Archive for the “Health Words” Category

HRSA Awards $2.3 Million to Integrate Oral Health Care into School-Based Health Centers

September 23, 2011 Posted Under: Health Words   Read More

  ROCKVILLE, Md., /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today announced nearly $2.3 million in awards to 12 organizations to increase access to oral health care and to assure the delivery of quality oral health education and preventive and restorative services to children. Funded by HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the [...]

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Doctors should learn personal finance during medical school

August 26, 2011 Posted Under: Health Words   Read More

I read somewhere in the comments here something to the effect of this: Physicians are only good for one thing: doctoring. That would explain the general ineptitude of many physicians when it comes to skills outside medicine, such as political lobbying, or business and personal finance decisions. The New York Times has written a helpful [...]

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Research Shows How Some Folks Resist Getting Sick With the Flu

August 24, 2011 Posted Under: Health Words   Read More

Your immune system response to a flu virus determines whether or not you will get sick, and that immune reaction can be observed through gene activity, according to a new study. Researchers examined more than 22,000 genes in 267 blood samples from 17 healthy volunteers who were infected with a flu virus. There were significant [...]

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Prescription drug disposal program to be announced today

July 27, 2011 Posted Under: Health Words   Read More

OBN is teaming up with Covanta Energy and the City of Tulsa for the new program. Check back at tulsaworld.com for more information. Copyright 2011 World Publishing Co. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Heart Attack Survival: Who Makes It, Who Doesn’t

July 26, 2011 Posted Under: Health Words   Read More

As you’re no doubt well aware, heart attacks aren’t all alike—you hear stories of people struck with chest pain who make it to the hospital in plenty of time to get treatment, and then stories about people who suddenly keel over, never to get up again.  So what’s the difference between people who survive heart [...]

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Survey: 40 percent of docs want mobile interactions with pharma

July 25, 2011 Posted Under: Health Words   Read More

According to a new survey from Manhattan Research, 45 percent of ePharma physicians would like to access pharma product information on their smartphone or iPad, according to firms ePharma Physician v11.0 study. The study sampled the 87 percent of US physicians whom the firm calls ePharma Physicians, or those who use digital channels for communication [...]

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