The New York State Department of Health has extended the date to announce DSRIP design grants to Performing Provider System applicants to August 6. The state received 50 applicants in total. The New York Times write why pay for performance health care incentives are not working as anticipated. Approximately 300 retirees from Health Research, Inc.
This article profiles New York City’s new HIV/AIDS chief, who steps into the post in September. Medicare Advantage plans can be more cost effective by increasing competition through a single base subsidy amount. From the United Hospital Fund’s webpage, two new reports on the Medicare Advantage market in New York. On Tuesday, two federal appeals
By the time she was 18 months old, my friend, Sarah, was constantly in and out of the hospital. Her mother recalls her turning blue because she was unable to breathe and was always being put on oxygen. All of her life, Sarah has lived with asthma. When I asked her if her asthma has
Learn how to train like a German soccer star or how cooler bedrooms enhance your sleep, or where stroke rates are dropping and health care spending has shrunk, plus find a list of the latest meetings, hearings and special events at the NYS Department of Health….all in your Weekly Dose!
Some of my best memories as a child involved physical activity. I can’t imagine how difficult it would have been to be told I couldn’t run around outside and play with my friends after being diagnosed with asthma. Although this was the case in the past, new research suggests that physical activity might actually help
Questions about a potential AIDS cure and progress in the battle against childhood obesity were among the topics that made health news in the past few days. Read about them and more in our Weekly Dose!
If you are unable to determine what triggers your asthma symptoms, allergy tests might help. Contact your doctor to schedule an allergy testing- both skin tests and blood tests will work. Once testing is complete, your doctor will look at the results, as well as your history of allergic reactions in order to make a
As everyone has been making summer plans to head out on vacation and kicking back a bit over the long 4th of July week-end, we’ve condensed the Dose for the end of June and first week of July into a special two week edition to launch your Monday and new work week!
Shortness of breathe, excessive coughing, wheezing, and tightness, pain, or pressure in the chest; about 26 million Americans diagnosed with asthma experience these symptoms every day. The cause for asthma is not certain, but most researchers believe asthma has a genetic origin, which means asthma is typically a disease people are born with. The