Craig McEwen, a former professional football player, hugs Veronica Ortiz, a lead care manager for Serene Health in San Diego County. McEwen endured repeated concussions during his NFL career in the late 1980s and has since seen his mental and physical health deteriorate. He is on Medi-Cal and an enrollee in a new health care benefit in California aimed at helping at-risk patients get healthier.
Sporting a bright smile and the polished Super Bowl ring he won as a star NFL player in the late 1980s, Craig McEwen doesn’t fit the archetype of someone teetering on the brink of homelessness.…
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‘People’s Referendum’ targets health care privatization for profit – Kingston News
Numerous people stopped outside the Hotel Dieu Hospital to cast ballots in what the Ontario Health Coalition is calling a People’s Referendum. Photo By Michelle Dorey Forestell.
“Do you want our public hospital services to be privatized to for-profit hospitals and clinics?”
This is the ballot question posed by the Kingston Health Coalition (KHC) in what they are calling a “People’s Referendum” on the expansion of for-profit health care. They hope citizens will vote a resounding “No.”
The KHC is a local group affiliated with the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) that “supports public health care for all.” Health coalitions across…
NS signs a deal to transform the Dartmouth hotel into a homeless shelter and health clinic
Nova Scotia’s government says a Halifax-area hotel that’s already been housing some homeless people will soon become a full-fledged shelter and health clinic.
The Progressive Conservative government announced Friday it’s signed a deal worth $10 million to lease all 190 rooms inside the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Dartmouth, NS, from May 1 to March 24, 2024.
Many homeless people had already been staying at the Hilton, in rooms rented by the government, but the hotel had continued to remain open to the public.
When the clinic opens, Health Minister Michelle Thompson said it will serve as a source of…
West Yellowstone woman increases senior citizen access to healthy food
West Yellowstone local, Lindsey Charlton, is making a difference by increasing access to healthy foods for senior citizens.
Sharon Mankey helps serve food at the West Yellowstone Senior Center. She says Lindsey Charlton is making a difference.
“She’s amazing. She works really, really hard. We all love her,” said Mankey. “ Lindsey is amazing. She finds herself doing a lot of things in town. She helps with the Senior Center, she delivers meals.”
Charlton has lived in West Yellowstone for several years. She works at the fire department, and off the clock, she provides resources to the West Yellowstone Senior…
Positive manifestations can lead to a healthy life | Art & Leisure
In today’s fast-paced yet sedentary life, two of the most important things are peace of mind and health. We need a balance of both. Lack of either makes one incomplete and unhappy. It is said that the majority of ailments are caused by psychological factors. In recent years, researchers have been able to link certain kinds of emotions with ailments they trigger and magnify.
For example, those who are jealous of others are more likely to suffer from acidity and skin disorders. People who are perfectionists and get upset if everything is not exactly the way they want it to…
Achieving Prevention and Health, Rather Than More Healthcare
Newswise — If more people have access to health insurance, we have to be sure the death rates of those with certain chronic conditions are decreasing.
This is one of the statements by Gregory Peck, an acute care surgeon and associate professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, who will be researching on behalf of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health.
Funded by NIH grants totaling more than $1 million through a recent two-year award from the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS), a…
Feinstein’s future ‘in her own hands’ amid extended health absence from the Judiciary Committee, Durbin says
The future of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is “in her own hands,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Sunday, as Feinstein’s extended absence from the panel due to health issues has some fellow Democrats calling for her to resign.
Durbin, who succeeded Feinstein as chair of the Judiciary Committee, said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the longtime lawmaker has undergone “several weeks of travail” over a health issue involving shingles, but still wants to return to serve the committee.
“She said to Chuck Schumer last week that ‘I want to get on a…
Sault Ste. Marie news: Protestors worried about the privatization of health care in Ontario
Protests were held across the province Tuesday opposing what critics described as plans to privatize health care in Ontario.
Held by the Ontario Health Coalition, organizers said the Ford government’s Bill 60 would bring back a two-tier health care system.
Representatives took aim at the bill, which is expected to pass this week.
“That bill is allowing a lot of hospital procedures, diagnostics, and surgeries to be moved out of public hospitals, and into what are being called independent health facilities,” said Marie DellaVedova of the Coalition.
“They are, in fact, private hospitals and clinics.”
“We have experience with private…