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• Study: Rural health care costs rising at an ‘unsustainable trajectory’

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 657
  A new white paper released by The Iowa Policy Project focuses on the disparities at play when rural residents seek health care insurance. “[This report] really highlights that the need for health reform that isn’t limited to people who are working outside their home — that it is a big issue for those who are ...
  2 days ago

• AIDS in the U.S.; the patient profile has changed, so should testing practices

  
  UNC Health Care's Weblog — Authority: 113
  Clinton wrote this … There is growing sentiment, and evidence , that attention to HIV and AIDS has shifted so far abroad, to Africa and in developing countries elsewhere, that Americans have overlooked a growing epidemic in our own collective backyard. But even in the US we’re looking through bleary eyes. ...
  1 week ago

• Human resource shortage affecting rural health mission: PM

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday admitted that the shortage of human resources was becoming an impediment in strengthening the public health delivery system through the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).Addressing the 44th convocation of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education ...
  1 week ago

• Dr Reginal Benjamin confirmed as Surgeon General

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 533
  October 30, 2009The Senate formally confirmed Dr. Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General.CNNUnanimous voteThird African-American to hold the jobFirst African-American woman board member of the American Medical AssociationFinished term as Chairwoman of the group’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs.Trustee Robert ...
  1 week ago

• Sebelius, U.S. senator: Health reform vital for rural America

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 657
  U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius teamed with U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) on Tuesday to pitch health care reform as one of the few remaining ways to level the playing field for many Americans who reside in rural areas. “While Kansas and North Carolina have a few little rivalries going ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rural health providers improve health of economy, not just patients

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 657
  The steady decline in rural health care access can take a toll on patients’ health. But it can also impact the economic well-being of rural communities. When health care providers leave a geographic area — either by choice or by retirement — the surrounding community loses a significant portion of its tax base. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rural health costs: Lower, but just as uneven

  
  Covering Health — Authority: 431
  Writing on the rural news site Daily Yonder, Bill Bishop and Julie Ardery take a look at the Dartmouth Atlas, using only cost data from the two-thirds of hospital service areas that have mostly rural or exurban populations . They found that only 27 percent of the rural HSAs had Medicare reimbursement costs above the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Indian medical community exhorted to work for inclusive medical care

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New Delhi, Oct 16 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil has exhorted the medical community to work for the ideal of medical care for all. Speaking at the General Assembly of the World Medical Association here, President Patil said: “The question of equitable medical care to all people is a big human and ethical question. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Ag funding offers direct help to dairy farmers, no behavioral health funds

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 657
  President Barack Obama is expected to sign an agriculture appropriations bill this week that contains millions in direct aide to the nation’s dairy farmers. The 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Act, which passed the U.S. House on Thursday and the Senate on Friday, contains $350 million that will benefit dairy ...
  4 weeks ago

• Azad promises more medical colleges for North-East India

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Guwahati, Oct 3 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Saturday the Centre will set up medical colleges under the supervision of the State Governments in the North East India to overcome shortage of doctors in remote and far-flung areas of the region.Azad, who is on a two-day visit to ...
  5 weeks ago

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