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A shochking incident from Junagadh Civil Hospital has come up. 25 Thalassemic children are detected as HIV positive.Blood transfusion is necessary for a thalesamic patients.It is reported that hospital had shown negligeance in blood transfusion without proper testing of the blood.Pediatricion Nilesh Bariya has said that blood is brought from private blood bank.And the most important thing is that if the donor of the blood is HIV infected sometimes due to dormant stage of the virus HIV could not be detected for 3 to 6 month.It is also said that hospital knew that the children have contracted HIV,they did not reveal it to their parents.After 25 were detected positive more test was made and the number now has toll to 33 children being HIV infected.

Child homelessness is an issue prevalent in American society. 1.3 million children in America (50% under the age of six) have been declared homeless. Homelessness is ‘an inadequate experience of connectedness with family and or community,’ (Dominic Mapstone,2011) which indicates that many of these homeless children have psychological issues. 20% of pre schoolers who are homeless have emotional issues which require professional care. There are 1.3 million children living on the streets of America and this has a massive effect on the health and upbringing of the children. This is seen in their health, which deteriorates at a rapid rate. Homeless children in America get sick on average twice as often as other children. They get twice as many ear infections, five times the number of stomach issues, four times as many asthma attacks and overall, two times as many hospitalisations. All these can lead to development issues which affect the future of these children dramatically. Living in the society which we do, we have the opportunity to help these children who do not have the chance to help themselves. We need to give a voice to these voiceless children. To help these children, please spread the word of child homelessness or donate at the link below: secure3.convio.net
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Plymouth Meeting, PA (PRWEB) August 22, 2011

Health Advocate, Inc., the nation?s leading healthcare assistance and advocacy company, made a $ 600 donation to Operation Smile, an organization whose cause is to help children with congenital facial deformities such as cleft lip or cleft palate. Money for the donation was raised through a corporate donation along with a “Summer Splash” dress down day, a weekday in which employees pay a dollar or more each to dress in casual clothes.

“Many kids who are affected by cleft lip or palate come from families who cannot afford expensive surgeries,” says Marty Rosen, cofounder and Executive Vice President of Health Advocate. ?We?re happy to support an organization like Operation Smile that provides those surgeries, and helps change a child?s life for the better.?

“Over 200,000 children each year are born with the condition, which makes not only eating and speaking difficult, but may make them feel embarrassed, or worse, shunned,” says Lauri Catena, National Director of Operation Smile. “This generous donation from Health Advocate will help us transform the lives of children and families in need.”

Health Advocate?s 21 million members across the country, many who suffer from a variety of conditions, are helped by the company everyday to find the most convenient and affordable care. Today, the company?s donation will help two children get the surgeries they need.

About Operation Smile

Operation Smile, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, is a worldwide children?s medical charity whose network of global volunteers is dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults. Since its founding in 1982 by Dr. Bill and Kathy Magee, Operation Smile has treated more than 160,000 children born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities and the organization has a presence in more than 60 countries. In addition to contributing free medical treatment, Operation Smile trains local medical professionals in its partner countries and donates crucial equipment to lay the groundwork for long-term self-sufficiency.

About Health Advocate

Health Advocate?, Inc., the nation?s leading independent healthcare advocacy and assistance company, serves 21+ million Americans through more than 7,500 client relationships, including many of the nation?s largest companies, helping members personally navigate healthcare and insurance-related issues, saving time and money. Our Core Health Advocacy service is centered around our Personal Health Advocates, who assist members with a range of clinical, administrative and insurance-related issues, saving time and money. Our Core Health Advocacy service is centered around our Personal Health Advocates, who assist members with a range of clinical, administrative and insurance-related issues. Our spectrum of add-on complementary employee- and employer-based solutions include our Wellness Advocate?, Benefits Gateway and Health Information Dashboard?, EAP+Work/Life?, Chronic Care Management? and decision support programs. The solutions are designed to lower healthcare costs, increase productivity and improve outcomes.

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in suburban Philadelphia, Health Advocate has been recognized, for the fourth consecutive year, as one of America?s fastest growing private companies by Inc. 500, named one of the fastest growing companies in North America on Deloitte?s 2010 Technology Fast 500? and is rated one of the Top 20 Best Places to Work by Philadelphia magazine.

Health Advocate is not affiliated with any insurance or third party provider. Health Advocate does not replace health insurance coverage, provide medical care or recommend treatment.

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Jensen Beach, FL (PRWEB) August 25, 2011

With hurricane Irene posing a threat to the Carolina?s and the Northeastern United States, Women?s Health Specialists says now is the time pregnant women and their significant others should take steps to be prepared for a hurricane and related dangers.

According to Dr. Megan Gray, MD, an ob-gyn at Women?s Health Specialists, hurricane season can be a stressful time for everyone, but especially for a pregnant woman. ?The more prepared you are the more comfortable and safe you will be should a hurricane or tropical storm threaten you now or in the future.?

The professionals at Women?s Health Specialists have posted a link on their website http://www.whsfl.com/news to a list of hurricane and disaster tips for pregnant women. Among the tips:

Medications

Prepare a current list of all prescriptions and prenatal vitamins you are taking. Put this list in sealable plastic bag then in a secure place among the belongings you plan to take with you if you leave your home.
Bring at least a two week supply of all medications with you if you choose to relocate or go to a shelter during a storm.
When possible, always bring medications in their original prescription bottle. In an emergency, an emergency decree allowing pharmacies to refill medications may be made, but you must have the original bottle.
Place your medications in a sealable plastic bag to keep them dry and protect the information on the label in case you need to obtain refills.

Call your Physician

Communicate with your health care provider?s office to let them know where you will be; if you plan to leave town bring a copy of your medical records including prenatal record, immunizations, and current medications with you.
Make sure that your health care provider has a current telephone number of where you will be staying.
If you had or are having complications in your pregnancy, check with your health care provider to discuss whether it is safe for you to leave prior to the storm or if it would be better for

Dr. Gray recommends pregnant women in the path of Hurricane Irene visit the Women?s Health Specialists website for a complete list of tips and precautions. ?One of the most critical times is after a hurricane or tropical storm has passed. Pregnant women should take extra precautions while clean up and storm recovery is underway. If you have any concerns over your health or that of your unborn child, you should contact your physician right away.?

For more than 35 years, Women?s Health Specialists? highly regarded and modern OB/GYN practice has provided a full range of healthcare services to women through all stages of their lives, through puberty, child-bearing ages, menopause and beyond. The Women?s Health Specialists? professional team consists of obstetricians and gynecologists, certified nurse-midwives, nurses and support staff. Services include wellness exams, prenatal care, menopause management, cancer screening and prevention provided in a personalized and comfortable environment from headquarters located in Jensen Beach, Florida. Women?s Health Specialists also operates the JeuneNu Aesthetic Beauty and Laser Center which features worldwide sales of custom cosmeceuticals and products designed specifically for pregnant women through its website http://www.JeuneNu.com.

Women?s Health Specialists, a name known and trusted by thousands, is located at 3498 N.W. Federal Highway, Jensen Beach, Florida; (772) 219-1080. You may also visit their website at http://www.whsfl.com.

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Fargo, ND and Sioux Falls, SD (PRWEB) August 21, 2011

As a result of a rigorous selection process, Sanford Health officially announced plans today to open a Sanford Clinic in Cape Coast, Ghana, Africa. Through conversations with various World Health Organizations, Ghana has been emphasized as an area of need and opportunity for improved health care services. Sanford will take responsibility for the operations of an existing primary care clinic in Cape Coast, Ghana currently lead by two physicians who are treating 800 patients a week.

This location will serve as the hub for several other general health care clinics throughout Ghana. The clinic will provide general health care services to area children and adults and includes the diagnosis and treatment of common illnesses in the region, especially malaria, diarrhea and respiratory health issues. These services will be provided by physicians, nurses and other community health professionals. Ghana?s consistent government and growing economy will allow Sanford to build a model of permanent health infrastructure that can then be parlayed into projects in other parts of the African continent. The first two additional clinics will be in Mankessim, Ghana and Kojokrom, Ghana.

?The venture in Ghana is the beginning of what we hope to be a major change in health care services in Africa,? stated Dave Link, Sanford Health senior executive vice president. ?Through a ?hub and spoke? model we hope to make an immediate impact on health care in the country and beyond.?

Sanford has partnered with Kojo Benjamin Taylor, a Ghana native and business entrepreneur from Minneapolis/St. Paul to gain local expertise on the project. Mr. Taylor has now been contracted by Sanford Health and will lead Sanford?s efforts to develop permanent health care infrastructure in Ghana and more broadly in Africa.

?In the developing nation of Ghana, health care is supported by the government in urban areas,? said Taylor. ?However, much of the population and need is in rural areas where there is a lack of permanent health care infrastructure. In many cases children and families are asked to travel two to four hours to receive basic health care services.?

In 2007, South Dakota businessman and philanthropist Denny Sanford set a standard in health care philanthropy with an unprecedented gift of $ 400 million to Sanford Health. Sanford Health announced that his gift would fund several initiatives including establishing a network of Sanford Clinics around the world in communities seeking to expand access to care to those who need it.

The Sanford Clinic in Ghana is one of seven clinics announced by Sanford as part of the initiatives outlined after a $ 400 million donation from Denny Sanford in 2007. Sanford Children?s has opened pediatric clinics in Duncan, OK and Oceanside, CA. Clinics in Klamath Falls, OR and West Dublin, Ireland are underway. Sanford has also announced plans to open clinics in Carmiel, Israel and the Baja area, Mexico.

For a complete media kit, including photos, click here.

About Sanford Health

Sanford Health is an integrated health system headquartered in Fargo, ND and Sioux Falls, SD and consists of two long-standing organizations that merged in 2009. Sanford is now the largest, rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation with locations in 112 communities in seven states. In addition, Sanford Health is in the process of developing international clinics in Ireland, Africa, Israel and Mexico.

Sanford Health includes 34 hospitals, 116 clinic locations and more than 900 physicians in 70 specialty areas of medicine. With more than 20,000 employees, Sanford Health is the largest employer in North and South Dakota. The system is experiencing dynamic growth and development in conjunction with Denny Sanford’s $ 400 million gift in 2007, the largest gift ever to a health care organization in America. This gift is making possible the implementation of the several initiatives including global children’s clinics, multiple research centers and finding a cure for type 1 diabetes. For more information, visit sanfordhealth.org.

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More Children Health Press Releases

(PRWEB) August 10, 2011

Is poor semen quality a new longevity risk factor? Normally, a doctor looking for a snapshot of a patient?s health will ask about smoking, drinking, diet, and exercise and then measure cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, and weight or waist size. These facts and numbers already enable doctors to predict long-term health and longevity, but scientists are always looking for additional measurements that can predict survival. According to an article in the August 2011 Harvard Men?s Health Watch, new Danish research may have pinpointed an unlikely health predictor, at least for men: semen quality.

Between 1963 and 2001, the Copenhagen Sperm Analysis Laboratory performed semen analyses on 51,543 men, most of whom were referred because they or their partners had concerns about fertility. The results showed a clear link between semen quality and the rate of death. As the number of sperm increased up to a threshold of 40 million per milliliter of semen, the mortality rate declined steadily; the men with the highest sperm counts enjoyed a mortality rate 43% lower than the men with the lowest counts.

The apparent protective effect of high semen quality extended to a broad range of diseases, suggesting that specific lifestyle factors do not explain the findings. Instead, the Danish scientists postulate that semen quality may be a reliable biomarker of overall health and life expectancy.

Many insurance companies ask men to have physical exams and submit blood and urine samples before they issue life insurance. Will they now ask for semen samples as well? Not anytime soon.

More research is needed to confirm a link between semen quality and life expectancy. Although the Danish study is large and is based on 38 years of mortality data, additional research should include information about factors that may affect both sperm quality and life expectancy, including age, exposure to insecticides and toxins, tobacco and alcohol use, obesity, and hormone levels.

If nothing else, the Danish research is likely to spur new studies of semen quality, health, and survival. It?s an interesting and important area in its own right, and it may have broader implications.

The Danish investigation examined only individual mortality rates, which is no small issue. But since some studies raise the possibility that semen quality has declined over time, the research may have implications beyond the life expectancy of an individual man.

Read the full-length article: ?Medical memo: Semen quality and survival?

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Dr. Shoshana, expert on health and wellness issues, helps readers ready themselves for the autumn onslaught of strep throat, common colds, and the flu in this month’s issue of Tips for Health, published by the eHealthInstitute. Find the eZine, which is a premier spot for accurate and timely health information, online at http://www.tipsforhealth.com/index.html.

The same scenes are repeated in cities and town across the nation from late August through the end of September. Groups of students convene in classrooms to get to work after a fun, hot summer. Often these students bring something more then pencils and books. All too often they carry the germs and viruses that lead to colds, the flu, strep throat and ear infections. After learning how to share at school, students carry contagions home, causing further cycling among households and, often, on to the workplace. It’s an endless rotation only a thorough knowledge of health and wellness can cure.

This year brings a special cause for concern. Health officials remain very worried that bird flu is poised to make a wholesale jump to humans. Without an effective vaccine, the virus could cause a widespread pandemic ? a generalized and geographically outbreak affecting millions — and exact a high death toll among Americans before it is contained.

While a bird flu vaccine may be developed, it would be folly to take too much comfort. Flu viruses tend to mutate and mutate quickly. Vaccinating for the bird flu may give people a false sense of comfort.

This month the eHealthInstitute offers Tips for Health concerning common cold and flu season at http://strep-throat-bird-flu.tipsforhealth.com/. On this handy, easy to follow site, surfers can see all manner of health and wellness resources for getting informed about these everyday and often hard to shake maladies. Information to make informed choices about supplements and behaviors is the chief resource in battling and overcoming even the most common health problems.

Head over to the eHealthInstitute to find out the foods to eat and to avoid when you’re sick. Dr. Shoshana shares which nutrients, and which doses, make fighting the flu easier. Find a handy six-step checklist for stopping infections like strep throat from jumping from person to person. Take a true or false quiz on symptoms. Get informed through a series of links to news stories illustrating the current state of bird flu and other hot topics.

Tips for Health is a monthly online newsletter published by Dr. Shoshana and the Tips for Heath team at the eHealthInstitute. She is a doctor of Naturopathic Medicine who combines Ayurvedic approaches with Western medicine. However, authors on the site seek to blend naturopathic and Western medicine. This month, they offer advice on which antibiotics to take to keep strep throat from escalating into Rheumatic Fever and on new drugs the FDA has approved for flu treatment.

Tips for Health also offers recommendations and links to a wide variety of the best quality natural health products and supplements. Learn the roles of and find the best brands for effective sick season products like Oil of Oregano, Echinacea/Goldenseal, elderberry and the right bacteria.

Take health and wellness seriously as you would the cold. flu or strep throat as that season is upon us again. Visit Tips for Health today.

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Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) August 24, 2011

Byron J. Richards, Founder of Wellness Resources, relays the most recent, ground-breaking research regarding prenatal health and the resulting health of newborns and children. Richards is also pleased to announce the recent launch of partner Mothers for Wellness Foundation (MFWF), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and wellness of mothers and children around the world.

In his latest articles, he explains the importance of breast feeding, consuming optimal omega 3 fish oils and B vitamins, and reducing inflammation during pregnancy. Furthermore, he reveals how these prenatal practices shape the immediate and long-term health of children. In his article entitled, ?Breast Feeding Can Prevent Celiac Disease,? Richards explains that ?breast feeding, as compared to bottle feeding, is far superior in facilitating proper development of the bacterial types in the digestive tract. In fact, the failure to breastfeed can lead to an imbalance of bacteria that encourages highly inflammatory digestive problems and consequent development of Celiac disease.?

Byron J. Richards believes by educating and equipping mothers with the necessary tools they may offer their children the greatest potential for a healthy life. This is precisely what Mothers for Wellness Foundation and its founder, Mary Guignon Richards, intend to accomplish. Mary Guignon Richards states, ?My lifelong mission, and reason for founding MFWF, is to educate mothers about natural health and wellness, helping them to become confident, empowered advocates and directors of their own health and the health of their unborn children.? Moreover, through spreading this knowledge and sense of empowerment between mothers, Mary believes we can make a real difference in the overall wellness of our world.

Visit Mothers for Wellness Foundation website at http://www.MothersForWellness.org to learn more. For more information on Byron J. Richards? latest prenatal health articles, visit http://www.wellnessresources.com/health_news_views/.

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