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Category: HEALTHCARE/MEDICAL
Toronto rocker who suffered 2 strokes may not get OHIP help with rehab
A Toronto musician who is in hospital struggling to regain his speech and mobility following two devastating strokes is facing another hurdle: the province may not pay for some of his rehabilitation. Ronnie Morris, 37, who played bass for local bands Controller Controller and Lioness, recently suffered two separate, consecutive strokes at the base of his brain which required life-saving surgeries.
Doctor Henri Sueke, killed in Rose Bay cycling crash, had just arrived from UK
A cyclist killed in a collision with a truck in Rose Bay has been identified as Henri Sueke, a father of four and children’s doctor who had recently moved from England to Australia with his young family. The 36-year-old was cycling along New South Head Road about 7.45am on Thursday when he was involved in a collision with a truck, and became trapped under a wheel of the vehicle.
Project ECHO GEMH: Disruptive Technology For Geriatric Mental Health
New York State is a leader on many health fronts, whether it be antismoking, obesity reduction, or insurance coverage. But our state is also a leader in another area: we are among the states with the greatest shortages in physician supply. According to the Healthcare Association of New York State, the deficits are especially large in rural areas, which lack both primary care physicians and specialists. This situation hits particularly hard in rural communities since primary care doctors may be their only source of health services, including those for mental health. The prevalence of mental illness is not much different in rural and urban areas, but the lack of access to and availability of mental health services are particular challenges in rural areas. According to the American
Poverty-Linked Heart Risks High for Poor Black Women
(MedPage Today) — Low-income blacks under 50 also had a high risk of heart problems
Single-Payer Extremists: Obamacare Has Increased Health System Overhead
Drs. David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhander are the Bernie Sanders of health policy. For decades, they have advocated that the U.S. adopt a government monopoly, single payer, health system. They write economically illiterate articles asserting that Medicare is great because it has low administrative costs. Nevertheless, a stopped clock is right twice a day, and the good doctors’ latest article nails Obamacare for increasing the overhead of U.S. health insurance. Who would have even thought that was possible? The roughly $6 billion in exchange start-up costs pale in comparison to the ongoing insurance overhead that the ACA has added to our health care system — more than a quarter of a trillion dollars through 2022.
Cancer Care: How Delaware Turned the Tide
(MedPage Today) — Delaware once first in the nation for cancer mortality is now 15th
Average New Yorker Sits 7 Hours a Day
They may live in the “City That Never Sleeps,” but most New Yorkers still sit around a lot — an average of seven hours every day, a new study shows. That estimate may be low, the study authors added, because the data was largely based on what people remembered or admitted to doing.
Medical association offering discount prescription cards
The card can help uninsured and under-insured residents afford prescription medications at hundreds of pharmacies across the state, according to the association.
Impulsivity linked to binge eating
Do you get impulsive when you’re upset? If so, this could be putting you at risk for binge eating. The more impulsive you are, the more likely it is you’ll binge eat when experiencing negative feelings.