… Most of those babies either had low birth rates or were premature, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. Proper prenatal care, including such care given by midwives, could reduce those numbers, Mize said. The Alabama Birth Coalition …
Category: Alabama Government
Official: 2017 could be make or break for Medicaid reform in Alabama
… regular session Feb. 7 with the state budget as one of their top items of business. Medicaid, the state-and-federal health insurance program for the state’s poorest residents, is once again expected to be budget-writers’ biggest problem. Enrollment …
Alabama ranks high in study of the cost of smoking
If you vowed to make 2017 the year you kicked the smoking habit, here is more incentive. Alabamians pay most than just about every state in the nation when it comes to smoking.
Alabama offering aid for smokers trying to quit habit
The Alabama Department of Public Health is offering help for people who want to quit smoking in the New Year. The agency has a telephone service called the Alabama Tobacco Quitline that operates daily, and help is also available through the website quitnowalabama.com.