Prevention starts with recognizing one's own limits Each year, more than 1,000 people die from heat stroke in the United States. Long thought to be the product of dehydration, traditional prevention and treatment of heat related illness has been to drink more water. More recent research by the...
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The Institute of Medicine has awarded the 2010 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health to two scientists -- Eric J. Nestler, the Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience, chair of the department of neuroscience, and director of the Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai...
Women & Infants Hospital and Latino Public Radio have announced the results of ESCUCHE - Evaluating the Spanish Radio Community's Understanding of Clinical Research and Health Topics - at a summit entitled "Innovations to Improve Health and Science Literacy." With the involvement of an active...
Legal precedents dictate that abortion regulations protect women's health and lives, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said in her second day of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, PBS' "Newshour" reports (Ifill, "Newshour," PBS, 6/29). The bulk of Tuesday's session featured...
An accountability report, prepared by officials in G8 member countries' foreign affairs departments, acknowledges that G8 "countries are $10 billion behind the five-year, $50-billion commitment they made at their 2005 summit in Scotland," the Canadian Press/CTV News reports (6/20). "Overall...
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a nearly $10 million grant to Pennsylvania to improve health care quality and delivery systems for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The grant is part of $100 million in federal...