New York City's
Board of Health recently voted to require restaurants to put salt warnings on menus even though the science on salt consumption and cardiovascular disease is not yet settled.
Not exact matches
The International
Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) and the International Consultant Association (ILCA)
recently notified the Center for Breastfeeding that they have received the IBCLC Care Award, a global recognition program, for excellence demonstrated in staffing International
Board Certified Lactation Consultants as part
of the maternal — child
health care team and for conducting breastfeeding activities, promotion, protection and support
of breastfeeding.
If you were perusing opportunities on job
boards recently, you may have noticed a somewhat unusual listing: a National Institutes
of Health (NIH) Office
of Intramural Research (OIR) ad for recent doctorate recipients interested in partnering with an intramural research institute to apply for the NIH Director's Early Independence Award (EIA), an extramural program we have written about in the past.
One advocate for its use is Donald Roberts, a medical zoologist
recently retired from the Uniformed Services University
of the
Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, and a member
of the
board of Africa Fighting Malaria, which collaborates with conservative think tanks.
This according to a
recently published report from the Swedish National
Board of Health and Welfare.
He has
recently served as a member
of the
Board of External Experts for the NHLBI, the advisory council for the National Center for Accelerating Translational Science, and the World Economics Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future
of the
Health Sector.
The Virginia Tech
Board of Visitors
recently approved a resolution to create a new doctor
of philosophy degree in Translational Biology, Medicine, and
Health.
The University
of Southern Mississippi College
Board recently approved the hiring
of an architect to plan the renovation
of Joseph Greene Hall and part
of its Chain Technology Building for its College
of Health.
Members
of the
board usually include representatives from the school district, law enforcement, as well as social services and, most
recently, a mental
health expert.
To mark this year's European Week for Safety and
Health at Work the Irish Injuries Board recently published an interesting analysis of the workplace accident claims it received in 2012, and warned businesses of the consequences of cutting corners when it comes to the health and safety of their empl
Health at Work the Irish Injuries
Board recently published an interesting analysis
of the workplace accident claims it received in 2012, and warned businesses
of the consequences
of cutting corners when it comes to the
health and safety of their empl
health and safety
of their employees.
The utter confusion to which recent Supreme Court case law leads was
recently demonstrated in Alberta (
Health Sciences Association) v Siksika
Health Services, 2016 CanLII 104568 (AB LRB), The
Board finds that the service offered is the exercise
of a treaty right, but even that doesn't make the activity federal.
The BC Supreme Court
recently found that the
Health Professions Review
Board improperly failed to defer to an interpretation
of the
Health Professions Act by a college under that statute, where its Inquiry Committee dismissed a complaint about what appeared...
The continuing jurisdiction
of human rights tribunals generally was
recently illustrated by a decision
of the Human Rights Tribunal
of Ontario in Trozzi v. College
of Nurses
of Ontario, 2010 HRTO 1892 to retain jurisdiction over a complaint despite a human rights violation being dismissed by the Ontario
Health Profession Appeal and Review
Board («HPARB»).
Fortunately, companies like Blue Cross Blue Shield are on
board and
recently began offering the telemedicine option to the majority
of its customers, including those who purchase coverage on the public
health insurance exchanges.
The Department
of Health asked the
Health Research
Board (HRB) to ascertain the knowledge, opinions and behaviours
of the general public in relation to alcohol consumption and whether they agreed or disagreed with some
of the measures proposed in the
recently published Report
of the Working Group on a National Substance Misuse Strategy (for alcohol).
Justin Reckers, CFP ®, CDFATM, AIF ®, Managing Director
of Pacific Divorce Management and immediate past
board chairman
of CFLG San Diego, was
recently interviewed by reporter Christian de la Rosa
of Fox 5 News in San Diego on tips to improve your financial
health in 2013.
Margo Greenwood, Vice President
of Aboriginal
Health, was
recently appointed to the
Health Innovation Advisory
Board for the Canadian Institutes
of Health Research (CIHR).
Along with my industry relevant experience, twelve years as a Director
of the Aberdeen
Health Foundation, most
recently as Past Chair and as Chair
of both Personnel and Nominations, gives me
board governance experience that would serve me well in this position.