HEALTH

DPH’s Community Health Profiles provides information on over 100 indicators affecting health and well-being for 179 communities within L.A. County. The data is intended to fuel improvements in community conditions and resident health. For example, in eight communities, life expectancy is less than 75 years.
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1 year ago Read more at LA Daily News

Kim Petras was scheduled to perform at a number of festivals this summer. The 31-year-old superstar took to social media on Wednesday (April 24) to announce that she is canceling her scheduled festival performances. "My buns, I'm devastated to be writing this but I’m going through some health issues and under medical advice I have had to make the hard decision to not perform this summer," she wrote.
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1 year ago Read more at Billboard

Reported Q1 2024 net operating revenue: $1,316.0 million, up 13.4% year-over-year, surpassing estimates of $1,272.86 million. Adjusted earnings per share: $1.12, also exceeding quarterly EPS estimate of $0.94. Net patient revenue per discharge: Rose by 2.8% to $20,990. Encompass Health Corp (NYSE:EHC) Surpasses First Quarter Revenue Forecasts and Raises Full-Year Guidance.
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1 year ago Read more at Yahoo Finance UK

CC0 Public Domain Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry funded education programs in UK universities and schools. They include an industry-backed "freshers' week survival guide' for university students and a theater based educational program in schools funded by Diageo. The call follows a successful campaign in Ireland that has led to educational programs funded by the alcohol industry being removed from schools, but in the UK, universities continue to welcome initiatives funded by Drinkaware.
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1 year ago Read more at Medical Xpress

Kim Petras has cancelled all her upcoming summer 2024 festival appearances due to 'health issues. The German singer, 31, made the announcement on her Instagram Stories and Twitter on Wednesday sharing she was 'devastated' to axe her planned show dates The singer was scheduled to perform at LadyLand Music Fest in June, as well as at Capitol Hill Block Party.
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1 year ago Read more at Daily Mail

Fifty-one groups have signed an open letter to Robin Swann calling on him to restore the Department of Health’s Core Grant Funding Scheme. The scheme offered grants of between £5,000 and £200,000 for groups including the Women’s Federation in Northern Ireland, the NSPCC, and Carers NI among others. There was shock among the community and voluntary sector when news of the cuts emerged last year.
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1 year ago Read more at The Irish News

Sleep and health are intimately connected, with poor sleep linked to a greater chance of developing obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, and anxiety. The study included over 15,000 retired workers from China who completed questionnaires and had medical examinations about five years apart. Even people with “favorable” sleep patterns at either point in time were less likely to have a cardiovascular disease event.
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1 year ago Read more at Healthline

California's health care industry has supported the idea of a statewide cost target. In December, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services said the cost to practice medicine in the United States would increase 4.6% this year alone. California has more than doubled in the past two decades, reaching $4.5 trillion in 2022.
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1 year ago Read more at ABC News

Gov. Maura Healey said she wants Massachusetts and federal regulators to conduct a thorough review of a proposal that would sell Steward's physician network to for-profit insurer Optum Care. The health policy Commission here in Massachusetts and the U.S. Department of Justice are currently reviewing the matter. Steward, whose financial crisis has thrust it into the spotlight, has been fighting state officials over access to financial records that Massachusetts requires from hospitals.
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1 year ago Read more at NBC Boston

Anthony S. Fauci is scheduled to testify in front of the House panel investigating the nation’s coronavirus response. He is the first time the prominent infectious-disease expert will publicly face Congress since leaving government nearly 112 years ago. The GOP-led panel includes some of Fauci’s most persistent critics in Congress, such as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-La.) and Ronny Jackson, who have repeatedly alleged that the pandemic began with an accident at
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1 year ago Read more at The Washington Post