Archive for February, 2007

Fit males, sexual health tied »

Men, take heed: Exercising regularly and preventing heart disease and diabetes can safeguard your sex life.
A study published in Thursday’s issue of the American Journal of Medicine calculates that more than 18 million American men over age 20 are affected by erectile dysfunction.
Almost 90 percent of the studied men with dysfunction had at least one […]

Quality, Safety and Accountability in Health Care for all Canadians »

OTTAWA - The Canadian Council on Health Services
Accreditation (CCHSA) applauds and echoes the findings and recommendations on
safety, quality and transparency in the Health Council of Canada’s report,
made public yesterday.
Most significant for CCHSA and Canadians is the call for consistency in
the quality and safety of care delivered in all Canadian health care
facilities. Accreditation is a powerful […]

Dental Health News »

Children’s Dental Health Month Events
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month.
Begun as Dental Health Day in 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio, the dental health emphasis grew to a week and extended to a month-long nationwide celebration in 1981.
Across Louisiana, Boys & Girls Clubs, dental societies, and individual dentists conduct health fairs, free dental screenings, museum […]

Pollution Poses Severe Health Threats for Older Women »

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the USA’s chief public health agency, has issued guidelines for flu pandemic survival.
The federal government released a 106-page document yesterday in an effort to help people in the US prepare for a global flu epidemic, considered by most specialists as inevitable.
It’s not a pretty picture the guidelines […]

Air Pollution Effects on Health Vary Widely Within Cities »

A University of Washington study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that where you live in a city matters more to your health than which city you live in.The authors found that different parts of a city have more exposure to fine […]