 Christian Science Monitor | Health-care protest bills get Missouri OK Christian Science Monitor Health-care bills taking a swipe and President Obama's health-care program passed the Missouri legislature this week. One allows employers to refuse health insurance for birth control; the other would let voters decide whether to allow the creation of ... |
 BigPond News | Protest as govt cuts gay health funds Brisbane Times A protest against the Queensland government's decision to pull funding from a gay and lesbian health service is gathering support. Healthy Communities is best remembered for last year's controversial ''Rip n Roll'' safe sex advertising campaign. Funding stripped from sexual health campaigns Government pulls funding from gay health group Protest as govt ends gay group's funds |
Despite health warnings, some who fish undeterred about eating their catch Philadelphia Inquirer To scientists, routinely taking one's catch home is the health equivalent of smoking and sunbathing — an anachronistic practice to be discouraged. Yet on waterways around Philadelphia, the practice persists due to skepticism, generational and cultural ... |
Pigs can stay, with conditions Boston.com After listening to months of heated debate, the Haverhill Board of Health has granted the city's pigs a reprieve. Rather than banishing them, the board has adopted a new set of rules governing their continued presence. The rules, adopted by a unanimous ... |
 Boston.com | A health champion and his school without junk food Boston.com His mission: to pull students with few options for healthy eating off the road to obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases. But that was a challenge at Codman, which has no athletic facilities, and no kitchen or cafeteria. |
Hospitals mobilize on health cost bill Boston Globe By Liz Kowalczyk Last Monday, leaders from Partners HealthCare System Inc. gathered in the dark-paneled office of Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo to lay out their objections to his expansive 278-page plan to tame health care costs. |
Health Insider: Infants, toddlers and vaccines Detroit Free Press TOBY TALBOT/AP Most parents are vaccinating their infants and toddlers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that fewer than 1% of American children don't receive any vaccines by the time they're 35 months old. Bel Marra Health Supports Recent Research by the Centers for Disease Control ... |
 Politico | Health Sec. heckled at Georgetown graduation speech CBS News While delivering a graduation speech at Georgetown University, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was heckled by an anti-abortion supporter. by wfw3536 May 19, 2012 11:21 AM EDT Shame on Georgetown Univ to have this person who is ... Health secretary urges contraception compromise Health secretary addresses health care, religious freedom in protested ... Health secretary heckled during speech at Catholic University |
 Telegraph.co.uk | A Healthy Diet During Pregnancy Reduces Risk of Pregnancy Complications Daily Disruption However, the new study published in the BMJ shows that following a healthy diet, overseen by health professionals, stems excess weight gain in pregnancy and reduces the risk of pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia, diabetes, ... Diets Safe for Obese, Pregnant Women Good diet reduces pregnancy complications |
Upcoming health and wellness events Detroit Free Press Signs and Symptoms of Dementia: A specialist in geriatric behavior health will lead a discussion to better understand what is normal with aging and what is not. 1-2 pm Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, 15855 Nineteen Mile, Clinton Twp. 800-532-2411. |
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