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National Autism Indicators Report: The Complex Health and Health Care of Individuals with Autism | Now
People on the autism spectrum face barriers to comprehensive care that may cause their health and quality of life to be worse than that of their peers. While some people may be predisposed to worse health, preventive services and comprehensive health care can go a long way in improving the trajectory of health throughout their …
iRhythm Technologies Receives Positive National Guidance in First of its Kind Digital Health Pilot with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
SAN FRANCISCO and UNITED KINGDOM, Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ: IRTC), a leading digital health care solutions company focused on the advancement of cardiac care, today announced it is the first technology to pass through a new digital health tech pilot, resulting in a successful recommendation for adoption from the National …
Tracking prescriptions with technology: EirSystems CTO Kenston O’Neal helps forge new tools to fight fraud and abuse
Kenston O’Neal says he always has been a tech-oriented person. “Even growing up as a kid when I got my first computer, I took it apart to see if I could put it back together,” he says. “My mom said ‘You better put it back together and it better work,’ and I did and it …
Biden transition live updates: Joe Biden will get outside national security briefing
Biden announced the hiring of nine senior White House officials on Tuesday, a list that includes confidants who spearheaded his campaign. Longtime aides Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti will step in as senior adviser and counselor to the president, respectively. Biden’s campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon, will be deputy chief of staff. And his campaign’s …
National Rural Health Day celebrates community, creativity of healthcare workers | MSUToday
One in five U.S. citizens, rely on a rural doctor for their and their family’s healthcare needs. Though physicians in smaller cities may not have the same access to large urban medical facilities, they are finding innovative ways in tackling challenges unique to a rural health care practice. National Rural Health Day will be observed on Nov. 19. “This is a time to highlight the unique healthcare needs of rural communities, while celebrating the fact that rural communities …
2020 Masters leaderboard: Live coverage, Tiger Woods score, golf scores today on Saturday at Augusta National
The 2020 Masters is going to be wild on Day 3. Saturday will start with the conclusion of Round 2 as Jon Rahm (-8) tries to vault himself into the lead, Tiger Woods (-4) attempts to get in contention and Bryson DeChambeau (+1) hopes to make the cut. There has been no shortage of drama …
NSW Premier leads calls for national anthem change; Victoria records no new COVID-19 cases; Biden calls Trump transition delay an ‘an embarrassment’; Australia marks Remembrance Day with limited ceremonies, events
By Natalie Oliverie10 Nov 2020 22:50 The NSW Premier is leading calls for changes to Australia’s national anthem to make it more inclusive. Gladys Berejiklian says the “one word change” should be altered within Advance Australia Fair to represent the country’s long Indigenous history. The proposal would see the anthem’s lyrics go from “young and …
Mexico’s new National Guard is breaking its vow to respect human rights
Jessica Silva and her husband Jaime Torres were driving through Delicias, a town in the northern state of Chihuahua, late on 8 September when members of Mexico’s National Guard attacked them. That afternoon they had joined thousands of agricultural workers in a tense protest at La Boquilla, a nearby dam, to defend their right to …
November is National Diabetes Month
By Devin Oates, Special to the Daily Republic November is considered National Diabetes Awareness Month, with the global celebration of World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14 to raise awareness for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there are currently 34.2 million Americans with diabetes. That’s just …
Health Center cancels walk-up immunizations after National Guard unit goes into quarantine and staffers get virus
There won’t be any walk-up immunizations Wednesday at Flint Hills Community Health Center. That’s because there was an unexpected shift in personnel that developed late Tuesday. Health Center Director and Lyon County Health Officer Renee Hively tells KVOE News she got unexpected news when the entire Kansas National Guard unit serving the area had to …
