A new study provides the best evidence to date that higher levels of income inequality in the United States actually lead to more deaths in the country over a period of years. The findings suggest that income inequality at any one point doesn’t work instantaneously – it begins increasing mortality rates 5 years later, and [...]
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Income Inequality Leads to More US Deaths
May 8th, 2012 
John Buck
Posted in Associations & Groups, Colleagues, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Radiology, Respiratory, Speech/Language/Hearing 
Tags: Hui Zheng, Income Inequality, Ohio State University, Public Health 
No Comments »May 7-13 is National Stuttering Awareness Week (Video)
May 8th, 2012 John BuckThe Stuttering Foundation provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering. They are the first and the largest nonprofit charitable organization in the world working toward the prevention and improved treatment of stuttering, reaching over a million people [...]
Nurses Answer the Call: Expand Access to Care
May 7th, 2012 John Buck
National Nurses Week, May 6-12, provides an opportunity to recognize the multitude of ways the nursing profession contributes to the health of the nation. Since March 2010, the Affordable Care Act has given nurses and other healthcare professionals a historic opportunity to improve the health of millions of Americans. Through an array of provisions in [...]
Posted in Associations & Groups, Colleagues, Featured, Lab, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Radiology, Respiratory, Specialties, Speech/Language/Hearing Tags: Affordable Care Act, American Nurses Association, Kathleen Sebelius, National Nurses Week No Comments »Spring Allergy Capitals for 2012
May 2nd, 2012 John BuckEach year, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) declares May to be “National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month.” It’s a peak season for asthma and allergy sufferers, and a perfect time to educate your patients, family, friends, co-workers and others about these diseases. There is no place safe from allergies in America, and [...]
May is Mental Health Month
May 1st, 2012 John BuckMental Health America continues its tradition of celebrating “May is Mental Health Month,” which began in 1949 to raise awareness of mental health conditions and mental wellness for all. This year, MHA is addressing these important issues through two themes: Do More for 1 in 4 is a call to action to help the 1 [...]
Posted in Associations & Groups, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Professions, Specialties, Speech/Language/Hearing Tags: Do More for 1 in 4, Healing Trauma's Invisible Wounds, Mental Health America No Comments »
