Related News ItemsHealth Highlights: May 24, 2012Thu, 24 May 2012 20:53:50 -0700
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Read More... Peers Underscored As An Effective Counseling ToolThu, 24 May 2012 13:23:00 -0700
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With approximately one in four adults suffering from a diagnosable mental health disorder, coupled with restrictive funding and high case loads, the value ...
Read More... Heart health money for YarmouthThu, 24 May 2012 22:37:40 -0700
A charity is to spend £100,000 on improving the heart health of people with learning disabilities in Great Yarmouth.
Read More... Trust’s U-turn on closure of centre for people with learning disabilities after the Belfast Telegraph intervenesThu, 24 May 2012 18:16:03 -0700
A centre for people with learning disabilities has been saved after health bosses agreed to honour an original funding agreement, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal. Related Stories Half of pubs suffer sales loss Living it up... the man who’s invited pals to join him in his adventures on the Med while a storm rages over lost millions Hotel closure leaves couple in frantic hunt for wedding venue ...
Read More... Katie Beckett, Who Inspired Health Reform, Dies at 34Tue, 22 May 2012 13:17:54 -0700
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, called Ms. Beckett “an inadvertent pioneer in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities.”
Read More... Multisensory room helps special-needs kids copeThu, 24 May 2012 00:19:19 -0700
The M.O.R.G.A.N. Project has established a facility for children with special health needs and disabilities for hands-on therapeutic play. / Malcolm Denemark/FLORIDA TODAY
Read More... Amnesty for NY rail workers who faked disabilitiesTue, 22 May 2012 13:04:42 -0700
Long Island Rail Road retirees who faked disability claims in order to get more lucrative pensions would avoid prosecution and be able to keep their benefits if they admit wrongdoing under a deal with the federal government, officials said Tuesday.
Read More... Idaho health center to make a difference with federal grant moneyFri, 25 May 2012 21:02:00 -0700
A local health information center hopes to help more parents, who have children with disabilities through a federal grant. This week, Idaho Parents Unlimited received almost $100,000 through the Affordable Care Act.
Read More... Davenport garden to serve people with disabilitiesFri, 25 May 2012 20:04:00 -0700
Ground was broken Friday for a $450,850 enabling garden in Davenport’s Vander Veer Botanical Park that will serve people with disabilities of various kinds, a population that the park staff says is under-served at public places in general.
Read More... Katie Beckett Leaves Legacy For Kids With DisabilitiesSat, 19 May 2012 05:34:53 -0700
Katie Beckett died Friday morning in the same hospital where she'd once made history. Beckett was 3 years old when her case changed health care law. She was 34 when she died. NPR's Joseph Shapiro explains why she was important to other children with disabilities.
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