The News Review:
- Health Calendar
- Moving to the UK worsens maternal health behaviors
- Health Calendar
- Continued Reporting on Election Events
- Mother and Child Oral Health Care Programme held
- Pet therapy: Fido might be the next paid health-care professional
- Health Calendar
Health Calendar
Washington Post – Apr 13, 2008
Services include wound care, infusion and rehabilitation. Specialty care in cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation, ostomy, oncology, stroke and joint replacement rehabilitation, diabetes, maternal-child health and pediatrics and respiratory therapy are also available. CIVISTA ON THE LINECivista Medical Center offers free referrals of medical staff members. Callers can also register for Civista-sponsored events and classes and receive information on health-related county resources.
Moving to the UK worsens maternal health behaviors
News-Medical.net – Apr 13, 2008
However, no studies have compared their use of alcohol or tobacco during pregnancy, or whether women’s behaviours change with acculturation. The study involved over 8588 mothers with singleton children from the millennium cohort study. They also found that among mothers from ethnic minority groups, first and second generation mothers were more likely to smoke during pregnancy, but were less likely to start breast feeding, and less likely to continue breast feeding than immigrants.
Health Calendar
Washington Post – Apr 13, 2008
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Continued Reporting on Election Events
CNN International – Apr 13, 2008
Site tonight at Messiah College of The Compassion Forum: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama talking about faith, religion and how all of that relates to politics. However, both these candidates have been across the country, mostly Pennsylvania and Indiana and North Carolina, talking about a number of issues. Hillary Clinton yesterday in Mishawaka, Indiana, the subject was health care. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My question is concerning health care. Example, my grandson does not have health care. He’s not available for assistance from the state or the federal because it is available through my daughter’s employer… It insures about 6 million kids across America and thousands of kids here in Indiana. So, let us find out whether she could be eligible for that, number one. Number two, I want it make sure every child is eligible. Evan and I have been working to try to get President Bush to help us extend it because we still have 9 million kids like your grandson who are just not eligible for health care. They don’t have an employer providing it, make too much money to be eligible for, you know, free care. They’re just stuck. But the real answer is universal health care — quality, affordable health care for everybody.
Mother and Child Oral Health Care Programme held
Central Chronicle – Apr 13, 2008
Ms Sunita Khanna, President of Army Wife’s Welfare Association was the chief guest of the programme. Lecture in Hindi, followed by a documentary film on Oral Health Care Educated the huge gathering of ladies about prevention and corrective measures to achieve better Oral Health. This was followed by a Quiz Contest on Oral Health, which generated enthusiastic response. Free distribution of Oral Health Education Pamphlets, brochures and oral hygiene aids was done.
Pet therapy: Fido might be the next paid health-care professional
Providence Journal – Apr 13, 2008
Pets have actually been informally used this way for generations, she and others said. Boris Levinson, a noted child psychiatrist, is credited with coining the phrase “pet therapy” in 1964 after researching and documenting the ways that animals helped children with psychological disorders. Research has since proved that pets can help people deal with a variety of other physical and mental health issues, whether brightening the day for someone suffering from terminal cancer, or helping to reduce the violence level among prison inmates, Salotto noted. Cobey said there are a variety of programs all over the country that train volunteers and professionals on how to use pets to help other people. Her organization, which has offered training sessions here in Rhode Island in the past, offers two specific programs. The first, she said, involves volunteers who want to provide “animal assisted activities… Cobey, of the Delta Society, wasn’t aware of any such licensing program anywhere. Cobey did say that many people who undergo training, whether through Delta or other programs such as Salotto’s, are already licensed in their fields. She said many physical therapists, social workers and other health-care professionals take classes to incorporate their pets in their regular therapy sessions. Some volunteers also do some work that could be considered therapy, as Salotto has suggested, whether encouraging people to talk about the animals or playing catch with the animals. But there hasn’t been much demand for people who specialize in pet-assisted therapy as a profession, noted Carol Bramble, who also works with the Delta Society. She said they have 10,000 “teams” of volunteers — pet owners and pets — who work with local facilities nationwide and around the world. “As for a paid program, I don’t see it happening.
Health Calendar
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… – Apr 13, 2008
Dominic Congregation, 18255 W. Capitol Drive, Brookfield. Child care provided. Call (262) 369-4400 or go to www. Families Anonymous, a free weekly 12-step support group for anyone concerned about a loved one’s drug- or alcohol-related behavior.
