Health

  • SCVMC Launches Community & Marketing Campaign


    Highlights Quality Care and Reassures Those Worried and Fearful About Seeking Services Santa Clara County, CA. – The first ever system-wide community outreach and marketing campaign by Santa Clara Valley Medical Center launched on February 27th. The three main reasons for this campaign according to SVMC are: “Better inform...
  • AARP trabaja para bloquear planes del GOP de cambiar Medicare

    Mark Richardson/Alfonso López-Collada Public News Service La AARP Texas planea presionar en todos los terrenos para tratar de evitar que el Congreso modifique el programa Medicare, ante las intenciones de la mayoría republicana de hacerle cambios significativos que traerían dificultades económicas a muchos adultos mayores. Está planeando una presión...
  • Midwifery Makes Its Way Back into Childbirth Conversation

    Eric Tegethoff Public News Service Midwives are becoming a larger part of the picture when it comes to childbirth, growing in popularity for many mothers across the country. Photo Credit: Pixabay Ushered to the fringes during the 20th century, the most recent data from the CDC shows midwives were...
  • La salud dental es importante para los ‘dientes de leche’ de los niños

    StatePoint Los padres y personas responsables de cuidar a los niños podrían estar subestimando la importancia de la atención dental para los “dientes de leche” de los niños. De acuerdo a los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades, sólo el 63% de los niños entre 2 y...
  • Dealing With Unsanitary Floodwaters

    Santa Clara County Health Officer Statement Regarding Potential Risks in Coming in Contact With Floodwaters   SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. After the flooding incidents throughout the South Bay, Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County Health Officer, provides the following information for people living in areas that are flooding. Specifically, contact...
  • Defensores sienten nueva urgencia de defender Medicare

    Logan Pollard California News Service PASADENA, Calif – El Representante Republicano Tom Price, de Georgia, inicio el 13 de febrero su primera semana completa como Secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos (“Health and Human Services”). Y varios defensores de Medicare, como la AARP California, aprovechan el momento para llamar...
  • Advocates Feel New Urgency to Defend Medicare

    Logan Pollard California News Service PASADENA, Calif. – Rep. Tom Price began his first full week as secretary of Health and Human Services the week of February 13th, and Medicare advocates say they will continue to push Congress and the new administration to protect the program they call “crucial.”...
  • How To Have Fun, Dine Out And Stay In Shape

    NAPS According to recent Nielsen reports, more than one in three Americans have resolved to stay fit in 2017. If you’re among them—or would like to be—you may be glad to learn that being healthy doesn’t mean you have to give up a lot of time or sacrifice the...
  • Cuatro medidas que puede tomar hoy mismo para garantizar su salud cardiaca

    BPT En el camino a la buena salud, vale la pena escuchar a su corazón, literalmente. Un corazón sano es esencial para mantener una buena salud general. Sin embargo, muchos ignoran las señales de alerta de que su corazón no está tan saludable como debería. Una encuesta encargada en...
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