Written by Dr. Paul Harris, the toolbox analogy shares one way of viewing the relationship between the services offered by a behavioral vision care optometrist and education. Enjoy the "nuts and bolts" of what some struggling kids really need.

The Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 addresses only the children who fail a vision screening. Unfortunately, this bill does not address the true problem--the vision screening system and its substitution for eye examinations. From Janet's Journal blog.

Florida woman, who is a victim of sexual abuse, claims that rape was called a "pre-existing condition" by several health insurance companies, which would have disqualified her for care.

As Congress debates the government's role in health care, a report out Wednesday finds that state and federal officials failed to detect millions of dollars in Medicaid prescription drug abuse.

This is your moment ,you own it..please take action ,join or aid a campaign of civil disobedience,which hits back at insurance companies attempts to stop the change that America needs.The campaign starts on Sept 29th in New York.

Despite tensions between moderate and liberal Democrats, there is broad agreement within the party over most of what a package would look like. Four of the five Congressional committees considering health care legislation have already passed bills.

Senator Max Baucus has received $1,203,205 from corporate "health providers"..he is a Democrat.There are others Rep and Dem who take the money,and seem to beleive that what suits them comes first.Please tell the dirty six,what you think of them.

A complicated list of who should get pandemic flu vaccine in the fall is now set. When the vaccine starts arriving in September, first in line will be pregnant women; the caretakers of infants; children and young adults; older people with

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Swimming in water that contains too much bacteria from sewage and other sources is a well-known risk for getting sick. But playing in sand next to that water may be even riskier, a new study finds. Writing in The American Journal of Epidemiology,