Gov’t asked to extend NHIS to Orthopaedic patients

Professor Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, President of the Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine , has called on the government to extend the National Health Insurance Scheme to cover the treatment of orthopaedic care. Prof Boachie who is also Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery said: “If the cost of treatment is GH? 10,000.00 for instance, the NHIS could decide to take up GH? 2000.00 as the patient takes care of the rest, which we can help to make part payment and start a payment plan.”

Beach(ed) body

“Breaking his oath and resolution like a twist of rotten silk.” – William Shakespeare , English playwright, Aufidius, in Coriolanus, act 5, sc.

Futility

This past December was a hard month. Bigelow lab where I work, lost our director, Graham Shimmield to colon cancer, and we lost a trustee to cancer, I lost a cousin to ovarian cancer, and a colleague lost her mother, also to cancer.

Hepatitis B can be acquired at age 5′

Members of the Ghana Association for the Study of Liver and Digestive Diseases are advocating a nationwide campaign to increase public awareness on Hepatitis. Interacting with TV3 after a one-day training workshop for health experts on the hepatitis B, the national president of the association, Dr Mary Yeboah Afihene, said only a few of the estimated 10-15 percent of Ghanaian adults with chronic hepatitis are aware of their condition.

Taking flight

Brittney Tutor holds one of the hammocks used in the aerial yoga class she teaches weekly at the Just Gotta Dance studio in Gillette.

Guess Who Can’t Wait for Trumpcare?

… hasn’t been a particularly popular law since its passage in March 2010. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll, which has been conducted on a near-monthly basis since Obamacare’s passage, just a handful of months have …

Down for the count –

Volunteers with Robeson County’s Point-in-time Count, conducted Wednesday, get survey information from Mary Frances Lowery, who has been homeless for more than two years. Lowery accepted a care package from the volunteers aimed at helping to make her life on the streets easier.

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Proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, have Canton-Potsdam Hospital and Community Health Center of the North Country officials concerned that cuts could have a negative effect on local healthcare. In the November general election, the Republicans won majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate, plus the presidency.

Embryo photographer Lennart Nilsson dies at 94

Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson, who shot to fame in the 1960s with photographs of human foetuses and embryos, died on Saturday at the age of 94, his family told TT news agency. A war photographer, documentary-maker and portraitist, Nilsson used an ultra-fine tube called an endoscope, to take pictures of cells and blood vessels, and went on to take images of human foetuses and embryos.

State director to run N.M. insurance hub

The director of the agency responsible for Arkansas’ health insurance exchanges will become director of the exchanges in New Mexico on March 1, New Mexico’s exchange board announced Friday. After submitting her resignation to the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace board of directors last week, Cheryl Smith Gardner told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette she had accepted a job in New Mexico, but didn’t provide further details.

Transitional rehab helps 101-year-old recover

… needs and expanded from 18 beds to 31 beds. One reason for the expansion is the result of changes going on in the health care insurance industry, Cole said. Medicare and other insurers have a limited budget and are looking to save money and still …

Altering protein may fight colon cancer progression9 min ago

Washington, Jan 29 Modifying shape of a protein that controls inflammation may reduce progression of inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer, according to a new study that may pave the way for therapies against the conditions. The altered protein – IRAK-M – causes the immune system to become supercharged, clearing out the bacteria before they can do any damage.

2016: Key Biscayne residents conquer Miami Marathon

In what might best be described as seminal life experience, a handful of Key Biscayne residents recently ran the Miami Marathon and Half Marathon, overcoming the wind and the cold of a South Florida winter morning to achieve an accomplishment they will no doubt remember for a lifetime. One-by-one they crossed the finish line amid the music and mayhem produced by a roadside DJ and supportive family and friends who clapped and yelled encouragement as they watched a wave of everyday people accomplishing their goal one amazing story at a time.

After 100 years of caring for a growing community, hospital officials …

But leaders at Columbus Regional Hospital will also be looking forward to the next 100 years as they celebrate a century of taking care of patients – on the Feb. 6 date itself and throughout the anniversary year. While reflecting on the milestone, Jim Bickel – president and CEO of Columbus Regional Health, a Columbus-based network of health care providers – wondered a bit what local officials who founded Bartholomew County Hospital in 1917 might think of what the facility has become today.

Four ways to fake great legs

After a long winter, you’re definitively ready to toss aside boots and leggings for sandals and short skirts. The question is: are your legs prepared for public display? If gnarly toes, pasty calves and jiggly thighs are telling you “absolutely not,” don’t panic.

Harper Adams University student heads out on a porcine path

A STUDENT with a sheep and beef farming background is setting her sights on pigs after landing an Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Pork Industry Scholarship. Loretta Holder, a second year BSc Animal Health and Welfare student at Harper Adams University, will also receive a paid placement year with Ceva Animal Health to help her achieve her dream of working in the pig nutrition sector.

AI System Recognizes Skin Cancer

… as successfully as human experts, according to the latest research attempting to apply artificial intelligence to health. The US-based researchers say the new system, which is based on image recognition, could be developed for smartphones, …

Who should get the flu shot?

… asthma, heart and lung diseases and diabetes, and people with increased risk of exposure to influenza, which includes health care workers. Influenza viruses evolve constantly. Twice a year WHO (World Health Organisation) makes recommendations to …