A closer look at what causes the flu; dental health critical to seeking overall health; as home birth become more popular, a move to ease midwife rules. Those stories and more topping public health headlines today, Monday, January 30, 2012.
Get Ready blog – Flu Fridays: So, what causes the flu?
You may have heard that flu is caused by a virus. You may even know that there are different kinds of flu viruses out there, like “H1N1” and “bird flu.” But do you know the difference between them? Let’s take a closer look at the influenza virus so that you’re prepared when flu is in the news.
Get Ready blog (podcast) – Workplace preparedness: What businesses can do to prepare for disasters
Did you know that 65 percent of businesses in the United States don’t have a plan for disaster preparedness? That’s what we learned last month when we sat down with Bob Boyd to record the latest episode of our Get Ready Report podcast.
Public News Service – Dental Health Linked to Overall Health
Advocates for dental health will be in Richmond on Tuesday to ask state lawmakers to keep funding in place for dental clinics.
Decatur Daily – Rural clinics help provide health care in Alabama
Evelyn Ashton has been going to Phil Campbell Medical Clinic for 20 years.
She’s convinced if not for the down home personal care she receives at the clinic, she would not be getting the same kind of health care at another, larger facility.
Baltimore Sun – Home birth supporters seek to ease midwife rules
More than 500 Maryland moms delivered babies at home last year, but as such births become more popular, a dispute is brewing over whether to make the process a more viable option in the state.
Washington Post – Entrepreneurs try to fill gap in online medical help
Go online and it’s easy to compare just about anything according to cost, value or performance. But health plans? Doctors? Prescriptions drugs? Not so much. Many people end up confused or alarmed when they use the Web to self-diagnose (Google: itchy skin rash), check out a doctor or research medical costs. The information seems incomplete because there’s relatively little factual health-care data available online to consumers or the entrepreneurs that want to cater to them.
