Female genital mutilation (FGM) occurs in the US, and unfortunately has been increasing as the immigrant population grows. In 2000, based on reported cases, it was estimated that 230,000 women and girls had either undergone or where at risk of being genitally mutilated in the United States, a 35% increase from 1990. The New York… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Health & Fitness
The Low Histamine Chef launches Low Histamine Diet & Diamine Oxidase Support Recipe Book
The Low Histamine Chef’s low histamine diet recipe book offers those diagnosed with histaminosis/histamine intolerance, mastocytosis and other mast cell activation disorders, a natural alternative or adjunct to anti-histamine therapy. The role of the low histamine diet in histamine related disorders is commonly overlooked in the US and Canada but European doctors long prescribed diet modification… Read more »
Report Finds Less than Half of Health Systems Made Investments to Deliver Better Patient Experience
New research from HealthLeaders Media, a division of HCPro, Inc., reveals a dramatic gap between the strategic importance hospital executives place on patient experience in their organizations and the specific investments they’ve made to improve that experience. According to the August 2012 HealthLeaders Intelligence Report, “Patient Experience and HCAHPS: Little Consensus on a Top Priority,”… Read more »
HealthLeaders Media Announces August 9th Event in New York City
Hosted by the North Shore-LIJ Health System in New York, live event on womens health services available for participation either in-person or via simulcast on the Web
Group Fitness Boot Camp Sessions Expanded
You requested it, and we FINALLY listened… After high demands, countless requests, and ongoing contemplation — Summit Fit Dojo has added new time slots to their very popular, quickly growing Group Fitness Boot Camp classes. What does this mean? You get more options to get your workout on! See, when clients attend our fitness boot… Read more »
