U.S. Life Expectancy Rose By More Than a Year From 1997 to 2007
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Aug. 19, 2009 — Life expectancy continues its upward trend in the U.S., notching up by about two-and-a-half months in 2007 over 2006.
By MARTIN FELDSTEIN
Although administration officials are eager to deny it, rationing health care is central to President Barack Obama’s health plan. The Obama strategy is to reduce health costs by rationing the services that we and future generations of patients will receive.
Swine flu (swine influenza) is a disease of pigs. It is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by one of many Influenza A viruses. Approximately 1% to 4% of pigs that get swine flu die from it. It is spread among pigs by direct and indirect contact, aerosols, and from pigs that are infected but do not have symptoms. In many parts of the world pigs are vaccinated against swine flu.
BY PATRICIA ANSTETT
FREE PRESS MEDICAL WRITER
Several hundred health care job hunters lined up at a River Rouge employment fair Tuesday, only to find out many of the 1,400 positions touted as available were for people with more training and clinical job skills than they had.
The lesson: If you want an immediate entry-level job in health care, commit yourself daily to searching for jobs because they may be the hardest to get, as thousands of job-seekers flood the market.
For the better-paying jobs, from medical billing clerks and surgical technicians to physical therapists and registered nurses, you have to be willing to return to school and most people will have to pay for it themselves, unless they come from an industry where they lost the job because of foreign competition and qualify for federal help. Read More…
Paul Hollrah
The real problem with healthcare in our country is not quality or availability; the problem with healthcare is the inexplicably high cost, and the fact that no one seems interested in finding out exactly why healthcare is so expensive and who gets all the money.
The current resident of the White House and his friends in Congress are now attempting to ram through a national healthcare system that will extend healthcare coverage to 10 million or 40 million (take your pick) uninsured residents, legal and illegal; a plan that they claim will not interfere with existing patient-doctor-insurer relationships and that will reduce the overall amount that Americans now spend on healthcare. Read More…
By David Swanson, Psy.D.
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Your kid wants to stay up late, avoid homework, hang out with friends, and watch TV and play video games. In short, your school-aged child wants to do everything but go to bed early and do schoolwork. What’s more, he has lots of clever ways to wear you down and get his way.
By Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Burt is like many of my patients. He was burned by a woman who later began dating a “bad boy”. Burt told me in more then one counseling session, “I don’t get it…I cleaned the house, took out the trash and treated her like a queen. How could she do this to me?” I knew part of Burt’s problems was he scored three of the top behaviors women find annoying. I gave this list to Burt just as I am giving it to you.
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Everyday we read in magazines or hear on television different methods about how to lose, and the best way to permanently achieve the leaner body so many of us want. Summer may be almost over, but our desire to lose isn’t. This week, let’s take a look at a few popular misconceptions, which are perpetuated even by some of us professionals in the business, versus the facts that evidence-based science gives us.
King of Pop’s burial on day he would have turned 51 to be private ceremony limited to family and close friends
Michael Jackson will be buried on what would have been his 51st birthday, a spokesman for his family said today .
By Amy Husser, Canwest News Service
