by Claudia Campos
311healthbeat.blogspot.com
One in six men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men along with lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Society and the article in the Wall Street Journal by Keith Winstein, "Prostate Treatment Questioned" said that 186,000 men were diagnosed and 28,700 died in the United States. The question of treatment comes up in the article and like everything related to health has two sides to the story. Medical professions both say that treatment is helping and at the same time that too much treatment is not necessary. The article touches of this cancer and the concerns of men's health. www.wsj.com has more information and the article for those who are interested and taking treatment for any cancer related to men.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Human Popilloma Virus vaccine
by Claudia Campos
311healthbeat.blogspot.com
Six million Americans get a new infection of Human Popillomavirus each year said article by Associate Press, "FDA to Review Gardasil Use" form the Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com.
Food and Drug Administration will determine if Merck & Co. vaccine which is used to prevent cervical cancer will be approved and expanded to women ages 27 to 45. The vaccine Gardasil is use by girls and women ages 9 to 26 to control HPV which causes cervical cancer and genital warts.
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Six million Americans get a new infection of Human Popillomavirus each year said article by Associate Press, "FDA to Review Gardasil Use" form the Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com.
Food and Drug Administration will determine if Merck & Co. vaccine which is used to prevent cervical cancer will be approved and expanded to women ages 27 to 45. The vaccine Gardasil is use by girls and women ages 9 to 26 to control HPV which causes cervical cancer and genital warts.
Recycle Medical Devices OK with FDA
by Claudia Campos
311healthbeat.blogspot.com
Hospitals follow Food and Drug Administration guidelines to recycle medical devices, reducing medical waste and eliminate thousands of tons of waste form landfills. FDA reports recycle devices are safe. States are lobbying legislation so that health-care providers get patients informed concern when using these reprocessed and recycled devices. Article in the Wall Street Journal by Laura Landro titled "Hospitals Reuse Medical Devices To Lower Costs" said that hospitals are on board with this procedure of recycling and that the FDA is aware and approves.
www.wsj.com
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Hospitals follow Food and Drug Administration guidelines to recycle medical devices, reducing medical waste and eliminate thousands of tons of waste form landfills. FDA reports recycle devices are safe. States are lobbying legislation so that health-care providers get patients informed concern when using these reprocessed and recycled devices. Article in the Wall Street Journal by Laura Landro titled "Hospitals Reuse Medical Devices To Lower Costs" said that hospitals are on board with this procedure of recycling and that the FDA is aware and approves.
www.wsj.com
Walgreen has Good Intentions
by Claudia Campos
311healthbeat.blogspot.com
Walgreen teams up with pharmacies and hospitals even though stock is low, high hopes are expected for pharmacy program centers that will include experts in fertility, cancer, AIDS and other health conditions. The article titled "How Walgreen Changed Its Prescription for Growth" by Amy Mevrick from the Wall Street Journal gives examples and goes deeper into the merger and pharmacies programs. She mentions that Walgreen stock is doing poorly but the business intentions to bring attention and focus to health concerns and payment plans that are affordable for patients is the focus. http://www.wsj.com/ has more information and the article.
311healthbeat.blogspot.com
Walgreen teams up with pharmacies and hospitals even though stock is low, high hopes are expected for pharmacy program centers that will include experts in fertility, cancer, AIDS and other health conditions. The article titled "How Walgreen Changed Its Prescription for Growth" by Amy Mevrick from the Wall Street Journal gives examples and goes deeper into the merger and pharmacies programs. She mentions that Walgreen stock is doing poorly but the business intentions to bring attention and focus to health concerns and payment plans that are affordable for patients is the focus. http://www.wsj.com/ has more information and the article.
Government discorvers fraud in health programs
by Claudia Campos
311healthbeat.blogspot.com
Government investigators are trying to prevent over billing to patients by doctors and hospitals and other medical providers. Stop the fraud that affect the medical system that is suppose to be helping patients, not create barriers and taking advantage of people while they are ill, said article by Theo Francis of the Wall Street Journal.
Medicare is the federal insurance program for seniors and the disabled and Medicaid is a joint state-federal program for the needy. Both programs cover 90 million Americans. The managed care industry is under investigation by the government officials who have discovered fraud within the system and programs. http://www.wsj.com/ has more information and the article by Theo Francis goes deeper into the issue.
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Government investigators are trying to prevent over billing to patients by doctors and hospitals and other medical providers. Stop the fraud that affect the medical system that is suppose to be helping patients, not create barriers and taking advantage of people while they are ill, said article by Theo Francis of the Wall Street Journal.
Medicare is the federal insurance program for seniors and the disabled and Medicaid is a joint state-federal program for the needy. Both programs cover 90 million Americans. The managed care industry is under investigation by the government officials who have discovered fraud within the system and programs. http://www.wsj.com/ has more information and the article by Theo Francis goes deeper into the issue.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Health Resources at Long Beach State
by Claudia Campos
311healthbeat.blogspot.com
Long Beach State offers students many health resources.
Students can walk in and set up appointments to speak to a counselor or psychologist at the Counseling and Psychological Services located in Brothman Hall room 226 and the Health Resource Center located in the Student Health Building room 268, both offer workshops every Wednesday.
Workshops include Alcohol Anonymous meetings, sexual infection information, relationship advice, HIV/AIDS testing, drug programs and many other health concerns that affect students.
Counseling And Pyshcological Services phone number is (562) 985-4001
www.csulb.edu/caps.
Student Health Services phone number is (562) 985-4609
Hrc@csulb.edu
311healthbeat.blogspot.com
Long Beach State offers students many health resources.
Students can walk in and set up appointments to speak to a counselor or psychologist at the Counseling and Psychological Services located in Brothman Hall room 226 and the Health Resource Center located in the Student Health Building room 268, both offer workshops every Wednesday.
Workshops include Alcohol Anonymous meetings, sexual infection information, relationship advice, HIV/AIDS testing, drug programs and many other health concerns that affect students.
Counseling And Pyshcological Services phone number is (562) 985-4001
www.csulb.edu/caps.
Student Health Services phone number is (562) 985-4609
Hrc@csulb.edu
Sexualy trasmited infections score high
African American teenage girls score high on sexually transmitted infections. Human Papilloma virus, that causes genital warts and cervical cancer along with Chlamydia, Ttrichinosis and Herpes affect girls ages 14 to 19 said Wall Street Journal News Round up article "Study Examines Venereal Diseases In Teenage Girls." Www.wsj.com.
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