State sorts myriad mental health options
The Burlington Free Press Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:02 AM PST
Mental health organizations bombarded the Shumlin administration with proposals intended to bolster psychiatric care across the state in the wake of the unexpected closure of the Vermont State Hospital following flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. |
Program helps families shop for, cook healthy meals
Glenwood Springs Post Independent Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:48 AM PST
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado â€" A new nutrition project, funded privately but aimed at meeting a significant social need, helps low-income families shop, cook and eat healthier foods to improve general health and curb obesity. |
Area seniors become queens for a day
Maumelle Monitor Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:46 AM PST
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And for the 30-plus contestants in the Queens’ Pageant sponsored by Arkansas Home Health Care Association District 1 on Thursday, there were hundreds of people who came out to behold them in their pretty dresses, hairdos and jewelry. |
Environmental programs fall victim to budget cuts
Laramie Boomerang Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:37 AM PST
When lightning ignited a wildfire near Idaho's Sun Valley in 2007, environmental regulators used monitoring gear to gauge the health effects for those breathing in the Sawtooth Mountains' smoky, mile-high air. |
Health Matters Fighting a disorder of mind and body
Patterson Irrigator Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:26 AM PST
When I explored insomnia in my latest column (Sept. 8, Page 27), I mentioned that insomnia could be either its own diagnosis or a symptom of another disease or disorder. One of those disorders was anxiety. |
Health Department OKs 2 projects
Washington Examiner Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:25 AM PST
The Associated Press The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. The Mississippi State Department of Health has approved hospital projects in Gulfport and Charleston. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport received approval for a $58 million expansion and renovation of its patient tower. Patient rooms on the third, fourth and fifth floors will be enlarged and two new floors of rooms will be added to the tower ... |
Budget cuts imperil environmental programs, along with health and safety
Minnesota Public Radio Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:16 AM PST
A 24-state survey by the national association of state environmental agency leaders showed agency budgets decreasing by an average of $12 million in 2011. The Washington, D.C.-based group also says federal grants to help states administer new federal Environmental Protection Agency rules regarding air and water quality also have waned. |
CRHC offers ‘Home for the Holidays’ effort for 19th year
Clarinda Herald-Journal Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:07 AM PST
The Clarinda Regional Health Center Emergency Medical Services department is offering its “Home for the Holidays†service during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season to help bedfast residents of a care facility attend a family gathering. The CRHC EMS crew will transport a resident to and from a family gathering free of charge. |
Mercury-free health care pushed
Manila Bulletin Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:06 AM PST
MANILA, Philippines â€" Non-government organization Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA) has turned over non-mercury thermometers to the province of Marinduque in a bid to make the Philippines free from mercury-based health care devices. HCWH-SEA executive director Merci Ferrer led the distribution of non-mercurial thermometers from OMRON Healthcare, a partner of HCWH-SEA in the anti ... |
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