Health officials promote initiative on family medical history
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Top US health officials asked families on Monday to use their Thanksgiving gatherings to discuss and record the medical histories of their parents, grandparents and other kin.
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A website aims to allow patients to see how private and voluntary hospitals and health providers are performing.
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People 50 and older will be able to get flu shots next week from Sangamon County&#39;s two public health departments. The Springfield and Sangamon County departments of public health are expanding the groups of
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Public health officials are now encouraging women to make sure they are in optimal health well in advance of a pregnancy.
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Family doctors say patients should be more aware of their relatives' health history, a survey has found.
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Two local hospitals are taking part in a program run by the China Disease Prevention and Control Center and a US-based medical company in an effort to establish the nation&#39;s first guidelines on hand hygiene in hospitals.
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INDIANAPOLIS---State Health Commissioner Greg Wilson, MD today issued a proclamation about the influenza vaccine shortage. The Commissioner&#39;s proclamation emphasizes the recommendations for influenza vaccination
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As concern grows among former N.F.L. players about the impact of football on health, the medical community is working to gather more information on the problem.
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Livingston County health officials have pulled together enough doses of flu vaccine to offer a public clinic Nov. 4 for high-risk adults.
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consisting of a hospital and medical office building - will attempt to set an example for healthful living by barring smoking in the area, officials said.
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The District Health Department sought to assure residents yesterday about the safety and quality of hundreds of thousands of condoms distributed as part of the city's effort to fight HIV/AIDS.
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The World Health Organization  launched an initiative on Monday to improve medical services  for the elderly in a bid to tackle the growing public health  implications of a rapidly aging global population.
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The Montgomery County Health Department will start today with a series of flu shot clinics that will target - and demand proof of - those at high risk from influenza.
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The federal government is now pushing health providers to use proven remedies for common ailments.
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Health care advocates say government support of electronic data can improve care and prevent errors.
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Fifty years ago, Ronald Herrick wasn&#39;t thinking about making medical history that would one day lead to saving countless lives.
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In todayÂs world of rapid-fire medicine, ÂinvolvedÂ relatives may be a patientÂs most important advocates.