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 »
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 »
A large proportion of U.S. children fail to meet the standards set for ideal cardiovascular health, with most having a poor diet and low physical activity, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Children often lacked the heart-healthy diet and physical activity components necessary for what the ... Read More »
The heart health of American children is simply unacceptable according to a new statement released by the American heart Association. An overwhelming majority of kids in the United States have a poor diet and low physical activity says the new heart health study. The study on the heart health of ... Read More »
Compensation for the top five executives running Island Health was more than $1.6 million in the fiscal year ended March 31. The executive-compensation numbers for the latest fiscal year show Island Health CEO and president Brendan Carr at the top of the heap, earning $403,451, including incentives, pension and benefits. ... Read More »
Hospitals overflowing, with patients abandoned in corridors. Accident and Emergency rooms threatened with overnight closure. And it just keeps getting worse. It is clear the NHS is in a crisis that threatens its very existence. No doubt you’ve experienced it yourself – an agonising wait for much-needed surgery, a cancelled operation, ... Read More »
JOHANNESBURG – KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo has expressed horror and disgust at the hijacking of three senior female nurses in Empangeni. The trio were hijacked, robbed and abandoned in the bush while on their way from an outreach programme last week. It’s understood their bus was stopped by ... Read More »
