comprised representatives from the Mumbai Urology Society, Mumbai Nephrology ... Read More »
Philadelphia residents and researchers interested in analyzing local public health data can now do so at the district level after the city released a new digital tool providing a breadth of information on current demographic trends. The web-based Community Health Explorer app, jointly developed by the Philadelphia Department of Public ... Read More »
IT IS sometimes said that you can’t put a price on good health. But in an era of public sector spending cuts, it’s a sad fact that everything can be – and usually is – seen as having an economic cost, including people’s basic wellbeing. A national tabloid recently reported ... Read More »
