Ailing in Medical News

Despite Ailing Economy, Planet Fitness Thrives

Franchisees buck an industry trend and boost enrollments DOVER, N.H., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As the economy struggles, many health and fitness clubs continue their own struggle to stay out of the red. Franchisees of Planet Fitness, however, the fastest growing operator of full-size fitnes...

GPhA Praises President Obama's Support for Safe and Affordable Biogenerics as Critical Solution to America's Ailing Health Care System

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) today applauded President Obama's budget proposal for including a workable approval pathway for biogenerics that will substantially reduce health care costs by increasing access to quality care at affordable pric...

State Health Reforms Progress Despite Ailing Economy

Report Finds Trend Among States Tackling Costs, Quality and Access in Reform Efforts WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While election year politics and the decline in the economy have slowed the rate of health reforms enacted in states last year, a new report shows many states ne...

In sickness and health: Caring for ailing spouse may prolong your life

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Older people who spent at least 14 hours a week taking care of a disabled spouse lived longer than others. That is the unexpected finding of a University of Michigan study forthcoming in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The stud...

AUDIO from Medialink and CIGNA: An Ailing Economy Changing How Many Take Care of Their Own Health

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report shows many are cutting back on health care because of the economy. Here's more on ways to get the most out of your health plan to save money while staying healthy. Listen to this report from CIGNA at: http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx?sto...

Ban on betting would boost ailing economy, gambling critic says

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Congress should resurrect the nationwide gambling ban that existed through most of the 20th century to help soothe a fragile U.S. economy shaken by the worst credit and financial crisis in decades, a University of Illinois professor and national gambling critic says. John W. Ki...

Secretary Cortes Calls Latino Community to Action Against Ailing Health Care System

Death Toll Due to Lack of Health Care Coverage Twice 2006 Homicide Rate PHILADELPHIA, May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes today echoed Governor Edward G. Rendell's call for Senate passage of legislation to provide affordable health care for every ...

Son Donates Part of Liver to Ailing Father, Transplant Successful

In a striking demonstration of filial love a British Youngman willingly came forward to donate more than half of his liver to his father, and the transplant has been successful. David and Stephen Lomas, from Ulverston, Cumbria, were speaking after The 20-year-old David Lomas from Cumbri...

Fugitive Who Ditched His Ailing Son Arrested After a Year

Byron Perkins of Kentucky in US had made headlines last year when he gave the slip to authorities after being released from prison in order to donate a kidney to his// ailing son. He has now been captured, along with his girlfriend Leen Ann Howard, after a relentless chase by the in Puerto Vall...

Doctors Advise Shifting of Ailing Soren

A three-member medical board, who examined former union coal minister Shibu Soren in the Dumka central jail,// has recommended the shifting of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief to provide him better medical care due to his deteriorating health. Considering the swelling in his legs that p...

Impoverished Parents sell their Daughter to Treat their Ailing Kids

The impoverished parents of 16-year-old Robina Bibi in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) had never thought of selling their daughter// , but poverty forced them to look for buyers. It was the only option that Robina's parents - Sakeena Bibi, 40, and her husband Izat Gul, 43 - cou...

Man Appeals to President to Save His Ailing Son

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): A man here has made a plea to President A P J Abdul Kalam to end the life of his 12-year-old son suffering from Aplastic Anemia whose medical expenses he cannot afford.// An employee with an automobile major, Ashok Kumar in a letter to the President sent through East Si...

Dead End: Aged, Ailing and Alone In Death

Old age and death is a foregone conclusion with no open choices. But does this also mean no end-of life choices that help, an elderly dying a dignified// and peaceful death? The department of health recently spoke of 60% compliance of hospitals with superior practices in end of life care to the el...

Daughter Turns Saviour: Ailing Mother Provided Wonder Drug Herceptin, To Fight Cancer

A woman with breast cancer found a savior in her daughter, who helped raise the life-saving sum of ￡47,000, so that the drug//, Herceptin could be made available for her to fight debilitating breast cancer. Shropshire Primary Care Trust had refused the cancer drug to Mrs. Morgan, of Whitchurc...

New device for ailing heart fitted into first patient

A hospital in New zealand had fitted the first ptient with a turbocharger for the heart called C-Pulse.// The special device is designed to help patients with moderate heart problems, who are still not ill enough to go for a heart transplant and its related side effects. These patients may be...

Hospice Care Eases the End for Loyal Pets

...re managed through the use of pharmaceuticals and, perhaps, holistic medicine until death occurs naturally or the owners decide to euthanize. Some ailing animals only survive a few days or weeks; others live for years with supportive care. About 100 veterinarians nationwide offer end-of-life support ...

Financing Available for Healthcare Equipment from DRE Medical Equipment

...fessionally refurbished medical equipment,” says Justin Jeffries, DRE’s chief operating officer. “DRE provides additional savings to ailing healthcare facilities by selling professionally refurbished and factory-new equipment at prices below the cost of new name-brand equipment.” ...

Average Mom USA Wins $25,000 Via Total Body Transformation

...bits and adapting the "Eating Clean" while maintaining fitness through proper nutrition and supplementation. Within the confines of this ailing economy, Max Muscle Sports Nutrition stores system-wide have experienced rapid growth as consumers who experience this revolutionary personal experien...

Micro-Businesses Offer Strong Opinions On Health Reform Proposals

...ndates if they received a considerable subsidy, such as a health tax credit, that would help them defray costs. According to Kristie Arslan, "the ailing economy makes it difficult for this segment of the business population to survive an employer or individual mandate. However, the micro-business commu...

Virtuoso(R) Affirms Travel Amidst H1N1 Flu Scare

... Virtuoso states that while the flu's effect on humans is undeniably tragic, one of the very real casualties of this outbreak has been the already ailing economy. Mexico City alone is estimating losses at over $60 million a day. The SARS epidemic in 2003, while equally short-lived, cost the world's ec...

Foodborne Illness Victims Mark President Obama's First 100 Days By Calling For Permanent Fix To Food Safety System

...ass food safety legislation that will improve consumer protection. "The stories of these victims illustrate why Congress must act now to fix our ailing food safety system," said Representative Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. "We simply cannot afford to w...

Barriers to Health Care, Prescription Choice Hurt Patients, Leading Doctor Says

...rden of ensuring accurate insurance payments for physician services, Banks said the AMA launched the Heal the Claims Process campaign to help cure the ailing system of processing medical claims with health insurers and unveiled the first AMA National Health Insurer Report Card on claims processing. A ...

Appointment of Margaret Hamburg to Lead FDA Lauded by Gov. Lowell Weicker, President of the Board of Trust for America's Health

.../AIDS, bioterrorism, foodborne illnesses, and other infectious diseases, is world renowned. She's also a proven manager, having turned around an ailing and under-resourced health department in New York City, where she restored both morale among workers and the agency's credibility among its citizens. ...

Agent for Social Change to Lead Nation's Largest Membership Organization

...Jennie Chin Hansen. "Barry's management skills, commitment to quality and leadership acumen will collectively pay dividends for AARP. Caring for his ailing father, however, was one of the most important achievements of Barry's illustrious career. Being a caregiver -- navigating the maze of insurance form...

Praise for Sebelius, DeParle From Campaign for America's Future Co-Director Roger Hickey

...et and the health summit he has planned for this week, make it clear that he has every intention of keeping his campaign promise to make reforming our ailing health care system a priority in his administration. That promise includes the creation of a new public health insurance option, which would compete o...

Health and Wellness Programs in a Tight Economy: Why They Are Critical and How to Make Them Effective

.../PRNewswire/ -- The deepening economic crisis is placing the United States' ailing -- or some would say failing -- health care system at further risk. With ma...ill increase a rapidly escalating health care cost base. "Fixing the ailing health care system will be a long and complex process," said Mindy McGrath,...

Health and Wellness Programs in a Tight Economy

...ary 24, 2009 -- The deepening economic crisis is placing the United State's ailing - or some would say failing - health care system at further risk. With many...ll increase a rapidly escalating health care cost base. "Fixing the ailing health care system will be a long and complex process," said Mindy McG...

MU researcher demonstrates non-traditional therapy is effective as pain management

... in a four-phase process. The four phases centering, assessment, "unruffling" the field and intervention allow a restoration of balance that enables ailing individuals to heal themselves. However, acceptance of the ideas that the human body is an energy-producing organism and that energy can be directed t...

That gut feeling may actually reflect a reliable memory

...re and creativity. Intuition may have an important role in finding answers to all sorts of problems in everyday life -- including big ones such as our ailing economy." ...

Intensive Resource Group (IRG) Helps Hospitals Address Financial and Operational Crisis

...ays, boosted net patient service revenues and successfully renegotiated managed care contracts. All of this has been done against the backdrop of an ailing economy and decreasing Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates. "When a hospital works with IRG, they can trust in our unsurpassed ability to ...

Consumer Advocates Call on Legislature to Support Governor's Ban on Pharmaceutical Gifts to Doctors

...s pitches and gifts from manufacturers to physicians." "At a time when the state budget is under enormous pressure from medical inflation and an ailing economy, curbing the drug industry's influence on physicians is right on target," said Chuck Bell, Programs Director for Consumers Union, publisher of...

Trust for America's Health Applauds Public Health Funding in Senate Stimulus Bill as Down Payment for Containing Health Care Costs

...lating the economy in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. "This funding is desperately needed to revitalize and modernize the country's ailing public health system, and we'll be putting more Americans to work in programs that will directly improve the health of communities where they live," s...

New Web Site Connects Patients with Experienced Doctors

...atients facing similar problems. One patient named SF from California recently asked Dr. Cohen if a central line catheter was necessary for his ailing father. Dr. Cohen explains the benefits and risks of the procedure, along with a recommended course of action in the "Recent Posts" section of the We...

Angioplasty Via Wrist May Be Safer

...sed but entails lower risk, speedier recovery, researchers say TUESDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The best way of accessing and treating ailing hearts with angioplasty may be through the wrist, a U.S. study finds. The catheterization technique reduces risk, bleeding, cost and patient recove...

Obama Backs Health Care Reform

...nt Barack Obama vowed during his campaign to expand access to health insurance and reform health care. Early indications now suggest that, despite an ailing economy -- or perhaps because of it -- he is resolved to keep his promise. In the weeks leading up to Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony, the 44th ...

Housing Crisis Affects Seniors Needing Care

...recipient Ability to get up and down out of a chair or a bed Because it is not always clear to the average person whether an ailing senior can use care at home or when it is more appropriate to move elsewhere, it is usually best to consult a professional for advice . Understand th...

Caregivers Need a Bailout Too! (or 1% for Families)

...O, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- There are more than 50 million Americans today providing unpaid care for family members and loved ones: an aging or ailing parent, a friend with a chronic health condition, a spouse with Alzheimer's, a sibling with a traumatic war injury, a child with physical or mental ch...

Slim-Fast: An Effective Option to Help Cost-Conscious Americans Manage Their Weight

...mes is an important tool to help reduce the health risks of being overweight. "Research shows that stress isn't the only ill health effect of an ailing economy. Often, people simply don't eat well, whether it's to ease their stress or save money," said Dr. Denise Martz, practicing psychologist, profes...

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery...In Brief

...lastic Surgeons: Can The US Really Cut Health Care Spending? A new study suggests that while health care is one of the strongest sectors of the ailing US economy, achieving a substantial, sustainable reduction is US health care spending is not probable. The author, who completed health care policy li...

Study: How Can States Treat a Sick Economy? Call the Doctors

...the University of Central Florida (UCF) has the right prescription for an ailing economy - a medical school and growing medical city. ...the University of Central Florida (UCF) has the right prescription for an ailing economy - a medical school and growing medical city. As state gove...