4 Facts About Age-Related Hearing Loss 4 Facts About Age-Related Hearing Loss : As human beings get older, our bodies have the tendency to break down somewhat. It’s nearly impossible to avoid this entirely, as the vitality and resilience of youth diminish. This is true as it relates to our senses, like our vision and hearing.… Read More »
A sex worker who passed on HIV when she had unprotected sex with a man has had her sentence of six years in a male prison slashed to four years. Clayton James Palmer, who is transgender and identifies as a woman, is known as CJ but works under the name Sienna Fox. Palmer was sentenced… Read More »
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have a new issue to disagree about: the wisdom of a soda tax. A tax on sugary soft drinks, like the one proposed in Philadelphia and endorsed by Mrs. Clinton last week, divides the left. It can be seen as achieving an admirable public health goal of less sugar consumption… Read More »
If you are an executive of a health plan, better analytics to improve decision-making is at the top of your wish list for your organization. As the cost of healthcare has risen, health plans have seen a growing need to proactively manage members’ health. The proactive part of that is the rub—it’s far easier to… Read More »
With population health management supported with analytics becoming a top priority for many healthcare organizations, so is the need to collect data and clean it of duplicate information to better identify and manage patients across all settings of care. That is the impetus for Valley Health System in Ridgewood, N.J., which has selected enterprise identification… Read More »
Print this page FRIDAY, Dec. 20, 2018 — A horrific 2011 Christmas Day fire killed five people, including three young sisters, in their Stamford, Conn., home. The tragedy — blamed on improper disposal of fireplace ashes — is a reminder that fire safety is one of the best Christmas gifts you can give your family.… Read More »