| Medicaid program offers ‘coaches’ to nurse chronic ailments
JEFFERSON CITY — Coaches are called upon to strategize and execute a game plan. In Missouri, there is a need for this type of coach — not to aid the floundering St. Louis Rams, but to help patients in lower income brackets who are suffering from chronic illnesses. Nina Stewart is one of these coaches, and her work is part of the new direction Missouri is taking with its Medicaid program, renamed MO HealthNet. Stewart tells one success story of a diabetic whose chances of achieving a healthy lifestyle have increased through the aid of a health care coach. “A coach recommended to the patient the use of a food diary to help monitor blood-sugar levels; now the patient will have good news to deliver to the physician, instead of just bad news," she said.
Support sprouts in Hudson Valley for locally grown food
Pound Ridge teenager Eliza Mutino is celebrating Thanksgiving weekend the traditional way - with family, turkey and the bounty of the harvest. This year, the harvest is closer to home for Mutino's family, with apples, squash and pumpkins grown locally - if not within earshot of the table where thanks is said, at least within 100 miles. Mutino, a senior at John Jay High School in the Katonah-Lewisboro district, started eating fruits and vegetables from local farms and farmers markets for a science research project for school. After weeding the processed food from her diet for four months - Goldfish crackers were the hardest to cull - Mutino lost 17 pounds and her cholesterol dropped by 40 points. "I completely altered my way of eating," she said.
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Allergen Immunotherapy Evolves As Faster, Safer And Longer Lasting Treatment
Time tested for a century, allergen immunotherapy has evolved into revolutionary methods of administration, as well as faster, safer and longer lasting treatments according to the latest research presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Dallas.
Recent studies have shown subcutaneous immunotherapy, or allergy shots, may prevent the progression of allergic disease and reduce the risk of developing asthma; reduce the need for medication; reduce utilization and costs of health care services; and provide long term remission after discontinuation of treatment.
"In a recent study of allergy immunotherapy among Florida Medicaid enrolled children with allergic rhinitis, there was a significant reduction in utilization and costs of health care services, especially inpatient care," said Linda S.
Research Findings on Allergic Asthma Presented at ACAAI Annual Meeting
Researchers are presenting nearly 350 abstracts on the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases at the ACAAI Annual Meeting. Key studies on allergic asthma investigate anti-IgE therapy for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; obesity; asthma control; and exhaled nitric oxide as a non-invasive biomarker of airway inflammation. .
Winehouse Tour Manager Quits Over Health Fears
AMY WINEHOUSE's tour manager has quit amid claims the troubled star was ruining his health. Thom Stone is alleged to have found traces of heroin in his system, after passively inhaling fumes claimed to be from the singer and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil's drug use. Last month (Oct07) Stone presented Winehouse with a doctor's note outlining that the pressures of managing the singer was harming his health. A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "He was constantly bailing her out. He was watching them get off their head on drugs and wondering whether Amy was even going to get up on stage. It was a nightmare job." A friend of the couple says, "When he produced this note Blake and Amy thought it was a joke. They didn't get on with Thom and were taking the p**s when he tried to pull that excuse to leave.
Corzine's a turkey to state workers used to Friday off
Governor Corzine, you are the blackguard who ruined Black Friday. You are a political Scrooge who ordered thousands of us underappreciated (and slightly hung over) Bob Cratchits back to work tomorrow just to score some points with voters. It's anti-family. It's anti-shopping. It's anti-American. These sentiments seethe through a sampling of the 2,500 e-mails from New Jersey government state workers sent to the governor, protesting his refusal to declare the Friday after Thanksgiving a paid day off. Corzine's decision bucks a decades-old tradition that has morphed into a de facto entitlement. The excerpts, provided by Corzine's office at the request of The Record, reverberate with shock, disbelief and a sense of betrayal that a pro-labor, liberal Democrat -- their guy, for goodness' sake -- would stoop so low.
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