12/25/2008 News For: Cinergy Health Health Insurance , TexasEconomic woes may worsen health The city's health director warned that an economic downturn could threaten the health and well-being of local residents as more families lose their health insurance and find their medications unaffordable. Children of Ike victims may lose health coverage AUSTIN - At least 36,000 children living in the areas affected by Hurricane Ike may not have health coverage next year because their families have not re-enrolled them in government health insurance programs for 2009, state officials said. Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number Master toolmaker John McClain built machine parts with details so small they couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Then a lump on his neck turned out to be cancer. Shalonda Frederick managed a bakery, and decorated cakes for special occasions. One day her face and hands, and her arms and legs, started clenching up. Then she fell off a ladder at work. It turned out to be multiple sclerosis. Medical board sanctions three doctors, one health care professional Three Austin doctors have been sanctioned by the Texas Medical Board along with an Austin health care professional who the board said was "engaged in the unlicensed practice of medicine." UTMB to cut 3,800 jobs GALVESTON ? About 3,800 full-time jobs will be cut at the University of Texas Medical Branch as officials severely downsize the island?s only hospital. Disabled workers face health-care gap WASHINGTON ? Master toolmaker John McClain built machine parts with details so small they couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Then a lump on his neck turned out to be cancer. Officals: Restoring UTMB trauma center 'vital' Petrochemical industry and Houston hospital leaders say restoring an elite trauma center at the University of Texas Medical Branch is a life-and-death matter. South Texas med school president now finalist for chancellor's job HARLINGEN ? The president of South Texas' major medical school, which oversees the Regional Academic Health Center facilities in Harlingen and Edinburg, is the only finalist for chancellor of the entire University of Texas System. Mixed messages for alcohol Is alcohol a tonic or a toxin? The question is especially critical to older people, whose overall medical picture gives alcohol the potential to be a health benefit or a life-shortening hazard. CommuniCare Health Centers to Open Clinic in Hays County Hays County is among the 200 poorest counties in the United States without a Community Health Center, according to the President's High Poverty Access Initiative. With higher than average rates for diabetes, breast cancer, and tuberculosis, and with approximately 15% of the population living below the federal poverty level, the need for a safety net healthcare provider in San Marcos is ... |




