Search Results for 'Health'

W.Va. a leader in children's health coverage

West Virginia is second in the nation in health insurance for children and below the national average for working people, according to U.S. Census Bureau's latest annual "Statistical Abstract of the United States."In 2007, [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Portugal ranked 3rd for child health by Unicef

The report, entitled ‘The children left behind’ raises awareness of children who are at risk of not being included or protected by the healthy societies in which they live. “Whether it’s in healthcare, education o [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Insurers, state split over rules for kids' health coverage

Families with individual health-insurance policies have until Dec. 15 to add children under 19 to their policies under new rules set in place this year. After that, insurers say they won't accept children on those policies, except in [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Letter: Congressman's vote for children's health

Thank you, Congressman Walter B. Jones. With your vote earlier this week, the U. S. House of Representatives has made a tremendous investment in the health of our nation's children with the historic passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Fre [...]

Posted On : Dec, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Children's Health Project launched in Detroit

Children's advocates in Detroit hope a new mobile pediatric clinic will serve as a new health care home for about 1500 children. Detroit's children are some of the most medically underserved in the nation. Transportation barriers [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Festive and fun way to promote kid's health

The community came together for a fun and festive way to help promote children's health and fitness. St. Andrew's Episcopal School, for a second year in a roll Saturday, held a Rudolph Run The run started with a 5K run/race/walk. [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Vanderbilt doing long-term study of child health

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and others have begun a major long-term study of child health in the United States. The National Children's Study will examine how environment, behavior and genetics impact children&# [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

State-wide school kids' health check-up drive from Dec 3

The Gujarat government has kickstarted its state-wide health check-up drive for school children. The drive will cover 1.52 crore school going kids. Talking to the media, health minister Jayanarayan Vyas said, "The drive will see par [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Labor Union Health Fund Drops Children’s Health Coverage, Bl...

How do you know when your fancy new progressive health law ain’t working so well? Even health funds run by big labor unions blame decisions to drop kids’ coverage on the law's new health insurance burdens: One of the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Campaigners against sports cuts say children's health to suf...

CAMPAIGNERS say children are going to lose out after the government announced cuts of almost £470,000 from school sports in the borough. It is the result of education secretary Michael Gove's plans to scrap School Sports Partne [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Fears for kids' health as sports programmes are axed

Teachers fear that children will get fatter and lazier after the government axed sports programmes at schools across Macclesfield. The School Sports Partnership scheme, created 10 years ago by the Labour government, use [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

UK children's health: Now they will receive a 6 in 1 jab

Parents and the like have previously expressed concern over the UK's vaccination programme for children. In some areas the take up of the vaccinations on offer has been poor. There has also been some concern by parents and health off [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Parental Stress Makes Kids Unhealthier

Does it feel like your “stress temperature” has gone up around ten degrees the last few years? According to the American Psychological Association’s Stress in America survey, your kids are feeling it too. The new [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Florida Hospital receives $10 million gift to boost children...

Florida Hospital officials have announced that a South Dakota billionaire has donated $10 million to Florida Hospital for Children to help the medical community battle childhood obesity and diabetes. The donation by T. Denny Sanford is o [...]