Health & Fitness : Health Care Issues

New info on high blood pressure in women, children, and the elderly. The fun and easy way® to take charge of hypertension and add years to your life!. Are you battling high blood pressure? This updated guide explains all the latest breakthroughs in the detection, treatment, and prevention of high blood pressure, helping you determine whether you're at risk and develop a diet and exercise program to keep your blood pressure at healthy levels. You'll also find new information on protecting your heart, kidneys, and brain and dealing with secondary high blood pressure.:. ; Measure your blood pressure properly. ;. Develop a successful treatment plan. ;. Improve your lifestyle habits. ;. Evaluate new drug therapies. ;. Find resources and outside support. more...

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In response to rapidly increasing medical costs in the California workers’ compensation program, the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation is recommending that the current fee schedule that determines the amount health care providers are paid be linked to Medicare fee schedules. more...

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This special issue focuses on building Indigenous health capacity through examining the roles of community, traditional, social, clinical and nursing care, current practices in Australia, New Zealand and North America, historical constraints and new opportunities. Guest edited by Eileen Willis, Maria Rameka and Vicki Smye, approaches to partnerships, self management and/or best practice in mental health/wellness, diabetes, cardiac or other clinical practice areas are presented and compared across Pacific rim countries. The issue aims to improve indigenous health outcomes, increase cultural understanding and retention of Indigenous health care workers in education programs. more...

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Proponents of a type of insurance program called 24-hour care--which would consolidate employers’ health care benefits, and possibly disability benefits, for both work-related and non-work-related claims--believe that it could yield substantial workers’ compensation savings for California. more...

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Answers to more than one hundred of the most frequently asked questions about autism, a disease that affects an estimated one in 250 children. At the age of two, Dawn Ham-Kucharski's son, Alex, was diagnosed with autism, and she was given little hope that he would ever express himself verbally or interact meaningfully with others. But, now at the age of six, Alex is an uplifting autism success story, due to his mother's tireless efforts to seek out an appropriate treatment program, educational plan, and socialization strategy. In The Autism Book, health and parenting journalist S. Jhoanna Robledo and Ham-Kucharski, an impassioned advocate for educational opportunity for autistic children, use their hard-won knowledge and experience to objectively and compassionately answer the most urgent questions of parents and educators of autistic children. The authors offer comprehensive information on diagnoses, causes, manifestations, treatment options, managing emotions, family relationships, parenting and lifestyle issues, education, and common worries. more...

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