Health Rights.am

Conn. works to reform health care

March 02, 2010 - Millions of uninsured and under-insured struggle as lawmakers in Washington D.C. haggle over how to reform health care. While that debate rages on, work has begun on Connecticut’s own version of health care reform. 

Training on “Human Rights of Drug-Addicted People”

On March 02, 2010, NGO “Antidrugs Civil Union” conducted a training on “Human Rights of Drug-Addicted People” for general practitioners of the Narcological Centre of Psychiatric Medical Centre CJSC of the RA Ministry of Health. 

Why DVDs are no way to nurture a baby

03 Mar 2010 - Spending time with your toddler is more stimulating than an ‘educational’ Baby Einstein DVD

Sex addiction divides mental health experts

March 1, 2010 - Is extreme sexual acting out an obsessive-compulsive disorder, a sign of depression or just bad behavior?

California subpoenas big health insurers’ financial records

February 25, 2010 - Prosecutors are seeking documents from Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Blue Shield, Kaiser, Health Net and PacifiCare in a probe of whether they raised rates illegally and denied payment of legitimate claims.

Hospital-Acquired Sepsis, Pneumonia a ‘Growing Menace’

TUESDAY, Feb. 23 - With nearly 50,000 killed a year, better infection control is needed, researchers say

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 88

19 February 2010 - As of 14 February 2010, worldwide more than 212 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 15921 deaths.

Report compares health county-by-county

17.02.09 - For the first time, a new report reveals how counties across America stack up when it comes to health.

King Tut died from malaria, broken leg

Research shows nicotine-free cigs can help quitters

02/15/2010 - According to a 2007 Boynton Health Service study, 25 percent of students reported tobacco use in the past 30 days. 

Health-Care Reform Could Create a Litigation Explosion

FEBRUARY 10, 2010 - President Obama wants to convene a bipartisan meeting later this month to discuss health reform—"to go systematically through all the best ideas out there,” as he said to CBS’s Katie Couric in a pre-Super Bowl interview. 

Nurse Whistle-Blower Charged for Reporting Doctor

Feb. 9, 2010 - When veteran nurse Anne Mitchell wrote a confidential letter last year to the Texas Medical Board, complaining about a doctor she thought practiced shoddy medicine, she assumed it would be anonymous. 

How dangerous is third-hand smoke?

Threat of swine flu not over

H1N1 spreading in some areas but declining overall: WHO

Fri Jan 29, 2010 GENEVA - The H1N1 flu is still spreading in North Africa, parts of eastern and southeastern Europe and areas of Asia, but is generally declining, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.