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Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Public health Article Date: 19 Aug 2008 - 5:00 PDT HIV/AIDS advocates in Georgia have become concerned that '[o]ld messages geared to urban, white, gay men simply ...

The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) has designated November 1-7, 2008, as 'Medical-Surgical Nurses Week' to encourage hospitals, facilities and other employers to honor the nurses who provide compassionate care to adult patients and their families. This nationwide celebration will recognize and reward medical-surgical nurses, one of the largest groups of practicing nursing professionals in the health care industry.

Ending a 15 month-long contract fight which included three strikes, registered nurses at Sutter Mills Peninsula health Services in San Mateo and Burlingame reached a precedent-setting tentative agreement after meeting with a federal mediator late Friday afternoon, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee announced recently.

An HHS office has resolved more than half of complaints about possible violations of the medical privacy rule issued after the passage of the health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act without investigation, according to a Des Moines Register review of state and federal records. Since the rule took effect in 2003, 38,000 U.S.

AJAX, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 20, 2008) - Despite paying out costly severance packages, the Rouge Valley health System is trying to hire back limited staff on a casual basis to try and keep mental...

Several consumer advocacy and business groups on Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., plan to announce a multimillion-dollar national television advertising campaign that will feature 'Harry and Louise' and seek to promote health care in the presidential election, the Detroit Free Press reports.

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of health (NIH), today awarded more than $20 million in grants to develop innovative sequencing technologies inexpensive and efficient enough to sequence a person's DNA as a routine part of biomedical research and health care.

Some doctors say they're worried that the new president of Canadian Medical Association will extend private delivery of health care. Incoming president Dr. Robert Ouellet runs a private medical imaging clinic in Laval and has called for a greater role for the private sector in delivering health care.

Many Kentuckians report they are in poor health, have been diagnosed with chronic diseases, and don't have access to health care, according to 2007 data released today by the Kentucky Department for Public health (DPH).The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems, a survey, conducted by the Division of Prevention and Quality Improvement in DPH, looks at several health indicators, such as diet and physical activity, to determine the health and lifestyle habits of Kentuckians.read more

The New Jersey Department of health and Senior Services (DHSS) released a report today which shows, by county, the number of potentially preventable hospital admissions for illnesses that could be managed with effective primary care.read more