Health District Launches HIV Mobile Testing Unit
LAS VEGAS – The Southern Nevada Health District and AIDS Healthcare Foundation today launched an HIV/STD mobile testing unit to coincide with National HIV Testing Day. The mobile unit will be available for viewing today at the Health District’s location at 280 S. Decatur Blvd. from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Representatives from AIDS Healthcare Foundation will be in attendance. The Health District and AIDS Healthcare Foundation initiated mobile testing as a method to increase testing throughout Southern..>> view originalPediatricians urged to screen for suicide risks among teens
Doctors should screen all adults for depression, a task force recommends.(Photo: AlexRaths, Getty Images/iStockphoto)Family doctors should screen teens for suicide risks in the wake of new information that shows suicide is the second leading cause of death among teens, an American Academy of Pediatrics report said Monday.In the report, the academy provides pediatricians with guidelines on how to identify and assist at-risk teens between the age of 15 to 19.Christine Moutier, chief medical office..>> view originalCuomo and Billy Joel Ride for Breast Cancer Awareness
Photo Hundreds of bikers joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York and his companion, Sandra Lee, to help promote a new signed law that should make it easier for women to get screened for breast cancer. Credit Uli Seit for The New York Times It is probably safe to say that in the history of bill signings by governors in the State of New York, few, if any, featured the entrance that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo made on Monday.Mr. Cuomo arrived at Citi Field in Queens with his compani..>> view originalThe Many Faces Of PTSD
Most days, I still don't think that I look much like someone with PTSD. This is an odd thought whenever I interrogate it: I look like myself, my self has PTSD -- ipso facto, if A=B, B=C, then A=C -- I look like someone with PTSD. But it's still hard for me to see. Before the acronym was assigned to me, and sometimes even now, after a few years of conceiving of it as an intrinsic part of me -- the P-T-S and Ds coiling around the G-C-T and As of my DNA strands, I've imagined -- my predominant ass..>> view originalOut-of-Pocket Hospital Costs Were Rising 6.5% a Year… Before Obamacare
If you have private health insurance, the good news is you may be helping your employer keep its health care spending down. The bad news is it’s coming out of your pocket. The amount that people with private insurance still had to pay for hospital visits grew 37 percent from 2009 to 2013, a study finds. And it’s probably still going up. The study, conducted by the University of Michigan and published today in JAMA Internal Medicine, adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests employers are..>> view originalType of Disease May Dictate End-of-Life Care
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) MONDAY, June 27, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who have cancer or dementia tend to receive more end-of-life care than those dying from other conditions, a new study of Veteran Affairs hospitals finds. The study also found that fewer cancer and dementia patients died in intensive care units, because these patients had more palliative care and end-of-life planning, such as do-not-resuscitate orders, than people with other serious i..>> view original
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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