The studies of this Californian research team puts further pressure on those who continue to smoke in homes to realize what they are
doing to the health of others, as well as mandating a search for methods to remove such products from furnishings and materials used in homes.
Tourists are shamelessly scammed, not to mention what a lifetime of steroids could
do to the health of these poor little creatures.
I am partly of Irish heritage, and stories still come down through my family of the ravages that «all potato diets»
did to the health of our family's forebears.
The basic quality a scientist or an engineer of industrial hygiene must possess is to assess the potential of such hazards and prevent them before any significant harm is
done to the health of the working community.
Not exact matches
Mental
health problems don't need
to rise
to the level
of clinical significance
to detract from high quality leadership, but the negative effects would likely be worse if we were considering clinical diagnoses
of depression, anxiety, sleep problems or narcissism.
«Major tax increases or policy changes such as big hikes in the minimum wage will probably
do more harm than good,» says Dahlby
of the sort
of programs necessary
to satisfy vocal public -
health boards.
Indeed, so little attention is paid
to leaders» mental
health, and so little known, that we would be forgiven for assuming that perhaps all leaders enjoy perfect mental
health; and that even if they
do not, it is
of no concern either because it is
of no consequence for themselves, their employees, or their organizations, or because there is simply nothing we can
do about it.
There's also the matter
of whether mobile medical care will ultimately reduce national
health spending: At least one recent report suggests that the technology may well cause people
to pursue care they don't need precisely because it makes it so convenient
to get.
Pursuing a career as a freelancer also offers many
of the same «lifestyle benefits» that people normally associate with entrepreneurs — from the ability
to control the type
of work you
do and time spent working
to the potential for higher earnings and improved mental and physical
health.
While finding a comfortable bed that allows you
to get enough sleep comes with obvious
health benefits, don't neglect the rest
of the furniture you use every day.
And while true reform will require all the relevant parties — government, industry, and
health care consumers themselves —
to make major adjustments, an insurgent group
of digital
health companies is
doing its best
to drag American medicine into the 21st century kicking and screaming.
Instead
of downplaying her femininity in an attempt
to be taken more seriously as the CEO
of a women's sexual
health company, Whitehead
did the opposite.
The Brazil Ministry
of Health was reportedly going
to be passed out
to pregnant women at the beginning
of the Zika outbreak in December, but that didn't happen because the labs couldn't ramp up production enough.
Turner and Weinberg decided
to create the software that would
do that, and more, which led
to the creation
of Flatiron
Health in 2012.
HSA's allow individuals
to divert a portion
of their income into a savings account, providing a cushion
of pre-tax dollars for when
health costs
do come up.
Yes, this will raise concerns about rights
to privacy, but given the high stakes involved, the time has come
to both support and scrutinize the mental
health of organizational leaders in the same way we
do the people they are expected
to lead.
Levi's had provided them a «needs survey»
to get started, but after circulating it in Nazareno, González Franch and Bello Garza realized it presumed a level
of development (like access
to financial services and
health care) that didn't exist in the community.
It's called the Children's
Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and funding for it technically expired at the end
of September (although states
do have enough money
to keep it going for a couple
of months).
Those looking for a deep dive into what Laszewski thinks will actually work can check out the complete post, but for non-wonks, his bottom line seems
to be this: To fix health care we need to control costs overall, and to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's mone
to be this:
To fix health care we need to control costs overall, and to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's mone
To fix
health care we need
to control costs overall, and to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's mone
to control costs overall, and
to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's mone
to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced
to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's mone
to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more
of the nation's money.
These assumptions are wrong, and it's time we pay as much attention
to the mental
health of organizational leaders as we
do their employees — if not more.
«This is an extremely generous benefit, and while it's fantastic for the women who work there, I don't know how feasible it is going
to be for the majority
of industries
to do something
to this extent,» said Alina Salganicoff, vice-president and director
of women's
health policy for Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit that researches
health care issues.
The three conservatives didn't believe the Senate
health bill dismantled enough
of Obamacare; Collins expressed concerns about its cuts
to Medicaid and other provisions that could potentially roil insurance markets.
«I don't believe sustainability
of the current OAS program is a major issue since the growing OAS expenditures will be minor relative
to the rising cost
of health care,» he said.
The problem is that we don't often actually see those friends face
to face, as the Boston Globe's Billy Baker discovered when his editor asked him
to write about the
health effects
of loneliness recently.
Topol pointed out that currently there's a ton
of «information blocking» going on by
health providers that don't» want
to share data with others for fear
of losing their patients (i.e. business).
The CDC, says Wintemute, has incorrectly «interpreted that as a mandate not
to do research» on the public
health dangers
of guns and the epidemiology
of gun violence.
It also didn't help that I brought in a new team
to heavily focus on human elements such as the
health and well - being
of communities that depend upon nature.
The pace
of change driven by startups seems
to be accelerating as companies devoted
to essential needs — from reducing procurement costs and improving operational efficiency,
to delivering more efficient primary care or dialysis care — try
to do something about the sorry state
of health care.
For instance, legislators like Sens. Elizabeth Warren
of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders
of Vermont, and Jeff Merkley
of Oregon recently warned that Cures amounts
to a big pharma giveaway which will weaken regulatory standards on drugs, provide a mere pittance
to the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and
do nothing
to confront the rising tide
of high drug prices.
While the Arkansas company says that de-identified data remains that way, such a fuller picture
of consumers can enable
health care companies
to do a better job treating, insuring, or marketing
to them, it says.
A lot
of them don't make a great deal
of different
to our
health outcomes, but we're certainly sold on the view that we need them all.
Unless you're really going
to use that money
to do something that is more transformative in terms
of how we deliver, finance and run our
health care system, then you're not going
to see any real change.
People with jobs forcing them
to remain in smoke environments often had no choice but
to do so - and why should they be subject
to the
health risks
of secondhand smoke?
AgileHealthInsurance.com, which sells short - term
health insurance plans that are allowed
to exclude benefits guaranteed under the ACA, expects the law
to allow more choice so that insurers can design cheaper plans
to hit a certain price point
of $ 100 per month or $ 200 per month, as they
did before the ACA, according
to executive director Sam Gibbs.
«Contracting out simple day surgeries frees up capacity in our public hospitals
to do the more complex surgeries,» explains Cindy MacDougall, a spokesperson for the B.C. Ministry
of Health.
He said it was time
to tackle the «difficult» issue
of mental
health in relation
to shootings, but he
did not mention guns.
Research has shown that medical patients who develop emotional
health problems cost more
to treat and respond less well
to treatment; as a result, says Ahern, «it behooves the medical system
to do a better job in detection and treatment
of behavioral
health because it drives outcomes and drives the costs.»
Contrary
to what many might expect, for example, the Constitution
does not explicitly require the federal government or the states
to protect the
health of citizens — and, in fact,
does not mention the word «
health» anywhere in its 4,543 words or in any
of its amendments.
Add
to that, the cost
of health insurance premiums growing at four times inflation and workers changing employers far more often than they
did 60 years ago, and you have a system that's going
to break.
I don't really see the conservative government advancing further the kind
of spirit
of the Canada
Health Act in terms
of expanding access
to services and goods at a national level.
But if you don't offer
health insurance, you might need
to pay more,» says Roberta Chinsky Matuson, president
of the Massachusetts - based HR consulting firm Human Resource Solutions.
Unlike workplace flexible - spending accounts, HSAs don't have a «use - it - or - lose - it» rule and are «portable,» meaning workers who are no longer covered by HSA - eligible
health plans because
of job changes can continue
to tap existing HSAs
to pay for qualified medical expenses.
The marketing is edgy: October's «Touch Yourself» campaign in partnership with Women's
Health and Men's
Health magazines ditches traditional pink National Breast Cancer Awareness Month branding in favor
of a naked woman holding her breasts, encouraging women
to do self - exams for early detection.
Not only
does physically getting up now and again protect you from the truly horrible
health consequences
of too much sitting, but taking quick «smoke breaks» (sans cigarette) when you feel your mental energy depleting (for most folks around every 90 minutes seems
to be a good rule
of thumb) ensures you'll get more
done in the long run.
Health Care: «I don't think there is much doubt as to where Senator Clinton is on the issue of health care,» says Raymond J. Keating, chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, Vir
Health Care: «I don't think there is much doubt as
to where Senator Clinton is on the issue
of health care,» says Raymond J. Keating, chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, Vir
health care,» says Raymond J. Keating, chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, Virginia.
Doing something like this
does also comes with risks for overdiagnosis, even if the research is successful; a regular test for cancer risks causing many people
to receive potentially dangerous treatment for cancers that wouldn't have seriously impacted their
health in the long run, according
to José Baselga, Physician - in - Chief and Chief Medical Officer
of Memorial Sloan Kettering.
On a visit
to Fortune's office Wednesday, the
health system executive painted a mostly rosy picture
of the modern, efficient
health system he sees in America's future — though he
did note a few pain points that stand in the way.
«What it's meant
to do is... just
to make sure that the work stoppage is not going
to affect the
health and safety
of the public....
Extreme politicians at every level
of government are
doing everything they can
to block millions
of people from coming
to Planned Parenthood, deny access
to affordable
health care, and roll back women's rights over their own bodies.
Companies that understand how mission - critical conversation is
to the
health of their teams must first normalize and enculturate conversation, and
do it deeply with their own actions.