by Research Team | Mar 7, 2015 | Health News
Four new deaths due to influenza have been reported in Oklahoma to bring the record number of deaths in the state this flu season to 94. The Oklahoma State Department of Health says more than 2,000 people have now been hospitalized or died as a result of the flu since...
by Research Team | Mar 7, 2015 | Health News
Staff photo by Colleen Welch Keyah Gibson, 23, center, a USC Aiken sociology major who is fighting breast cancer, with USCA history major and breast cancer survivor Dee Driver, left, and Cherise Fretwell, certified nurse midwife at Rural Health Services Inc., at a...
by Research Team | Mar 6, 2015 | Health News
The B.C. government is tightening its regulations to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and use of the smoking substitute in workplaces, restaurants and other indoor public spaces. Health Minister Terry Lake said changes he introduced in the B.C....
by Research Team | Mar 6, 2015 | Health News
In a statement Thursday, the union said the anonymous leaks about Hamilton’s situation “are cowardly, undermine the integrity of our collectively bargained agreements and in some instances have been wholly inaccurate.” The union also spoke out in...
by Research Team | Mar 6, 2015 | Health News
People who work in the food service and accommodation industries are more likely to smoke than other workers in the UK, with almost a third admitting to being smokers, research has revealed. Those with jobs in water and waste management ranked second, with 29% of...