HEALTH

“Over the years, we have worked diligently to create a wellness program for our employees,” Occupational Health Services director Danielle Frewing said in a news release. “We’ve built a strong wellness program that everyone can be proud of, that extends far beyond the traditional annual wellness screening.”
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1 year ago Read more at Columbus Telegram

WellSpan is the leading health care system in South Central Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland. We’re focused on leading in value-based care with an integrated delivery system. With a team of 20,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions.
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1 year ago Read more at WellSpan Health

EMTALA is the only American health care law we have that guarantees access to care. There were many cases of indigent women being sent away in labor. In the 1980s, Congress changed the payment structure for Medicare to incentivize shorter stays. I was completely not troubled by that language.
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1 year ago Read more at Mother Jones

Heart failure can occur if the heart muscle is damaged in some way, such as through disease, high blood pressure, or cigarette smoking. More than 64 million people worldwide are affected by heart failure. E-cigarette use raises heart failure risk by 19% According to Yakubu Bene-Alhasan, MD, MPH.
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1 year ago Read more at Medical News Today

VA Secretary Denis McDonough said notices were sent to 15 million veterans. He discussed the cyberattack Thursday during his monthly press conference. Change Healthcare said this week that many Americans may have been affected.
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1 year ago Read more at Chief Healthcare Executive

Fredericksburg police responded to an accident in which an 8-year-old boy ran in front of a car and was struck. In previous times, responding officers would have had to simply “suck it up” and move on to the next assignment. But thanks in part to a $174,000 federal grant the city and other members of the Rappahannock Regional Justice Academy received in 2022. Sen. Mark Warner was instrumental in securing the grant.
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1 year ago Read more at Fredericksburg.com

MHA Endorsed Business Partner Medical Solutions is hosting a free webinar from noon – 1 p.m. ET May 8. Members are encouraged to register to learn how to overcome unique hurdles.
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1 year ago Read more at Michigan Health & Hospital Association

87% of Britons say they look at their phone or tablet within an hour before going to bed. On top of this, 74% of people keep their phones in the bedroom at night. The downsides of digital nightcaps The blue light emitted from your device’s screen is part of the light spectrum most active in your sleep cycle. Sleep deprivation has been linked to a myriad of physical health issues, including high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity.
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1 year ago Read more at News-Medical.Net

Climate change is perhaps the defining crisis of our time and our rapidly changing climate will undoubtedly affect every aspect of human life – including people’s sexual and reproductive health. Women and girls disproportionately bear the brunt of climate-related events and environmental stress – women comprise 20 million of the 26 million people estimated to have been displaced already by climate change.
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1 year ago Read more at Salon

The Riley County Health Department is having a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination clinic. The clinic is only for children 5 to 11 years old. Children will be given one-third of the dose given to adults.
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1 year ago Read more at AOL