Federal health survey coming to Lancaster County
A federal health survey known as NHANES, which had exposed health trends such as elevated blood levels of lead before the implementation of lead-free gas as well as high cholesterol levels in the 1960’s, is coming to Lancaster County for the first time in the program’s nearly 50-year existence.
Rally at Capitol in support of state insurance program
About 30 consumer groups gathered at the Capitol yesterday, calling “on the state Senate to debate and vote on a plan that would cover 273,000 uninsured state residents within five years, and cost $479 million in the first year.
US life expectancy declining
While Americans are generally living longer in each generation, experts are beginning to predict a decline in the youngest generation’s life expectancy. According to MSNBC, “We as a nation are doing ourselves in with our couch-potato culture of eating way too much and exercising far too little.
Trib-Review series on liver transplants
Hundreds of patients each year undergo liver transplants when they don’t need them, and possibly never will, a four-month Pittsburgh Tribune-Review investigation found.
The exhaustive series includes print, video and graphics.
The economic impact of obesity
The title’s a little garish – “What if no one were fat?” – but this MSN Money story examines the economic impact of obesity on the United States, estimating that our country would save $487 BILLION if no one were overweight.
Lehigh Valley Autism Group
Members of the Lehigh Valley chapter of the Autism Society of America gathered at Lehigh Valley Hospital Saturday for an overview on the “state of research, funding and treatment in Pennsylvania,” reports the Allentown Morning Call.
Sen. Brubaker questions age limits on PSA tests
Senator Mike Brubaker, R-Lancaster, was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. With a family history of the disease, the Senator was aware of his increased risk and was tested fr PSAs – prostate-specific antigens – when he turned 50, the earliest his insurance would pay for it.