Tag: public health

Racial Disparities in Health Care: The Hundred Years’ War

It was 1999 when the Federal government first acknowledged our nation had…

GlennLaffel

Health Care Buzz Today

iPad Used To Track Progress of Spinal Surgery Patients. An online health…

GlennLaffel

California Dreamin’

According to a city report on lifeguard pay for the calendar year…

JohnCGoodman

State Farm Can Monitor Your Driving Habits

The software, as it says now, doesn’t report back to the company…

BarbaraDuck

Snap a Photo of Your Dinner to See Its Calorie Count, and Other Links

New iPhone app lets you photograph your meal to receive a calorie…

JohnCGoodman

Do You Know What’s in Your Pain Pill?

People take billions of doses of over-the-counter pain relievers like Tylenol every…

JohnCGoodman

Bed Bugs Found Carrying Drug-Resistant MRSA

The study information was released and performed in Canada but now we…

BarbaraDuck

Is Your Name One of the Top Ten Baby Names?, and Other Links

Top ten baby names are out. John isn’t one of them. Neither…

JohnCGoodman

Retirees Not Realistic in Planning for Possibility of Long-Term Care

Getty Images, Rosemary Calver   In a recent survey from the Society of Actuaries…

Anthony Cirillo

Tai Chi Combined with Proper Meds Reduces Depression in Elderly

In a study published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, reported…

Anthony Cirillo