Health Tip: Don’t Drive After Drinking
Title: Health Tip: Don’t Drive After Drinking Category: Health News Created: 9/1/2010 10:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/2/2010
Health-insurance hikes hit workers
Workers are paying a larger portion of their health-insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows.The average employee contribution toward premiums for family coverage climbed 14 percent this year to nearly $4,000, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational …
Trinity Health gets $5.5M for North Dakota clinic
Trinity Health in Williston is getting $5.5 million in federal stimulus money to build a medical services building. Rural Development State Director Jasper Schneider says the booming energy industry has led to a growing population in the region, and the new facility will provide better access to medical services.
Health Officials Investigate Possible Case Of TB On Local Campus
Health officials are investigating a possible case of tuberculosis on the McLennan Community College campus.
Health at risk if long-form census scrapped: experts
Public health experts say scrapping the mandatory long-form census will hamper scientists’ involvement in international research.
Health Highlights: Sept. 1, 2010
Title: Health Highlights: Sept. 1, 2010 Category: Health News Created: 9/1/2010 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 9/2/2010
Health ministry begins handing out Child Health and Development Passport
THE Ministry of Health on Tuesday began issuing the new Child Health and Development Passport (CHDP), heralding what many believe to be a significant step to the modernisation of the health sector.
Health care organizations should disclose medical errors that affect multiple patients: Researchers
Health care organizations should disclose medical mistakes that affect multiple patients even if patients were not harmed by the event, according to an AHRQ-funded research paper published in the September 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.