Lake Erie College awarded $500,000 to support of health-science initiatives
Lake Erie College’s aim to strengthen its health-science initiatives just received a big boost as the Painesville-based school this week announced an award totaling $500,000 from the Ohio Senate. The funding, allocated under Capital Budget proposal Senate Bill 292,...
The Science of Pet Ownership Needs a Reality Check
This article was originally published by Undark Magazine. For more than a decade, in blog posts and scientific papers and public talks, the psychologist Hal Herzog has questioned whether owning pets makes people happier and healthier. It is a lonely quest, convincing...
Kothanur Lake’s beauty fades; locals seek action
Water body’s health declines due to sewage, plastic pollution, and lack of maintenance. Residents fight for its revival by urging action from authorities Residents surrounding Kothanur Lake have expressed significant concerns regarding various issues impacting the...
The Beauty Business Keeps Growing But It’s Missing A Huge Opportunity
Last year the beauty industry had $570 billion in worldwide revenue, the industry grew by 9.3% and is forecasted to grow by 8.4% per year through 2028, according to Euromonitor International. Numbers like that don’t happen in most sectors and especially when they’re...
I noticed a strange change in my son’s eye when he was a baby – it turned out to be the sign of a rare disease
By Louise Allingham For Daily Mail Australia Published: 18:04 EDT, 30 June 2024 | Updated: 18:05 EDT, 30 June 2024 An Australian mum noticed her son had irregular pupils when he was just six months old. It turned out to be a sign of a rare genetic condition. ...
Eye Health In Monsoon: Can You Get Flu By Looking Into Someone’s Eyes?
VERIFIED The main presentation of conjunctivitis is red eyes, but there are numerous other causes of red eyes. (Photo: Freepik) According to a doctor, physical contact with infected people is the main mode of transmission. Like, when someone shares the same working...
Android Circuit: Pixel 9 Pro Launch, Honor’s Eye-Care Tech, Talking About Galaxy AI
Taking a look back at this week’s news and headlines across the Android world, including Samsung confirms Galaxy foldable launch date, Google teases Pixel 9 Pro release, why Galaxy AI is everywhere, OnePlus Pad 2’s powerful specs, Honor’s latest eye-care...
Ocular surface health and IOL choices
(Image Credit: AdobeStock/Oktay) As IOL designs seek to keep pace with patients’ visual expectations, the importance of a healthy ocular surface for ensuring optimal outcomes cannot be overemphasized. Because of its highly prevalent nature, particularly in this...
It’s that time of year: Omaha health care providers deliver firework safety tips, free glasses
The Fourth of July brings lots of opportunities for fun, but it can also pose dangers, particularly from fireworks injuries. In response, area health care providers are reminding residents of some simple ways to prevent such injuries. Children’s Nebraska and Eye...
Congruence Between County Dental Health Provider Shortage Area …
Gabriel A. Benavidez, PhD1; Elizabeth Crouch, PhD2; Joni Nelson, PhD3; Amy Martin3 (View author affiliations) Suggested citation for this article: Benavidez GA, Crouch E, Nelson J, Martin A. Congruence Between County Dental Health Provider Shortage Area Designations...
Adults with a valid Disability Tax Credit certificate and children …
June 27, 2024 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Government of Canada Today, the Honourable Mark Holland joined the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs and Minister responsible for PrairiesCan and CanNor, to announce that eligible children under the age of...
Meet Dr. Heath Bullard, O.D. of Cleburne Eye Clinic
Dr. Heath Bullard is a native of Cleburne and has been at Cleburne Eye Clinic since July 2000. After graduating from Cleburne High School, Dr.Bullard pursued a degree in microbiology at Texas A&M University. He earned a Doctorate of Optometry from the University...
An Optometrist Explains: Cutting-Edge Technologies in Eye Care
Dr. Ansel Johnson emphasizes the critical importance of early eye care for children’s learning and development. Discover how advancements in myopia management, diabetes monitoring, and cutting-edge technologies like OCT and dark adaptometry are revolutionizing eye...
UW Health ophthalmologist offers advice to protect your eyes on Fourth of July
MADISON (WKOW) — Many of us look forward to the bright colors, booms and crackles that fireworks bring during Independence Day celebrations, but setting off fireworks can come with the potential for serious eye injuries, according to UW Health. In 2023, 19...
Broward school employees could pay more for health care
Broward school employees could soon get raises that come with a catch — higher costs for health insurance. School Board members say they would like to give employees raises that average about 5% but have no money in the budget right now to do that. So board members...
Health care just as important as economy. What experts want Biden and Trump to address.
When President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump face off Thursday during the first general election debate, health policy experts say tackling the exorbitant cost of health care is as much a top issue for voters as the U.S. economy. Health care costs in the...
Health care company sues WA over ban on at-home sexual assault evidence kits
(Getty Images) A company that produces over-the-counter sexual assault evidence kits is suing to overturn a Washington law that prohibits the sale or advertising of products like theirs. Pennsylvania-based Leda Health, formerly known as MeToo Kits, and its...
Clinic bridges health care gap with Spanish services in Southwest Detroit
(CBS DETROIT) — A medical clinic in Southwest Detroit is now offering its services in English and Spanish to bridge a gap in healthcare. Dino Salinas thought he’d never see nurse practitioner Scarlett Idema again when she left her old practice. In Spanish,...
Memory Lane: Palm Beachers’ health-care generosity dates to 19th century
By M.M. Cloutier Before Palm Beach society’s influence and largesse pumped cachet and capital into the area’s first major hospital, a tiny “emergency” medical facility preceding Good Samaritan came into being thanks not only to the island’s generosity but a...
Column: Health care costs must be more transparent
Dr. Jerome Adams, the surgeon general from 2017 to 2021 under former President Donald Trump, recently published his story of a surprise medical bill incurred after a visit to an Arizona emergency room. He was mountain hiking in January and became dehydrated; he was...
Legislators consider a new ‘hub’ to ensure patients get health care in their preferred language
In California, there are policies in place meant to ensure people with limited English speaking ability can still access and understand their health care prognosis or care instructions in the language they speak. Still, that’s not always what happens, said Sen....
Messenger: Missouri fails when it comes to providing health care or food to poor people
Tony Messenger Missouri is winning another race to the bottom. It’s the sort of unfortunate distinction for the Show-Me State — worst in the nation in some metric or another — that is becoming all too common. Whether it is teacher pay or education funding, corrections...
State senator questions payments as Oklahoma Health Care authority touts rollout of SoonerSelect
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is celebrating what it says is the success of the SoonerSelect program three months after its rollout, despite growing concerns about delayed payments for health care providers. The transition from a fee-for-service...
Older Americans worry they can’t afford their own health care
KFF Health News — What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies, and their ability to pay. “It’s on our minds a whole lot because of our age and because everything keeps getting more...
Experts analysed what each political party is promising for women’s health. This is what they found
This week, we’ll go to the polls to vote in a General Election in which multiple crises are front and centre, from the cost of living to housing and the climate. One area which may be especially pressing? That of the NHS, and the lack of timely access to the...
Letter: Why weren’t Utah candidates pressed about their positions on basic women’s health care?
It has been several years since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. There have been a number of states which have written total bans on abortion, including our neighbors to the north, so we know the consequences of such bans. Yet in your questions to candidates for office...
Consistency and Flavor Helped This Guy Get Shredded in 18 Weeks
Jonathan Evans hit his 40s, felt tired and lethargic, and wanted a change. Here, in his own words, is how he discovered the kind of accountability and clear goals that motivated him. I ‘M A LAWYER working in London, so corporate lunches, dinners, and evening...
REI Just Launched a Massive 4th of July Sale—We Found the Best Deals
IF YOU ARE an outdoor junkie and fitness lover, then you need to check out the epic REI 4th of July sale that just dropped. Unlike recent REI sales our editors have covered, this 4th of July sale includes way more camping essentials and outdoor gear than we’re...
Hydrow Rowing Machine June Sale 2024: Take $400 Off Its Pro Model
HYDROW HAS MADE a massive splash in the world of rowing machines since first entering the market just under a decade ago. From the jump, the brand managed to pair state-of-the-art technology with a solid-built body able to handle the kind of high-output sessions you...
Ricola’s Throat Balm Can Keep Your Jam-Packed Weekend Going
EVERYONE KNOWS THE kinds of jams that cough drops—and cough-drop-adjacent products—can bail you out of. Wake up with a throat feeling a little scratchy? You know where to go. Stay out a little too late yapping away with friends at the local dive bar? Covered there...
Joseph Quinn Has Been Thinking About the Roman Empire a Lot
JOSEPH QUINN’S HEAD is shaved. He’s wearing a gray Nike sweatshirt, and it doesn’t take long to realize he’s in a damn good mood. “Hello!” he says, a massive smile on his face as he sits down at the Zoom screen that’s been set...
Women’s Health-Focused Hologic Has Significant Capacity For Expansion Via M&A, Bullish Analyst Says
Stephens initiated coverage on Hologic Inc (NASDAQ:HOLX), citing it as a major player in women’s health, known for its consistent revenue growth, strong free cash flow, and attractive profit margins, is well-positioned in the molecular diagnostics sector post-COVID....
Older women’s health is woefully understudied
Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving them without critically important information. Many drugs widely prescribed to older adults were studied mostly in men, with results extrapolated to women. Consider...
Best Early Prime Day Rowing Machine Deals: Up to 44% Off
ROWING REMAINS ONE of the best ways to build strength and endurance, without the joint punishment you get from other forms of cardio. And unless you own a canoe with a large body of water nearby, a rowing machine is your only way into this awesome full-body workout....
