KHPA Takes Step In Implementing Medicaid Cuts

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The Kansas Health Policy Authority is giving a clearer picture of what a cut in Medicaid reimbursements will mean.

KHPA is publishing its notice of rate reductions in the Kansas Register Thursday. It’s the first step in implementing a 10 percent reduction in Medicaid reimbursement rates ordered in Gov. Mark Parkinson’s budget cuts.

The reductions will affect payments to more than 25,000 health care providers who serve nearly Read more…

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Mental Health Therapies and Characteristics

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Introduction

Mental health’ properly describes a sense of well-being: the capacity to live in a resourceful and fulfilling manner, having the resilience to deal with the challenges and obstacles which life presents. Mental health ‘problems’ or ‘difficulties’ are terms that can be used to describe temporary reactions to a painful event, stress or external pressures, or systems of drug or alcohol use, lack of sleep or physical illn Read more…

The Health Benefits of Using a Sauna: Why A Sauna Should Be Part Of Your Health Routine

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In every athletic club or spa you visit today, it is highly likely that you will find a sauna of some sort.

What is it with saunas that makes them so attractive to people? What is it about saunas that make them so indispensable to health centers? Well, it’s because you can gain a lot of health benefits if you use a sauna. Here are some of them:

1) Improves Cardiovascular health: Staying inside a sauna for 10 to twent Read more…

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Arkanas Department of Health announces second flu shot clinic

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The Arkansas Department of Health is holding a second round of mass flu clinics beginning Monday, Dec. 7, designed to immunize Arkansans against both the seasonal and the H1N1 influenza. The unprecedented effort will continue through Dec. 18, with a local shot clinic included on the schedule.

“We’ll be offering both the seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccinations from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at the Piggott Community Center,” noted Kim Read more…

Enhancing Services of Panchayat Raj in Public Health

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Enhancing Services of Panchayat Raj in Public Health

* Ramaiah Bheenaveni

Panchayats in India are an age old institution for governance at village level. In 1992, through the enactment of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) were strengthened as local government organizations with clear areas of jurisdiction, adequate power, authority and funds comme Read more…

Aunt Marthas Community Center Receives Free Rx Assistance

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ACRX announced the re-release of the American Consultants Rx community service project of where arrangements have been made to donate over 20 million ACRX discount prescription cards throughout the country. One of the main locations in the Danville, IL area that received an initial donation of ACIRX free prescription cards, is Aunt Marthas Community Health Center. Call 217-442-8780 for further information and a free card while supplies last. The Read more…

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Alternatives In Mental Health

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Some people believe that our brain becomes inactive when we sleep. If that were so then we should not have any dreams. Dreams are evidence that our mind remains active, even when we are asleep. This simply means that our mind is active 24 hours a day without any rest at all. Just imagine how our bodies would behave if we were to go through 24 hours of physical activity.

Although research may show that 30% of mental illness may occur Read more…

Mental Relaxation and your Mental Health

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Mental Relaxation and your Mental Health

Copyright (c) 2007 Stephen Lau

Relaxation is important to both physical and mental health. Mental relaxation benefits not just your mind but also your body.

Stress is part of life; it is almost impossible to avoid stress. In fact, attempting to avoid stress is enough to create stress. Stress is what you experience emotionally and internally in response to a given situation with which you are incapable of coping. Read more…

Women’s Mental Health

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Does so-called “positive thinking” have any real effect on a woman’s mental health and physical health? Can a change in your thinking actually change your health? The answer is yes, according to a scientific study at the University of Pennsylvania.

The study found that those who responded optimistically to adversity lived longer those who responded pessimistically to adversity.

Adversity and stress visit us all Read more…

Forensic Science Timeline

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Forensic Science is a job sector that has become widely popular amongst new generation of scientists. Thanks to crime shows like CSI, Medical Detectives and others, people have realized the need and importance of Forensic Science in the society.
With the advent of new enhancements in medical sciences, the job market for Forensic Science has radically widened. Forensic Experts and other forensic professionals are greatly demanded in all over Read more…

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