Monthly Archive for November 2010
« October 2010 | | December 2010 »
November 30, 2010
links for 2010-11-30
-
A hazecam has been working on the 10th floor of MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, taking photographs of the air quality hovering over downtown. The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency recently decided to support a one-year pilot program to continue operating a camera and archive four pictures being taken every hour. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has an article about the hazecam in today's Metro section. You can see the hazecam "live" at http://clevelandhazecam.net/
-
Treatment for children with autism spectrum disorders is costly and following up with the treatment is time consuming. Parents in Texas hit the headlines about their fight to get Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Therapy coverage for their daughter. Their struggles point out the difficulty in treating children with autism. Noting their incomes, one has to wonder how people of lower income brackets are able to make it work for their children. Are they afforded the same opportunities?
-
It is a myth that only Caucasian, well-off females are at risk, David S. Rosen, MD, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and team wrote. The results of the anti-obesity drive over the last few years - focusing on eating habits and losing weight - may have unintentionally contributed towards an increase in eating disorders, the authors add.
Posted by: Staff on November 30, 2010
Category: Lunch Break Reading
November 23, 2010
links for 2010-11-23
-
Providing the more than 10 million people incarcerated around the world "with better health care could prevent outbreaks of HIV and tuberculosis from spilling over into the general population experts say," the Associated Press/Washington Post reports. (Medical News Today)
Posted by: Staff on November 23, 2010
Category: Lunch Break Reading
November 05, 2010
links for 2010-11-05
-
Do you think foreclosure affects your health and the health of your family? Talk about it as part of this study.
-
For more information about the study discussed in this clip, please contact Felicia Adams at the Case Center for Reducing Health Disparities at 216-778-8404.
Posted by: Staff on November 05, 2010
Category: Lunch Break Reading
November 02, 2010
links for 2010-11-02
-
Plain Dealer reporter Ellen Kleinerman writes about the shortage of research volunteers and the hopeful impact of the Aware for All event being held this Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the Downtown Cleveland YMCA (2200 Prospect).
Posted by: Staff on November 02, 2010
Category: Lunch Break Reading