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HEALTH
STOCKS INCH HIGHER AS EUROPEAN DEBT WORRIES EASE - LOS ANGELES TIMES Stocks inch higher as European debt worries easeLos Angeles TimesAP Stocks are rising slightly in early trading as investors try to brush off fresh worries about the health of European banks. Strong demand at an auction ...altro »
Source: Los Angeles Times - 08/09/2010
Category: World HEALTH CARE WASTEFULNESS IS DETAILED IN STUDIES - NEW YORK TIMES Health Care Wastefulness Is Detailed in StudiesNew York TimesBy KEVIN SACK In a snapshot of systemic waste, researchers have calculated that more than half of the 354 million doctor visits made each year for acute ...altro »
Source: New York Times - 07/09/2010
Category: World FORMER WHITE HOUSE BUDGET DIRECTOR WILL WRITE FOR TIMES OP-ED PAGE - LOS ANGELES TIMES Former White House budget director will write for Times op-ed pageLos Angeles TimesBy AP As White House budget director and an important Obama adviser, Orszag helped craft the landmark health care overhaul that passed this year. ...altro »
Source: Los Angeles Times - 03/09/2010
Category: World NEARLY HALF OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA HOSPITALS DID NOT RECEIVE FLU ... - LOS ANGELES TIMES Los Angeles TimesNearly half of healthcare workers in California hospitals did not receive flu ...Los Angeles TimesFlu season may be a bad time to check into a California hospital--and probably everywhere else in the country as well. In a demonstration of
Source: Los Angeles Times - 02/09/2010
Category: World HEALTHCARE WORKERS SHOULD GET A FLU SHOT OR LOSE THEIR JOBS, TWO HEALTH GROUPS SAY - LOS ANGELES TIMES Los Angeles TimesHealthcare workers should get a flu shot or lose their jobs, two health groups sayLos Angeles TimesThe swine-flu scare of 2009 turned a spotlight on a controversial issue: Should healthcare workers be required to have an annual flu vaccin
Source: Los Angeles Times - 31/08/2010
Category: World ANDREW BYNUM'S KNEE CONTINUES TO GIVE HIM TROUBLE - WASHINGTON POST Andrew Bynum's knee continues to give him troubleWashington PostBy Michael Lee BOSTON -- Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum can never seem to be healthy when his team faces the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. ...altro »
Source: Washington Post - 12/06/2010
Category: World HEALTH EFFECTS OF GULF OIL SPILL ARE UNCLEAR Experts disagree on the potential health hazards, but concerns have grown as more workers and residents of the coastal areas report symptoms such as headaches and breathing problems.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 05/06/2010
Category: Health REPORTS ACCUSE WHO OF EXAGGERATING H1N1 THREAT, POSSIBLE TIES TO DRUG MAKERS European criticism of the World Health Organization's handling of the H1N1 pandemic intensified Friday with the release of two reports that accused the agency of exaggerating the threat posed by the virus and failing to disclose possible influence by the
Source: Washington Post - 05/06/2010
Category: Health INDIANS OUTFIELDER SIZEMORE HAS KNEE SURGERY, OUT FOR YEAR CLEVELAND -- Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing microfracture surgery on his left knee.
Surgery - Outfielder - Health - Medicine - Surgeons and Clinics
Source: Washington Post - 05/06/2010
Category: Sports UCLA LEGEND JOHN WOODEN SAID TO BE GRAVELY ILL The former basketball coach, 99, is being treated at UCLA Medical Center. His health has been an issue in recent weeks.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 04/06/2010
Category: Sports KAGAN TESTED BY 1990S BATTLES OVER TOBACCO LEGISLATION She was a White House aide who, at the age of 37, had become President Bill Clinton's point person on a big tobacco bill, impressing veteran Senate Republicans with her hard work and intelligence.
Health - Tobacco - Advocacy - Pro-Tobacco - Tobacco
Source: Washington Post - 04/06/2010
Category: Politics TEEN SEX SURVEY REVEALS HIGHER USE OF THE RHYTHM METHOD The National Survey of Family Growth finds that 17% used that form of contraception in the period from 2006 to 2008, up from 11% in 2002. The method has a relatively high failure rate.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 04/06/2010
Category: Health CONGRESS PULLS BACK STATE AID PACKAGE, LEAVING A $2-BILLION HOLE IN CALIFORNIA BUDGET House Democrats kill a $24-billion fund to help cash-strapped states cover costs. States are lobbying hard to have it restored, warning of further devastating cuts to healthcare and social services.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 04/06/2010
Category: Politics HOME EC'S MODERN MAKEOVER Around 1974, I enrolled in home economics and concocted a homemade version of Bisquick, baked a red velvet cake and created no-bake chocolate-oatmeal cookies. (I also sewed a polka-dot smock, but that's another story.)
Shopping - Home and Garden - C
Source: Washington Post - 03/06/2010
Category: Health HOME EC LESSONS YOU CAN TEACH AT HOME Whether or not a school district offers nutrition classes, parents can teach their kids at home.
Guitar - Music - Sports - Shopping - Lessons and Instruction
Source: Washington Post - 02/06/2010
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Focus Health by WikipediaHealth is the general condition of a person in all aspects. It is also a level of functional and/or metabolic efficiency of an organism, often implicitly human.
At the time of the creation of the World Health Organization (WHO), in 1948, health was defined as being "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".[1][2]
Only a handful of publications have focused specifically on the definition of health and its evolution in the first 6 decades. Some of them highlight its lack of operational value and the problem created by use of the word "complete." Others declare the definition, which has not been modified since 1948, "simply a bad one." [1]
In 1986, the WHO, in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, said that health is "a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities." Classification systems such as the WH...(continua)(source Wikipedia) |
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