Prince William Health System To Ban Tobacco (Washington Post)
Prince William Health System officials announced last week that the hospital and satellite medical facilities will be tobacco-free by the end of the month.
Naples rubbish crisis sparks health fears (CNN.com)
ROME, Italy (AP) — The U.S. military in Naples is testing tap water and soil because of health worries from that city’s pileup of sometimes smoldering rubbish.
Health insurance’s unseen points (The Star-Ledger)
But inside the health-insurance brokerage, it’s different, according to a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s obvious that chief executive Eric Raymond, 51, of Bala Cynwyd, had to own his own business.
Men experience domestic violence, with health impact (EurekAlert!)
SEATTLE Domestic violence can happen to men, not only to women, according to Group Health research in the June American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Health Highlights: May 18, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Employer health costs in Michigan outpace nation (Detroit Free Press)
Health costs for midsize employers in southeast Michigan are climbing faster than the rate nationwide, according to a large survey to be released today.
Africa: Commonwealth Health Ministers Meet in Geneva (AllAfrica.com)
Until all of our citizens have access to the level of healthcare that is their human right, our development efforts will have little impact, Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General told Health Ministers in Geneva yesterday (Sun).
Jobs fears over health cash cuts (BBC News)
Up to 3,000 health service jobs could be lost in Belfast in a cost-cutting drive, a union warns.