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Janet Attends COVD in Denver
Health & Wellness  (tags: College of Optometrists in Vision Dev., COVD, Vision First Foundation, Kids Eyes Count Campaign, eye care, vision therapy, visual rehabilitation, behavioral vision care )

Janet
- 6 days ago - janetsjournalblog.com
Attending COVD's annual convention proved a great experience for Janet Hughes of Vision First. View fun photos and join the Kids Eyes Count Campaign! COVD is a national organization that provides board certification for eye doctors and vision therapists.
42 comments
Swine Flu: With No Paid Sick Leave, Workers Won't Stay Home
Health & Wellness  (tags: H1N1 flu, no sickdays, .work, health, warning, risks )

Lone
- 6 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Atlanta -- Nearly half of all American workers do not have paid sick leave, and half of these are more likely to go to work feeling unwell -- or send an ill child to school -- rather than take an unpaid day off.
13 comments
Sign the Petition, Send a Coat Hanger
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, prevention, protection, risks, treatment, reproductive health care )

Kelli
- 6 days ago - act.credoaction.com
Sign this petition and send a coat hanger to the 20 formerly pro-choice Democrats -- all men -- who voted to pass the Stupak Amendment.
18 comments
The Health Care America Refuses To Provide
Health & Wellness  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, healthcare, health, medicine, government, humans, politics, culture, society )

Kat
- 3 days ago - dissidentvoice.org
As you're reading this I'm sure your eyes are beginning to roll, indicating how peeved you're probably getting over yet another tirade on the subject of health-care-overhaul. Fear not. To prevent this article from joining the all-embracing tautology of...
8 comments
Delay Routine Mammograms Until Age 50, US Panel Says
Health & Wellness  (tags: women, breast cancer prevention, mammograms )

Lone
- 4 days ago - boston.com
An influential scientific panel today jolted widely accepted beliefs about breast cancer screening, recommending that women in their 40s forgo routine mammograms and that older women undergo the test every other year instead of annually
13 comments
The Evolving Role of Ultrasound Technicians
Health & Wellness  (tags: Ultrasound Technicians, Medical, Health, Sonography, Science )

Nancy
- 3 days ago - ultrasoundtechnicianschools.org
Ultrasound technicians typically focus solely on the well-being of new babies, but these recent evolutions within their sonography world has led to give them a heightened role at the forefront of cancer studies.
5 comments
Give Victims of Childhood Cancer and Leukemia Hope This Holiday Season - The Petition Site
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, Leukemia, disease, research, treatment, pediatric cancer, St. Jude, acute myeloid leukemia, children, protection, safety, health, healthcare )

Kelli
- 5 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
As the 2009 holiday season approaches, pledge to give the greatest gift of all - hope for children like Braden with cancer and other deadly diseases! Pledge to participate in the sixth annual Thanks and Giving® campaign and to share this pledge
10 comments
No-Entry Zones For AIDS Virus
Health & Wellness  (tags: AIDS, Virus, genome, Infected Cell )

Nancy
- 4 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The AIDS virus inserts its genetic material into the genome of the infected cell.
3 comments
Sebelius on Mammograms: Don't Change What You're Doing
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, Health and Human Services Secretary, healthcare, mammograms, prevention, research, protection, safety, women )

Dee
- 1 day ago - prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday afternoon issued a strong statement intended to put distance between federal policy and an influential panel's recommendations that most women..
13 comments
Saving the African Child
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, infant mortality, poverty, poverty, educating women, Africa, survival )

Naoko
- 3 days ago - standardmedia.co.ke
Dr Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija says what she went through after losing two children made her understand the pain other women undergo. She counts as an achievement educating disadvantaged women on simple ways to ensure babies survive the first 28 days after
41 comments
Titanium Rib Plates Save Life of Blackfoot Woman
Health & Wellness  (tags: titanium plates, women, ribs, interesting, healthcare )

Lone
- 4 days ago - localnews8.com
POCATELLO & BLACKFOOT - A woman in Blackfoot is saying a surgeon at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, along with some help from up above, saved her life. It's all thanks to a new procedure
3 comments
Vaccines on Horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, Herpes
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, vaccines, disease, illness, humans, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety )

Dee
- 3 days ago - news.yahoo.com
MARIETTA, Pa. - Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
10 comments
Keep Your Food Safe: Call Today!
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, food, drugs, safety, nutrition, humans, protection )

Tierney
- 7 days ago - secure3.convio.net
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that foodborne diseases, such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, are increasingly resistant to antibiotic treatments. Countless scientific studies have concluded that antibiotic resistance is re
5 comments
Bridging the Gap Between Medicine and Technology
Health & Wellness  (tags: Nursing, Health, Medical, Education, Technology, Degrees )

Nancy
- 4 days ago - vaniercollege.qc.ca
Nurses have now taken up the challenge within the health care industry and are beginning to earn these degrees as a type of supplemental degree after years in the field.
2 comments
Conjoined Twins Separated in Historic 25-Hour Surgery
Health & Wellness  (tags: twin babies, seperation, surgery, head, risks, babies )

Lone
- 3 days ago - foxnews.com
MELBOURNE, Australia -- A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain tissue.
6 comments
 
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