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A music video of patients and staff on the Seattle Children’s Hospital hematology-oncology floor rocking out to Kelly Clarkson’s song “Stronger” is a big on the Internet.
Investing in attractive and functional park features could pay off significantly in terms of increasing exercise, leading to positive health consequences for low-income communities, researchers say.
Tens of millions of adults under 65 — both those with insurance and those without — saw their access to health care dramatically worsen over the past decade, a new study finds. The findings suggest more privately insured Americans are delaying treatment due to rising out-of-pocket costs, while safety net programs for the poor and uninsured are failing to keep up with demand for care.
Cut the growth in rates of obesity by just 1 percent a year over the next two decades, and you’ll slice health costs by $85 billion. Keep obesity rates at their current levels – which is well below a 33 percent increase being projected — save nearly $550 billion.
To help address the threat of obesity to our communities’ health, Group Health and Public Health – Seattle & King County will host the King County premiere of HBO’s documentary “The Weight of the Nation” — a comprehensive look at America’s obesity epidemic in — Wednesday, May 9th at the Pacific Science Center.
National Nurses Week is a good time to recognize nurses for the work that they do. It’s also a good time talk about how nurses are treated, says columnist Debi Quirk, RN
Public health leaders, frustrated with the slow progress in stemming America’s obesity epidemic, say something more ambitious is needed — something more like the anti-tobacco movement.
Although tick-borne diseases are rare in Washington, they do occur and its important to protect yourself, your family and your pets during the spring, summer and fall, Washington State Department of Health officials warn.
Each prescription drug you take has a unique code that the government can use to track problems. But artificial hips and pacemakers? They are implanted without identification. In fact, the FDA doesn’t know how many devices are implanted into patients each year – it simply doesn’t track that data.
Bay State lawmakers have announced a plan to control costs that includes, new ways to pay doctors and hospitals, a cap on health-care spending tethered to economic growth and a tax on the state’s most expensive hospitals if they can’t justify their prices.
Health-care employers continued hiring at a brisk pace last month even as overall employment growth slowed down.
As of April 28th, 1,132 cases of whooping cough have been reported in the state. The epidemic is on pace for as many as 3,000 cases this year, health officials said.
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