Ice Bucket Challenge: Good for ALS, What About Your Health?
Discovery News
In terms of a fundraiser, it's clearly successful: it's helped raise $2.3 million for the ALS Association since July 29. But do the benefits of cold water dousing extend beyond the ability to make videos go viral? Health claims of cold showers, ice ...
Health: Local ALS Researchers Take Ice Bucket ChallengeCBS Local
NYC hospitals don't make health worker get vaccinated
New York Post
As we near the start of flu season, beware: Many of the city's top hospitals pose a serious hazard to your health, because many of their nurses and other care personnel aren't vaccinated — and don't have to be. To protect both workers and patients, at ...
UConn Advance (blog)
UConn Program Interests Youth in Health Careers
UConn Advance (blog)
The allied health science major, who's minoring in both biology and health care management and insurance studies, was among more than 200 students from middle school through college who celebrated the completion of UConn Health's summer career ...
Health Care REIT to Acquire HealthLease Properties
Wall Street Journal
Health Care REIT's partnership agreement with Carmel, Ind.-based Mainstreet includes potential transactions valued at about $1.4 billion. Under the agreement Health Care REIT will acquire 17 of Mainstreet's so called next generation communities ...
Health Care REIT to Buy Canada's HealthLease PropertiesBloomberg
Health Care REIT offers to buy HealthLease in $950 million dealReuters
Health Care REIT buys HealthLease for $950MmySanAntonio.com
Indianapolis Business Journal -MarketWatch
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Study Analyzes Health-Related Facebook Pages, User Engagement
iHealthBeat
Breast cancer and diabetes have the largest presence on Facebook, compared with other common health conditions, according to new research published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, MobiHealthNews reports.
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Forsyth Co. mental health advocates hope Robin Williams' suicide will spark ...
myfox8.com
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — The suicide by a famous celebrity, such as Robin Williams on Monday, tends to be jarring because it adds a public element to what is an irrational decision based on private misery, local mental health officials told the ...
Mental health should be part of annual visit to the doctorHerald Times Reporter
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State employee health benefits more generous in Arizona, study says
azcentral.com
Arizona state employees enjoy some of the most robust health insurance benefits in the nation and pay a smaller share of their overall tab compared to most state workers across the nation, a new report shows. The average Arizona state employee paid $44 ...
Tennessee state employees face higher health premiumsWBIR-TV
Wisconsin's state health plan among richestGreen Bay Press Gazette
Minnesota state health plan among most generousTwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
Columbus Dispatch -Kaiser Health News
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Boston Globe
Global health group backs use of experimental Ebola drugs
Boston Globe
GENEVA — The World Health Organization endorsed the use of untested drugs to combat the Ebola virus on Tuesday, hours after a Spanish priest who had been supplied with experimental medication became the first European to die in the world's worst ...
Opting Against Ebola Drug for Ill African DoctorNew York Times
World Health Organization says using untested drugs and vaccines ethical ...Fox News
Ebola Frontline: Flooding in Sierra Leone Exacerbates Public Health FearsNewsweek
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New tools help get a handle on health costs
The Tennessean
But consider this: According to a report in the September 2013 issue of Journal of Health Economics, only 14 percent of Americans understand basic insurance concepts such as deductible, copay, coinsurance and out-of-pocket-maximum. That is why it is ...
Apps give health consumers a say: columnWausau Daily Herald
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Transcending Obamacare: An Introduction To Patient-Centered, Consumer ...
Forbes
Today, the Manhattan Institute is publishing my 20,000-word, 68-page health reform proposal entitled “Transcending Obamacare: A Patient-Centered Plan for Near-Universal Coverage and Permanent Fiscal Solvency.” It represents a novel approach to health ...
Alaska's neighborhood health centers do more with Affordable Care ActAnchorage Daily News
Reform Update: Flood of new patients worries mental health workersModernHealthcare.com
Washington's $10 Billion Search For Health Care's Next Big IdeasKaiser Health News
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