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Food seminar to teach community on healthy lifestyle maintainance

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital and the New York City-based Natural Gourmet Institute, have created a two-day food seminar to help the community understand how to break old habits, create new ones and maintain a healthy lifestyle by using the right tools.

22 Apr 2011

United Water and NCPA embark on an effort to encourage safe disposal of unused medications

United Water and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) announced a partnership today to encourage people throughout the United States to properly dispose of their unused or expired medications in an environmentally-friendly manner. A major part of the campaign will center around the NCPA's website dedicated to the program - www.DisposeMyMeds.org - that directs people to their local independent pharmacy where they can drop off their unused medications.

22 Apr 2011

Hospitals to host Earth Day events emphasizing link between health, environment

Hospitals and other members of the health care sector will be marking Earth Day 2011 with a wide variety of events showcasing their efforts to develop sustainable operations and reduce their environmental footprint.

22 Apr 2011

Decision Resources: 63% of neurologists select Tysabri as effective MS treatment

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the majority of surveyed U.S. neurologists selected Biogen Idec/Elan's Tysabri as the most effective therapy for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, when compared to other currently available agents.

22 Apr 2011

EMQ FamiliesFirst offers Therapeutic Behavioral Services Program in Monterey County

EMQ FamiliesFirst has expanded its program offerings and now offers the Therapeutic Behavioral Services Program in Monterey County.

22 Apr 2011

Obama administration urges new graduates to understand their health insurance options

Administration officials sent letters to college and university presidents and student body leaders reminding them to communicate to students about how, because of changes resulting from the health overhaul, they can remain on a parent's plan until age 26. In other health reform news, President Obama says that he is flexible on health reform, and the AP reports on how the absence of one Supreme Court justice on certain legal questions has been "no big deal."

22 Apr 2011

Trillium registered nurses choose ONA to become members of the union

Registered nurses employed at Trillium Health Centre have overwhelmingly voted yes to join the Ontario Nurses' Association, the largest nurses' union in Canada.

22 Apr 2011

Early surgery, timely treatment and prenatal diagnosis can help prevent oral clefts

Affecting more than 7,000 U.S. babies each year, cleft lip and/or cleft palate are the second most common birth defect, the cause of which continues to mystify scientists despite growing evidence of a complex interplay of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors.

22 Apr 2011

China releases first report on foreign aid

China on Thursday released its first report on the country's investment in foreign aid over the past few decades and its impact on developing countries, noting that "its rise as an aid donor is a good development at a time when the global financial crisis is straining most other countries' spending," the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.

22 Apr 2011

Plant Purple-Grow Hope honors pancreatic cancer patient

A group of Ohio greenhouse growers hopes a "shock wave" of purple flowers will eventually roll across America in support of scientific research to end pancreatic cancer.

22 Apr 2011

JEWEL-OSCO announces free educational tours on diabetes management

At a time when nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes and an estimated 79 million have pre-diabetes, JEWEL-OSCO, part of the nationwide SUPERVALU INC. family of grocery stores, is announcing its "Eating Healthy with my Diabetes" in-store tours for 2011.

22 Apr 2011

Employers looking for ways to reduce high blood pressure in the workplace

A group of nine Kansas City employers, their broker consultant Lockton Companies, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Centers for Disease and Prevention Control, and Thomson Reuters are looking for ways to reduce high blood pressure or hypertension in the workplace.

22 Apr 2011

New working group of clinicians to promote e-Prescribing in Canada

A new working group of clinicians from various disciplines will help shape the future of e-Prescribing in Canada, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO, Canada Health Infoway.

22 Apr 2011

Ontario's doctors commend government announcement on contraband cigarettes

Ontario's doctors commend today's announcement by the provincial government which cracks down on contraband cigarettes and enhances support for people who want to quit smoking.

22 Apr 2011

Also in global health news: Nuclear accidents; measles outbreak in Europe; funding shortfall in Zimbabwe; drinking water in Pakistan; agricultural development in S. Asia

The world must prepare for more major nuclear accidents, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday at a Kiev conference marking the explosion of a reactor at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear reactor 25 years ago, the Associated Press reports.

22 Apr 2011

Umass Lowell establishes new Health and Social Sciences Building

UMass Lowell broke ground today on a new $40 million, 69,000-square-foot academic building that will be home to three of the university's most popular majors in health and social sciences and represents the second major construction project underway on campus.

22 Apr 2011

IDF and DHA to host World Diabetes Congress in Dubai

Leading diabetes experts and members of the diabetes community will convene in Dubai from 4-8 December 2011 for the biennial World Diabetes Congress, organised by the International Diabetes Federation.

22 Apr 2011

Ratcliff expands John Muir Medical Center to deliver high-quality patient care

Ratcliff, the San Francisco Bay Area-based architecture, planning and interiors firm, announces the completion of The Tom and Billie Long Patient Care Tower, centerpiece of a $612 million expansion of John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, California.

22 Apr 2011

Department of VA to host nationwide employee wellness program

The Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting a nationwide 2K Walk and Roll event at more than 130 VA facilities on June 2 in support of employee wellness month. The event will also encourage employee and local community support of homeless Veterans.

22 Apr 2011