Health Halo Can Hide the Calories
Have Americans been seduced into overeating by the so-called health halo associated with certain foods and restaurants?

Rising Costs Affect Women's Health
Almost half of women surveyed in a national poll said they had failed to seek health care for themselves or their families over the previous year because the cost was too high.

Mobile unit offers health advice
A mobile health unit offers blood pressure checks and health advice to residents of a Cumbrian town.

Health Insurers' Universal Uncertainty
Universal health care is putting a damper on insurers.

Calls for NT Health Minister and Department CEO to resign
The Northern Territory Opposition has renewed calls for the Health Minister and the CEO of the Health Department to stand down.

Multnomah County health director honored as "public health hero"
Multnomah County Health Director Lillian M. Shirley has been named a "public health hero" by Research!American, a national health education and advocacy alliance. The organization honored Shirley for her work helping communities deal with public health concerns and for focusing...

Health Highlights: Nov. 30, 2008
Title: Health Highlights: Nov. 30, 2008 Category: Health News Created: 12/1/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/1/2008

Health commissioner visits Marion County facility
Marion County?s new health department comes at the right time to help people who are struggling with a tough economy, State Health Commission Susan R. Cooper said.

Scott County must deal with mental health funding deficit
Scott County faces a $300,000 deficit in mental health and developmental disabilities funding despite receiving an additional $107,347 from the Iowa Department of Human Services.

Health Calendar |
Today Holistic Health Network Meeting: ?Stress-LESS for the Holidays? is the title of a talk by Rebecca Nagy, founder and spiritual leader of the Charlotte Whole Life Center. 6:45-8 p.m. Free. Presbyterian Hospital, Bobcat Room, 200 Hawthorne Lane. 704-542-7040; www.ncholisticnet work.com. Thursday Rheumatoid Arthritis: Information, Inspiration & Support: This seminar ...

Teen Health Center open at Austin Middle
GALVESTON ? The Teen Health Center at Austin Middle School has reopened and can provide free primary care to anyone up to age 22.

CAT retirees win round in court: Legal battle over health benefits continues
NASHVILLE - One small group of Caterpillar Inc. retirees notched another legal victory in their struggle to win free company health care, but the wider court battle to secure it for thousands of others goes on.

Evidence grows for vitamin D, heart health link
People with a deficiency in vitamin D may be at increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease, the authors of a new review on research of vitamin D and heart health conclude.

Web searches feed health fears
Health information online is breeding a generation of cyberchondriacs - people who needlessly fear the worst diagnosis after surfing the net, say researchers.

Screen addiction 'bad for kids' health'
SPENDING a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the web makes children more prone to a range of health problems including obesity and smoking, US researchers said today.

Official: Health ranking also a sign of limited funding
A Marquette County official says limited funding for health care and an unwillingness by residents to take advantage of services that do exist are to blame for the recent poor showing in a statewide health survey.

Reforming health care in Chile
Chile has maintained a dual health care system in which citizens can opt for coverage with either the public National Health Insurance Fund or a private health insurance company.

Health Calendar
The complete Health Calendar is posted online at www.CITIZEN-TIMES.com. Scroll down to Living and click on Health.

Menadue: COAG?s billions are a wasted opportunity for health
Australian governments would be unwise to assume that their multi-billion dollar health funding package will solve the problems in health care, writes John Menadue .

Collaborative effort under way to address health care worker shortage
Today, several community partners will announce a long-range collaborative effort aimed at addressing health care worker shortages in the Wabash Valley.