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Melinda Gates today urged global leaders to make women’s and children’s health a top priority, and announced that the Gates Foundation will invest $1.5 billion over the next five years to support maternal and child health, family planning, and nutrition programs in developing countries.
“The world must come together to save women’s and children’s lives,” said [...]
U.S. Foodservice today answered First Lady Michelle Obama’s call to help schools promote healthy eating habits as part of the “Chefs Move to Schools” initiative. The program, run through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, allows chefs to adopt K-12 schools across the United States to help reduce childhood obesity.
U.S. Foodservice Corporate Chef Marty Bermpohl joined [...]
June is Men’s Health Month and groups across the country and around the globe are joining Men’s Health Network (MHN) in celebration of this awareness period. The purpose of Men’s Health Month is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys.
The month is [...]
Although people may believe that their insurance worries are over once they qualify for Medicare, both doctors and patients are looking for a private option—especially with Medicare’s looming bankruptcy, and ObamaCare’s promise to cut half a trillion dollars from it to help fund universal coverage.
Many doctors can’t pay their rent on Medicare-allowed fees. Some Medicare [...]
As many as 25,000 registered nurses from California and Minnesota have issued one-day strike notices Friday morning over patient care issues in contract negotiations at their facilities, the California Nurses Association and Minnesota Nurses Association announced today. All the nurses are members of National Nurses United, the nation’s largest professional association and union for RNs.
In [...]
The popularity of Zumba Fitness®, the organization behind the acclaimed fitness-party™ workout, is now showing up in the actual party scene- the club nightlife. And while Zumba Fitness nightclub parties have slowly been popping up around the country, now for the first time, there is a weekly Zumba nightlife party taking place in New York [...]
SUGAR 101: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Gatorade, and other drinks now come in versions made with “real” sugar as opposed to the often vilified high-fructose corn syrup. A whole swath of sugar alternatives are now available to consumers including the new BioVittoria, an extract of the monk fruit, which is grown in [...]
Sales of herbal dietary supplements in the United States increased by almost 5% in 2009, reaching a total estimated figure of just over $5 billion. The statistics are conclusions of a new report published in the current issue of HerbalGram, the nonprofit American Botanical Council’s (ABC) quarterly journal. Sales in the mainstream market channel (e.g., [...]
More Americans were vaccinated against seasonal flu during the 2009-10 season (40 percent of eligible population) than during the previous flu season (33 percent of eligible population), according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The greatest gain in vaccination rates was in children 6 months to 17 years. About 40 [...]
Aging with Dignity President Paul Malley praised President Barack Obama’s Executive Order dated April 15, 2010 in which he instructs hospitals participating in Medicare/Medicaid to allow bedside access to the patient’s legally designated health care agent. Malley said the President’s order is a tremendous victory for all patients everywhere, particularly those whose designated health care [...]