Further Details Homes near quarry sites can suffer damages such as cracked foundations, basement flooding, damage to in-ground pools, wells and septic systems, cracks in interior walls, ceiling collapse, holes in roofs and walls from flying … [Read more...]
The Importance of Organ Donation
Organs that can be given by living donors include the kidney and portions of the liver, lung, intestine, and pancreas. Kidney transplants are the most common; they have now been done for more than 50 years. The first one was done in 1954 in … [Read more...]
Grandma Must Be Spinning in Her Grave
She knew it ages ago. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Health care providers and policy wonks are belatedly rediscovering it. The best way to rein in runaway health care spending is to prevent chronic … [Read more...]
Personal care attendants hold largest union election in New England history
Personal care attendants (PCAs) in Massachusetts are voting in the largest union election in New England history. They are uniting for better wages, benefits and quality care for seniors and people with disabilities. Election results will … [Read more...]
New Medicine: Treating a Woman’s Total Environment
At its core, the Women's Health and the Environment Conference series looks at how the environment impacts a woman's health. The physical, psychological and economic environments play an enormous role, and we want to discuss the impact they … [Read more...]
Adverse Selection by Massachusetts Health Insurance Companies
Following the forum, Mr. Wingle assured me that Health Connector Board has some of the finest and toughest lawyers in the state and would not back down on the data reporting requirments that the insurance companies should be fulfilling. … [Read more...]
The US ranks near the bottom in child welfare, per UNICEF
UNICEF released a study showing the United States near the bottom in regards to the well-being of children. http://rawstory.com/...Children's health is not related to a country's gross national product, according to the study.In … [Read more...]
Travaglini applies the SJC Ruling to the CONCON arbitrarily for a reason
Is it just me or does someone else finally see the reason why Senate President Robert Travaglini chose to advance one Constitutional Convention ballot question and adjourn before fulfilling his Constitutional duty and voting on another … [Read more...]
Invoking President Franklin D. Roosevelt In Support Of Increasing The Minimum Wage
By increasing the federal minimum wage by $2.10 - from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over two years - we are giving a long overdue pay raise to about 13 million Americans, which amounts to an additional $4,400 per year for a family of three. … [Read more...]
Invoking President Franklin D. Roosevelt In Support Of Increasing The Minimum Wage
President Franklin Roosevelt told us, "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." The federal minimum wage has remained … [Read more...]